Lane Kiffin has savage response to Hugh Freeze’s praise of Ole Miss’ NIL operation

Lane Kiffin had a very typical response in regard to Hugh Freeze’s positive comments about Ole Miss’ NIL operations.

Freeze recently praised the way that Ole Miss and Missouri handled the new NIL era, something that some programs have had an issue properly keeping a handle on.

“I think in the new world, that’s become harder and harder to do and you’re constantly searching ways with this new way of transferring and NIL to figure out exactly how to do it,” Freeze said during the weekly SEC teleconference on Wednesday. “I think there’s some who are doing it well, if you look at like Ole Miss and Missouri, I think they’ve done some really good things it looks like and trying to use NIL to their advantage and they’ve been able to maintain a winning edge.”

Kiffin appreciated the comments, but put Freeze on blast toward the end of his response.

“That’s nice of him,” Kiffin said on the Wednesday SEC teleconference. “I’m sure he’ll try to steal Walker Jones (head of The Grove Collective) like he did all our coaches.”

Freeze continues to be in hot water after the 24-14 loss to Arkansas on Saturday. Auburn will look to get back on track against No. 21 Oklahoma on Sept. 28.

Hugh Freeze praised Lane Kiffin and #OleMiss’ NIL structure on the SEC teleconference call.

Kiffin’s response: “That’s nice of him. I’m sure he’ll try to steal Walker Jones (head of the Grove Collective) like he did all our coaches.”

Kings stay kings

— Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen) September 25, 2024

Crissy Froyd

Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.