"Carter said Kiffin, announced as LSU's coach Sunday, has said "a lot of things publicly that I'm not sure are totally accurate." Among those is the claim that he only learned early Sunday that he would not be coaching Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff. Carter said Kiffin and his representatives were told several weeks earlier that coaching Ole Miss in the CFP was not possible if Kiffin took another job."
""It was very clear that coaching in the postseason was not going to be an option for Coach Kiffin several weeks ago," Carter told host Richard Cross. Carter said Kiffin informed him at around 6 p.m. Saturday that he would be accepting the LSU job. Carter and other Ole Miss officials worked well into the night on the football staff that night and immediately targeted defensive coordinator Pete Golding, who was announced Sunday as the Rebels' permanent coach."
Keith Carter disputed claims by Lane Kiffin about the timing of postseason coaching availability. Kiffin was announced as LSU's coach Sunday. Carter indicated Kiffin and his representatives were told several weeks earlier that coaching Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff would not be possible if Kiffin accepted another job, with the only potential exception tied to an SEC title game. Kiffin informed Carter around 6 p.m. Saturday that he would accept the LSU position. Ole Miss officials worked into the night and immediately targeted defensive coordinator Pete Golding, who was named the Rebels' permanent coach Sunday. Kiffin wrote that players asked him to stay through the CFP; players posted on X disputing that account.
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