Lane Kiffin takes jab at Texas A&M when discussing former defensive coordinator: ‘We got outbid’
Ole Miss is coming off its first loss of the season
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With No. 15 Ole Miss preparing to play unranked Texas A&M Saturday, Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin was bound to take a shot at the Aggies at some point.
On Wednesday, Kiffin made his move, taking a dig at Texas A&M when discussing Aggies defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin, who led the defense at Ole Miss last season.
Durkin left for College Station, Texas, in the offseason, signing a three-year contract.
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"D.J. really turned our defense around here and played pretty good," Kiffin said, according to On3 Sports. "Especially the second half of last year. We tried to keep him. He did a great job with the players. We got outbid, which is kind of a common theme with that program. And he’s doing a really good job there."
Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher pulled in the No. 1 recruiting class in the country over the summer, setting off a war of words between Fisher and Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
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During the offseason, Saban said Texas A&M "bought every player on their team." That prompted Fisher to hold a press conference at which he called Saban — without actually naming him — a "narcissist" while urging reporters to dig into his past.
The two have since appeared to put their beef behind them, but A&M’s recruiting class continues to be in the news as the Aggies' losing streak has grown to three.
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On Tuesday, Texas A&M reportedly suspended three freshmen from its 2022 class indefinitely for violating team rules.
The Aggies began the year as the No. 6 team in the country before losing to unranked Appalachian State in Week 2. They’ve lost three games in a row to Mississippi State, Alabama and South Carolina.
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Ole Miss is coming off its first loss of the season after losing to LSU in Week 8.