Eli Manning’s one-word response to wild Lane Kiffin claim
Ole Miss legend Eli Manning couldn’t help but respond to new LSU head coach Lane Kiffin’s claim that Rebels fans tried to run him off the road as he left Mississippi for Baton Rouge on Sunday.
“Oops!” Manning, 44, joked in a tweet on X, including a news headline about the alleged incident.
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Before his illustrious career with the Giants, Manning was a high-profile quarterback at Ole Miss from 2000-03, and his No. 10 jersey was retired by the program.
His father, former NFL quarterback Archie Manning, had a historic career with the Rebels from 1968-70.
Manning weighed in on Kiffin’s job saga after the coach bolted from Ole Miss to the SEC rival LSU right before the 11-1 Rebels make a run in the College Football Playoff.
During his introductory press conference Monday, Kiffin reacted to Rebels fans booing him as he left Oxford — and alleged some tried to run him and his 16-year-old son, Knox, off the road as they headed to the airport.
“It was very hard and it was really challenging,” Kiffin said at Tiger Stadium. “It’s the passion of the SEC. I understand that. I don’t get emotional with it…
“… That airport scene, and Knox and I driving and people trying to run us off the road, man, and the things they said to us.
“And then we got here [to Baton Rouge], and we had been here for six minutes [and fans are saying], ‘We love you, Coach. You’re the best ever.’
“That’s the SEC, I’ve been around long enough to know that, and it’s just the passion of the SEC.
“I’m not upset at those reactions by fans, by people. I think that people get really upset when you leave somewhere because they feel hurt because you’re doing a really good job.”
Kiffin announced he was taking his talents to Baton Rouge in a social media post on Sunday, following the Rebels’ 38-19 Egg Bowl victory over Mississippi State on Friday.
He said it was a family decision to leave Ole Miss after six historic seasons.
Kiffin agreed to a seven-year contract with LSU that will pay him $13 million annually.
The Tigers targeted Kiffin in their coach search after firing Brian Kelly in October.
Ole Miss promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding to become the permanent head coach.
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