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By Tyler Erzberger
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There are not two fanbases in all of sports right now that are at each other's throats more than the LSU Tigers and Ole Miss Rebels.
Already rivals in the SEC, the hatred took on a new meaning when Lane Kiffin left the Rebels before the College Football Playoff to take the head coaching job in Baton Rouge.
And while the Rebels made a heroic run to the CFP semifinals behind Pete Golding, Kiffin continued to hang over them with constant social media posts, public appearances, and broadcast cameos.
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Kiffin, like Batman's Joker, would needle fans by taking subtle shots at Golding while also praising his players, somehow in the same sentence. He was creating chaos, and for the thousands feeling betrayed in Oxford, it was too much.
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Then the transfer portal happened. Golding with a heist of a five-star Tiger here. Kiffin would return with a five-star recruit from the Rebels. The two programs led the nation in the transfer portal up until its closure, with both sides landing haymakers while still growing their ranks for the upcoming season.
But as we neared the final closing, Rebels fans accused Kiffin of "sabotaging" the team by allegedly talking to Ole Miss Players and telling them to make the jump to LSU. Tigers fans would respond by talking about how the Rebels had taken players from their school, and vice versa.
Finally, on Tuesday, after weeks of back-and-forth between the two fanbases, Kiffin went onto social media to call for a ceasefire between the Rebels and the Tigers.
Kiffin wants peace.
Minutes after he posted his tweet on X, hundreds of replies came flying in mocking the Tigers' head coach for wanting to stop the fight now after being the one to begin it in the first place.
Regardless of whether the two sides put down their proverbial weapons now, it will only get more heated each month that passes until Sept. 19, when Kiffin will return to Oxford to play the Rebels. In what is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated non-postseason college games of all time, peace treaty or not, Kiffin will be no hero when he steps back into Vaught Hemingway Stadium.
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