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By Tyler Erzberger
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LSU and Ole Miss are both having great seasons in the transfer portal.
The two top-ranked teams in the 15-day recruitment period of the transfer window have done a remarkable job picking up talent across the country for the upcoming 2026 season.
That means everyone is happy, right?
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When Lane Kiffin is involved, that word might never come up again in Oxford alongside the Tigers' head coach's name.
As the transfer portal comes to a close, allowing players to put their names in the proverbial hat to make a move to a new program, more drama has erupted. Rumors have surfaced that Kiffin might be attempting to sabotage his former school in a plot worthy of a Hollywood thriller.
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Ole Miss has seen some of its most promising players make a last-minute choice to enter the transfer portal after initially agreeing to stay with the Rebels. The most notable name came on Thursday, when team sacks leader and defensive anchor Princewill Umanmielen announced his intent to find a new team to play for.
While Umanmielen was linked to play for his former coach, Kiffin, at LSU, online chatter pointed to more nefarious motives for getting the star defensive end to leave than a kid simply wanting to play for a mentor.
There are accusations that Kiffin has been making late-night FaceTime calls to Rebels players who were committed to staying in Oxford to make the jump to his team as he attempts to build a juggernaut.
Ben Garrett, an Ole Miss reporter for On3, was told by a source close to the program that Kiffin is actively attempting to "destroy" the Rebels' locker room.
After Ole Miss and Pete Golding pulled off a heist of one of LSU's best players in the trenches, Carius Curne, the gloves have come off in this battle between two teams wanting to take control of the SEC.
Golding wants to prove his legitimacy as the man in Mississippi.
Kiffin wants to show that he was the architect of their success and can be the one to bring about their demise.
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