After weeks of suspense and speculation, Lane Kiffin finally donned the LSU hat. But in the wake of his departure, his Ole Miss locker room comments still make the headlines. The former Rebels HC claimed that players begged him to stay throughout the playoffs. However, players swiftly refuted those claims. Now, AD Keith Carter has confirmed the same.

“I let them kind of tweet out what they want to tweet out and give information that they want to give,” AD Carter said on SuperTalk Mississippi. “But I don’t think the way he (Kiffin) portrayed that meeting was accurate.

“There was there was a lot of push back to him leaving. It was really one of those things where these guys knew they needed coaches to coach the game.”

The AD confirmed what the players were feeling. On Sunday, Kiffin claimed that he wanted to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs and possibly in the national championship. But for obvious reasons, the Rebels officials denied that request. While he claims that his players wanted him to stay, OL Brycen Sanders quickly took it to X, denying those claims.

“I think everyone that was in that room would disagree.”

It’s been a while since Ole Miss has had a shot at the national title. Naturally, the Rebels did not want him to go. But the way Kiffin portrayed the narrative did not sit well with Oxford.

This is a developing story