Exactly six days of waiting remain. After the 2025 Egg Bowl on Nov. 28, Lane Kiffin is scheduled to announce his next coaching stop on the following day. LSU and Florida are keeping close watch, with the outcome expected to influence their own postseason and staffing decisions. Amid the ongoing buildup, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer couldn’t resist fanning the flames when asked for his Egg Bowl prediction.

“You mean when Lane (Kiffin)’s gonna put three hats on the table and pick one? I don’t know,” Shane Beamer said in his postgame speech on November 23 after the Gamecocks’ 51-7 demolition of Coastal Carolina. “You guys probably know more than I do. I know, with a wife who’s a Mississippi State grad, she’s more focused on the Egg Bowl and who wins that game, as I will be. But, you know, fascinating situation. He’s obviously done a great job at Ole Miss, and that game has a lot of meaning this year.”

Ole Miss has officially set November 28 as Kiffin Day, where he will coach the Egg Bowl. Meanwhile, Athletic Director Keith Carter met with Kiffin to finalize the plan for a post-Egg Bowl announcement, offering fans clarity on when an answer is coming. Whether Kiffin already knows his next move or intends to settle on a decision after Friday night is something only Kiffin can confirm. But the suspense only sharpens the stakes of Friday’s showdown.

Kiffin continues to dodge speculation, but the noise trailing him won’t quiet. His recent family trip to Baton Rouge only added to the drama, especially with reports claiming LSU is prepared to offer $98 million plus a $25 million NIL budget. And that’s why the Gamecocks HC’s playful jab gained so much traction. But Beamer has never hidden his admiration for the Ole Miss head coach, “He’s a brilliant offensive mind,” he said even before Ole Miss handed South Carolina a 30-14 loss. “He’s a brilliant coach. Got a lot of respect for him and what he’s done at that program.”

From a football standpoint, Ole Miss has never entered an Egg Bowl with more on the line. Sitting at 10-1, following their second bye week of the season, the Rebels returned to practice knowing that a victory would secure the first 11-win regular season in school history and keep them firmly in the College Football Playoff conversation. The Rebels opened last week as a 9.5-point favorite before the spread tightened to 7.5. Mississippi State sits at 5-6, needing a win to reach bowl eligibility and no doubt eager to spoil their rival’s postseason dreams.

And while the Egg Bowl madness rages in Mississippi, another rivalry is about to take center stage in Shane Beamer’s own backyard.

Rivalry week hits Shane Beamer’s Gamecocks

It’s officially rivalry week in South Carolina. Clemson and SC may be a combined 10-12 this season, but those numbers vanish the moment helmets collide. 

“It’s the state championship,” Dabo Swinney said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re 11-0 or 0-11. This game means a lot to a lot of people. It’s a forever game. There might be some games along the way, you’ll say, ‘What happened in that game? I don’t really remember’ — you remember this one. Everybody lives with this one, this is one of those games.”

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And he’s right. People don’t remember third-quarter drives at Missouri or red-zone miscues in September, but they’ll remember who wins this one. And this year’s version feels chaotic in the best way.

Clemson just clinched its 27th straight bowl bid. South Carolina, meanwhile, won’t reach the postseason for the fourth time in seven years. Yet Vegas favors the Gamecocks by 2.5 at home. USC is 3-2 ATS as a favorite but 0-3 after a win. Clemson is just 4-7 ATS overall, but 3-1 away from Death Valley. And those numbers only deepen the sense that anything can happen Saturday night.

LaNorris Sellers is the spark plug again, fresh off 356 yards against Coastal Carolina. He’s the same QB who stunned Clemson 17-14 in Death Valley last season. Shane Beamer has taken two of the last three from Dabo Swinney, though the Tigers escaped Columbia 16-7 in 2023. And now, with him balancing Lane Kiffin chaos and Palmetto State pressure, the drama couldn’t be better timed.