Lane Kiffin will never forgive Auburn football fans for flooding his mentions and showing a level of interest in his departure from Ole Miss that seemingly caused the Rebels to be distracted and lose their final three games of the season.
Perhaps that’s not exactly how things went down, but it’s hard to be convinced otherwise — Kiffin has been relentlessly trolling Auburn football since it was announced that he would return to Oxford on a seven-year extension.
His latest troll takes direct aim at Tiger fans (including Fly War Eagle) that were convinced that the Lane Train would be rolling through the Plains, quote tweeting a post from an Alabama fan likening them (us) to children believing that Santa Claus was real, adding a ‘facepalm’ emoji for good measure:
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) December 3, 2022
Hugh Freeze College Gameday appearance is a success for Auburn football
Shifting gears to a man that actually wanted the Auburn football head coaching gig, Hugh Freeze’s appearance on College Gameday was an unmitigated success for the program — and was before he even got on camera.
First, Kirk Herbstreit called Freeze the next potential Sonny Dykes, who made the Power Five jump from SMU to TCU and is now dominating in the Dallas Metroplex on a national scale:
College Gameday crew asked "Which newly hired coach will be next season's Sonny Dykes?"
— Adam Cole (@colereporter) December 3, 2022
Kirk Herbstreit: "I think I'm gonna go with Hugh Freeze."
Then, Freeze got on the program and hyped up the new football facility in a plan to aid recruiting efforts, which was something he harped on as the number one way to get Auburn football back to a championship level:
Hugh Freeze on #Auburn's new football facilities: "It's like Disney World. I get lost every single time I go in there."
— Adam Cole (@colereporter) December 3, 2022
Hugh Freeze, currently on set on College GameDay, is asked how he can get Auburn back to competing for championships: “Recruiting. We’ve got to get the players.”
— Nathan King (@NathanKing247) December 3, 2022
While Lane Kiffin could take all the shots he wants at the Tigers, Freeze seems hellbent on getting the last laugh when AU takes the field in the fall of 2023.