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TAMPA, FL - Pete Golding took nan shape connected Wednesday astatine SEC Media Days and was intelligibly prepared to springiness his sentiment astir nan existent state of assemblage football, on pinch nan evident questions astir Lane Kiffin.
If you cognize nan Ole Miss caput coach, nary of this should travel arsenic a surprise, fixed his deficiency of select regarding life, aliases conscionable astir thing else.
Florida coach brings laughs, nary select and Lane Kiffin comparison rebuttal to first SEC media days
Obviously, 1 of nan main questions immoderate successful nan room were prepared to quiz Golding connected was his narration pinch former Ole Miss caput coach Lane Kiffin. But unless you've been sleeping nether a stone for nan past fewer months, his feelings toward his erstwhile leader are beautiful good known.
Yes, they are still friends, but that doesn’t mean they work together connected everything, which would see Kiffin's exit for LSU. And yes, they still pass connected what is seemingly a regular basis, though Golding does spell a fewer days without responding to Kiffin if he's successful nan temper to messiness pinch him conscionable a bit.
Mississippi Rebels caput coach Pete Golding stands connected nan sideline during a crippled against nan Tulane Green Wave astatine Vaught-Hemingway Stadium successful Oxford, Miss., connected Dec. 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
But, nan communicative regarding nan Ole Miss versus LSU showdown successful Oxford this coming play is much geared towards nan players and fans of each school. For nan coaches, judge they'd thoroughly bask beating each different connected nan field, but it's not arsenic if either of them came retired successful a unsmooth spot pursuing nan chaos past December.
LANE KIFFIN CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT OLE MISS, EVEN WHILE EXPLAINING WHY HE CHOSE LSU OVER FLORIDA
"I get this everyplace we go...Lane and I are good," Golding mentioned. "I did not cognize coach Kiffin anterior to taking nan Ole Miss job. I deliberation everybody conscionable assumes Alabama, Alabama (assistant roles) erstwhile coach Kiffin was (there). I didn’t travel to Ole Miss because of Kiffin, I came to Ole Miss to raise 3 kids. Our narration grew complete those 3 years.
"I'm very appreciative of really he treated maine and my family, and learned a batch from him. I person nary ill-will towards Coach Kiffin. He texts maine connected a regular basis, and location are definite things we'll talk about, and definite things we don't talk about. He's very competitory for illustration I'm very competitive.."
Things worked retired for everyone, including existent property woody for Golding
While location is still a batch of evident vexation betwixt nan Ole Miss diversion section and Lane Kiffin, things seemed to activity retired conscionable good for Pete Golding.
Sure, I'd ideate he did not want to beryllium thrust into nan spotlight that precocious successful nan 2025 season, correct earlier nan playoff was group to begin. But, Pete Golding was besides hellbent connected staying successful Oxford, nary matter if it was him being fixed nan keys to Ole Miss, aliases staying connected arsenic an adjunct coach.
Heck, Golding really ended up buying 1 of Lane Kiffin's houses successful nan Oxford area complete nan past six months.
"There's ever going to beryllium history, it's nan ex, right?," Golding joked astir Kiffin.
Pete Golding of nan Ole Miss Rebels speaks astatine a property convention aft nan CFP Semifinal Vrbo Fiesta Bowl against nan Miami Hurricanes astatine State Farm Stadium connected Jan. 8, 2026, successful Glendale, Ariz. Miami defeated Ole Miss 31-27. (Getty Images)
On Wednesday, arsenic nan questions continued to beryllium asked astir nan narration betwixt Kiffin and Golding, nan Rebels coach had a different mindset connected really immoderate of nan issues played retired to extremity nan 2025 regular season.
"I show a batch of group this. I astir apt shouldn’t, but I don't care: In 2021, if you said you tin look successful 2025 and you're astir to beryllium 11-1 and spell to nan playoff. Would you return it if you're coach was leaving? Hell yea, you would. Everybody won from it, it's ok. Every spot is not for everybody.
"I'd beryllium nan first 1 to show you I told him it would beryllium dumb if he were to leave, I wanted him to stay. That was a selfish determination because I emotion being nan DC wherever I was at. He decided it was amended for him and his family. We play him for illustration every different SEC team. We're gonna spot nan shot and play."
Pete Golding is sick of discussing tampering rumor pinch Clemson
When Dabo Swinney decided to spell scorched-earth connected Ole Miss for alleged tampering pinch LB Luke Fornelli, this opened up a tin of worms that nan Rebels caput coach has now taken an absorbing attack with.
Pete Golding makes it known he has tampering receipts, while besides admitting Kiffin texts him measurement excessively much
Officials successful Oxford person made it known to nan NCAA that they are prepared to move successful different programs for tampering if nan statement decides to enforce penalties connected Ole Miss for talking pinch Luke Fornelli while he was technically a portion of nan Clemson shot squad (for a week).
In position of really Pete Golding feels, nan Rebels coach had a beautiful sensical reply erstwhile asked for his thoughts connected tampering.
"You're a newsman right? Would you discontinue your occupation earlier interviewing for different occupation aliases being offered different job?," Golding asked rhetorically. "Right, cipher would. We person a portal you tin spell successful pinch a 'Do Not Contact' tag. I'm gonna discontinue my job, wherever I'm getting paid and I'm gonna spell successful saying I request a caller job, which cipher tin telephone maine to interview.
"Like, what person we created? So, we've created it on pinch practice for these players that it's their work to get them paid well. By design, it's put a batch of group successful bad positions."
Ole Miss caput coach Pete Golding reacts during nan 3rd 4th against Georgia successful nan College Football Playoff quarterfinal astatine nan Allstate Sugar Bowl astatine Caesars Superdome connected Jan. 1, 2026, successful New Orleans, La. (Getty Images)
While I don't deliberation galore group will reason pinch Pete Golding astir nan illogical things that nan NCAA has created, I find it difficult to ideate Dabo Swinney is going to agree.
But, successful position of acting arsenic though colleges are acting above-board erstwhile it comes to recruiting, nan Ole Miss caput coach saved nan astir reasonable discourse of his rant for nan extremity of his answer.
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"Let's not enactment for illustration recruiting successful assemblage shot for nan past 100 years is nan astir civilized thing. What are we talking about?"
He's not wrong. Let's spot really overmuch nan NCAA agrees.
Trey Wallace is nan Sr. College Sports Reporter for OutKick.
