Lane Kiffin Apologizes for Ole Miss 'Segregation' Remarks Before No. 7 LSU Faces No. 8 Rebels
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 19
Lane Kiffin Apologizes for Ole Miss 'Segregation' Remarks Before No. 7 LSU Faces No. 8 Rebels
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 19
Summary
Lane Kiffin said he was sorry if anyone at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended after his May remarks linked recruiting hurdles in Oxford to the state's racial history.
In a Vanity Fair interview, Kiffin said some Black recruits' parents and grandparents resisted sending them to Ole Miss, while Baton Rouge did not raise the same concerns.
The comments drew backlash from both fanbases ahead of Saturday night's game, Kiffin's first trip back to Oxford since leaving Ole Miss for LSU.
Ole Miss' history makes race an especially sensitive issue there, with Confederate symbols lingering into the 1990s, while LSU also has its own segregation-era record.