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Paul Finebaum on ESPN in 2013, viral university football analyst, is one of the first viral moments of university football.
At the time, Kiffin was not considered the high -level coach he is currently in Ole Miss. Kiffin, a bit like Miley Cyrus, had a famous father in the NFL – Monte Kiffin – who was a legendary coach with the defensive plans he prepared to help win the Tampa Bay national championships a super bowl and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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Miley Cyrus attends 66th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, (Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images for the Registration Academy)
Lane Kiffin was briefly coach of the Oakland Raiders before taking the work of Tennessee volunteers and finally the work of the Trojan of the USC. While Kiffin’s mandate began to go out to Southern Cal, Finebaum made the infamous comparison.
Finebaum recalled the moment in a recent interview with the founder of Outkick, Clay Travis. He said he was not a fan of Kiffin because of the way he left Tennessee, but after making the comparison, he heard him from his wife and colleagues.
“I finished the soliloquy with” Lane Kiffin is the Miley Cyrus of university football. “Miley Cyrus was not hot at the time,” said Finebaum. “And I left the set – nobody spoke to me. I didn’t know that Kiffin was one of the boys. I get on an airplane in Atlanta, I still live in Birmingham, I spot. My wife will get me. And she said,” Why devil did you say these stupid things about Lane Kiffin? “She said,” I don’t think they’ll never have back in the series. “Gene Wojciechowski took me to the airport and said,” It was the stupid thing you’ve ever said. “”
Finebaum said that he remembered having woken up on Sunday after his viral moment “Gameday” for phone calls from the bosses to ESPN and the latest news on “Sportscenter”.
The Mississippi Rebels head coach, Lane Kiffin, launched himself during the fourth quarter against the Georgia State Panthers at the Viaght-Hemingway stadium on August 30, 2024. (Petre Thomas / Imagn images)
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“I come home. Everyone is angry with me. I have screwed up. I’m going to bed. I’m wake up. I take my phone and stumble in the kitchen,” he said. “I received a telephone call from the 860, which is Bristol, Connecticut, I go back to television,` Sportscent ” – Breaking News, Lane Kiffin fired on the tarmac after losing against the state of Arizona. And the next thing I saw? I called it the Miley Cyrus of university football.
“And it just exploded. Kiffin held him against me. He talks about it in each interview. I cost him his” dream work “even if he had had a lot since. It has become part of Lane Kiffin’s tapestry and myself.”
Kiffin has gone from the lowest in the lows to one of the best head coaches in university football.
After leaving the USC, he became an attacking coordinator and a quarter of the quarter under Nick Saban in Alabama. He was then Florida Atlantic’s head coach before the opening of Ole Miss’s work.
Kiffin led Ole Miss to an appearance of a Bowl match in each of the first five seasons he was at the helm. He also experienced three seasons of 10 victories.
The head coach of Ole Miss Rebels, Lane Kiffin, speaks to the media during the dry Media Day at the Omni Atlanta hotel on July 14, 2025. (Jordan Godfree / Imagn images)
Currently, Ole Miss is n ° 4 in the country with a 5-0 sheet to start the year. The rebels then overcome. 4 LSU last week and increased the survey. They have a Bye this weekend before preparing to play Washington State on October 11.
