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Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin explains fishing jab at Auburn's Hugh Freeze
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ATLANTA — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin had Auburn coach Hugh Freeze on his mind while on a recent fishing trip.
Kiffin spoke at SEC media days on July 14 at the College Football Hall of Fame. Kiffin is fresh off a vacation in Florida where he posted pictures from a fishing expedition. Some posts were directed at Freeze, who recently caught some flak online for, according to some fans, playing too much golf.
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"I like coach Freeze," Kiffin said. "I think (people) think that was something to do with, like, I was fishing, he was golfing. It really wasn't that."
Instead, Kiffin said his pictures with various fish were to meant to poke fun at something Freeze did on social media years ago. Evidently Kiffin, a notorious social media troll, doesn't forget.
"I have thing with him going back a few years ago when he posted a picture in response to me of like some two-pound bass or something like that," Kiffin said. "So I kind of always posted bigger fish pictures back towards him. Had nothing to do with his golf game, which, sounds like he's doing amazing with that."
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Kiffin is 1-0 against Auburn since Freeze became the Eagles' coach in 2023. The Rebels won 28-21 at Auburn in 2023. Freeze was Ole Miss ' coach from 2012-16.
Kiffin couldn't resist one last recruiting-themed dig at Freeze and the Tigers. Ole Miss has the No. 32 recruiting class in 2026. Auburn's checks in at No. 78 in the 247Sports rankings .
"And I was fishing yesterday in the dead period (for recruiting), by the way," Kiffin said.
Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_
This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Why Lane Kiffin has been sending Auburn coach Hugh Freeze fish photos
