Lane Kiffin Trolled by CFB Fans After SEC’s Tennessee Gets Blown Out by OSU in CFP
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Following the ninth-ranked SEC Tennessee Volunteers’ 42-17 blowout loss to the eighth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is facing significant backlash after criticizing the College Football Playoff committee’s decisions and voicing his disdain over the lack of SEC teams.
Kiffin’s 9-3 Ole Miss Rebels were left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff, which led to his frustration on social media regarding the blowout losses of SMU and Indiana.
After SMU’s 38-10 loss to Penn State on Saturday, Kiffin tweeted this:
In addition to SMU’s blowout, the Indiana Hoosiers also lost 27-17 to Notre Dame on Friday.
Although Texas represented the SEC well in the College Football Playoff with a win over Clemson, the Tennessee Volunteers did not hold up its end of the bargain with a disastrous loss to Ohio State.
Kiffin posted his thoughts prior to the Volunteers’ game, but ironically, he has not been heard from since then:
Lane Kiffin @Lane_Kiffin
Let’s go VOLS!!!!! @Vol_Football https://t.co/Ey44MVpQKy
College football fans flooded social media following the Volunteers’ loss to roast Kiffin over his SEC comments:
Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli
Wellness check? pic.twitter.com/NgpcPt9X4Y
THE Ram U @CSURamT
Live shot of Lane Kiffin right now… pic.twitter.com/mJXv2Ay5QI
Legion of Orange @SnapAgainThanos
Lane Kiffin is awfully quiet tonight pic.twitter.com/OE1P5ossHz
Connor Essegian’s #1 Fan @gnat_rhule
College football twitter coming together to clown Paul Finebaum, Lane Kiffin, and the rest of SEC twitter pic.twitter.com/QvtYWaaXsM
Pregame Empire @PregameEmpire
Lane Kiffin tweeting about all the teams getting blown out except for the SEC one pic.twitter.com/n5TTMfjHjo
ThrowBackFrog @ThrowBackFrog
BREAKING: SEC throat goat @Lane_Kiffin MISSING pic.twitter.com/Osej0GYOBC
Kiffin opened himself up to criticism and received plenty of it on social media.
The quarterfinals will kick off on Dec. 31, starting with Penn State and Boise State in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.