OXFORD, Miss. \u2014 Lane Kiffin\u2019s future as the Ole Miss football coach continues to hang in doubt after an hours-long meeting with school officials Saturday, but his intentions to coach at LSU next season are becoming more clear. An Ole Miss team meeting has been called for 9 a.m. CT on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Holding a $90-plus million offer from LSU, Kiffin and Ole Miss administrators were expected to discuss at the meeting his future \u2014 specifically his intention to continue to lead the No. 7 Rebels in the College Football Playoff despite, as of Friday, not agreeing to an extension with the school.<\/p>\n
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The meeting among Kiffin, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter and chancellor Glenn Boyce lasted more than three hours, if it started at the scheduled time of 3 p.m. CT. Vehicles believed to belong to Carter and Kiffin were seen leaving the site of the meeting, the Ole Miss chancellor\u2019s home, at about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The university has not released a statement and officials did not return messages.<\/p>\n
LSU officials believe they hold Kiffin\u2019s commitment to be their next coach, though his desire to continue coaching Ole Miss in the postseason is a snag delaying the formalization of the move, sources tell Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n
In fact, LSU high-level administrators and Kiffin’s representatives held a call after the Tigers’ game in Oklahoma to continue solidifying the deal with travel plans: The university plans to send two planes to Oxford on Sunday to pick up Kiffin, his family and others, those with knowledge of the situation told Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n
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The school\u2019s courtship of Kiffin took a serious turn eight days ago, when Yahoo Sports reported that officials were gearing up to propose a seven-year contract exceeding $90 million, plus more than $25 million in guaranteed roster compensation<\/a> \u2014 a salary that would make Kiffin, at the very least, tied for the highest-paid coach in the country.<\/p>\n LSU executives remained confident Saturday \u2014 as they have now for a week \u2014 and expect the Ole Miss coach to move to Baton Rouge in an inner-conference poaching of one of their biggest SEC rivals.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t come, we\u2019ve been duped,\u201d says one source with knowledge of Kiffin and LSU\u2019s negotiations.<\/p>\n However, doubt lingers as Kiffin \u2014 despite his commitments to LSU officials \u2014 has publicly expressed indecision but has also not signed a lucrative contract extension with Ole Miss.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n So many signs point to Kiffin\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n