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Is Lane Kiffin the right man for Ole Miss, or is it time for a change?

Kentucky crushed No. 6 Ole Miss on Saturday by 20-17, thereby handing Lane Kiffin’s boys their first loss of the season. The Rebels’ record stands at 4-1. The Wildcats, controlling the possession of the pigskin for at least 40 minutes, were down 17-13 with 3:51 time left and faced a 4th-and-7 from the team’s 20-yard line. Quarterback Brock Vandagriff connected with Barion Brown on a 63-yard pass, which kept them going. After a few plays, Josh Kattus‘ two-yard touchdown run put them ahead of Ole Miss. “Beyond disappointing day.” Said head coach Lane Kiffin after facing a disastrous defeat to Kentucky. Besides that, the day was even worse for one of Ole Miss fans who tried harming himself following Ole Miss’s loss.

After Ole Miss faced a heartbreaking loss to Kentucky on Saturday, hours later, an upset fan took to his ‘X’ handle and tagged head coach Lane Kiffin. “This is on you, @Lane_Kiffin,” he wrote as a caption for his post. The post reached 283 thousand viewers, and 5100 people liked the post. In a picture that Dilf Reb shared online, we can see an ‘old Forester 1920’ bottle and a half-filled glass placed on his desk. But that’s not it; Reb placed an unloaded pistol and a notepad, making it look like a foolproof suicide plan.

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Only after reading a few comments and the user’s answers to them can you realize that he was trying to crack a self-harm joke. But it’s shocking to note that he got so much hurt after Ole Miss lost the game that he took this step and made a joke out of himself on social media.

Well, jokes aside, Ole Miss’s loss must have left its fans heartbroken for sure. It’s not surprising if fans are reacting like this. Besides, let’s look at Saturday’s game between Ole Miss and Kentucky.

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Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss fails to complete the job at home

Ole Miss took the lead in the first quarter, scoring their opening drive with a 1-yard touchdown run by Quinshon Jenkins following a 39-yard pass by Jaxson Dart connecting with Tre Harris. Kentucky answered with a drive of their own but could not stand still against Ole Miss’s vigorous defense, which forced them to make a 27-yard Alex Raynor field goal. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 7-3, led by Ole Miss.

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The Rebels’ offense struggled through the second quarter because of penalties and punting entries. Kentucky took advantage of it with quarterback Brock Vandagriff and a key connection pass for a touchdown, which gave Kentucky a 10-7 lead at halftime. Coming to the third quarter, Ole Miss equalized the score with 10 by a 31-yard Caden Davis field goal. However, in no time, Kentucky responded with a 48-yard field goal by Raynor, which gave them a 13-10 lead.

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Ole Miss kept the momentum alive with a 4th and 7 conversation, where Dart passed to Harris for a 48-yard touchdown, which directly put the rebels ahead with 17-13 towards the fourth and the last quarter. However, what Kentucky did next gave them the winning title?

Kentucky saw a key 4th-and-7, and Vandagriff connected with Aaron Brown for a 63-yard pass, resulting in a fumble recovery at the end zone by Josh Kattus, giving them a 20-17 lead. During the last moments of the game, Ole Miss had the chance to secure a win, but they missed a 48-yard field goal by Davis, sealing the victory for the Wildcats.