On Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee set their 12-team postseason field. Following championship weekend, the biggest question heading into Selection Sunday was which team would earn the final bid into the CFP: the three-loss Alabama Crimson Tide or the two-loss SMU Mustangs. Alabama was idle this weekend after failing to make the SEC title game, while SMU lost on a walk-off field goal to the Clemson Tigers in the ACC Championship.
Amid a dramatic College Football Playoff Show, the committee selected SMU for the 12th seed, with Alabama becoming the first team out, followed by the Miami Hurricanes. Following the selection show, Warde Manuel, the athletic director with the Michigan Wolverines and a member of the CFP committee, reiterated that he and his peers value the strength of schedule metrics. Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin took exception to the quote, calling him out via social media. As a result, college football fans bashed Kiffin for his continued push towards more SEC representation in the CFP regardless of resume.
College Football Fans Clown Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin
According to Ole Miss bench boss Lane Kiffin through his own Twitter account:
Is this fake news??? He didn’t actually really say that ….
The Alabama Crimson Tide went 9-3 this season, snagging ranked wins Missouri, LSU, and Georgia, with the latter winning the SEC and earning the second overall seed in the College Football Playoff. However, the Crimson Tide suffered three losses, including brutal defeats against the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Oklahoma Sooners, tanking their value and pushing them outside the 12-team CFP field.
Notably, the SEC, home of the Alabama Crimson Tide, had the Ole Miss Rebels and South Carolina Gamecocks narrowly miss the CFP. Despite the trio having three losses, Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin believes at least one deserved to make the playoffs based on the strength of schedule. Kiffin went as far as taking aim at CFP committee member Warde Manuel for saying the strength of the schedule played a factor in the group’s decision-making. Kiffin’s most recent pro-SEC tweet has college football fans spiraling, blasting him via Twitter in his replies:
Kentucky finished 1-7 in the SEC. Who was their 1 win against Lane?
— Derrico Henrio (@derrico_henrio) December 8, 2024
Did SMU lose to 4-8 Kentucky or 6-6 Vanderbilt or 6-6 Oklahoma or 7-5 Florida…?
— Jake (@retweetJake) December 8, 2024
Buddy talkin about strength of schedule like he didn’t lose at home to Kentucky 🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻😂😂😂😂
— Matt (@Matt2Frosty) December 8, 2024
Go lose to Kentucky at home again
— PokeNation (@Big12Pokes) December 8, 2024
You lost 3 games lane. Maybe don’t choke to Kentucky and Florida and you’d be in!
— Ohio Vol (@740Vol) December 8, 2024
Cry more lane. Since Boise is such a bad team… maybe you should schedule them in Boise! It would be an easy game for you right?
— Frank (@Dr_Hominoidea) December 8, 2024
This is what happens when you got WK, Mercer, USF, and Wisconsin. You literally can’t get much weaker than that. Also, even Auburn beat Kentucky. 😂😂
— Brett LMT (@BrettHarb_LMT) December 8, 2024
Coach let’s just rotate who plays Mercer every year
— SPG (@SPG9814) December 8, 2024
Brother, hang it up. You literally lost to the 9th, 10th and 15th ranked team in the SEC.
— Ryan Estabrooke (@EstaRyan12) December 8, 2024
no shot you actually thought you guys would make it lane lmao
— DEMON GABRIEL SZN (@OspTheOG) December 8, 2024
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