Lane Kiffin gives take on signing mustard bottle, aftermath of Tennessee troll

Lane Kiffin continues to be the best troll in college football. The Ole Miss coach signed a mustard bottle for a fan on the first day of SEC Media Days, a call-back to his return to Tennessee last season.

Kiffin said it’s been part of an interesting offseason as he gets ready for his third season as Rebels coach. He’s also signed golf balls, which a fan also threw during that Ole Miss vs. Tennessee matchup, and even threw a golf ball during his first pitch before the Rebels played the Vols in baseball.

However, Ole Miss lost that game, and Rebels fans blamed the troll. Kiffin said it was all part of his master plan to motivate them to win the national championship.

“I did sign a mustard bottle,” KIiffin said. “That was the first guy to come up. … I have signed a lot of mustard bottles and golf balls, which normally I haven’t. It’s been a unique offseason. On the golf ball, which goes back to the first pitch I threw out for the Tennessee game, we got swept by Tennessee, didn’t play well. Everybody thought it was my fault.

“I had a plan. I wanted our guys to stay humble, not play very well, then we’d go win the national championship in baseball. I’d like to say that was a plan. All the Tennessee fans that were all excited about sweeping us, there was a plan.”

Lane Kiffin signs mustard bottle for fan at SEC Media Days

Monday was the first day of SEC Media Days, with Ole Miss being one of the first squads in Atlanta. Which meant head coach Lane Kiffin was going to be in attendance and provide some laughs while also talking about his team and college football as a whole.

Well, Kiffin did exactly that — provide some laughs.

Fans were in attendance at media days as well, with one deciding to bring back a reference to Ole Miss’ road game against Tennessee from this past season. A mustard bottle was brought into the College Football Hall of Fame and Kiffin put his signature on it. Even though the fan pictured is wearing LSU guy, he can still joke around with the Ole Miss head coach.