Perhaps being the Portal King comes with its own special set of challenges as a head coach in the SEC - the toughest conference in the nation.
Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin intimated as much as he addressed media from the podium at SEC Media Days on Monday afternoon. Kiffin has more than a dozen high level transfers coming onto the Ole Miss roster amid losing a ton of production offensively and defensively from a squad that went 10-3 with a Sugar Bowl appearance.
Kiffin said the portal has given Ole Miss the ability to not just think outside the box but “create a new box”, which is something coaches have to do to succeed in Oxford.