Taylyn HadleyDecember 22, 2024

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Following the ninth-ranked SEC Tennessee Volunteers’ 42-17 blowout loss to the eighth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is facing significant backlash after criticizing the College Football Playoff committee’s decisions and voicing his disdain over the lack of SEC teams.

Kiffin’s 9-3 Ole Miss Rebels were left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff, which led to his frustration on social media regarding the blowout losses of SMU and Indiana.

After SMU’s 38-10 loss to Penn State on Saturday, Kiffin tweeted this:

Lane Kiffin @Lane_Kiffin

Way to keep us on the edge of our seats Committee …. Riveting

In addition to SMU’s blowout, the Indiana Hoosiers also lost 27-17 to Notre Dame on Friday.

Although Texas represented the SEC well in the College Football Playoff with a win over Clemson, the Tennessee Volunteers did not hold up its end of the bargain with a disastrous loss to Ohio State.

Kiffin posted his thoughts prior to the Volunteers’ game, but ironically, he has not been heard from since then:

Lane Kiffin @Lane_Kiffin

Let’s go VOLS!!!!! <a href=”https://twitter.com/Vol_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Vol_Football</a> <a href=”https://t.co/Ey44MVpQKy”>https://t.co/Ey44MVpQKy</a>

College football fans flooded social media following the Volunteers’ loss to roast Kiffin over his SEC comments:

Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli

Wellness check? <a href=”https://t.co/NgpcPt9X4Y”>pic.twitter.com/NgpcPt9X4Y</a>

THE Ram U @CSURamT

Live shot of Lane Kiffin right now… <a href=”https://t.co/mJXv2Ay5QI”>pic.twitter.com/mJXv2Ay5QI</a>

Legion of Orange @SnapAgainThanos

Lane Kiffin is awfully quiet tonight <a href=”https://t.co/OE1P5ossHz”>pic.twitter.com/OE1P5ossHz</a>

Sickos Committee @SickosCommittee

The biggest loser of this Tennessee game is somehow Lane Kiffin

Connor Essegian’s #1 Fan @gnat_rhule

College football twitter coming together to clown Paul Finebaum, Lane Kiffin, and the rest of SEC twitter <a href=”https://t.co/QvtYWaaXsM”>pic.twitter.com/QvtYWaaXsM</a>

Pregame Empire @PregameEmpire

Lane Kiffin tweeting about all the teams getting blown out except for the SEC one <a href=”https://t.co/n5TTMfjHjo”>pic.twitter.com/n5TTMfjHjo</a>

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach

Lane Kiffin hasn’t tweeted in the past hour.

Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops

Did someone steal Lane Kiffin’s phone?

ThrowBackFrog @ThrowBackFrog

BREAKING: SEC throat goat <a href=”https://twitter.com/Lane_Kiffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Lane_Kiffin</a> MISSING <a href=”https://t.co/Osej0GYOBC”>pic.twitter.com/Osej0GYOBC</a>

Kiffin opened himself up to criticism and received plenty of it on social media.

The quarterfinals will kick off on Dec. 31, starting with Penn State and Boise State in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.