Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin used Twitter to fire back at Michael Wilbon, host of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, after one of Wilbon’s rants about Kiffin went viral Tuesday.
While describing why he’s picking No. 1 Alabama to beat No. 12 Ole Miss on Saturday (2:30 p.m., CBS), Wilbon went on a lengthy aside about his views about Kiffin.
“There’s nothing to be proud of if you’re college football because of Lane Kiffin,” Wilbon said on the show. “Lane Kiffin is a clown. Lane Kiffin has been an embarrassment at multiple stops. Nobody is going to run out there and say ‘Yeah, I want Lane Kiffin right there on the logo representing me.’
“Lane Kiffin’s a cute little story for guys like us who have to talk about sports every day and we can come in and say ‘Ha ha ha, Lane Kiffin.’ Lane Kiffin equals embarrassment at some point wherever he is.”
Kiffin responded Tuesday night with a few emojis and said he’ll pray for Wilbon because life is too short to be angry. But that must not have been the end of it, because Kiffin added to the thread Wednesday morning.
