The entire college football world has their eyes on Oxford, Mississippi for Lane Kiffin's return to the school most thought he'd coach for the rest of his career. On Saturday Night, a top 10 clash will unfold, but the game will feel like a footnote to the drama surrounding Lane Kiffin's return to the state of Mississippi.
The first look at the spectacle came on Saturday Morning with ESPN's College GameDay picking Oxford as their host location for Week 3. Fans showed up and packed the Grove, bringing more signs poking fun at Lane Kiffin than you could even count. The fans went through countless chants pointed at Lane Kiffin, showing the hatred that will be on display this weekend.
Only one College GameDay panelist believes in the Tigers
One of the best ways to gauge the national belief in your team comes every week when the College GameDay panelists make their picks for the game. This weekend, actor and Ole Miss fan Morgan Freeman joined the panel as the guest picker after the Rebels' faithful used his clips in countless hype videos this week.
Kirk Herbstreit will be on the call for Saturday Night's game, meaning he abstained from giving a pick or prediction for the game.
Desmond Howard cited that the home team has won 12 of the last 14 Magnolia Bowls, declaring Ole Miss will win the game.
When die hard Ole Miss fan and legendary actor Morgan Freeman was named the guest picker for this weekend's game, everyone knew who he'd pick. Freeman
Nick Saban played the heel perfectly, calling Trinidad Chambliss the most dynamic college football player in the country while hyping up his former defensive coordinator, Pete Golding. After talking about how much he loved Ole Miss, Nick Saban then flipped, talking about how defense travels, picking LSU.
Pat McAfee's pick for the College GameDay game is always entertaining as he loves to send the crowd into a frenzy one way or another. Pat McAfee went on a winding rambling speech, leading the fans through the singing of Hotty Toddy, picking Ole Miss to win the game while whispering that he believes LSU will win the National Championship.
Lane Kiffin didn't need any more bulletin board material as he has all the motivation in the world to go out and win this game, but the GameDay crew gave it to him. The whole world will seemingly be rooting against the Tigers on Saturday Night, but every LSU fan knows this is exactly where the program wants to be, playing the villain.
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