Lane Kiffin is still thanking Paul Finebaum for getting him fired at USC

Thank Finebaum for harsh criticisms?

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is once again thanking ESPN college football personality Paul Finebaum for “getting him fired” at USC.

Like he did over the summer, Kiffin discussed with Finebaum the latter’s infamous 2013 criticism of the former from his time at USC as the Miley Cyrus of college football.

Of course, Kiffin was fired from his USC job in 2013 soon after those comments and then joined Nick Saban and Alabama as that team’s offensive coordinator. The rest is history, leading up to Kiffin’s Ole Miss upsetting Georgia this past Saturday.

Kiffin once again credited that chain of events to Finebaum, who of course isn’t the main reason Kiffin got fired at USC but probably didn’t help matters with his pointed, public commentary.

“I wouldn’t have been here to have the Georgia win if you wouldn’t have got me fired at USC,” Kiffin told Finebaum, who laughed at the comment. “Again, I’m grateful to you, Paul. Thanks for that day. Thanks for the Miley Cyrus comment.”

Both seemed to be in good spirits during the moment, and it looks like they’ve mostly buried the hatchet over one of the more infamous disses in recent college football history.

You can still detect a little salt from Kiffin, but this is probably as amicable as it’s going to get between these two.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN. 

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