Kiffin, Deon, Cignetti...

I dont fall for media hype too much anymore. But I do agree that we're seeing a new age of disruptors in college football...

Throwing-out old conventions, masters at the portal game etc.

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Kiffin, Prime, Cignetti -- they're not supposed to be here. 

For two decades, from Urban Meyer to Nick Saban to Kirby Smart, the blueprint for success at this level was clear. Coaches who won did it the old-fashioned way, ruling with an iron fist, refusing to give an inch in the quest for greatness, tormenting Jimbo Fisher for laughs.

Even the few divergences from that blueprint at least had the roots of their DNA in a classical approach to team building, be it Dabo Swinney's rah-rah optimism or Jim Harbaugh's investment in a squirrelly underling wearing a fake mustache to steal signals.

But these guys are showing us a new path forward.

Kiffin has invested in the transfer portal like a tech bro buying crypto, stocking a once talent-bereft roster of upstarts with enough stars that Saturday's win over Georgia barely registers as an upset. 

Ole Miss has been as explosive as anyone in college football this year, save a loss to Kentucky that we're now fairly certain was just something we dreamed after eating some expired ham. Should we be surprised that Jaxson Dart out-dueled a flailing Carson Beck, who has been handing out interceptions like Oprah giving away cars? 

Is it a shock that the Ole Miss defense contained Georgia's top skill players like Cash Jones, Dillon Bell and Lawson Luckie? Georgia's depth chart reads like the cast of a teen drama. Meanwhile, Kiffin's running wildcat with his 325-pound defensive lineman just because he can.

Kiffin's disruptive impact on Ole Miss has been so profound that the Rebels' students have even changed the game for goal-post removal.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/gamedayfinal110924/college-football-week-11-highlights-top-plays-games-takeaways-2024