Ole Miss Football's Lane Kiffin Trolls Auburn's Hugh Freeze Amid Quarterback Drama

“Derrick Nix is the offensive coordinator, and he does all the planning and scripting, and is in charge of the game plan,” Freeze told reporters.

“But, man, there’s no staff without collaboration on the plan. Offensively or defensively, I reserve the right to say on the call sheet, yeah, I don’t like that one right here. But he does a great job for us.

“Kent leads the third-down plan. But other than that, Nix leads the charge and has the playcalling duties, with me reserving the right to say — I’ll go over when we’re on defense to do head-coaching duties and do the same thing there.

"I don’t tell DJ a lot, but sometimes I can see what I think offenses are doing. And I’ll say, hey, we need to cloud this.”

Following the news of Auburn's strategy, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin wasted no time in taking to social media to troll Freeze and Co. via X.

Kiffin and Co. have navigated a critical offseason in Oxford with all eyes on a new-look roster headlined by new quarterback Austin Simmons.

Ole Miss offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. dove into what he's seen from his new signal-caller.

"Yes, it’s a huge process, right? I think Jaxson (Dart), it’s interesting comparing Austin to Jaxson because we had Jaxson on three separate years and honestly all three were totally different players, you know what I mean?

"So, it’s interesting with Austin, he’s had two years here to develop but he’s never played full-time. He’s never been the guy, the starter, all the things that come with that. I would say overall he’s on a great track. He’s certainly much further ahead than Jaxson was when he first got here in 2022 because that was Jaxson’s first year in the system compared to Austin having those years built in."

Ole Miss will open the 2025 season on Aug. 30 at Vaught Hemingway Stadium against the Georgia State Panthers.