OXFORD, Miss. — Last year almost to the day, Ole Miss had an 8-1 team that was still alive in the SEC title race and the College Football Playoff when it traveled to Georgia to get a sense of where it stacked up against the nation’s elite. Ole Miss lost by 35. After the game, a dejected Lane Kiffin was asked what would have to happen in the future for Ole Miss to be able to compete with the monsters of the SEC. “That’s a good question,” Kiffin responded. “We have to recruit at a higher level. I’m not blaming (anyone). We have to coach better. But at some point, whatever those stats are — we ha…
