Ole Miss’ breakup with Lane Kiffin apparently got so tense that the school’s NIL director says the FBI was brought in to sweep the facility for bugs after Kiffin left for LSU.
That claim came from Grove Collective executive director Walker Jones during an appearance on the Assorted Crackers podcast. Jones said he was so suspicious after Kiffin’s departure that he was literally checking his own office.
“I remember getting on my knees… looking underneath the desk… is there some sort of bug in my office?” Jones recounted.
“Somebody was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘You just trust me.
You don’t know this guy like I did.'”
A post from Brett McMurphy on August 24, 2026 highlighted Jones’ comments and said Jones described Ole Miss having the FBI sweep the building for “bugs” after Kiffin left for LSU.
Jones also used the interview to question how Kiffin handled the weeks leading into Ole Miss’ College Football Playoff debut. In his view, Kiffin’s actions told a different story than the loyalty he had talked about during his time with the Rebels.
“If Ole Miss is as special to you… as you said it was - which I believe there was some truth to that - then why are you literally going to try to burn it to the ground within minutes of it not being about you anymore?” Jones asked.
“I guess that’s what you do if you’re the LSU head coach. You try to destroy your opponent, your rival.”
The next chapter in that rivalry is already on the schedule. LSU visits Ole Miss on Sept. 19, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. E.T. on ABC.
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