The Rebels were averaging nearly 53 points a game heading into Tuscaloosa last Saturday. Evidently feeling good about the offensive juggernaut he developed over the past couple of seasons, head coach Lane Kiffin promised fireworks. And he delivered, but not in the way Kiffin had hoped.

The top ranked Tide pounded Ole Miss, 42-21, and it wasn’t even that close.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban is now 24-0 against his former assistants. In retrospect, Kiffin should never have left Tennessee.