Everyone was waiting for white smoke Friday regarding Lane Kiffin, his status going forward at Ole Miss and his potential move to LSU.

What we got was gray smoke. The kind of smoke that obscures your vision and leaves you to try to figure out what’s there.

On Friday, as expected, Kiffin met with Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter and, according to the school, Ole Miss chancellor Glenn Boyce. After emerging from that meeting, Ole Miss released a statement Friday afternoon from Carter — notably not from Kiffin or Boyce — saying Kiffin will coach the Rebels in next Friday’s regular-season finale at Mississippi State.

The statement concluded with this sentence from Carter: “An announcement on Coach Kiffin’s future is expected the Saturday following the game.”

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