OXFORD, Miss. — Wearing an Ole Miss blue skirt and crimson top, Sarah Kathryn Sanders closed her eyes and blew out the candles on her 40th birthday cake.
When Lane Kiffin is your head coach, you start working every angle to keep him from leaving the Rebels. Hours prior to Saturday’s 34-24 come-from-behind win against Florida, Sanders wanted to avoid the ultimate loss to the Gators, who arrived searching for a new coach — with Kiffin atop their wish list.
“I blew out my candles and wished he would stay,” she said before catching herself.