Lane Kiffin called out a reporter for a comment earlier this week in which he compared the Ole Miss coach to a “hoe.”

Shortly after Ole Miss defeated Mississippi State 38-19 on Friday during the Egg Bowl, the Rebels coach confronted Ben Garrett of On3.com after the beat writer reportedly said, “Can’t turn a hoe into a housewife. Hoes don’t act right.”

Kiffin found the reporter on the field after the game and confronted him, saying, “You wanna walk in here and call me a hoe? We’ll see how it goes.”

Garrett reported the confrontation on X.

“Kiffin didn’t like the, ‘Can’t turn a hoe into a housewife; hoes don’t act right’ line from the podcast,” the writer posted on X. “He sought me out in the tunnel after the game to tell me.”

He added a laughing emoji in the post.

There was plenty of drama before and during – not just after – Friday’s Egg Bowl.

Trinidad Chambliss threw for 359 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 6 Mississippi rolled through Mississippi State 38-19 in a game that saw a bench-clearing fight, which Kiffin called out.

Prior to the game, it was reported that Florida was moving on from Kiffin and targeting Tulane’s Jon Sumrall as its next head coach.

Sumrall also is considered to be Auburn’s top target to replace Hugh Freeze. Kiffin, it was reported, was giving lukewarm feedback to Florida in recent days.

Meanwhile, Chambliss led a Rebel charge that racked up 546 yards of offense Friday. He was 23 of 34 for 359 yards and four touchdowns. De’Zhaun Stribling had two of those touchdowns and had four catches for 66 yards. Deuce Alexander had two catches for 94 yards, including an 88-yard score in the fourth quarter that would put the game away for good.

The Rebels (11-1, 7-1 SEC, No. 7 CFP) also had a big day on the ground as the unit rushed for 187 yards on 39 carries with Kewan Lacy putting in 143 of those yards on 27 carries.