Wiltfong Whiparound: College Football Recruiting and Transfer Portal Podcast · On3

Michigan Rivalry Recruiting BUZZ! | Tennessee Has Commits Coming | Lane Kiffin Update

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Lane Kiffin's choice could force Ole Miss, LSU, and Florida to pivot immediately.

The show opens live on Wednesday, November 26, with the final weekend of the season arriving. Thanksgiving talk sets the scene, but the main energy comes from recruiting updates that feel urgent because the season is ending and programs are trying to finish strong. Michigan-Ohio State comes first. The rivalry game matters because a playoff spot is on the line for Michigan, which makes the recruiting angle feel tied to a bigger Saturday than usual. Tennessee gets a long look. The Vols are preparing for Vanderbilt while trying to use the game as a closing window with multiple targets, and the conversation treats that home weekend as a chance to build momentum. Carter Gooden is part of that picture. The UCLA-committed Rivals 300 defensive lineman had just been at Vanderbilt and is scheduled for Tennessee, putting two prominent programs in the center of his process. Jalen Thomas is another name to watch. The JUCO defensive lineman, a conference player of the year from Mississippi Community College and a Memphis-area product from Whitehaven, is set to visit Tennessee after a recent trip to West Virginia. Genevieve Carr also enters the mix. The Florida commit is coming to Rocky Top after seeing Tennessee win in Gainesville, which gives the Vols a chance to press their case against the Gators. Rodney Garner's recruiting reach shows up too. That leads into Nequavian Simmons, known as Big Nuke, a 6-foot-3, 290-pound defender from undefeated Carver who has already put up major backfield production and has been to Tennessee once before. The board keeps moving south. The larger conversation widens into the Lane Kiffin situation at Ole Miss, where the possibility of staying or leaving is treated like a statement about the new era of college football. LSU and Florida sit in the background. The segment frames the coaching search as a layered SEC power struggle, with Ole Miss trying to prove it can hold its coach while bigger jobs and old assumptions keep circling. Everything stays fast. Names, schools, visits, and current leads are stacked one after another, so the episode works best as a quick read on late-November recruiting and coaching buzz rather than a slow, reflective breakdown.

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Michigan-Ohio State, Tennessee visitors, and Lane Kiffin chatter keep the recruiting board moving.

This segment reads like a live recruiting board update, starting with Michigan-Ohio State and then moving through Tennessee's Saturday visitor list and the Lane Kiffin coaching-search chatter.

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Press play for rivalry-week playoff stakes, recruiting movement, and Tennessee's visitor parade.

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