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Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin answers a reporter's question following an NCAA college football practice on the Oxford, Miss., campus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin, left, and wide receiver John Rhys Plumlee (10) look at the camera during a morning NCAA college football practice on the Oxford, Miss., campus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin, right, and quarterback Matt Corral (2) confer during a morning NCAA college football practice on the Oxford, Miss., campus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin answers a reporter's question following an NCAA college football practice on the Oxford, Miss., campus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Alabama coach Nick Saban walks on the field between drills during the NCAA college football team's practice Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Alabama head coach Nick Saban, second from left, instructs at NCAA college fall camp football practice, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)