Lane Kiffin Gives a Shout-Out To Morgan Freeman On Social Media.

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00:00 Lane Kiffin gives a shout out to the celebrity that was at the Ole Miss men's basketball game.

00:05 Hello, my name is Skylar Gerard of Fan Nation The Grove Report and here's your latest basketball news.

00:10 Now Lane Kiffin gave a shout out to celebrity Morgan Freeman on Tuesday night.

00:14 Ole Miss beat Mississippi State in an exciting game 86-82.

00:18 Now star Morgan Freeman was sitting courtside for the Rebels game,

00:21 which he's not very surprising because he is a common presence for Ole Miss basketball.

00:26 Morgan Freeman's outfit did get the head football coach Lane Kiffin's attention though.

00:30 Morgan Freeman was wearing a blue hoodie with the hashtag #ComeToTheSip on the front,

00:34 which is common for recruiting slogan for Kiffin and Co. in football.

00:38 Kiffin always is one to take advantage of a marketing opportunity.

00:42 He quoted a post of Morgan Freeman on X and said "hoodie!" with exclamation points.

00:46 Morgan Freeman is 86 and is a native of Charleston, Mississippi.

00:50 And although he did not attend Ole Miss, he's been one of the more notable fans

00:53 present at multiple basketball games throughout the years.

00:56 It was a very big night for Ole Miss with a big win, having a record crowd,

01:00 and Morgan Freeman being at the game.

01:02 I guess we'll just see if Freeman comes to more basketball games this season

01:05 because of the program's success.

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