This isn’t about whether Lane Kiffin should stay or go, although at this point it seems like the U-Haul truck is gassed up and set to leave Oxford, Miss., as soon as Friday’s Egg Bowl against Mississippi State is over.

It isn’t about the star-crossed and controversial Kiffin at all, really.

No, this situation at Ole Miss is about college football’s broken system that allows schools to talk to coaches under contract to other schools in-season.

It is a system with a recruiting calendar — the early signing period for high school recruits begins Dec. 3 and the transfer portal opens Jan. 2 — that encourages coaches to leave their teams before the season is up.