Ole Miss fans were so upset with Lane Kiffin that things may have turned dangerous.

In the aftermath of his bolting to the LSU Tigers, he was booed and given several middle fingers by the fan base.

Kiffin was formally introduced as LSU’s next head coach on Monday.

During the news conference, he outlined the vision for the program as well as his need for police assistance during a tense situation.

Lane Kiffin later revealed that some Ole Miss fans attempted to chase his car “off the road.”

According to Kiffin, his son, Knox, was in the car, and the vitriol was so great that it made him reexamine his time in Oxford.

“Call a cop that you know so they’ll help you,” Lane Kiffin said.

“Because you personally know them, because you are leaving the state. And you gotta turn around, and people are screaming at you you know, trying to run you off the road I don’t know what they’re gonna do. And so that… That affects you. And that airport scene, and all the things being said, I understand that. It’s the passion. But they’re saying that about you, that you thought you did a really good job for six years for them. And that affects you. And even on the plane down there I’m kind of like ‘yeah we made this decision but like, god I really…’ You know?”

Mississippi Police Deny Lane Kiffin’s Claims About Ole Miss Fans

Lane Kiffin (Denny Simmons / The Tennessean-USA TODAY NETWORK)

LSU head coach Lane Kiffin said Rebels fans tried to run him off the road as he left Mississippi for Baton Rouge on Sunday.

Not everybody believed him.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has revealed that none of what he said was true.

Via Mississippi Today:

“There’s been no incidents where our highway patrol state troopers were involved in any sort of accident trying to run Coach Kiffin off the road.”

Bailey Holloway, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, told Mississippi Today that Kiffin had a safety escort from the Mississippi Highway Patrol when he traveled to the airport. The agency’s officers have no record of an automobile trying to push the football coach’s car off the roadway, Holloway added.

Breck Jones, the public information officer for the Oxford Police Department, also said that the local police department received no calls or complaints about the alleged incident, and they have not been asked by anyone to look into it.

Kiffin announced he was taking his talents to Baton Rouge in a social media post on Sunday.

Claims of what happened with his players in a team meeting have since been disputed by the players themselves.

Kiffin has agreed to a seven-year contract with LSU, which will pay him $13 million annually.

In the meantime, Ole Miss promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding to become the permanent head coach.

Kiffin coached the Rebels to victory over Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl rivalry game last Friday.

The victory gave them an 11-1 record.

Ole Miss missed out on the SEC Championship Game, but have a chance to advance to the College Football Playoff.