Well, that happened quickly.

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin sarcastically criticized the College Football Playoff — just one game into it — after the Rebels failed to secure a spot in the newly reformed postseason.

“Really exciting competitive game,” Kiffin wrote on X Friday night after the climax of the contest between Notre Dame and Indiana. “Great job!!”

The sarcasm could be excused, Kiffin had an unpleasant evening.

From home, the head coach watched as No. 7 Notre Dame defeated No. 10 Indiana in South Bend, giving the Hoosiers the distinct honor of becoming the first team ever eliminated from the 12-team College Football Playoff.

The final score was 27-17, although the ten-point lead doesn’t come close to doing the demolition justice.

Notre Dame’s defense held Indiana to its second-fewest points of the season, and the Hoosiers didn’t score their first touchdown of the game until there was less than 1:30 left in the fourth quarter.

Would Kiffin’s Rebels have had a greater competitive advantage? The world will never know.

Although their head coach certainly thinks so.

Ole Miss was all but eliminated from playoff contention when they lost their second-to-last game of the season to the Florida Gators.

It was the Rebels’ third loss of the season, all three losses coming in SEC play.

Without a berth in the conference championship game, Ole Miss had no chance to justify their season performances. In the final ranking, the Rebels ended up in 14th place.

Despite a string of impressive wins – including a 28-10 loss to then-No. 1 team – there would be no playoff bid. 3 Georgia the week before the Florida debacle. Instead, the Rebels were sentenced to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

Instead of Ole Miss, the committee gave the coveted bids to teams like 10th-seeded Indiana, which finished with 11 wins but also played the 32nd toughest schedule in the country, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index.

And third-seeded Boise State, with 12 wins, playing only one opponent – then No. 7 Oregon – until their victory in the Mountain West Championship.

The Broncos’ schedule was the 81st toughest in the country, according to ESPN.

With their win on Friday, the Fighting Irish have booked their date with No. 2 Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, scheduled for 8:45 p.m. on New Year’s Day.

Ole Miss supporters, for their part, must count down the days until their Rebels compete in 2025.