Ole Miss AD says he's 'tuned out' Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, scoffs at suggestion that Lane Kiffin will need military security Saturday

With LSU-Ole Miss now days away, the rhetoric around Lane Kiffin's much-anticipated return to Oxford has reached ridiculous proportions.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who's taken an outsized role in the operations of a college football team , turned up the heat further on Monday.

Landry told ESPN's Mark Schlabach that Kiffin and his LSU team might need military security for the SEC showdown hosted by Kiffin's former Ole Miss program.

"I'm thinking about having to send him in on an F-16 and maybe the team on a C-130," Landry said. "Security is going to be really tight. You know, we might need the National Guard out there to protect our team. I think it's going to be an interesting weekend."

Schlabach noted in his report that Landry, "of course," was joking. Regardless of the tenor of Landry's comments, Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter isn't interested in entertaining them.

Carter responded Tuesday like one might expect when another state's governor suggests that security on his campus for a football game requires the might of the U.S. military.

"Honestly, I've kind of tuned out the governor of Louisiana," Carter said in an interview with Richard Cross of 'SuperTalk Mississippi.' "That's not something that we're focused on here on campus. … We're going to make sure that we have plenty of security.

"The game's gonna go on, and everyone's gonna be just fine. We try to stay focused on the things we can control here, and, obviously, some of the rhetoric coming out of Louisiana is not something we can control."

Beyond that reasoned response, Carter declined to further take Landry's bait.

Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen, meanwhile, confirmed to local media that the National Guard will not be present for Saturday's game. He did say that Oxford is enlisting the help of law enforcement from New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, to bring in extra horse-mounted police for game day.

"I feel like it will probably be one of the biggest crowds that any of us have ever seen, and so you take that into consideration," McCutchen said, per WTVA .

Saturday's kickoff between the top-10 teams is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. And one thing is for certain. The atmosphere will be electric.