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After a drama-filled run, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin left and took the LSU job. It was a tough scene for Ole Miss fans, but Kiffin took more money to go to Baton Rouge in hopes of winning a national title. Now, Kiffin is quickly working to put his coaching staff together. Currently, LSU defensive […]

The LSU Tigers football team jumped into the spotlight after Lane Kiffin took the head coaching job last Sunday. Now, days removed from his abrupt exit from the Ole Miss Rebels football program, the 50-year-old coach will appear on College GameDay for a live interview before the 2025 SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The shift […]

When Lane Kiffin was hired as the LSU football coach, it was expected that Kiffin would retain defensive coordinator Blake Baker. But that might not be able to happen, as it turns out. Baker, who has spent the last two seasons as the Tigers’ defensive coordinator, is reportedly drawing head coaching interest, including from Tulane, […]

LSU moved on from Brian Kelly after he failed to deliver a national championship. Lane Kiffin has been brought in as the new head coach and will be looking to deliver the program to the promised land. Now, the question is, can Kiffin deliver a national championship at LSU? LSU has fallen short of expectations […]

Former Heisman Trophy winner and current Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow, the quarterback who authored one of the greatest seasons in LSU history, couldn’t avoid questions about the Tigers’ latest coaching shakeup. With LSU hiring Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss in a stunning move, Burrow was asked to weigh in on the situation during […]

The Las Vegas Raiders watched a former franchise head coach land a high-profile gig. Let alone someone with USC ties to Pete Carroll in Lane Kiffin — who landed at LSU Sunday. Carroll once saw a 31-year-old Kiffin go from USC to the Raiders during a time they were in Oakland. He even got asked […]

Recently, the Ole Miss football program received a jolt when head coach Lane Kiffin announced he would be departing to take the same position at LSU football. Making matters more chaotic was that Ole Miss told Kiffin he would not be allowed to coach the Rebels on their expected upcoming college football playoff run, but […]

Lane Kiffin’s first days with the LSU football team have brought a harsh lesson in how quickly momentum can swing. Not long after he watched long-time in-state pledge Kenny Darby back off his commitment, the new Tigers head coach was already under scrutiny over whether his move from Ole Miss would cost LSU as much […]

The fallout of coach Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss to go coach at LSU continues. It is not only fans jeering him at the airport; his former players are calling him out as well.  On Tuesday, Ole Miss OL Brycen Sanders took to social media to take issue with Kiffin for a statement he made […]

Earlier this week, Lane Kiffin shook up the college football world when he announced that he would be abandoning ship ahead of Ole Miss football’s likely college football playoff run in order to accept the head coaching position with LSU football. The wacky setup of the NCAAF calendar necessitated that Kiffin make his decision prior […]

Retired NFL Super Bowl champion quarterback Eli Manning has spoken openly about the Lane Kiffin situation. Kiffin left Manning’s alma mater, Ole Miss, to take the LSU head coaching job. Reports indicate Ole Miss football fans were heckling Kiffin on his way out of Oxford. Manning had a one word response when Kiffin announced during […]

HC Lane Kiffin used his LSU football team introductory presser to stress that his move to Baton Rouge was not just about money. He revealed, via Nicole Auerbach, that both Ole Miss and Florida put forward offers comparable to what LSU ultimately gave him, framing his decision as a bet on the Tigers’ ceiling as […]

Recently, the Ole Miss football program learned that head coach Lane Kiffin would be abandoning the team in order to accept the head coaching job at SEC rival LSU. The Ole Miss brass insisted that Kiffin not coach the team on their upcoming playoff run, which is expected to be confirmed by the playoff committee […]

After Lane Kiffin decided to leave Ole Miss for LSU, Rebels fans didn’t take too kindly to the situation. Ole Miss fans unleashed their fire at Kiffin as he left on a jet at the airport. Now, it appears that even more people who knew Kiffin aren’t taking kindly to his decision to leave Oxford. […]

LSU football coach Lane Kiffin found himself the villain of the college football world, when he left Ole Miss in recent days to become the head coach in Baton Rouge. Kiffin departed Ole Miss after leading that school to an almost assured College Football Playoff appearance this season. Now, Kiffin is facing some even deeper […]

Momentum had been building for days as speculation swirled around a possible move, and the storyline finally hit its peak when Lane Kiffin was introduced as the new head coach of the LSU Tigers football program Monday afternoon. His arrival sent a jolt through the college football landscape and added another twist to an already […]

LSU football landing Lane Kiffin Sunday sparked countless of conversations — including from heated Ole Miss fans. The fans booed Kiffin and his family as he left for Baton Rouge. Those jeers “jarred” Kiffin, as he addressed the Louisiana media for the first time Monday. “That affects you. That airport scene, all the things being […]

Lane Kiffin’s decision to leave Ole Miss in the middle of bowl season for their conference rival, LSU, is one of the more controversial college football stories in recent memory. To make matters worse, Kiffin advocated for finishing out the season with Ole Miss before departing in the offseason. The players agreed and wanted Kiffin […]

It’s a new day for Ole Miss football, as Lane Kiffin is now the head coach for LSU. It was something that seemed inevitable after the past few weeks, and it still didn’t feel real until the official announcement just a day ago. Throughout the process, there were talks that Kiffin wanted to still coach […]

Recently, Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin stirred up the college football world when it was announced that he would be abandoning ship and taking the same position at LSU football. As a result, Kiffin will not be able to coach the Rebels on their likely upcoming playoff run and instead will get to […]

After a weekend’s worth of rumors, speculation, and late-night reporting, Lane Kiffin made his next coaching destination official: LSU. Now to some, mostly in Baton Rouge, this was a major win for the sport, but after battling with Ole Miss AD Keith Carter over whether or not he can finish out the remainder of his […]

The 2025 LSU football season went from disaster, marred by Brian Kelly’s firing. The Tigers immediately got into the Lane Kiffin market and were competing with Ole Miss to try to keep him in Oxford. Given the market he was in, his asking price soared, and the contract he signed with LSU made him the […]

It has been a crazy week in college football, as Lane Kiffin officially made his decision to leave Ole Miss and become the head coach of LSU. To add to the drama, as Kiffin was heading on a plane to go to LSU, a crowd of Rebels fans could do nothing but boo and flip […]

Late in the day on Sunday, former Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin confirmed the rumors that he would be ditching the program for Baton Rouge to take the same position at LSU. The news came just ahead of the Rebels’ expected berth in the college football playoff, during which they will try to […]

Head coach Lane Kiffin’s move from Ole Miss to the LSU football team has turned into a full-blown SEC soap opera, and he clearly has no interest in dialing down the drama now that he is in Baton Rouge. After teasing LSU football team fans with tiger emojis and Trinidadian flags on social media and […]

The 2025 LSU football season quickly went from promise to disaster. Brian Kelly was fired mid-season, and the focus of LSU’s coaching search quickly turned to Lane Kiffin. Ole Miss was in the middle of a College Football Playoff run, with the Rebels only losing one game. Now, the Rebels don’t have their coach for […]

Though the Florida football program hired Jon Sumrall as its next head coach after heavily pursuing Ole Miss’s Lane Kiffin, the much-talked-about figure would end up taking the job at LSU. While there ended up being an expectation that the Florida football program wouldn’t hire Kiffin, more reports are coming out that the start of […]

One thing that has been made abundantly clear throughout the recent Lane Kiffin saga that resulted in the Ole Miss football coach abandoning ship to become the new LSU football head coach is that Kiffin has a strong affinity for attention. While this is not exactly breaking news, the delays and other spectacles over the […]

Head coach Lane Kiffin is doing his best to paint a calm picture of his messy exit from Ole Miss, even as he settles into the LSU football team job. In an interview with ESPN’s Marty Smith, the new Tigers head coach pushed back on reports that he issued a “get on the plane, or […]

On Sunday, it was announced that Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin would be ditching the program ahead of its likely college football playoff run in order to accept the head coaching job at LSU. The college football calendar makes it so that the move had to happen right now,, ahead of the upcoming […]

On Sunday, the college football world received a jolt when it was announced that Lane Kiffin would be abandoning the Ole Miss Rebels ahead of their upcoming college football playoff run in order to accept the head coaching job at LSU. On his way out, Kiffin burned any and all bridges he had in Oxford, […]

Finally, the drama is over. On Sunday, Lane Kiffin announced his decision to leave Ole Miss and go to LSU. Now, Kiffin is the new LSU football head coach, and he is earning a ton of money to become one of the highest-paid coaches in college football. There were plenty of drama, rumors, and speculation, […]

Former Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin said all the right things when he talked to ESPN’s Marty Smith shortly before hopping on a flight to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He expressed gratitude to the university and even recognized the predicament that athletic director Keith Carter found himself in during the whole process. Kiffin also […]

The transition from Ole Miss to LSU hasn’t been a smooth one for coach Lane Kiffin, which is putting it mildly. After all, he abruptly left his No. 7 11-1 team, which is in a prime position to contend for a title. Meanwhile, LSU is currently 7-5 and is unranked. So one could understand why […]

LSU football turns the page to the Lane Kiffin era. Kiffin ended weeks of speculation and accepted LSU’s offer Sunday. Turns out, though, a conversation with Pete Carroll sparked the move out of Ole Miss. Kiffin chatted one-on-one with Marty Smith of ESPN while on his way to the airport. The incoming Tigers leader shared […]

Ole Miss football is now dealing with the ripple effects of the Lane Kiffin departure. Kiffin accepted LSU’s massive offer Sunday morning after weeks of speculation. His exit is immediately impacting recruiting — with a 2027 commit reopening his process. Interior offensive lineman Shavezz Dixon decommitted from Ole Miss hours after Kiffin left — with […]

Lane Kiffin gave his thoughts on the Ole Miss Rebels football program showing him the door before securing a spot in the College Football Playoff. Kiffin accepted the offer to become the next head coach of the LSU Tigers, a fellow SEC opponent. This came as the Rebels were on the cusp of CFP contention […]

Lane Kiffin ultimately decided to leave the Ole Miss Rebels and accept the head coaching job for the LSU Tigers. It’s been a massively controversial situation for Rebels fans, as it appears to be an ugly departure. Amid the chaos, Tigers linebacker Whit Weeks rubbed salt in the wound of the Ole Miss fanbase with […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino talking college football wasn’t on anyone’s minds Sunday. Yet Lane Kiffin bolting from Ole Miss to LSU sparked quite the conversations — including from Pitino himself. Pitino shares this commonality with LSU’s future leader: The basketball legend also has coached at multiple places. Yet he summed up Kiffin’s […]