May 13May 13 No. Has there been a guy with more controversial exits in the game of football?First you had the whole Oakland Raiders strange press conference with Al Davis in 2008. Old Al had his dry erase board and receipts on Mr. Kiffin and his "lies". I just thought Al was being Al......Fast forward just over 14 months. Lane Kiffin gets another opportunity to coach the Tennessee Vols. He made a strange comment leading up to the game against the defending National Champions, the FLORIDA GATORS🙂. "We'll be playing Rocky Top all night after we beat them in the Swamp!!!!" Well that didn't happen, and Urban called him out for playing not to lose, and a few other things we've seen old Lane do like faking injuries to get extra timeouts. Mr. Kiffin looked to actually have Tennessee headed in the right direction by years end. But then the USC job came open, and Lane left in the middle of the night. He didn't tell anyone, no meeting with the team.Okay, maybe Al wasn't so crazy. Let's fast forward a few years, and Lane isn't doing so hot in Los Angeles. So in a odd twist, USC fires him on the tarmac, no meeting. Makes you question why, but let's move on.Lane gets hired by Nick Saban, and he helps modernize the Tide. They start throwing the ball and landing first round talent to merge with that dominant defense. Lane gets an offer to become a head coach again, and he accepts it while Alabama is prepping to play in the CFP. Nick Saban doesn't let his offensive coordinator finish the year, he forces him out after Lane accepts the FAU job...Hmmmmmm, foreshadowing?Let's fast forward to the invention of the Lane Train at FAU. Two double digit win seasons, and National rankings for FAU. A program that has a campus that looks more like a resort than a academic campus. Perhaps this guy Kiffin has gotten it together. He's due a shot at a bigger job.Not Nebraska, Florida, Texas, Oregon, or LSU(yet). Let's see what he can do at Ole Miss.Well he builds a freaking ten win machine at Oxford. Not through recruiting traditionally, their classes never reach higher than low twenties. But he aces the transfer portal, and Ole Miss becomes playoff contenders.Lane is doing hot yoga, he is praising how Oxford treats him and his family. Just last year he speaks about the love he was shown by that town after losing his parents.Sounds like redemption? Nah, the snake just learned a trick from the chameleon.Lane was actively campaigning to get the Florida job in 2021, and last year when old sleepy Napier was thought to be fired before stupidly being given another off-season and four games.In 2025, Ole Miss is looking like a title contender. Florida, and LSU fall on their faces early and fire their coaches. Instead of shutting down the talk until the season is over. Kiffin plays LSU and Florida against each other for his services, while coaching an Ole Miss squad capable of winning it all.He finally gets an ultimatum to sign an extension or leave. He pouts and drags everything out; not the open. He takes the LSU job, but threatens Ole Miss if he isn't allowed to coach in the playoffs. He'll take his whole staff and might take some players.He then lies and says he was almost run off the road on the way to the tarmac,despite his police escort debunking this.Kiffin finally relents and moves on,no not really.He does an interview with Vanity Fair last week where he lays some really unkindly words on why he couldn't succeed in Oxford to the level he can at LSU. He says this about a program that gave him everything he asked for, and went to the CFP semis.Is there a more controversial coach in the game today? Will Lane do this again if the NFL comes calling? How about Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, or Miami?
May 13May 13 Administrator No. Kiffin enjoys being..."the coach that fans love to hate."And he creates new ones with every place he....leaves. Mr. OBD
May 13May 13 Moderator No. Thanks, Gat. I believe there are a few grudge match games down in Dixie, South Bend, Stillwater, and Bloomington this season.9/19/26 - Lane's first LSU SEC game has Lane and his Tigers heading to Oxford town. The game will kick off at 7:30 Eastern, giving the folks in The Grove plenty of time to imbibe more than a hot toddy or two.Back, way back, in the 1960's, I watched the National Guard being deployed in Oxford. But if deployed to Faulkner-Town again this year, will it be to protect or arrest Lame Kitten? Possibly to arrest him for his own protection?When he returned to Tennessee as Ole Miss's coach, among other things, folks tossed batteries at Kiffin. On 9/19, an artillery battery could be directed toward Kiff.Charlie Weis, Jr. will not be calling this game on the sidelines. He may be in Baton Rouge calling the game on Zoom.Steve Sarkisian recognizes that the Ole Miss Rebels moniker has been set aside. In a recent article in USA Today, Sark referred to Ole Miss as the Basket Weavers. A lower institution of learning where a major in Basket Weaving is a student-athlete's best friend.Fortunately for Sark, he will not have to brave the slings and arrows of Basket Weaver fans in Oxford. On 10/24/26, Ole Miss visits the Longhorns in Austin.Ole Miss jefe Pete Golding and his troop of Mensa Mississippians will be fired up to tear down the Golden Archie.Back to Lane. Last season on the way to a title, er, pink slip, Brian Kelly won the Battle of Death Valleys in Clemson, South Carolina.On September 5th at 7:30 Eastern, there will be a Death Valley rematch in Red Stick.This is Lane's opening LSU game that will be played in front of the Gov of Louisiana and thousands of other reasonable, forgiving Tigers fans. And the first game of Dabo Swinney's hoped-for redemption season after having more players drafted in 2026, nine, than games won in 2025, seven.10/17/26, sees the Florida Gators under a new coach straight out of the G5 (now the G6, thank you, Beavis), hoping to chomp Bevo in Austin.Sark blames the PO committee, with good cause, for showing his Horns the PO bench in 2025, but it was an upset loss in The Swamp that was the unkindest, self-inflicted, PO cut of all.On 11/7/26, the Miami Hurricanes travel to South Bend with Baby J at wide receiver, and TD J looking down, not in forgiveness, but praying for payback.How would you feel if you had to spend January in South Bend instead of Orlando?10/17/26, The Ohio State University at Indiana.Think you might be testy if a team you were 82-11-5 against a group of Hosers, er, Hoosiers, that Rose up (😁) to end a 12-game winning streak and knock the capital T out of The.9/12/26 - Our Beloved Ducks at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.After you give the Mullet a haircut and demolish his team on his way out the door, 69-3, Stillwater hatred runs deep.The Cowboys are 52-12 in Boone Pickens Stadium, and behind a relocated cast of Mean Green characters, including a QB who threw for the most yards in CFB in 2025 and 34 TDs, will be looking to pick a fight with OBD; a fight in front of 60,000-plus crazed fans.Can Mean Green morph into Mean Orange?Thanks, Gat, for the terrific post. It feels so good to diss Kiff.On 9/26, here's hoping your Gators will Swamp Lane.
May 13May 13 Moderator No. Right back at ya, Sark!The photo of the Ole Miss AD was taken after tailgating in The Grove from 9 AM until heading to the game at 7 PM. BTW, Keith, Dabo thinks you suck cider through a straw, and your football program ain't Golding.On3Ole Miss AD Keith Carter responds to Steve Sarkisian's vi....
May 13May 13 Moderator No. We've Got a Grudge! 🤬On3With Ole Miss catching strays from Lane Kiffin and Steve...Lane Kiffin's Vanity Fair comments about Ole Miss ignited an SEC firestorm before a single game of the 2026 season has been played.%
May 13May 13 Author No. Great info as always Jon. As far as my hopes for the upcoming season, I'm kind of looking at this year as hopefully similar to 2005 under Urban. Eight wins and breaking the streak vs Georgia, although the game will be played in Atlanta for a few years while Jacksonville is renovating their stadium.As for insulting Kiffin, there's always material readily available. The guy can't help but make himself just look like a bad wrestling character, that you just want to see get humbled. Short term, he's going to be better with all those transfers. Long term, I like Sumrall building a culture of accountability. Let the actions speak louder than the words.
May 14May 14 Moderator No. Pawallll weighs in - His book, My Conference Can Beat Your Conference, is available at a B1G discount. 😁https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/paul-finebaum-on-lane-kiffin-s-ole-miss-diversity-comments-this-is-kiffin-trying-to-wipe-ole-miss-off-the-face-of-the-earth/ar-AA23bL24?ocid=msedgdhphdr&cvid=6a06390ee2bf4ae58251f4ec6ed058a0&cvpid=6a063911b6c34b7cbcb36f81
May 15May 15 No. LMAO,.Al Davis calling out somebody else's character...Every story needs a villain. I love how much Kiffin trolls people. College Football will never be boring with Lane Kiffin in the scene
May 15May 15 Moderator No. Rece tears Lane to pieces! 🤪On3Rece Davis calls out Lane Kiffin for 'completely unnecess...ESPN's Rece Davis called out LSU head coach Lane Kiffin for his "completely unnecessary" comments about Ole Miss to Vanity Fair this week.
May 15May 15 Moderator No. Please, football gods, especially you Neptune, hold Kiffin under.Saturday Down South3 reasons why LSU will go under its win total in 2026LSU has sky-high expectations in Year 1 under Lane Kiffin, but will the Tigers be able to win big against a daunting schedule?
Create an account or sign in to comment