LSU Lures Lane Kiffin
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Lane Kiffin started the fire, but it spread quickly when a different coach cooled on another SEC program's pursuit.
Auburn fans are coming off as cautiously optimistic about Golesh, the former Tennessee offensive coordinator who went 23-15 at South Florida, including 9-3 in 2025.
Kiffin's decision comes less than a month before the Rebels are expected to embark on their first College Football Playoff appearance in program history. Ole Miss also won its program-record 11th regular season game with Friday's 38-19 victory over rival Mississippi State.
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Elsewhere, Diego Pavia continued his Heisman case against Tennessee, Tulane’s Jon Sumrall is headed to Florida, Alex Golesh is leaving South Florida to take the Auburn job, and the ACC could feasibly be left out of the postseason after SMU's upset loss to Cal.
Lane Kiffin has officially left Ole Miss to take the head coach job at LSU, and a group of Rebels fans made sure to see him off. Kiffin announced on
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