Home · Sports · Nov 7 archive
LSU Falls to Alabama in Kiffin's Latest Defeat
Confirmed
In Short: LSU's Lane Kiffin suffered another loss against Alabama, his sixth straight defeat.
Kiffin signed a seven-year, $91 million contract, tied with Kirby Smart for the second-highest in college football, but his record against top competition remains unimpressive.
Kiffin acknowledged the team's poor performance in the final stages of the game, stating, “We played a really bad (last) 18 minutes of football.”
The loss highlights Kiffin's struggles against elite teams, with his most notable performance being a one-point loss to a ranked opponent.
In every critical moment, Alabama outperformed LSU, leaving Kiffin's team unable to capitalize on their early lead.
Kiffin's decision to exclude former NFL players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris from the roster, despite a legal victory that cleared the way for their inclusion, drew criticism.
Kiffin defended his decision, saying, “I had to make a decision that is for the big picture of LSU and the LSU football program.”
The game also marked Kiffin's return to Oxford, Mississippi, where he previously coached at Ole Miss, facing his former defensive coordinator, Pete Golding.
What's confirmed
- Kiffin signed a seven-year, $91 million contract, tied with Kirby Smart for the second-highest in college football, but his record against top competition remains unimpressive.
- The loss highlights Kiffin's struggles against elite teams, with his most notable performance being a one-point loss to a ranked opponent.
- In every critical moment, Alabama outperformed LSU, leaving Kiffin's team unable to capitalize on their early lead.
- Kiffin's decision to exclude former NFL players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris from the roster, despite a legal victory that cleared the way for their inclusion, drew criticism.
- The game also marked Kiffin's return to Oxford, Mississippi, where he previously coached at Ole Miss, facing his former defensive coordinator, Pete Golding.
What's still developing
- 14 LSU collapsed under the weight of expectation against No.
- While Kiffin has raised LSU's floor, putting unranked teams into the dirt, he has no-showed against real national competition.
- If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
- “Taking the lead, the stadium was ready to help (LSU) take over and they went down and scored,” Kiffin said.
- "What is Reese there. Not enough attention this week?" one commenter wrote.
- Reese played at LSU from 2022 to 2024 and won a national championship.
- After a legal victory cleared the way for LSU to add Harris and Wright, the team chose not to do so ahead of its season opener against Clemson, and Lane Kiffin said lingering uncertainty was the reason why.
- Saturday night brings a showdown in Oxford, Mississippi, as head coach Lane Kiffin returns with his new team, the LSU Tigers, to face his former team, the Ole Miss Rebels.
- The first was in 2014, when Ole Miss hosted the Alabama Crimson Tide and ESPN chose pop star Katy Perry as the guest picker; they returned in 2021, when the Texas A&M Aggies came to town for a top-25 matchup, and Kiffin served as the guest picker.
- Word came out that Lane Kiffin and LSU school officials tried to play peacekeeper by keeping ex-NFL players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris out of their 105-player roster.
- Ole Miss will host LSU and Lane Kiffin for the first time since Kiffin departed Oxford for Baton Rouge, as both teams try to go 3-0 in an SEC matchup that could have serious late-season implications.
- Lane Kiffin was all the pregame talk for the LSU-Ole Miss showdown in the former Rebels' return to his old stomping grounds.