Lane Kiffin Takes Fresh Dig at Pete Golding Over Ole Miss Tampering Controversy
Kiffin said Austin Simmons is a first-round draft pick and a problem in both the run and pass game when healthy.
- On Monday, LSU coach Lane Kiffin praised Missouri quarterback Austin Simmons, calling him a "first-round draft pick" after a reporter asked about the player.
- Simmons previously played for Kiffin at Ole Miss before transferring to Missouri, giving the LSU coach firsthand knowledge of his former player's abilities.
- LSU recently suffered a 35-34 overtime loss to Kentucky, where quarterback Sam Leavitt threw for 275 yards and acknowledged the team had "four chances to win."
- Missouri enters the matchup after routing Texas A&M 27-6 on Saturday, with running back Jamal Roberts rushing for 222 yards and two touchdowns.
- Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor leads the SEC with 321.8 yards per game, though his status remains uncertain for Saturday after an Alabama injury two weeks ago.
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Lane Kiffin Takes Fresh Dig at Pete Golding Over Ole Miss Tampering Controversy
Lane Kiffin has found another way to needle his former program. When asked about former Ole Miss quarterback Austin Simmons in his postgame press conference on Monday, the LSU coach turned a routine question into a sarcastic jab about the tampering controversy hanging over the Rebels and their head coach Pete Golding. The reporter wanted […]
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LSU’s Lane Kiffin takes another verbal jab at Ole Miss
Never change, Lane.
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NolaScott Rabalais: Three takeaways from Lane Kiffin’s Monday presser to open LSU-Miss. State week
Sports columnist Scott Rabalais gives his three takeaways from LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s news conference Monday to start Mississippi State week. The game between the No. 22-ranked Tigers (4-2, 1-2 SEC) and the No. 16 Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1) is set…
Lane Kiffin’s Hilarious Tampering Remark on Austin Simmons Ahead of SEC Clash
Lane Kiffin was getting ready for his own big game in Week 7, as his new school, LSU, tries to bounce back from a loss at Kentucky when it hosts No. 16 Mississippi State. There is that matchup which involves Kiffin that has to do with one Mississippi school, as Kiffin’s 22nd-ranked Tigers try to beat the Bulldogs. But what about that other Mississippi school, Ole Miss, the one that Kiffin coached from 2020 until he bolted for Baton Rouge late in…
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