Lane Kiffin became LSU’s head coach in November 2025, ushering in a new era of offensive innovation and championship expectations. This page tracks Lane Kiffin’s LSU Coaching Staff, Offensive system, recruiting efforts, roster development and the latest news and analysis.
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Lane Kiffin at LSU: Coaching Staff, Offensive System, Recruiting, Latest News
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IT’S HERE! … LSU Football Braces For The Most Hotly Anticipated Season Opener In Its History
LSU opened the 1981 season against No. 4-ranked Alabama and six-time national champion coach Bear Bryant in Tiger Stadium at night on ABC national television, losing 24-7. There was a top five matchup in 2011 when the No. 4 Tigers beat No. 3 Oregon, 40-27, in Dallas on ABC national television at night. In a…
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LSU Will Not Add 2 Ex-NFL Signees To Roster For Opener On Saturday, Adhering To Greg Sankey’s Demands
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Lane Kiffin’s debut as LSU’s football coach Saturday night will be fresh, clean and free of controversy after all. Kiffin has decided – or been advised to – not keep poking the bear of the Southeastern Conference – commissioner Greg Sankey – and will not add a pair of…
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Nine Hours Under Oath Exposed the Problem With the SEC’s Eligibility Rules
Tiger Rag Column | Inside Courtroom 10C The Rabbit Got the Gun — And Nobody Could Define a Pro Nine hours inside a packed Baton Rouge courtroom revealed everything wrong with the way college sports now makes its rules. By Todd Horne Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag At 7:54 Friday morning, I was…
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Lane Kiffin Show Rocks “COURT To Table,” But Not That Kind Of Court
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor While LSU was winning and the Southeastern Conference and commissioner Greg Sankey were losing in a Baton Rouge courtroom downtown, new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin was in his happy place in more ways than one on Thursday night. Kiffin pulled up to the spacious Court To Table Kitchen…
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Judge Blocks NCAA, SEC From Denying Eligibility or Punishing Schools in Baton Rouge Ruling
Judge William Jorden grants protection for the 2026 season but declines to impose contempt sanctions after a marathon hearing featuring Greg Sankey, Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag BATON ROUGE — Judge William Jorden granted a preliminary injunction Thursday night preventing the NCAA from using…
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‘This Is About Power’: Greg Sankey Defends SEC Rule Under Oath in Baton Rouge
SEC commissioner testifies for more than three hours before Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris take the stand in a packed 19th Judicial District Court hearing By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag BATON ROUGE — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey spent more than three hours on the witness stand Thursday defending…
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Lane Kiffin And LSU Dismantle Clemson, 44-10, In EA College Football 27 Simulation As Sam Leavitt Throws 4 TDs
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter LSU is going to dominate Clemson on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium — at least that is what EA Sports College Football 27 thinks. The Bayou Bengals took a 44-10 win in a CFB 27 simulation of coach Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut. The Tigers (now 1-0 by EA)…
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SEC Files Lawsuit Against LSU – President Wade Rousse, AD Verge Ausberry, Coach Lane Kiffin Named As Defendants
By TODD HORNE And KACE KIESCHNICK, TIGER RAG The Southeastern Conference has filed suit against LSU, president Wade Rousse athletics director Verge Ausberry and head football coach Lane Kiffin. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is personally attending today’s proceedings at the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge. The news comes just hours into the proceedings…
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LSU vs. Clemson Scouting Report: Rebuilt Rosters, New QBs & Coordinators, Who Rebounds In The Death Valley Rematch?
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter Clemson at LSU Saturday, Sept. 5 • 6:30 p.m. CT • ABC Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (“Death Valley”) Spread: LSU -10.5 | O/U 50.5 Overview No. 11 LSU hosts Clemson in a rematch of the 2025 season opener (a 17-10 LSU win) that does not have…
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Louisiana AG Liz Murrill Puts SEC Authority at Center of Thursday Eligibility Hearing
Todd Horne Column Liz Murrill Tells the Court Why It Must Define SEC Authority Louisiana’s chief legal officer does not tell Judge William Jorden where conference authority ends. She explains why the court can no longer avoid answering the question. By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag Louisiana Attorney General Liz…
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SEC Eligibility Fight Reaches Louisiana Court as Greg Sankey Defends Conference Authority
Tiger Rag Column The SEC’s Authority Has Reached the Courthouse Now It Must Defend It Greg Sankey’s new filing confirms what the eligibility fight was always about—not merely who qualifies to play, but who possesses the final authority to decide. By Todd Horne Vice President and Executive Editor The Southeastern Conference has now placed into…
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Lane Kiffin Sees Saturday As “Showtime At The Apollo” As LSU Issues Record Number of Credentials
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU has confirmed that it has credentialed nearly 900 media members, including a handful of celebrities, for the No. 11 Tigers’ season opener against No. 23 Clemson on Saturday in Tiger Stadium (6:30 p.m., ABC). It will also be the LSU head coaching debut of rock star head coach…
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Lane Kiffin Is Cooperating With The SEC And Greg Sankey, But Not Backing Down From NFL Transfer Controversy
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The way LSU football coach Lane Kiffin sees it – athletic director Verge Ausberry is his boss. Not Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey, who last week tried to block Kiffin from signing players just cut from NFL teams via the NCAA Transfer Portal, even though judges have made such…
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Everything Lane Kiffin Said At 1st Game Week Press Conference Of The Season
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES Lane Kiffin will make his Tiger Stadium debut as LSU’s head football coach on Saturday as the No. 11 Tigers host No. 23 Clemson at 6:30 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. Kiffin held his first game-week press conference on Monday afternoon at the LSU Football Operations Center. Here is everything he said:…
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LSU Football Depth Chart Before Opener Vs. Clemson – Battle At Defensive Tackle, Says Lane Kiffin
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor The days of LSU’s football depth chart being distributed the week of the game at the head coach’s weekly press conference on Monday have long ended. New coach Lane Kiffin’s two-deep list will not be released by LSU until the day of the game in the pressbox on Saturday…
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How LSU Navigates Court Eligibility Rulings Will Be Bigger Than Football
SEC School Leaders Are Exploring the Nuclear Option Against LSU. This Is No Longer Just an Eligibility Fight. By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag The fight over college football eligibility is no longer just about eligibility. According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, presidents and general counsels representing the SEC’s other…
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Former NFL Player As Of Last Week, TE Dae’Quan Wright, Practices For LSU; Next NFL Tiger May Be CB Blake Cotton
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Former Cleveland Browns rookie tight end Dae’Quan Wright – the first NFL roster member in history to return to a college team – practiced with LSU on Monday morning for the first time, LSU coach Lane Kiffin said at a press conference on Monday afternoon. Wright, who was dressed…
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Lane Kiffin Previews LSU Week 1 Matchup With Clemson
Lane Kiffin officially kicks off his first LSU season in just five days when the No. 11 Tigers host Clemson on Saturday (6:30, ABC). Between his heated departure from Ole Miss and recruitment of former NFL players, Kiffin’s first nine months have been at the dramatic center of the college football world. The Tigers will…
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LSU Football And Lane Kiffin Are At The Epicenter Of So Much Drama, But The Tigers Have A Game This Week
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU has a football game this week. Lane Kiffin, the most polarizing football coach in the country in college or pro and most sought after in college late last year, makes his LSU debut on Saturday as his No. 11 Tigers host No. 23 Clemson at 6:30 p.m. in…
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What’s Really Going On in the College Football Eligibility Fights
Fans Are Still Watching College Football Like It’s 2015. The NCAA Knows Better. By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag If you still think the NCAA can simply write a rule and end the current upheaval in college sports, you’re viewing a 2026 business through a 2015 lens. Sunday provided another…
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NEXT! LSU’s Latest NFL Portal Target – Edge Jack Pyburn – Has Been Cut By Tampa Bay
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU football coach Lane Kiffin may be on the edge of Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey’s last nerve. But Kiffin will likely soon be adding another freshly cut NFL player to his portal roster for the 2026 season in edge rusher Jack Pyburn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On…
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LSU Football Game Week Is Here: And So Is Player Profile No. 37 – WR Eugene “Tre” Wilson III
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES One won’t be able to tell all the new wide receivers without a depth chart on Saturday night when the No. 11 Tigers open the 2026 season against No. 23 Clemson in Tiger Stadium (6:30 p.m., ABC). New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin’s rebuild of the Tigers began in January as…
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Lane Kiffin Interview: LSU, Sam Leavitt, NIL Pressure
What Lane Kiffin Told DJ Siddiqi About LSU, Sam Leavitt and the Pressure That Comes With the Money By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag Lane Kiffin rarely needs much help producing a headline, but some of his more revealing answers come when the subject is not the controversy surrounding him.…
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Lane Kiffin Documentary, “The Difference,” To Air On Wednesday Nights This Football Season On ESPNU
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES A documentary series called “The Difference” on new LSU football coach Lane Kiffin will premier on Wednesday, Sept. 9, on ESPNU, detailing the former Ole Miss head coach’s first season with the Tigers. BREAKING … LANE KIFFIN WINS ELIGIBILITY BATTLE WITH GREG SANKEY FOR NOW The title comes from Kiffin’s catchphrase…
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SEC Eligibility Ruling: Sankey Will Comply as LSU Case Heads to Court
The SEC Will Comply. Now We Find Out Where Its Authority Ends. By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag Tuesday night on Tiger Rag Radio, somewhere between temporary restraining orders, fifth-year eligibility, professional contracts, transfer portals and rules that seemed capable of changing between commercial breaks, I borrowed an answer from…
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LSU Football Season Must Be Near … Because Lane Kiffin Just Tweeted
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor You knew he wouldn’t be able to last too long. This just in … New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has tweeted. On Friday afternoon, just eight days before he and his No. 11 Tigers open the 2026 season against No. 23 Clemson in Tiger Stadium (6:30 p.m., ABC),…
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Lane Kiffin Says He Did Not Encourage NFL Players To Sue The NCAA
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU coach Lane Kiffin denied reports that he encouraged players to join the Louisiana lawsuit seeking a fifth season of eligibility for class of 2022 athletes during an appearance on “Off Campus” on SirusXM College Sports Radio Friday morning. “These kids made these decisions on their own with attorneys of what…
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Governor Jeff Landry Says NCAA-SEC Eligibility Chaos Is “Ridiculous”
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter When it comes to former professional football and basketball players returning to college sports, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says, “Don’t hate the player. Hate the game.” Landry appeared on “Mornings with Brian Haldane” on Talk 107.3 in Baton Rouge Friday morning. In between discussions of a $100 billion…
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What SEC Rule? Lane Kiffin’s Next NFL Transfer Portal Player May Be Tampa Bay Edge/Ex-Tiger Jack Pyburn
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU football coach Lane Kiffin says it all in a just-released Dr. Pepper commercial in the fictional town of “Fansville.” “Not really known for following the rules,” Kiffin says in the commercial after being pulled over by the local sheriff. Fact or fiction? The Southeastern Conference just passed a…
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SEC Eligibility Fight Raises a Bigger Question: What Defines a Pro?
Define Pro: LSU, the SEC and College Football’s Eligibility Problem Define Pro By Todd Horne | Vice President & Executive Editor, Tiger Rag Who’s ready for college football season? Nine days from now, No. 11 LSU opens the Lane Kiffin era against Clemson in Tiger Stadium. College GameDay will be in Baton Rouge for its…
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SEC Ban On LSU’s NFL Commitments Illegal, Says Attorney, And Greg Sankey Added To Suit As Defendant
By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter The attorneys representing LSU commitments Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris along with 31 other class of 2022 athletes in their lawsuit against the NCAA are moving forward with their injunction despite the Southeastern Conference’s new rule preventing former pros from playing for SEC schools. The former collegiate athletes,…
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LSU Football Recruiting Target Jalen Brewster Reaffirms Commitment To Texas Tech, And Ends All Recruitment
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES LSU coach Lane Kiffin tried, but apparently he is not going to get the No. 1 high school prospect in all the land for his 2027 recruiting class. Defensive tackle Jalen Brewster, whom 247sports.com and On3.com recruiting websites rank as the top prep player in the nation, has ended his recruitment…
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LSU Football: Cornerback PJ Woodland Enjoying His View Of Newbies Lane Kiffin And Sam Leavitt
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor PJ Woodland has seen a lot of new LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt. Mainly because Woodland plays cornerback for the Tigers and remains with the first team after starting all 13 games last season after playing in 13 and starting two in his freshman season in 2024. Woodland has allowed…
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Lane “Bad Boy” Kiffin Gets Pulled Over By A Cop In New “Fansville” Dr. Pepper Commercial
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor If you can’t beat the image, join it. LSU football coach Lane Kiffin embraces his villain role in a new Dr. Pepper “Fansville” commercial set to air this football season and leading up to it. In the ninth year of the fictional college football town called “Fansville” in the…
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Lane Kiffin Always “Different” And An “Acquired Taste,” Says Writer Who Covered Him Since Tennessee Days
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor When On3.com columnist Chris Low first met Lane Kiffin, Tennessee had just hired him as head coach after the 2008 season to replace Phillip Fulmer – Tennessee’s last coach to win a national championship in the 1998 season. Kiffin was just 33 years old at the time after getting…
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SEC’s New “Lane Kiffin Rule” To Feature Strict Punishments For Signing Players From The NFL
GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor LSU football coach Lane Kiffin continues to be Public Enemy No. 1 in the eyes of the Southeastern Conference and many in the national media and college football fans in general. Although, he seems to be just following the rules set by judges via injunctions and/or temporary restraining orders in…
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LSU Football: Double 7 Trouble For Tiger Opponents This Season As Trey’Dez Green And Whit Weeks Draw The Digit
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor Some of LSU’s best playmakers in history have worn No. 7, including quarterback Bert Jones from 1970-72 and cornerback Patrick Peterson, who was the first to wear 7 as a specially designated number in 2008. Among those honored with No. 7 – emblematic of Tigers making big plays –…
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Tiger Rag Radio: Deciphering Chaos in College Sports – SEC Blocks Former Pros From Signing At LSU
LSU had plans to sign two football players who signed NFL deals but could receive another season of eligibility from a Baton Rouge judge, but Tiger Rag breaks down the news of a new SEC rule banning the return of former pros like tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris. Brett Martel of…
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TODD HORNE: Don’t Blame Lane Kiffin for the NCAA’s Eligibility Mess
SEC’S FIVE-FOR-FIVE STAND IGNORES WHY LSU’S 2022-CLASS PLAYERS WENT PRO These Players Didn’t Leave College. College Left Them. The SEC wants to punish 2022 signees for taking NFL opportunities after the NCAA told them their eligibility was gone. That’s not integrity. That’s convenient amnesia. By Todd Horne, Executive Editor The SEC found the culprit in…