Lane Kiffin Reveals LSU Players' Message As He Weighs Adding Former NFL Players

By Staff Reporter•Aug 31, 20263:32 pm•Discuss the story19
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LSU head coach Lane Kiffin admitted Monday that he has been torn over the possibility of adding former professional players to the Tigers' roster.

Kiffin said he took the issue directly to LSU's player leadership committee, asking what they wanted to do if the players were ultimately allowed to join the roster.

According to Kiffin, the response was unanimous and emphatic: "If they can help us win, bring them."

The LSU coach said the players understood that the current team has practiced together and worked throughout the offseason, but also recognized that roster competition is part of how things work at the next level.

Kiffin said hearing that response made him "feel a little better" about an issue he had been going back and forth on. For now, LSU will continue to wait for further guidance before determining its next move.

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GeauxGutsy•8 days
I’ll be at the game, but college football is so fricked. I don’t love it like I used to.
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LSUchumble•7 days
I couldn't agree more. Spot on
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biglego•7 days
It’s a shitshow and not fun to follow anymore. I’ll still watch games but it’s not a passion anymore.
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SouthernInsanity•7 days
Just more of a reason to keep my ticket money, gas money, concession money, etc. and just watch the games from my couch.
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Popstiger•8 days
Why isn’t anyone concerned about Harlem Berry. He got his position taken by a player out of the portal. What’s the difference in Deuce Geralds coming in and taking a starting position? What about the senior QB in High School that lost his position to the hotshot freshman? What about the #1 recruit that transferred to a GA high school for his senior year. That dude is being paid by Texas Tech as we speak.
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Tigerbait8•8 days
What do any of these examples have to do with the post?
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stowns•8 days
The SEC and NCAA officials happily cashed in for decades on the backs of college athletes. If they hadn't have been so egregious with their greed players wouldn't have gone to the courts in the first place. Are they really going to act like a few players being granted a 5th year by the court is the line in the sand?
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Geaux Guy•8 days
When you really sit down and look at each situation. It’s the right thing to do. For the players and LSU.

Opposing fan bases and the media need blame and drama. LSU is always an easy target.
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HagaDaga•8 days
LSU is always an easy target, because the fan base is so thin skinned.
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ChineseBandit58•7 days
Makes me actually like him more
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Timeoday•7 days
I love to hear the players want to do whatever it takes to win. Of course, they are there because they are winners and relish the challenge of competition. So bring it on, Coach. Make Us Better!!
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GeauxTigers1410•8 days
“Kiffin said hearing that response made him "feel a little better" about an issue he had been going back and forth on.”

He better be pretty certain if he has taken it this far.
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mallardhank•8 days
Stay with the players that got you here and let the pros go. If you can't win with your hand picked players that have worked their asses of in camp then you don't deserve to win. He's the coach and the decision maker, don't hide behind your team.
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TouchdownTony•8 days
Lane never owns anything. It’s always somebody else said it was a good idea. Now he’s got the leadership council to take the blame. They told me to take this job, my dad would have said this, I’m not making these decisions, just stand up and say I’m doing this because dammit I’m the coach, this is my program and I make my own decisions.
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Brownlaw•8 days
He is answering a question on a lot of people’s minds: what do the players who have been toiling in the hot sun think about these new guys waltzing in and taking over playing spots?
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Genestealer55•8 days
GFY
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Pedropatterstine•8 days
Not cool up voting your pathetic post. We know it was you
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