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College Football Insider Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports has reported that LSU is preparing to offer Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin a seven-year deal worth at least $90 million.

The deal would make Kiffin tied for the highest-paid coach in College Football.
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Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge, key LSU decision-makers are gearing up for a formal offer to the coach and his representatives. While specific details of the contract remain fluid, sources told Yahoo Sports that school executives have discussed a seven-year, incentive-laden deal worth at least $90 million — figures that would make Kiffin, at the very least, tied for the highest-paid coach in the sport. The school is, as well, promising significant NIL-related roster investments exceeding $25 million — perhaps the most important determining factor for the coach.

Despite comments last month from Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry critical of high-priced coaching contracts, the state’s top elected official has blessed the university’s lucrative pursuit of Kiffin, led by newly appointed athletic director Verge Ausberry. While there is brewing confidence in Baton Rouge that the latest push will lure the coach into a commitment, Florida administrators and top donors have felt similarly in a chase of the coach that dates back weeks.

Both LSU and Florida officials are cognizant of Kiffin’s indecision and remain engaged with other candidates in a pool that includes, but is not limited to, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz and Tulane’s Jon Sumrall, who many believe to be the leading candidate in Auburn’s search to replace Hugh Freeze.
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Billieboy10 hours
frick the governors blessing
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CajunBullet2 hours
Jeff needs to stay in his lane and try to govern the state. Leave LSU athletics alone and let the LSU hierarchies take care of LSU athletics.
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SouthernInsanity11 hours
incentive-laden deal.... as it should be.
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LSU_Legz49 min
About $80 mil of it better be in the incentives.
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TheGeauxt911 hours
Big money for big fish I guess, we ridin!
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LSUbacchus8111 hours
It won’t come down to money
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jafari rastaman11 hours
Let me remind you that his daughter is Whit Weeks girlfriend. We have the inside track, if you know what I mean.
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goodgrin6 hours
Wrong! Whit Weeks has the 'inside' track on her.
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dandan10 hours
Close the deal tigers!
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Spankum11 hours
So, I thought Landry was against exorbitant contracts for coaches…
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Ghost of Colby10 hours
Gov Landry has been put in his place by the adults with money.
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StGeorgeTiger5 hours
Against the verbiage of tax payers potentially being responsible for the payments.
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Camp Randall11 hours
That’s Sexton at work
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catfish 6211 hours
This doesn’t sound done and not something OM couldn’t match
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purple182 hours
frick Jeff Landry….dude needs to stay for away from LSU athletics
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Muahahaha2 min
90 million for 7-years is $12.9 mill. I’m surprised Lane would create this storm for only 1-2 mill more?
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memphisplaya3 hours
Golden Egg. Hmmm Egg bowl trophy, Kiffin, or …..:Pete Golden?
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Recoveringcajun10 hours
Everyone has been assuming that OM gave CLK a deadline.

I think it’s the other way around. He’s given them a deadline by which he either wants what he’s asking them for or he walks. He’s the one in control here…not the OM Athletic Dep’t administration. This is why he’s being allowed to drag this out through the Egg Bowl.
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Let’s blab the details and give ole miss or someone else a chance to beat it smh
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geauxtigahhhs11 hours
You don’t think Kiffin or his agent would readily tell them what they need to beat? Lmfao
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Jabontik11 hours
DAMMIT
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Datbayoubengal2 hours
How long would Ole Miss be able to spend 25 mill a year in NIL? Also, Ole Miss still can't get top 10 recruiting classes.
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LSUGrad202420 min
Stupid. Kiffin is not worth that much.
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BayouENGR3 hours
This is Tom Herman, Lincoln Riley all over again.
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BIIIL5 hours
So the press has let the cat out of the bag. And now the competition knows what they have to beat. Nothing like making it easier for your opponent
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There's some more stupid.
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The Third Leg2 hours
Are they still trying to stiff Kelly like a bunch of low rent clowns?
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DoubleDown4 hours
I can see 2 things happening here:

1) for the egg bowl game, he says in the pre game sideline reporter meeting some cheesy quip about “ole miss for life, now let’s go win this natty”
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2) during half time of the egg bowl, he hands over the headset to an assistant and isn’t seen for months and then shows up as lsu’s coach next year
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Clayvet11 hours
We need to be pursuing Dan Lanning this aggressively. Kiffin to NFL in 3 years. Lanning’s a young whipper snapper and has more longevity. Leaving Nike and Oregon would be tough but I think he’d like being back in the SEC.
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LSUPilot0710 hours
Lanning isn’t leaving Eugene and that Nike money. He has it made out there.
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jaycock889 hours
Kiffin don’t give 2 shites about NFL, he comin…
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We don’t need coaches like this, they cant handle sec
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PaleFace19 hours
Thank you Gov. Landry!
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