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If you want a chance at Lane, you need OM to lose out and miss the playoffs

Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:25 am
Posted by Covingtontiger77
Member since Dec 2015
11375 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:25 am
Let that irony sink in.

You need OM to miss the playoffs from a timing standpoint.

But that also means you want your coach to lose the most if not all the rest of his games and limp into your job.


Posted by p226
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2016
2011 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:27 am to
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You need OM to miss the playoffs from a timing standpoint.


I don’t believe that.
Posted by Shunface
Lafayette County Detention Center
Member since Jan 2013
5164 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:35 am to
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You need OM to miss the playoffs from a timing standpoint


This is why I don’t think it will happen.

You miss early signing. IF we have a bye OR make it to the quarterfinals and assuming we lose he would have one day before the portal opens.
Posted by Lgrnwd
Member since Jan 2018
8111 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:38 am to
You are overthinking it
Posted by Jsteven
Nashville, TN
Member since Sep 2010
764 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:41 am to
NIL keeps enough players and the portal can bounce back quickly. If Lane is the guy you wait for him.
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Member since Jan 2011
25562 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:42 am to
Didn’t Bama wait until after the championship game to hire Deboer?
Posted by BROpaneTANK
Mandeville
Member since Apr 2010
3034 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:42 am to
No, you need him to make it having played an easy SEC schedule (outside of UGA), and then absolutely outclassed in the first round, then have to really ask himself how close he actually is to a championship there just being the “portal king”.

If he loses out and misses they probably just circle back to it being the rebuilding year most thought.
This post was edited on 11/1/25 at 9:43 am
Posted by LSUminati
Member since Jan 2017
3957 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 9:51 am to
One thing that could work in the Lane sweepstakes’ favor is it Ole Miss is snubbed from the playoffs at 10-2. That is very possible with no ranked wins and potentially 5 of A&M, Alabama, UGA, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Texas being 10-2 or better. If there were ever an eye opener in brand differentiator this would show it to Lane.
This post was edited on 11/1/25 at 9:52 am
Posted by Geaux002
Member since Jan 2021
1497 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 10:33 am to
He’s been good for several bad losses every year as a HC. They still want him. Lol
Posted by New Money
Athens, GA
Member since Jun 2023
3085 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 10:35 am to
So, you want your coach to be a loser in hopes of hiring him to be a winner?

Great strategy.
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Member since Jan 2011
25562 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 10:46 am to
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potentially 5 of A&M, Alabama, UGA, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Texas being 10-2 or better.

Can you imagine Vandy getting in and 10-2 OM getting left out?
Posted by lsufan0582
337 born
Member since Jan 2022
2911 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 10:53 am to
I dont think Ole Miss has to miss the playoffs.

Lane could be here for the portal unless they made semis, which I don't really expect personally
Posted by NOSA
Member since Jan 2004
10045 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 10:57 am to
Why do people repeat the same false things every coaching search.
Posted by LSUminati
Member since Jan 2017
3957 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 11:05 am to
A 10-2 Vandy would definitely get in over 10-2 Ole Miss if it came down to a choice.
Posted by gatordmb89
Member since Dec 2009
30700 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 11:34 am to
This is the wrong outlook IMO. If you want the coach bad enough, you sacrifice one ESD. Not a huge deal these days with the portal.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38776 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 11:39 am to
Do we really want Lane if he can't make the playoffs though? It would take a big time collapse to miss the playoffs as it stands
Posted by TN Tygah
Member since Nov 2023
7837 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 11:41 am to
quote:

Didn’t Bama wait until after the championship game to hire Deboer?


Saban didn’t retire until at the tail end of the portal window though
Posted by windhamtiger
Gonzales
Member since Sep 2022
339 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 12:03 pm to
Agreed 100%, but I can guarantee you there will be numbnuts on here saying hell Lane kiffin lost to South Carolina. We don't want him as a coach. Watch what I tell you if that happens but you are correct. You would want Ole Miss to lose out if that's who you want. If you don't then I guess it really doesn't matter
Posted by kajunman
Member since Dec 2015
7581 posts
Posted on 11/1/25 at 12:06 pm to
I'm good with not getting Lane.
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