re: Saban just defended Lane taking the LSU job on gameday

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Dumb fricking take. If he was staying that would have been announced immediately and not “oh we’ll let you know in a week.”

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The dumb fricking take is thinking he’s taken another job and Ole Miss can trust LSU to not leak it ahead of their own announcement. This is about using LSU to leverage more tout of Ole Miss’s boosters.

Saban talks about student-athletes.

That is a bygone era. Kids are getting paid to play and go to school.

Do you want Kiffin?
If so, you should be happy we're pushing hard to get him.

If you don't, then relax. If we don't get him, the field is still open and we've shown we won't be cheap. That will bring someone else good.

We're not going to ascend with a bargain bin guy

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You think we will be dominant with nobody returning on defense

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Cooley, Pickett, Woodland, Spears. That's a combined 6 ints returning and a full starting DB unit. We have elite young athleticism behind them.

Whit Weeks returns and we finally get to see Singleton and all the speedy young athletes at LB.

Big Dom returns, Breaux returns, the DL haul from last year returns and we will bring in multiple 5 star DL in the high school class including the #1 player in the country. I think Dylan Stewart and Colin Simmons showed you what top teir 5 star DL can do for you.

Plus, the portal my guy. Why do you think we have the defense we have this year? Did you not read what i put down?

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no WRs

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UGA and TAMU's top WRs are portal players. We will have Nic Anderson in year 2 at LSU. We have that beast Taron Francis waiting in the wings. We have elite freshman WRs. Trey'Dez Green is basically a WR. Also, it's about to be breakout season for Kyle Parker. Guy has waited his turn.

Again, did you forget the portal? Ole Miss's leading WR was from Penn St, their #2 was from Wake Forest, and their #3 from Okie St. Three of their top 4 WRs from last year were from Louisiana Tech, Louisville, and South Carolina.

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a questionable QB

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Kiffin's QB this year is from D-2

Jesus Christ the portal will be littered with beast QBs to challenge MVB. He could turn MVB into a legit QB. He did it at FAU too. A QB the year prior to him threw for 2400 and 9 TDs to 11 ints. The next year with 50 less passes, he threw for 2240 with 15 TDs to 4 ints. He had a 2nd QB throw for 600 and 4 TDs. The team threw for 3000 and 21 TDs to 6 ints. Do you know why that was so low? The RB that ran for 1000 the year before, Lane had him run for over 1900 yards and 32 TDs. The QB also doubled his rushing from 240 and 4 TD to 420 and 8 TDs. They went from 3-9 the year prior, to 11-3 in Lane's first year.

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and having to replace the oline?

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LSU has OL pieces, they haven't been coached right. Echols is the center if Moore doesn't come back. Thomas was a 5 star OL that got hurt before the season. Curne was a highly rated OL prospect as well. Both will play the guards. Adams and Ory Williams should take the tackle spots unless we get one in the portal.

We have OL, just poor coaching and management.

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My wants have zero impact. The fact pattern is very odd to believe he’s already taken any other job.

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Jeez

He has a job at Ole Miss. Despite him having them above where they are used to, this is the latest he has them in playoff contention. If he's going to stay there, the last thing he'd want is this distraction hanging over their heads... and could end that by announcing he is staying and signing his offered extension.

He hasn't. His family has been touring 2 other places.

He had a meeting with administration to clear this up, perfect time to announce. Instead, he is silent and the administration has put out a message begging fans to come support the team, that "the next steps will be taken", and an announcement will be made the next day.

That's not how you say "we're planning on winning the SEC and playoffs this year"

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and could end that by announcing he is staying and signing his offered extension.

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Or keep the charade going for a week to bolster NIL commitments for years to come.

The announcement is before the playoff run. They don’t need motivation to win the egg bowl.

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The announcement is before the playoff run. They don’t need motivation to win the egg bowl.

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that's bullshite. State has shown some fight this year, it's a rivalry game, and there's a good chance that a loss knocks Ole Miss out of the playoffs.

Adding to this: There is obviously real affection for LK in the Saban household (e.g. "Mrs.Terry" referring to LK as one of Nick's "baby coaches" on GameDay earlier this year).

If you serve to this day as a mentor to your younger former assistant coaches, love college football and, oh yeah, are universally regarded as the greatest coach ever, wouldn't you want a protégé that you are fond of to succeed?

True.