Lane Kiffin Press Conference...Texas Week...Link and Tidbits Inside

LSU (6-3) returns to Tiger Stadium on Saturday to face Texas (7-2) in an SEC showdown. Kickoff is set for 6:30pm CT on ABC. The Tigers enter the matchup as a 3.5-point favorite, with the over/under sitting at 46.5 points.

LSU will look to bounce back from a 31-13 home loss to Alabama, while Texas is coming off a 34-20 road victory over Missouri.

This will be the 19th meeting between the two schools and their first as SEC opponents. Texas leads the all-time series 9-8-1. Series History

Press Conference Tidbits:
- Lane on Arch Manning: Enjoyed his time around Arch...great kid...he has a lot of expectations and pressure on him because of his name.

- Kiffin lamented the team's inability to finish games...blamed offense, defense and special teams lapses in Bama game.

- He told the team today to not listen to the outside negative noise, especially after this loss, since he knows it is out there.

- Kiffin happy to be playing this tough 3-game stretch because it will give the team a chance to get back into the playoff conversation.

- On Texas: they are getting healthy at the right time...DE Collin Simmons in one of the premier players in the country.

- Kiffin mentioned that Running Back screens are not a stable in his playbook...analytics have shown that the average per play for RB screens isn't very high.

- On his relationship with Steve Sarkisian: he said they have a very unique relationship that goes back a long time (coached together at USC and Alabama)...Sark was a big part of Lane becoming sober six years ago.

- On his relationship with the Manning family: says they are an awesome family, awesome people...he still texts with Peyton and Cooper (Arch's dad).