LSU Lures Lane Kiffin
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The NCAA released its first NET rankings this week and No. 5 LSU is leading the way on the women's side. The predictive system doesn't take opponents into account and the Tigers haven't played a strong schedule to start the season,
This past year, Lane’s reconciled wife Layla and son Knox came from Southern California to join him in Oxford, Mississippi, while daughter Presley Kiffin went off to college as a USC Trojans volleyball player.
LSU has hired offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. and five other assistant coaches for Lane Kiffin’s staff after they followed him from Ole Miss, according to copies of their term sheets obtained Monday night by The Advocate.
Kiffin's decision comes less than a month before the Rebels are expected to embark on their first College Football Playoff appearance in program history. Ole Miss also won its program-record 11th regular season game with Friday's 38-19 victory over rival Mississippi State.
Donning a purple-striped tie and surrounded by eager LSU supporters, Kiffin explained what motivated him to leave Mississippi for LSU with his former team on the verge of competing for a national championship.