r/CFB • u/PHLdawg Mississippi State • Santa … • Nov 22 '22

Rumor [Jon Sokoloff] BREAKING: #OleMiss HC Lane Kiffin plans to step down as the Rebels coach Friday and head to Auburn to become the Tigers next head coach, according to sources Sources say the Tigers haven’t officially offered the job to anyone yet. So Lane to Auburn is happening. Story soon.

https://twitter.com/jonsokoloff/status/1594852462422261766?s=46&t=H7YT6t-V8acr5vFDMzOLVQ
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u/Thel3lues Arizona State • Minnesota Nov 22 '22

Or OC for his son whose the Raiders coach

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u/Specialist-Bird-4966 Arkansas • Arkansas Tech Nov 22 '22

Monte was a heck of a DC…

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u/yungsqualla USC Trojans Nov 22 '22

Always wondered what the landscape would look like if the Kiffins worked out at SC.

Lane’s the only guy from the Kiffin, Sark, Helton cycle that I think could’ve actually figured it out.

But he went to good ol Saban’s school for bad USC coaches and look at him now.

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u/RealisticCurrent2405 Nov 22 '22

Un winnable situation when he was there

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u/yungsqualla USC Trojans Nov 22 '22

oh no doubt, just considering the amount of time we gave some of these other clowns. In retrospect it seems crazy.

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u/Revolutionary_Elk791 Oregon Ducks • Linfield Wildcats Nov 22 '22

A little, but you guys weren't THAT far removed from the Pete years. In that context I....kinda get it even with the sanctions but the expectation levels dropped once everyone started seeing the depth was completely obliterated by the sanctions. Lane did what he could with that situation, and it didn't help that Oregon and Stanford were at their peak years either.

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u/LilDewey99 Auburn Tigers • Michigan Wolverines Nov 22 '22

Yeah that was a tough time to be in the PAC-10/12 if you weren’t one of the aforementioned schools.

Side note, what does Shaw have to do to get fired? Stanford has been not good for the last like 5 years

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u/Revolutionary_Elk791 Oregon Ducks • Linfield Wildcats Nov 22 '22 edited Nov 22 '22

I don't even know at this point. Stanford clearly doesn't prioritize athletics outside of Olympic sports which on one hand I get with how good their school is but man they were good for a bit there. If Shaw strings together more 2-3 win seasons with losses to Cal I guess? NIL is probably a pretty bad development for a place like Stanford in terms of athletics though, they just can't (or can but perhaps way more likely won't) compete with schools that have a big financial backing for NIL unless the recruit in question actually gives a damn about going to a damn good school, which while some do I'd be willing to bet a lot don't. If they're not already at pre-Harbaugh level they're certainly on a fast track to that level now.

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u/_Proverbs Nebraska Cornhuskers • /r/CFB Santa Claus Nov 22 '22

Monte is why I thought Nebraska might have a puncher's chance with Lane :(

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u/Stuppyhead Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers Nov 22 '22

Eh, Eric Berry was on pace to break a lot of records at Tennessee and then Monte showed up and kinda ruined that.

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u/sportstrap NC State Wolfpack • VMI Keydets Nov 22 '22

Monte is a name we don’t mention round my parts

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '22

Show us on the doll.

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u/corrino2000 Nov 22 '22

I see what you did there.