Odds on Alabama OC Lane Kiffin’s Next Football Coaching Job
By David Wasson
40/1: New offensive coordinator at LSU
What must happen: LSU has gone full-coondog with the hiring of native son Ed Orgeron to replace Les Miles. So why not break the bank for the hottest offensive coodinator in college football? And breaking the bank is what it would take, as Lane Kiffin’s $1.4 million salary would most certainly need to be increased to make Baton Rouge more palatable.
Why it will happen: Besides a revelation that Kiffin loves the taste of corndogs? And the aforementioned Brinks truck backing up to Kasa Kiffin? Hard to see how this is a good deal for Kiffin, really.
Why it won’t happen: Working for a guy who used to work for you? Working for Crazy Eddie O? Working for a wacko AD who hired Crazy Eddie O? Trying to decode Nick Saban’s defense once a year? Purple isn’t his color? Doesn’t really like gumbo? We could go on and on here …