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Former Alabama OC Lane Kiffin has become one of the biggest trolls of the SEC, and he was at it again on Wednesday.
Kiffin is the master of throwing subtle shade, and he couldn’t resist taking another shot at Alabama when asked about Florida Atlantic’s Week 1 game against Oklahoma.
The comments were obviously said in a joking and light-hearted manner, as you can see in the video below, but he did make sure to mention that the Sooners were ranked higher than Alabama in last year’s College Football Playoff:
Lane Kiffin (jokingly!?!?) on FAU playing Oklahoma in week one. "You're getting a better team than Bama." @RedditCFB @pbpsports pic.twitter.com/UygSdRQVrF
— Jake Elman (@JakeElman) June 13, 2018
Kiffin’s Owls are likely to be blown out by Lincoln Riley’s Sooners, but FAU had a fantastic 2017 season under their new head coach.
Kiffin will likely be at a Power 5 school again sooner rather than later, but for now, he’s making plenty of noise at FAU.
I would put my money on FAU to cover the 21-25 point spread (whatever it is). They will be good. Kiffin is a great coach. Owls return a lot of talent. OU will be breaking in a new O-line and QB. Call me crazy but FAU has a shot in this game.
I’m gong to call you crazy. The team didn’t ever beat anyone with a pulse last season. They were blown out by Navy and lost to Buffalo. They simply play in a horrible conference. Kiffin may be a good coach, but that wasn’t a very good team. They should be a little better this season with the transfers and another year in the program.
It won’t be close…
You have to remember that Oklahoma doesn’t play defense.
It won’t matter…
Oklahoma sucks at playing defense but let’s be honest. FAU is still a Group of 5 school. Forget winning the game, Oklahoma should be embarrassed if FAU scores 20 points.
It’s not like FAU is UCF or anything. lol
Had they not lost their OC and QB I would say that they have a small chance, but they aren’t in the same stratosphere talent wise.
Crazy
Yup crazy. Sooners by a bunch but that won’t quiet kiffin. He will keep running his trap. It’s who he is.
After looking at some of the comments on this game, I kinda agree with Bamatime about the outcome. Kiffen +25 against Oakie doesn’t look that bad. That oakie coach has done nothing to deserve the respect and value Stoops had. Even with the best QB in the country and some really good receivers he couldn’t put a decent defense on the field in a playoff season. More probable that he will lose some games this year and he will get Kiffen 1st game. My bet is that there will be a telling weakness on offense and defense the first few games. Kiffen +25 is very tempting. Just saying.
That’s not what BamaTime said.