The LSU Tigers were everyone’s national championship winner following their 38-17 dispatching of Auburn, of all teams, in Week 9. With respect to Alex Golesh‘s Tigers, there’s levels to this game. Lane Kiffin and Co. found out the hard way in Week 11, when Alabama came to town and whipped his Tigers 31-13.
LSU (6-3, 3-3 SEC) still has a 22.4% chance to make the College Football Playoff, per ESPN’s Football Power Index, because of looming matchups with Texas and Tennessee. However, Paul Finebaum isn’t letting Kiffin off the hook. To him, this season has been a failure, and Saturday’s game only further proved it.
“He promised to bring a national championship… and what has he done so far? Not very much,” Finebaum said on First Take. “It looked just like every other LSU-Alabama game I’ve ever seen… because Lane Kiffin cannot beat Alabama… Kalen DeBoer made an absolute fool out of him.”
Finebaum’s ire is further compounded by the “theatrics” Kiffin has employed since heading to Baton Rouge.
“Lane Kiffin comes in with rappers… he brought Kevin Costner in. He made Kevin Costner look like an idiot, and that’s really hard to do,” Finebaum said. “He had Livvy Dunne and Angel Reese. I bet all of them, and Shaq, were gone by the fourth quarter, because everybody in that stadium was gone… except the Alabama band and the Alabama fans.”
“Even Brian Kelly… beat Nick Saban in Tiger Stadium,” an exasperated Finebaum continued. “What did Lane Kiffin do? He completely threw an absolute… stinker.”
The Bayou Bengals must win out to earn a CFP bid. Their contest with Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns in Week 11 kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC).
