Why Lane Kiffin is delaying LSU decision after 'hours-long' meeting with Ole Miss chiefs
Lane Kiffin's desire to finish the season with Ole Miss before leaving to join LSU is holding up a formal announcement on his future, according to reports.The Rebels head coach has a huge decision to make after receiving a staggering $90million offer to depart the program and take over the LSU Tigers program.One day after their playoff-clinching win over Mississippi State, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports claims he has accepted the offer and is on the verge of becoming the Tigers' new head coach.However, in an hours-long meeting with Ole Miss chiefs on Saturday night, Kiffin reportedly told the Rebels that he still wants to coach them through the College Football Playoff.It is believed that request is the snag delaying the formalization of his move, with Ole Miss reluctant to let him lead the team in the postseason if he has chosen to depart.The 50-year-old met with athletic director Keith Carter and chancellor Glenn Boyce at the latter's home to discuss his future on Saturday. The meeting is understood to have lasted more than three hours, before vehicles believed to belong to Carter and Kiffin were seen leaving the house at roughly 6:45pm. Lane Kiffin reportedly wants to finish the season with Ole Miss before leaving to join LSURead More LSU 'finalizing stunning $90m offer' for rival coach weeks after dismissing Brian Kelly The school has not released a statement, suggesting Kiffin did not agree to a contract extension during the meeting.As he continues to negotiate his Ole Miss exit, LSU officials are said to have organized for two planes to fly to Oxford and pick up Kiffin, his family and others on Sunday, before bringing him over to Baton Rouge to seal the deal. They remained confident Saturday of successfully poaching the head coach of one of their biggest SEC rivals, with one source reportedly saying: 'If he doesn't come, we've been duped.' According to ESPN's Marty Smith, Kiffin is scheduled to hold a team meeting with his Ole Miss players 9am Sunday.An announcement regarding his future is then expected to finally be made shortly after.Kiffin made headlines for different reasons on Friday after he was seen squaring up to a Mississippi reporter who branded him a 'h**' amid talk of his potential move to LSU.After the No 7 Rebels secured a 38-19 win over Mississippi State in their final regular season game on Friday, he revealed he was yet to decide his next move during a postgame interview with ESPN's Taylor McGregor.And as he left the field at Davis Wade Stadium, Kiffin stopped to confront The Ole Miss Spirit reporter Ben Garrett. Kiffin all but secured a playoff berth with Ole Miss by beating Mississippi State on SaturdayAs rumors continue to swirl about his potential move to LSU, Garrett said about Kiffin on a podcast earlier this week: 'Can't turn a h** into a housewife. H**s don't act right.''You wanna walk in here and call me a h**? Well see how it goes,' Kiffin is heard saying to him in the video, which was captured by Outkick's Trey Wallace.Garrett later addressed his spat with the Rebels coach on X after the footage went viral. 'Kiffin didn’t like the, ‘Can’t turn a h** into a housewife; h**s don’t act right’ line from the podcast,' he confirmed. 'He sought [me] out in the tunnel after the game to tell me'. After guiding the Rebels to victory in what could prove his final game in charge, Kiffin claimed he was yet to make a decision on his future. 'No, I haven’t (made up my mind),' he told ESPN’s McGregor on the broadcast. “I’ve got a lot of praying to do to figure that out tomorrow, but right now, I’m just going to go enjoy these players.'I told them last night, you’re going to win your 11th game, and all I want to do is experience joy watching you, and that’s what I’m about to do.'
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Why Lane Kiffin is delaying LSU decision after 'hours-long' meeting with Ole Miss chiefs
