Week 1 showed that Lane Kiffin, Trinidad Chambliss can win without one another
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It was a successful Week 1 for both LSU head coach Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss.
Kiffin coached Chambliss at Ole Miss during the 2025 season before leaving for LSU. The two were fantastic together in Oxford, but both showed in Week 1 that they can win on their own.
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Kiffin coached his first game at LSU on Saturday night, crushing Clemson 51-10. The game wasn’t even close, and Kiffin himself was surprised by that.
“I thought it’d be like 35-7, 35-10,” Kiffin said after the game. “I didn’t know they’d be that dysfunctional on offense.”
Chambliss led Ole Miss on a game-winning drive to beat Louisville 41-38 on Sunday night, finishing with 336 yards through the air, three touchdowns, and an interception. He added 60 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky was super impressed with Chambliss on Sunday and thinks he can keep the Rebels in every game, even without Kiffin.
“He can keep Ole Miss in every game even without Lane Kiffin,” Orlovsky said on Monday. “The second half was amazing. The first half, he did not look like the player we saw last year. In the second half, it was absolute fireworks. These are beautiful throws. Crossing routes, go routes, seam balls. Just the way that he threw the football in the second half was about as good as it can get.”
To take Orlovsky’s point a step further, Chambliss played like this in the College Football Playoff once Pete Golding had taken over as head coach. Chambliss took the Rebels to the CFP semifinals before eventually losing to the Miami Hurricanes.
It’s going to be fun seeing Chambliss and Kiffin go against one another when Kiffin returns to Oxford on Sept. 19.
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