LSU news: Lane Kiffin fires back at Paul Finebaum's criticism after Clemson dismantling

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After weeks and weeks of criticism regarding his roster-building philosophy, Lane Kiffin took his LSU football team to Tiger Stadium and put an absolute beatdown on the creme de la creme of the ACC, beating Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers 51-10 even after a weather delay.

To say the narrative around Kiffin’s Tigers changed in a big way after the win would be an understatement, but for some, like veteran college football pundit Paul Finebaum, he isn’t convinced that LSU is what they think they are, calling their head coach a “child” for the way he carries himself.

Fortunately, on Monday, Kiffin got a chance to clap back at the ESPN personality, calling him “rat poison” and his criticism a barometer of future success.

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“I like Paul, I really do. He knows that he said something one time to me about like, or he said something about me being like the exit text, and you respond back or something. I don’t think of Paul like that. They have a job to do, and I understand; those things used to make me mad and upset. Then I realized, okay, they have a job to do, especially when two people go on a show; usually they’ve got to take opposite sides. It’s just Paul’s s**t,” Kiffin said.

“Really, if you study over time, if Paul’s on you, you probably have been doing really well, or you’re about to do really well. Because I always remember Paul every other year at Alabama: it was Saban’s done, the dynasty’s over, he can’t coach, he can’t keep up anymore with tempo offense. So Paul would kill him every other year, and then he’d go to a National Championship. So when Paul does it, I like it because it usually means something good is about to happen. But he is the definition of rat poison. He sent me today his own thing where he said about we’re the hottest place to go and every recruit should want to come here and everything. So I responded back to him like, thanks for the rat poison because that’s what your players read. Then all of a sudden they think, okay, we’ve arrived.”

Goodness gracious, rat poison? That’s a harsh clapback indeed. Fortunately, at this point, it would appear Finebaum is used to it, as the veteran commentator responded in kind on social media, thanking Kiffin for being a loyal listener.

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