LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin caught some shade from Steve Spurrier out of nowhere this week
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LSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin has often been compared to legendary former Florida Gators and South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier.
Kiffin, who said last season that he originally started wearing a visor to emulate Spurrier, doesn't hold back when speaking publicly, usually saying (or tweeting) whatever is on his mind — much like the head ball coach did for the duration of his career (minus the tweeting).
At one point last fall, it felt like Kiffin was going to be the next head coach at Florida.
Kiffin, however, couldn't pass up the opportunity in Baton Rouge.
Spurrier didn't seem too upset that Kiffin passed on the Gators for the Tigers, but that didn't stop him from dropping one of his classic quips this week about Kiffin.
While discussing Dabo Swinney's recent explosive comments about Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding, Spurrier managed to throw some shade at Kiffin.
“I had to call out an Alabama coach (Mike DuBose)," said Spurrier on Another Dooley Noted Podcast. "He had a booster tell a recruit that he could go get a good deal on a car there. And so I turned that one in. I don't think they ever did anything about it.
"He won an SEC [championship], DuBose did. Now, we're supposed to win those every year…but, yeah, he won an SEC [championship]. That's more than Lane Kiffin's done, he hasn't won the SEC. Kirby Smart is still the only coach in the SEC that's won one. Still the only one, and he won it again this year. How can you criticize a team that won the SEC with the competition we have now?"
Now, to be fair to Kiffin, and Spurrier pointed this out, Georgia's Kirby Smart is the only active SEC coach with an SEC Championship to his credit.
But Spurrier choosing to single out Kiffin, instead of the other head coaches who have been in the SEC for more than a month, is just classic Spurrier stuff. And whether Spurrier admits it or not, it certainly feels like he dropped that comment because of the way Kiffin slighted the Gators during the wild coaching carousel in November and December.
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