Lane Kiffin was the big get for LSU this fall, but this past weekend he put himself into a social issue jam through a disgusting attempt at appealing to Tr**p with a post on X.
Kiffin posted an image with two LSU colored hats stitched with “Make Baton Rouge Great” and tagged Tr**p.
The backlash was swift, with many LSU fans slamming Kiffin’s MAGA-thirsty post.
“You’re so pathetic,” remarked one fan.
“Guess I’ve watched my last LSU football game for the foreseeable future,” responded another.
The criticisms continued until Kiffin deleted the original post and replaced it with another with the same hats but tagging LSU football instead of Tr**p.
The original post was a surprise to many as Kiffin was someone who supported Black players.
When he was hired by Ole Miss, he attended a Black Lives Matter Unity Walk on the campus with his team and coaches following George Floyd’s murder.
“This is about taking action, and this is a step in the right direction,” said Kiffin about the 2020 Walk. “We’re walking to promote change and to help end injustice that is occurring throughout our nation everywhere.”
It was a revealing experience that demonstrated to the Rebels new head coach he had work to do off the field.
“I had not thought at the angles of how they were seeing things, so it was very eye-opening,” said Kiffin.
In 2022, Kiffin accused a Texas Tech player of allegedly using a racial slur against an Ole Miss player and spitting on him (he did mention that he didn’t hear the alleged slur directly but that he was told about it).
Kiffin was also accused in a 2023 lawsuit by Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins of racial and sexual discrimination, failure to provide equal protection and a slew of other charges. But the suit was ultimately thrown out in January 2024 by a U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Mississippi.
Yet while Kiffin has supported Black players, this past weekend, six years after the Unity March, he seems to have forgotten what he experienced that day.
He forgot that many of his current and former players are the very individuals currently being targeted from almost every angle by the person he tagged.
He also failed to remember that his boss, longtime Tiger and newly appointed athletic director Verge Ausberry, is also Black.
Maybe Kiffin was just trying to secure some extra attention for his program.
