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Lane Kiffin learned a lot from former Alabama coach Nick Saban — especially about the dangers of preseason praise and high expectations being placed upon a team by fans and media.
Kelly and Kiffin shared the spotlight on Day 1 of the SEC’s four-day, talkin’-season extravaganza. Their teams enter the 2024 season with very different vibes: Ole Miss is getting plenty of buzz; LSU, despite consecutive 10-win seasons, is looking like a team with lots of unanswered questions.In both of Kelly’s seasons at LSU since leaving Notre Dame, the Tigers haven’t been what was expected.
Instead of diving into the portal to plug holes, Kelly brought in a relatively small transfer class of 10 players.“If you’re in the transfer portal for need-based — in other words, you’re filling needs — you haven’t done something right in the natural recruiting season,” Kelly said. “I think you need to use the transfer portal to top off the tank, so to speak.”
Garrett Nussmeier, who has waited four years to finally be entrenched as QB1 at LSU, gives the Tigers a chance to mitigate the loss of Daniels.At Ole Miss, Kiffin has been called the portal king. The Rebels’ only losses last season were to Alabama and Georgia. Kiffin hopes the additions close that gap.He is also keenly aware that chemistry counts and there is work to be done beyond X’s and O’s.
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