Lane Kiffin goes off script: Hulk Hogan, Ole Miss and social media dominate SEC Media Days
TAMPA, FL - Lane Kiffin stepped off the escalator inside the Marriott hotel on Thursday morning with cameras waiting to capture his every move at SEC Media Days, certainly knowing that all eyes would be on him over at least the upcoming four hours.Just after noon, the LSU coach was back on his private plane and headed home to Baton Rouge with the Tigers media relations department and three of his star players.Pete Golding drops unfiltered truth on 'Ex' Lane Kiffin, and NCAA tampering: 'What have we created?'Over the past seven months, the anticipation had been brewing for Kiffin's appearance representing LSU after leaving Ole Miss before the Rebels college football playoff run.There had been questions about whether Lane would actually embrace some of the questions that you just knew were coming his way.But, thanks to a 22-minute filibuster at the podium after his introduction from commissioner Greg Sankey, it was Kiffin that talked just enough to only have to field upwards of four questions from the media gathered in the grand ballroom.And, if you haven’t seen him posting on social media since May, there's also an answer to that interesting move as well."Really it just started with my son, Knox, saying 'you're on social media all the time, I bet you can't get off'. If you've followed me, you know that betting me is a good way to do it," Kiffin proclaimed.
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TAMPA, FL - Lane Kiffin stepped off the escalator inside the Marriott hotel on Thursday morning with cameras waiting to capture his every move at SEC Media Days, certainly knowing that all eyes would be on him over at least the upcoming four hours.Just after noon, the LSU coach was back on his private plane and headed home to Baton Rouge with the Tigers media relations department and three of his star players.Pete Golding drops unfiltered truth on 'Ex' Lane Kiffin, and NCAA tampering: 'What have we created?'Over the past seven months, the anticipation had been brewing for Kiffin's appearance representing LSU after leaving Ole Miss before the Rebels college football playoff run.There had been questions about whether Lane would actually embrace some of the questions that you just knew were coming his way.But, thanks to a 22-minute filibuster at the podium after his introduction from commissioner Greg Sankey, it was Kiffin that talked just enough to only have to field upwards of four questions from the media gathered in the grand ballroom.And, if you haven’t seen him posting on social media since May, there's also an answer to that interesting move as well."Really it just started with my son, Knox, saying 'you're on social media all the time, I bet you can't get off'. If you've followed me, you know that betting me is a good way to do it," Kiffin proclaimed. "I said 'yea I can, just watch'. So, I just got off everything, don't even have the apps."It wasn’t a plan for very long, I just wanted to show him I could do it.
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- TAMPA, FL - Lane Kiffin stepped off the escalator inside the Marriott hotel on Thursday morning with cameras waiting to capture his every move at SEC Media Days, certainly knowing that all eyes would be on him over at least the upcoming four hours.Just after noon, the LSU coach was back on his private plane and headed home to Baton Rouge with the Tigers media relations department and three of his star players.Pete Golding drops unfiltered truth on 'Ex' Lane Kiffin, and NCAA tampering: 'What have we created?'Over the past seven months, the anticipation had been brewing for Kiffin's appearance representing LSU after leaving Ole Miss before the Rebels college football playoff run.There had been questions about whether Lane would actually embrace some of the questions that you just knew were coming his way.But, thanks to a 22-minute filibuster at the podium after his introduction from commissioner Greg Sankey, it was Kiffin that talked just enough to only have to field upwards of four questions from the media gathered in the grand ballroom.And, if you haven’t seen him posting on social media since May, there's also an answer to that interesting move as well."Really it just started with my son, Knox, saying 'you're on social media all the time, I bet you can't get off'. If you've followed me, you know that betting me is a good way to do it," Kiffin proclaimed.
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