Lane Kiffin admitted to the thing that Ole Miss fans have been suspecting for months.
They knew that Kiffin bolting right before the College Football Playoffs didn't come out of nowhere.
In his interviewes leading upto the fever pitch of the coaching drama, Kiffin confessed to being confused about his decision.
Later on, he admitted to seeking his trusted mentors Nick Saban and Pete Carroll's counsel.
That was just the part story. The other part came out about two months after.
Lane Kiffin put Nick Saban's word over Ole Miss
The LSU head coach confessed to Saban indeed suggesting Kiffin to take up the LSU job.
“I told the story at the press conference, but I was torn. And when I called Coach Saban and talked it through with him, he said: ‘You know, Lane, you’ll always regret if you don’t go to LSU — it’s the best job in America,’” Kiffin said on Tuesday while speaking at The Leadership Power Breakfast, according to WAFB Channel 9’s Jacques Doucet.
“And when he said that, it really made the decision for me. And as I’ve looked at it, it has pushed me, it has gotten me out of a comfort zone. That we were doing amazing things (at Ole Miss), but you come here and you feel the power of the place, and it drives you everyday to even go to another level.”
NEW: Lane Kiffin revealed advice from Nick Saban that sealed his decision to leave Ole Miss for LSU:
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"When I called Coach Saban and talked it through with him, he said: ‘You know, Lane, you’ll always regret if you don’t go to LSU — it’s the best job in America.’"
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While this was the first time Kiffin took names, his previous answers had Ole Miss fans already smelling smoke.
“I felt like everybody I talked to outside of the state (of Mississippi) all basically said the same thing, okay. They all said, ‘Man, you are going to regret it if you don’t take the shot and you don’t go to LSU,’” Kiffin said during his Dec. 1st press conference, referring to Saban and ex-USC coach Pete Carroll.
“It’s the best job in America with the best resources, and to win it. And, it’s obviously been done here before by a number of people.”
About a month ago, Saban would have experienced a proper trolling session on the internet, given how agitated the Rebel Nation was with the news still.
After Pete Golding coached the Rebels through the College Football semifinals, though, the Ole Miss fans hardly regret it.
Ole Miss's historic college football run has successfully made Kiffin a closed chapter in the Grove.