Lane Kiffin reportedly meets with Ole Miss administrators today to discuss his future in Oxford as LSU and Florida are seeking to hire the head football coach that has led the Rebels to a 10-1 season. Christopher Boan (“Bowen”) with Bookies-dot-com says Ole Miss will pull out all the stops to keep Kiffin in Oxford.
LSU sophomore quarterback Michael Van Buren came into Baton Rouge to serve as the backup to senior Garrett Nussmeier in hopes to eventually become the starter. Now, Van Buren is making his second straight start this weekend against Western Kentucky. Even with all the coaching changes, Van Buren is glad he ended up at LSU.
Van Buren said that he will stay with the program through the coaching changes.
Last night, UL- Lafayette football defeated Arkansas State by a score of 34-30 to improve to 5 and 6 on the season. The Cajuns’ postgame hopes were in jeopardy as UL was 2-and-6 at one point, but the team is now one win away for being bowl eligible. Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) says he’s proud of his team.
CUT 28 (10): “been through.”
Louisiana Tech leads the Conference USA and is number-16 in the nation in most penalties with 76 through ten games. Cumbie said that the Bulldogs have to do better of being disciplined, but said the team may be getting called for more penalties since they are leaving Conference USA for the Sun Belt next year.
Cut 19 (09) “…sometimes you wonder.”
The Bulldogs kick off against Liberty in Ruston on Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Baton Rouge Advocate is reporting that LSU made its first move in responding to Brian Kelly’s lawsuit today by giving new school president Wade Rousse authority to send him a written notice of termination.