Kiffin's decision comes less than a month before the Rebels are expected to embark on their first College Football Playoff appearance in program history. Ole Miss also won its program-record 11th regular season game with Friday's 38-19 victory over rival Mississippi State.

Lane Kiffin’s move to LSU ended a tense stretch in Oxford. He left Ole Miss after leading the Rebels to a College Football Playoff push with an 11-1 record, and one of the program’s strongest stretches in years.

Lane Kiffin admitted as he was being introduced Monday as LSU’s new football coach how difficult the decision was to leave Ole Miss. Kiffin said he leaned on conversations he had with coaches he worked under for guidance, specifically Pete Carroll and Nick Saban.

On Monday, college football analyst Josh Pate joined a panel on ESPN's Get Up to discuss the significant aftermath of the drama surrounding former Ole Miss Rebe