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Watch Lane Kiffin do Ed Orgeron impersonation: ‘This place just makes me want to talk like you’
Lane Kiffin did his best Ed Orgeron impression Monday during his introductory press conference as LSU’s new coach. “Actually, we were going by Tiger Stadium, and I called one person,” Kiffin said. “I called (former LSU coach) Ed Orgeron.
The new Tigers coach gave his best impression of the former LSU coach.
I called Ed Orgeron and I said, ‘hey, man, this place just makes me want to talk like you right now,'” said LSU’s newest head football coach. Louisiana State University introduced Lane Kiffin as the 34th head coach in program history,
Both Orgeron and Kiffin served as head coaches at Ole Miss and USC, and Kiffin completed the circle on Sunday by accepting the post at LSU.
“Lane Kiffin will win a national championship in Baton Rouge,” ESPN Insider Paul Finebaum said Sunday morning on “SportsCenter.” Kiffin, 50, accepted a reported 7-year, $98 million offer to take over at SEC rival LSU.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is leaving the Rebels for LSU, in a stunning and unprecedented case of a college football coach taking another job while his current team is in contention to win a national title. Ole Miss players were told during a Sunday afternoon meeting that defensive coordinator Pete Golding was the team’s new permanent head coach.
LSU is reportedly finalizing a deal to hire Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin to take over the Tigers' football program.