Lane Kiiffin’s LSU decision faces blowback from Jake Paul

Boxer Jake Paul took a dig at Lane Kiffin after the faculty soccer coach determined to take the chance to take the LSU Tigers job and go away the Ole Miss Rebels on Sunday.

Kiffin made the choice hours after Ole Miss defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs of their Egg Bowl rivalry sport, all however cementing a spot within the Faculty Soccer Playoff. Paul was amongst those that believed Kiffin had made a mistake.

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Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin throws a soccer earlier than the sport in opposition to the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Household-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 25, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Photographs)

“Lane Kiffin, wtf did you simply do an L like that,” he wrote on X. “I really feel dangerous for the participant, man…”

The Ole Miss gamers did not appear too upset by Kiffin’s transfer. Offensive lineman Brycen Saunders appeared excited that Pete Golding had been promoted from defensive coordinator to go coach because the staff ready for the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

“LFG! @KeithCarterOM greatest AD within the nation, and could not be extra excited to play for Coach Golding,” Saunders wrote on X.

Kiffin launched an announcement relating to his resolution to go away Ole Miss for LSU.

He mentioned he needed to teach Ole Miss for the rest of the season, however was denied by Carter.

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Jake Paul punches Mike Perry throughout their cruiserweight struggle at Amalie Enviornment on July 20, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Photographs)

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“After a lot prayer and time spent with household, I’ve made the troublesome resolution to just accept the top teaching place at LSU,” Kiffin mentioned in an announcement.

“I hoped to finish a historic six-season run with the Ole Miss staff this yr by main the playoffs, capitalizing on the staff’s unimaginable success and their dedication to ending robust, and investing every thing in a playoff run with guardrails to guard this system in any respect areas of concern. My request to take action was denied by Keith Carter, regardless of the staff additionally asking him to permit me to proceed teaching them so they might higher keep their excessive degree of efficiency. Sadly does this imply that Friday’s Egg Bowl was my final sport teaching the Rebels.

“Whereas I look ahead to a recent begin with a novel alternative at LSU, I’ll ceaselessly cherish the unimaginable six years I spent at Ole Miss and can work laborious for the staff to finish their mission and convey a championship to Oxford.”

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin solutions questions from the press following a school soccer sport between Mississippi State and Ole Miss at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, on Friday, November 28, 2025. (Ayrton Breckenridge/Clarion Ledger/USA At the moment Community by way of Imagn Photographs)

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Kiffin was 55-19 in 74 video games with Ole Miss. He led the varsity to 11 wins twice since taking up the job in 2020.

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