Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
NEWS: #LSU signees, Dae’Quan Wright, Zxavian Harris, and Junior Tuihalamaka (alongside former Tiger, Jack Pyburn and others) will have a Preliminary Injunction hearing on Monday, August 31 at 1:30pm CT.
Say, now that’s interesting! The NCAA could slap a ban on LSU football from play or invalidate wins because Joey Freshwater conspired against the NCAA? Didn’t this really get started in Oxford, anyway?
If that’s the case and they can prove it, would that constitute “cause” in releasing Kiffin from his LSU contract? While hilarious and maybe a backhanded way for Lane to kill one of Alabama’s rivals and then backdooring his way into the Alabama head coaching position would be a level degree of chess that even I never gave him credit for.
of course this is on the heels of USA Today ranking Alabama the number 2 party school in the US, so maybe Lane had this in the works all along.
One thing of note: just because these guys can’t play in the SEC or B1G doesn’t mean they can’t play in other conferences. That means there’s only one way this can go for the ultimate “hilarity ensues” moment…
The decision making that occurred in bringing Lane Kiffin to LSU, and later to bring back Will Wade in one of the ugliest exits from a program to go back to a program, will be the thing of legends and documentaries once the dust settles. More than anything else, it will possibly make history as case law in litigating modern sports roster management.
First in basketball:
#BREAKING: The SEC is seriously considering banning all LSU sports programs from conference play due to today’s RJ Luis eligibility ruling, per sources.
RJ Luis just took a major step forward in spending the 2026-27 season in Baton Rouge. On Monday, a Louisiana judge granted Luis an injunction, On3’s Pete Nakos has confirmed. Luis now has an avenue to play for Will Wade and the LSU Tigers with an additional year of eligibility.
This is another example of a member of the 2022 recruiting class using the legal system to get back into college athletics. Luis spent three seasons at two different schools, initially suiting up for UMass. But after a year there, he opted to play for Rick Pitino at St. John’s.
Luis thought his college basketball career was over, entering the 2025 NBA Draft. He did not get selected but signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz. A stint out West did not last too long, as Luis was traded to the Boston Celtics in August. Unfortunately, just over two months later, he got waived.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey files affidavit against RJ Luis
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey filed an affidavit in an eligibility case involving LSU and former St. John’s star RJ Luis. Sankey called Luis’ attempt to play for the Tigers “a competitive disadvantage and fundamental unfairness,” per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
“These rules are grounded in the principle that athletics are an integral part of the academic experience,” Sankey wrote. “The rules align the time permitted for college athletics with the pursuit of an undergraduate education and further the important purpose of preserving opportunities for future student-athletes to participate in college sports.”
This is a move we have seen from Sankey before. Back when Alabama was going through the Charles Bediako situation, he opposed Nate Oats getting the big man on his roster. In the end, Bediako was ruled ineligible and his time in Tuscaloosa came to an end.
To date, the rumor has it that Luis would be Wade’s fifth player to join the program.
And he only has five. Like five members on the team, opting to go against the traditional recruiting and transfer route and trying to field a roster of nothing more that former pros to play in the SEC.
It’s certainly a strategy, no? At some point, one has to wonder if LSU is doing nothing more than saying “hey, NCAA, you screwed this up, and we’re going to make a mockery of it until you decide to get a backbone again”. Honestly, I can’t hardly blame them.
Meanwhile, aside from Lane’s decision to bring former pros and Ole Miss players to Baton Rouge, he now is making the news for how the Ole Miss administration had to treat the facilities after his departure.
When Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU in the middle of a College Football Playoff run, the Rebels did not just change their locks, and erase their white boards and their group texts while the dust settled. They also called the FBI.
Grove Collective executive director Walker Jones laid out the whole thing on the Assorted Crackers podcast, and it is the kind of story that tells you exactly how much trust was left in the building by the time Kiffin was out the door.
“We actually had the FBI come through and walk the building for bugs and for everything,” Jones said. “We knew kind of what was in Baton Rouge, and we knew how they operated.”
Jones said he checked under his own desk for recording devices. The staff ran two separate text threads, held separate meetings, and cut back on hallway conversations to keep information from leaking to the coaches who were either on their way to LSU or considering making the move alongside Kiffin. That certainly is not standard operating procedure for a program getting ready to play in the Playoff.
Kiffin’s antics are having wide-sweeping effects. As of writing this, the B1G and the SEC are meeting to discuss the ramifications of the pros-to-college movement, with the B1G reportedly taking a firm stand of prohibiting this in the conference, with the SEC (naturally) following suite and matching the B1G’s approach and energy with this matter today.
Which is better? The billable hours or the entertainment hours that has come of this?
Somehow, Nick Saban isn’t just looking like a grumpy old man who had his secret sauce stolen in the NIL/Transfer Portal era. Looks like he was right, that this was going to be the outcome of all this in the first place.
First, from Pete Golding and how he kept Chambliss in Oxford:
NEW: Ole Miss' Pete Golding reveals his pitch to keep Trinidad Chambliss and Kewan Lacy out of the transfer portal:
"I said Google Lane Kiffin. The dude that they would have built a statue of here three days ago. Google his name right now. They wouldn’t piss on him if he’s on… pic.twitter.com/cwfESvQXZX
Sure, Pete. It had nothing to do with lawyers, either, did it?
Meanwhile, new Handbags Coach John Sumrall was about to go all WWF on the media when a phone went off during his tirade.
"You would be kicked out of our team meeting. I swear. You're lucky I'm not gonna throw this freaking podium right now. That drives me crazy." – Jon Sumrall to a reporter whose phone went off during his SEC Media Days press conference 😆 pic.twitter.com/w7zwItdPWO
I think he’s a good coach…but man do I not like him at all.
Watching Golding go head to head with Lane is getting to be on par with watching Tennessee play Florida or Alabama, you’re just hoping for the rapture to occur over Oxford.
I would’ve paid good money to see this as COSM in Atlanta, provided they had this view of the game from the venue.
Go Dawgs…meanwhile, here’s the matchups for the CWS:
Yes, that’s right…All-SEC on one side of the bracket. Hmm. What would it look like with a reseeded bracket:
#1 Georgia vs. #8 Troy
#2 UNC vs. #7 Oklahoma
#3 Texas vs. #6 Ole Miss
#4 Alabama vs. # 7 West Virginia
Then it would just be an All-SEC CWS, would it not?
Just imagine…also imagine if the Supers were reseeded…some different outcomes could’ve occurred:
1 Georgia vs. 16 Little Rock
2 Auburn vs. 15 Cal Poly
3 UNC vs 14 Troy
4 Texas vs. 13 St. John’s
5 Alabama vs. 12 Oklahoma
6 Oregon vs. 11 USC
7 Mississippi State vs. 10 Ole Miss
8 Kansas vs. 9 West Virginia
Well…guess what…you still would’ve only had five SEC teams in the CWS brackets…and Auburn would’ve been one of them…plus you would’ve had a B1G team in it, too.
According to documents obtained by ESPN through an open-records request, an NCAA associate director of enforcement emailed Ole Miss senior associate athletic director for compliance Taylor Hall on Jan. 23, a couple of hours before a news conference in which Swinney blasted Golding for allegedly tampering with Ferrelli, who, after transferring from California, had enrolled at Clemson before then leaving for Ole Miss.
“Thanks for speaking with us earlier today,” the associate director wrote in the email to Hall. “As we discussed, the enforcement staff is opening an investigation into the football program at the University of Mississippi. Additionally, please let this email serve as a reminder that the institution and its representatives have an affirmative and automatic duty under Bylaw 19.2 to preserve all relevant materials.”
In the email, the associate director requested that Golding’s university-issued cell phone and personal phones be forensically imaged. The NCAA also requested the same of phones used by Ole Miss general manager Austin Thomas, inside linebackers coach Jay Shoop, outside linebackers coach Matt Kitchens, director of player personnel Jai Choudhary and senior associate athletic director for strategy/cap management Matt McLaughlin.
The NCAA also asked that Ferrelli’s phones be forensically imaged and that each individual’s phone records from December 2025 to January 2026 be submitted to enforcement staff.
An Ole Miss official declined comment when contacted by ESPN on Friday. Clemson also declined to comment.
Well. I thought they were just going to sweep this under the rug and everything, but it looks like it’s not dead, yet.
Question is, what makes this unique enough to warrant this level of investigation, versus the countless other allegations of tampering we’ve head about in recent years? Was it because Dabo came out publicly and had receipts? Was it because Ole Miss already had eyes on them for other reasons?
Inquiring Minds would like to know. What’s more important is that, somehow, Golding is making this guy look like he was a moral figurehead at Ole Miss.
Imagine being this "high-ranking LSU official" today:
"Yeah, we know Coach O tried to bang your pregnant wife last time but it's good PR for Lane. Don't worry, we'll get you a cuck chair…" pic.twitter.com/gQ9Farzu9M
Between Kiffin’s allegations and Orgeron’s history, I hope that they are investing some of those NIL funds into a healthy Title IX department in Baton Rouge.
I’m guessing the best thing to watch this season at LSU won’t be the product on the field, but the off-field nonsense these two can drum up together. Since Lane is putting together the Title IX version of Saban’s Alabama, a repository for the Land of Lost Toys, let’s up the ante:
But, sure, keep those driving reports coming out of Athens. Nothing to see here, mon ami.
But what about the basketball program…there’s hope there, right? RIGHT? Cough.
One Top 20 head coach to @TheFieldOf68 on LSU's Will Wade:
“You’re being an idiot asshole for the sake of being an idiot asshole. What you’re doing is fucking it up for everyone else."
Wade is building a program made of international pros and grown men, where the team’s average age is older than the San Antonio Spurs. Does he worry about NCAA intervention?
NEW: Steve Sarkisian on Ole Miss’ transfer portal practices and academic standards:
“At Texas, we will only take 50% of a player’s academic credit hours. You may be a semester from graduating, but you’re going all the way back to 50% if you play here and want a degree. But at… pic.twitter.com/1fjQSpal0b
— Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) May 12, 2026
Look, Sark has some reason to be bitter towards Ole Miss, particularly Pete Golding, his former counterpart during their times together with Saban’s Alabama.
According to Wickersham, as Manning’s recruitment came down to the wire, Pete Golding, then Alabama’s defensive coordinator (who now holds the same job at Ole Miss), invoked Sarkisian’s struggles with alcoholism in an attempt to sway him away from the Longhorns while on a call with Manning and his circle of trust. Wickersham explained the moment while speaking with Pablo Torre.
“Pete, who is friends with Sark, says on this call, ‘I love Sark, he’s my best friend.’ And then he’s like oh my god, do I go there? And he did. He goes, ‘I hope he can stay sober,’” Wickersham explained.
After the call, Manning’s high school coach Nelson Stewart called Golding directly, saying “Pete, that’s f—ed up!”
Don Saban, with two henchman at his side, circa 2019.
Unlike the former OC he took over for, Sark made his recovery and didn’t turn it into a narcissistic showcasing of his new namaste philosophies on life. Just went back to work and got right. Good for him.
Lane Kiffin just can’t stand being out of the spotlight for fifteen minutes. Now, he’s decided to create a new story about why he left Ole Miss for LSU, and, no, it wasn’t all about the money. At least, that’s Lane’s story this week, and he’ll stick to it.
It’s a slow time of season, so, naturally, this blew up on the socials and people were quick to point out why LSU landed on the Tigers as a mascot:
NEW ORLEANS — You may have seen a petition circulating on social media aimed at getting LSU to change their mascot.
The Change.org headline reads “Change the racist mascot of LSU,” and goes on to say “these powerful white males choose the Tiger as a symbol to honor a confederate regiment called Louisiana’s Tigers. They were known for their propensity for violence on and off the battle field. They were just as violent to the black slaves they owned, and later even more violent once those slaves were set free.”
Is there any truth to that statement? We started our search for answers at LSU.
Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard told us that the university is aware of the “largely anonymous petition suggesting the university change the mascot.”
“The tiger mascot was adopted in the 1890’s by the football team and was selected based on lore about the battlefield ferociousness of a Louisiana regiment operating in Northern Virginia,” Ballard confirmed.
But as for the alleged “propensity for violence off the battlefield” or their alleged ownership or treatment of slaves before or after the war? Ballard says “there is no information about soldiers’ conduct outside of the battlefield accounts.”
LSU heads to Oxford on September 19th this year.
If Kiffin thought going back to Tennessee was bad, he may need consider calling in sick when he returns to The Grove.
