Just after noon, the LSU coach was back on his private plane and headed home to Baton Rouge with the Tigers media relations department and three of his star players.Pete Golding drops unfiltered truth on 'Ex' Lane Kiffin, and NCAA tampering: 'What have we created?'Over the past seven months, the anticipation had been brewing for Kiffin's appearance representing LSU after leaving Ole Miss before the Rebels college football playoff run.There had been questions about whether Lane would actually embrace some of the questions that you just knew were coming his way.Lane Kiffin speaks during his introductory press conference as head coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., on Dec.1, 2025.
(Gus Stark/LSU/University Images)But, thanks to a 22-minute filibuster at the podium after his introduction from commissioner Greg Sankey, it was Kiffin that talked just enough to only have to field upwards of four questions from the media gathered in the grand ballroom.And, if you haven’t seen him posting on social media since May, there's also an answer to that interesting move as well."Really it just started with my son, Knox, saying 'you're on social media all the time, I bet you can't get off'.If you've followed me, you know that betting me is a good way to do it," Kiffin proclaimed.
"I said 'yea I can, just watch'.So, I just got off everything, don't even have the apps."It wasn’t a plan for very long, I just wanted to show him I could do it.
I think when I look back, a lot of good things have come when I subtract things from my life."Yes, I know that's going to be hard to believe for plenty of college football fans who were either entertained or agitated with Kiffin's vocal presence on social media.Coming off the Vanity Fair piece in which he made some interesting remarks about recruiting at Ole Miss, some wondered whether or not this was a mandate from the school itself, or his agent Jimmy Sexton."See, look at you Trey, already on your phone," Kiffin jo...