By now, most of you are painfully aware of the game taking place in Oxford, Mississippi, this weekend between LSU and Ole Miss.It's less of a game and more a national event, given the added stakes of Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin making his return to Vaught Hemingway Stadium for the first time since leaving the Rebels in the lurch to make his way to Baton Rouge.There will be plenty of bad blood to go around for all parties involved, but this kind of "reunion" isn't entirely unprecedented.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Prominent head coaches will, occasionally, leave their teams on less than ideal terms, and when they make the return trip to the place they used to call home, it can get a little toxic.With that in mind, I decided to take a look at a few other times head coaches made their way back to the schools that used to employ them and how those trips compared to Kiffin's welcome committee in Oxford.MOUNTED POLICE, EXTRA PATROLS AND KIFFIN HATE: OXFORD PREPARES FOR OLE MISS-LSU GAME WITH EXTRA SECURITYSome of these went a little more amicably than others, but all were fairly noteworthy, so let's dive in.Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide is congratulated by head coach Les Miles of the Louisiana State University Tigers after Alabama defeated LSU 27-21 in overtime on Nov.11, 2008, at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
(Getty Images)Before he became the unquestioned GOAT in the annals of college football, Nick Saban was a wildly successful coach at LSU in the early to mid-2000s.After a pair of SEC Championships and a national title during his five-year tenure with the Tigers, Saban departed for the NFL, leaving many folks on the bayou feeling embittered and betrayed.Following an unremarkable pair of seasons with the Miami Dolphins, Saban decided it was time to return to...