The Kentucky Wildcats and LSU Tigers played an all-time classic of a college football game this weekend, with Big Blue Nation pulling off a stunner, downing the top-ten Tigers 35-34 in front of a sold-out crowd at Kroger Field.What this means for the Wildcats and first-year head coach Will Stein can't be overstated, as the new Kentucky head man now has two top-ten wins in his first six games on the job, and the arrow is pointing straight up in the Bluegrass State as of mid-October.KENTUCKY COACH WILL STEIN TELLS WILDCATS PLAYERS 'IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU ARE HIGH'Head coach Will Stein of the Kentucky Wildcats speaks at SEC Football Media Day at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, Fla., on July 20, 2026.(Parker S.
Freedman/Getty Images)But on the opposite sideline on Saturday night, LSU head coach Lane Kiffin was left with more questions than answers as the honeymoon phase in Baton Rouge likely came to a screeching halt.Things aren't exactly up in smoke for Kiffin in his first year on the Bayou.LANE KIFFIN KNOWS THERE AREN’T EXCUSES AT LSU.NOW COMES THE TEST OF MAKING IT WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSIONThe Tigers are 4-2 with wins over Clemson and Texas A&M and are still in the AP top-25 as of this afternoon, falling from 10th to 22nd.However, this probably isn't how anyone in purple and gold expected the season to go when they imagined the infinite possibilities back in August.Lane Kiffin speaks at a press conference as he is introduced as the new head football coach of the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Dec.
1, 2025.(Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images)LSU had one of the most expensive rosters in the country, estimated at around $40 million, as well as a coaching staff many considered to be the best in the country, top to bottom.The loss to Ole Miss three weeks ago stung, but was not unexpected.The Rebels were favored and had the benefit of playing at home, and the added context of Kiffin returning to the program, h...