Sorry, Greg Sankey, you’ve got your Al Davis. His name is Lane Kiffin | Opinion

The SEC school with the most historical willingness to push back against the league hired the coach most willing to try anything. Is it any wonder, then, that of 16 SEC schools, it's LSU and Lane Kiffin trying to wedge a Cleveland Brown and a New Orleans Saint onto its 2026 football roster?

The past week has pitted the Tigers squarely in opposition of the league in the absurd fight to squeeze waived NFL players onto the team just days before the start of college football season. The SEC voted 15-0 to prohibit and penalize schools for doing so, with LSU of course abstaining. But thanks to a Louisiana judge issuing a temporary restraining order that stops the SEC from enforcing its new rule, the Tigers are now poised to sign two former NFL players and raise a Cajun middle finger in the direction of league commissioner Greg Sankey. All while denying reports of encouraging the players' legal action.

LSU is to the SEC what the Al Davis-owned Raiders once were to the NFL.

Which is somewhat remarkable, considering Davis once fired Kiffin and disparaged his character in a single motion.

Yes, for those too young to remember, the late…

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