Lane Kiffin calls LSU-Ole Miss matchup 'their Super Bowl'.
LSU · Ole Miss · Ohio StateHe claimed that everybody would be feeling better about the Tigers if that happened against an Ohio State, rather than his former school. “If it wasn’t for the name, Ole Miss , and if it was more of a traditional name that we were playing, we hadn’t coached at before, how would everybody be feeling if, in your third game of your first year of a program, you went to Ohio State and came all the way back?”
“The quarterback didn’t play very — ours ( Sam Leavitt ) didn’t play very well, and theirs played lights out. I’m sure after three games, he would be named the Heisman winner.
“So, I think when you look at it that way and say, OK, man, their Super Bowl, then all the stuff around it, all the energy in the stadium, everything, and we’re right there at the end with multiple chances to win the game. We got to learn from that and finish when we’re in th
In that game, Ole Miss took a commanding 17-0 lead with 9:49 remaining in the second quarter, and led 24-7 at halftime. LSU responded in a big way, however, rattling off 17 unanswered points to tie the game at 24 apiece early in the fourth quarter.
KEY POINTS
- The Rebels re-took a 32-24 lead thanks to a rushing touchdown from quarterback Trinidad Chambliss with 6:14 remaining, and sealed the win with a game-clinching interception in the end zone on the ensuing LSU drive.
- On the Teleconference, Kiffin spoke about having multiple chances to win the game even though it was Ole Miss ‘ ‘Super Bowl’.
- During Wednesday’s SEC Football Coaches Teleconference, LSU head coach Lane Kiffin called last Saturday night’s game against Ole Miss in Oxford the Rebels’ ‘Super Bowl’.
- Ole Miss came out on top 32-24 in the most attended college football game in the history of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (70,033 fans).