Lane Kiffin apparently was hoping that the Alabama Crimson Tide job would open up after the Iron Bowl, hence the timing of his announcement on Sunday that he was filling the LSU Tigers' opening and spurning the Ole Miss Rebels before a potential College Football Playoff run.
That's what The Ringer's Todd McShay revealed on Monday in the aftermath of Kiffin's SEC-shaping decision.
“The same people that told me Friday night that it’s done, that he’s got a place (in Baton Rouge) basically, and everyone in his circle knows that he’s going to LSU, the same people were telling me … it will not be official until after that Alabama game,” McShay said.