Orlando Sentinel · Nov 28, 2025
Bianchi: Lane Train doesn’t stop in Gainesville; Gators left standing on the platform
The Florida Gators have reportedly moved on from Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin as a coaching candidate. (Jason Clark/Getty Images)Gator Nation, brace yourselves.
Lane Kiffin, according to sources, has turned down Florida, and UF fans aren’t merely disappointed.
They feel betrayed.
They feel vacuumed-out, like all the hope that had inflated over the past two weeks suddenly evaporated into a chilly weekend like a candle snuffed out after everybody’s gone home and the Thanksgiving dinner table has been cleared.
Because once you fall in love with the idea of Lane Kiffin, everybody else feels like eating at Waffle House when you’d already imagined dinner at Bern’s Steak House.