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How a 3rd-string QB became the record-setting idol of Alabama
ATLANTA – Alabama was always expected to return to the College Football Playoff, but a true freshman wasn’t supposed to lead the Crimson Tide there. Around this time last year,...
Lane Kiffin: I'll remember Nick Saban for his 'ass chewings'
ATLANTA – Night and day have never been so different for Lane Kiffin. During the day, Kiffin is Alabama’s offensive coordinator, preparing to help the Crimson Tide reach another national...
Ironic celebrations take insults to common sense to the extreme
What an extraordinary week of intrigues, ironies and the incredulous. Who even knew that copies of Wake Forest’s football game plan were worth leaking, let alone having? This cloak and...
Alabama could be hurt by a distracted Lane Kiffin
ESPN analyst and former Jets and Miami Hurricanes linebacker Jonathan Vilma talks bowl season, Lane Kiffin and a big draft question mark with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Which game...
Lane Kiffin's shocking first new recruit: woman-punching QB
When Lane Kiffin was announced as Florida Atlantic's new head coach, the first thing everyone wanted to know was whether he really was a changed man. Did he really learn...
Lane Kiffin is a head coach again — and it's his greatest challenge
Lane Kiffin has accepted a five-year deal to become Florida Atlantic's next coach, according to multiple reports. According to ESPN, Kiffin will stay on as Alabama's offensive coordinator through the...
Jim Harbaugh's button-pushing just what college football needs
Jim Harbaugh is here to save college football from itself. Well, Michigan first, then college football, though maybe he could do both at the same time. The second-year Wolverines coach...
Alabama owes its logic-defying success to one person
The stars come, but always leave — sometimes for the pros, sometimes earlier than expected. Mark Ingram becomes Derrick Henry. Julio Jones turns into Amari Cooper. Reggie Ragland replaces Rolando...
Lane Kiffin regains head-coach credibility at Alabama
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Lane Kiffin, at 31, was the youngest NFL head coach in more than six decades. He was chosen, at 34, to take over at Tennessee, then became...
It's just petulant to fire USC coach on a Chip Kelly pipe dream
Steve Sarkisian has coached 17 college football games at USC. He has won 12 of them. He has recruited extremely well. And he’s on the hot seat? Seriously, this is...
Jim Harbaugh single-handedly revives top college rivalry
NEW ORLEANS — News of Jim Harbaugh’s expected arrival in Ann Arbor has quickly spread to Columbus. The Ten Year War, Part II, could be coming to “The Game,” 36...
Lane Kiffin knows his luck: Nick Saban gave him a fourth chance
NEW ORLEANS – Lane Kiffin hasn't seen these many admirers in a long time, maybe as far back as the time his birthday party came complete with balloons. The 39-year-old...
Unpopular Lane Kiffin turning into brilliant hire by Nick Saban
The hire was as stunning as it was unpredictable. The buttoned-down Nick Saban bringing in a controversial figure like Lane Kiffin, fresh off his failure in USC, to be his...
Lane Kiffin's wife trolls Tennessee fans before return
Lane Kiffin is coming back to Tennessee this weekend and his wife, Layla, seems pretty giddy about it. In a pair of tweets from an unverified account attributed to Layla...
Lane Kiffin finally sounds humbled by many 'mistakes'
This is the side of Lane Kiffin few have seen. Humble, gracious, honest. "As you make mistakes, the number one thing you've got to do is learn from them," Alabama’s...