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Could Kiffin be the next Bear?

Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:10 am
Posted by prplhze2000
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Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:10 am
Bear won at Kentucky and won at Texas A&M but he never sniffed a national championship at either school. However, he was 44, 6 years younger than LK, when he left the Aggies and went to Alabama. We know what happened next.

What's forgotten is how controversial Bear was and at one time was probably the most hated coach in America. The media absolutely hated him. Just as it is about Lane as the WSJ said he was him "College Football's Most Hated Man" today.
Posted by Dun Dorr
Member since Jul 2017
263 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:11 am to
Cocaine bear maybe
Posted by MykTide
Member since Jul 2012
26823 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:16 am to
Beautiful fan fiction.
Posted by Dirk Dawgler
Georgia
Member since Nov 2011
3820 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:17 am to
Far more likely that he is 9-3 to 11-1, makes a few playoffs, and never wins a NC at LSU or where er he coaches next.
Posted by deathvalleyfreak43
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14240 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:17 am to
Yes that’s the plan and exactly how Coach Kiffin see’s it
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
106830 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:18 am to
He'd have to gain a lot of weight, grow out his body hair, and change his sexual orientation, but i guess anything is possible.
Posted by Tex117
Member since Oct 2025
315 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:29 am to
Sure, Jan.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69321 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:32 am to
quote:

Bear won at Kentucky and won at Texas A&M but he never sniffed a national championship at either school.


He sniffed a national championship at Kentucky in 1950 and Texas A&M in 1956 and 1957. Had the news about him being hired at Alabama not broken, it's likely A&M wins it all in '57.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
19666 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:37 am to
Bear Bryant’s first three seasons at Alabama saw him win 5, 7 and 8 games. His best SEC finish was 3rd.

If Lane does that he will be unemployed at the end of year three.

Posted by FightingTigers138
In your thoughts
Member since Dec 2016
5916 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:43 am to
quote:

If Lane does that he will be unemployed at the end of year three.


LSU has had 4 coaches in the last 26 years. That's an average of 6.5 years per coach. None of them were fired at the end of year 3.
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
678 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:44 am to
No.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
25209 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:45 am to
He will be a fatass again within a year in Baton Rouge. Did you see what happened to Woodward?
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69321 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:46 am to
quote:

Bear Bryant’s first three seasons at Alabama saw him win 5, 7 and 8 games. His best SEC finish was 3rd.



True. But add in its proper context and it's nothing close to what Lane is falling into at LSU. Alabama won four games total in the three years prior to Bryant's arrival and won five games (5-4-1) his first season. He then went 7-2-2 his second season and 8-1-2 his third season. They were clearly improving every season under him from the lows that were the J.B. "Ears" Whitworth era of Alabama Football.
Posted by thatguy45
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Member since Sep 2017
19797 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:47 am to
quote:

Bear won at Kentucky and won at Texas A&M but he never sniffed a national championship at either school.

We literally claim a title from when he was here.

No worse than some other conference members' claims
Posted by Loganville Vols
Loganville Georgia
Member since Feb 2021
1244 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:51 am to
Yeah, a bear that lays in front of the fireplace. He left Tennessee and ran off to USC and turned into a flop. He could do the same thing leave Ole Miss and go to the next school and flop again. Now that would be karma..
Posted by RedDirt
Tampa
Member since Jan 2017
820 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:59 am to
Lol, wtf, no….
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
8638 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:59 am to
I think it’d be prudent to wait a bit and first see if Kiff can be the next Saban, Les or Coach O first and win a Natty.
Posted by Nasty_Canasta
Your Mom’s house
Member since Dec 2024
3966 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 10:59 am to
quote:

Could Kiffin be the next Bear?


Chicago is actually doing well this season
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
19666 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 11:03 am to
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None of them were fired at the end of year 3.


True. But you fired Orgeron less than 3 years after winning a national championship and Kelly less than 3 years after winning the SEC west.

If Kiffin doesn’t play for the SEC championship or make the playoffs in his first three years it is hard to see him making it to year 4.
Posted by GreatPumpkin
Member since Mar 2022
2935 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 11:07 am to
No the Bear was the embodiment of Southern football. Dude didn’t quit drinking whiskey so he could have a cute ESPN write up
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