Lane Kiffin breaks his silence on LSU's last-minute call to keep two ex-NFL players off the roster amid a heated SEC legal battle.

Pushing aside the bad omens of the pregame weather delay and controversy of the offseason, the Tigers dismantled Clemson exactly how the main character coach wanted.

SEC officials will hold a special meeting Thursday to consider expelling LSU over what they call a complete lack of institutional control over Lane Kiffin.

Kiffin begins his tenure with LSU on Saturday against the Clemson Tigers, and even the SEC is threatening his team. The conference revealed this week that it would pursue all options to stop teams like LSU from playing former NFL players in games this season.

The Southeastern Conference is taking LSU to federal court in Alabama to prevent former NFL players from joining LSU's football team.

LSU and Lane Kiffin have been on the receiving end of plenty of criticism this week for the football program’s attempt to add former NFL players to the roster, but Paul Finebaum of the SEC Network set a high bar with his hot take on Saturday.

Lane Kiffin secured a legal win to add two former NFL preseason players, but fighting the SEC and risking massive penalties threatens an otherwise loaded national title contender

LSU has not even played its first game under Lane Kiffin, yet the Tigers already find themselves embroiled in a legal fight with the SEC. The conference filed a federal lawsuit Thursday over LSU’s use of former NFL players,