Paul Finebaum believes Lane Kiffin could be trolling everybody, makes prediction on outcome

Could Lane Kiffin be pulling everyone’s chain at this point when it comes to his coaching future? ESPN’s Paul Finebaum believes it’s a realistic possibility that this is the ultimate troll job by the enigmatic Kiffin.

No one truly knows what he is going to do, whether it’s stay at Ole Miss or leave for Florida or LSU. An announcement on Kiffin’s future is expected after Friday’s Egg Bowl vs. Mississippi State.

Funny enough, Kiffin and Ole Miss could be 11-1 after Friday night and be College Football Playoff bound, and with a little luck, play for an SEC title. Finebaum basically summed this up as typical Kiffin.

“My guess is, when he met with Chancellor Boyce and Keith Carter the other day, it was to tell them, ‘Listen, I’m not sure what I’m doing. You’re still in contention. Thanks for holding on. I will give you an update in a week,’” Finebaum said on The Matt Barrie Show. “Because otherwise an announcement would have been made and the circus would have been over and anyone who’s ever been through anything on two or three levels that you have to the most important thing is your boss. 

“You basically placate them by saying, ‘Hey, I hope you don’t mind. I’m dating two other girls right now. I will give you an answer about the senior prom Saturday after I go to Gainesville to visit my girlfriend there, and then go to Louisiana to visit my other girlfriend.’”

Barrie asked Finebaum about the potential troll job from Kiffin. Honestly, would any of us be surprised if that’s what’s going on?

“Yes, it’s always possible. And here’s what he does, I can already write a speech,” Finebaum said. “Next Saturday, he’ll get up there and say, I’ve just signed a new contract with Ole Miss and then just viciously attack the media … I mean, remember three years ago, he went after one reporter for about a year who said he already accepted a job with Auburn. I like Lane. Everybody knows that, but he’s got a main streak in him, so I think that’s possible, and all the angst … Assuming he wins the Egg Bowl, he’s in the playoffs, he may or may not go to (the SEC Championship) and LSU  and Florida fans hate him and like he really cares. I don’t think that is the highest probability. 

“But I think it also is a cautionary tale, Matt, for every pundit who said Friday, when that Keith Carter statement came out, he’s gone. Nobody knows that.”