Paul Finebaum: Lane Kiffin is 'college football's version of Kim Kardashian'

Lane Kiffin or Kim Kardashian? That’s the biggest comparison from ESPN’s Paul Finebaum Monday morning as Kiffin departed Ole Miss for LSU.

Kardashian is known for her makeup and clothing brands, famous family, celebrity relationships, and well, and attempt to become a lawyer these days. Finebaum can call it “disaster” or a reality show, but that’s the, pun intended, reality of Kiffin. It’s must-see TV at this point.

“In many ways, Lane Kiffin has become college football’s version of Kim Kardashian, no matter what he does … everything crashes and burns around him,” Finebaum said on Get Up. “And this so interesting because Greeny, as we have talked many times here before, Lane Kiffin was hired by Ole Miss. He rebuilt his reputation, he rehabilitated it, and he became a sane Lane Kiffin, until yesterday, when he burned it all down once again, because that’s who Lane Kiffin is.

“One of the big arguments all day Saturday, on the GameDay set and everywhere else, ‘let Lane Kiffin coach out the rest of the season.; And then Lane telling Marty Smith yesterday, ‘I wanted to coach the season.’ And he blamed it on Keith Carter, his boss. Guess whose fault this is? This is Lane Kiffin’s fault. He could have easily coached the rest of the season in the playoffs and maybe won the national championship had he remained the Ole Miss coach, but he chose to blow it all up, take the LSU job and try to have his cake and eat it too.”

Kiffin said he prayed on this decision and despite the heartstrings pulling him to stay in Oxford, he ultimately chose Baton Rouge. Despite the success, Kiffin was ready for the next chapter.

“It just was really difficult,” Kiffin said. “This has been a really special place. Six years here. I know that there’s a lot of feelings and emotions around right now. I hope that when they settle down there’s an appreciation about what we were able to do here having the best run that’s ever been done in the history of this school and brought some exciting times. So I’m so appreciative to the people of Oxford and the relationships that I developed here.”