Saturday is a huge opportunity for Grownup Lane Kiffin. If there is such a thing.
At age 48, Grownup Lane is overdue to arrive. Offensive Prodigy Lane has been around a long time. Head Coach Lane has, too—14 years at five different stops. Instigator Lane has probably existed since shortly after birth.
Kiffin’s Mississippi Rebels play Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday. This presents a chance for Kiffin to score the biggest victory of his head coaching career, taking an explosive team into Tuscaloosa for a shot at a vulnerable dynasty. Yeah, he beat No. 4 Oregon at USC in 2011, but this is Alabama and Saban. Houndstooth, 100,000 people, all those national championships … this is different.
