Leave it to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin to have a little fun on social media, as he so often does. And that door flung wide open for him after USC defeated LSU over the weekend, leading Tigers coach Brian Kelly to go mad in the press conference that followed the game.
"We're sitting here again talking about the same things," Kelly said after the loss, slamming his fist on the table and sending his water bottle up in the air. "I'm so angry about it that I gotta do something about it. I'm not doing a good enough job as a coach... It's ridiculous. It's crazy."'
Brian Kelly is big mad after LSU's loss to USC.
"We're sitting here (*slams fist*) AGAIN talking about the same things!... I'm so angry about it that I gotta do something about it! I'm not doing a good enough job as a coach... It's ridiculous! It's crazy!" pic.twitter.com/PzeTVlfjrT
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 2, 2024
Well, Kiffin had his own dose of fun with it.
"On Tuesday, Kiffin shared a screenshot of Kelly slamming his fist with the bottle of Dasani water in mid-air next to the LSU coach," wrote Steve DelVecchio of Larry Brown Sports. "Kiffin joked that Kelly just needed a Coke Zero and a smile."
Maybe you just need a @CokeZero and a 😊 @CoachBrianKelly #LoveCoke 💙💜 https://t.co/mOVbDcAd3c
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) September 3, 2024
Of course, Kiffin also made fun of himself. He recently went on a rant about the negative impats of drinking Coke at one of his own press conferences — perhaps not a great idea, given that Coke is an Ole Miss sponsor. So he mentioned his "love" of Coke at Kelly's expense.
Anyway, per our Brandon Santomauro:
"In view of the late game dramatic ending, the Trojans were trailing 17-13 heading into the fourth quarter, but after a three play 64-yard drive with five minutes left, the score became 20-17. Then the Tigers answered back with a field goal to make it 20-20.
"With the game on the line, USC junior quarterback Miller Moss surgically drove the team down the field again during the two-minute drill offense. In particular, the play of the drive happened with 15 seconds left, when wide receiver Kyron Hudson had an impressive catch to put the team in the red zone, following a targeting call which tacked on another 15 yards.
"With eight seconds left in the game, senior running back Woody Marks ran the ball into the end zone from the 13-yard line, securing USC the win, which means LSU has now lost their fifth straight season opener (third straight under Kelly)."
