Lane Kiffin Reportedly Left His Dog, Juice, Behind In Mississippi After Leaving For LSU

Somehow this might be the worst thing he’s done in all this mess.

Former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin officially accepted the head coaching job at LSU yesterday, capping off a monthslong saga that ended with the coach that led his team to an 11-1 record and the College Football Playoffs being booed and flipped off at the airport as he left town.

Honestly it was bound to happen at some point. Kiffin has a way of winning over fans and then leaving destruction in his wake when he leaves town, like when he was fired on the tarmac after his time at USC or when angry mobs took to the streets in Knoxville when we announced he was leaving Tennessee. It’s always something with this guy, and this time was certainly no different.

With both the Florida and LSU jobs opening up midseason, Kiffin’s name immediately began swirling as a potential candidate. And the outspoken coach didn’t do anything to dispel the rumors that he would be leaving Oxford, leading Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter to reportedly give Kiffin an ultimatum and force him to decide by this past Saturday whether he would stick around to coach the team in the playoffs or take another job.

On Friday after Ole Miss beat Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, rumors began swirling that Kiffin would indeed be taking the job in Baton Rouge. And on Saturday, Kiffin met with Carter and Ole Miss chancellor Glenn Boyce to discuss his future while the entire world waited to see what would happen.

As the night went on, it began to leak that Kiffin was leaving for LSU but wanted to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs, something that was apparently off the table for Carter. Then, it was reported that Kiffin was threatening to take his staff and players with him if he wasn’t allowed to coach the Rebels in the playoffs, which only enraged Ole Miss fans further.

All that led up to yesterday, when Kiffin announced he was taking the LSU job and Ole Miss defensive coordinator Pete Golding was named the head coach of the Rebels – the permanent head coach, not just the interim.

Kiffin wasn’t allowed to attend the team meeting, but audio leaked that showed the team cheering after it was announced that Golding was the head coach.

And as players left the meeting, it didn’t sound like they were too upset about Kiffin bailing on them.

Meanwhile at the airport, Kiffin was greeted by a crowd of Ole Miss fans to shower him with boos and give him the middle finger boarded his plane to Baton Rouge.

While Ole Miss offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. joined Kiffin on the flight, there was one important member of the Kiffin family who wasn’t spotted at the airport: Lane’s dog, Juice Kiffin.

Kiffin adopted the yellow labrador from Wildrose Kennels back in 2021, and since then Juice has become somewhat of an unofficial mascot for Ole Miss football.

He even has his own Twitter account, which came under fire this weekend when “Juice” tweeted about the SEC championship game just hours before Kiffin accepted the LSU job.

But after Kiffin left Ole Miss, rumors began swirling that he didn’t take his beloved dog with him – and that Juice may not have even belonged to Lane in the first place.

Juice is not his dog and will be staying in Oxford with his handler who he has always lived with.

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Another report says that while Juice really was Lane’s dog, he’s been living with handlers and it’s unclear whether Juice will be making the trip to Baton Rouge to live with Lane there.

Honestly, the dog’s probably better off that way. Chances are he would just have to move again in a few years anyway. But man, the drama surrounding Lane Kiffin just never ends.The post Lane Kiffin Reportedly Left His Dog, Juice, Behind In Mississippi After Leaving For LSU first appeared on Whiskey Riff.