BATON ROUGE, La. — Lane Kiffin welcomed anyone driving into Baton Rouge via Interstate 10 East on Monday morning with a billboard at the Highland Road exit, the first exit at the city limits. He welcomed drivers again once they reached the Acadian Thruway/LSU exit with another billboard. Those walking around Tiger Stadium and peeking through the gates could see Kiffin’s image again and again, splashed across multiple screens throughout the concession areas.
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It already felt like home for the new LSU football coach, only 24 hours into his tenure. So much so that Kiffin called good friend and former LSU national championship coach Ed Orgeron as Kiffin circled Tiger Stadium on Sunday night.
“I said, ‘This place just makes me want to talk like you right now,’” Kiffin said during his introductory press conference at Tiger Stadium on Monday. “We were in the car and the kids were in there and the coaches, they’re like, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’ I’m channelling Ed right now. I’m feeling him. I rolled down the window, and I was like, ‘Geaux Tigers’ to the fans.
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