Lane Kiffin under fire after wanting to turn back the clock on college football

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Lane Kiffin under fire after wanting to turn back the clock on college football

Lane Kiffin under fire after wanting to turn back the clock on college football

The LSU coach might need to sit this one out.

Lane Kiffin under fire after wanting to turn back the clock on college football

The LSU coach might need to sit this one out.

Lane Kiffin is already making waves in Baton Rouge, and not everyone is on board with his latest idea.

The new LSU head coach, fresh off his first spring practice session with the Tigers, has sparked controversy by calling for college football to bring back two transfer portal windows. Kiffin, who found success with that system at Ole Miss, says the current single-window approach puts first-year coaches at a major disadvantage.

"I've been very open about that. I wish there was another (portal window)," Kiffin told reporters recently. "I've talked to other coaches about that, and coaches that have been somewhere 2-3 years feel differently because they like that they have their whole roster. But in your first year, yeah, I don't think many coaches would say that, but if they were honest, they'd probably say they wished there was (another) one."

The problem? The NCAA already eliminated the second portal window and has shown zero interest in bringing it back. The current single transfer period ran from January 2-16, and while it didn't spark the chaos some feared, it also left coaches like Kiffin feeling short-handed after spring practices revealed roster gaps.

Instead of a full second window, the more likely compromise would be extending the existing transfer period to a month or so. That would give programs more flexibility without creating the constant roster shuffle Kiffin experienced at Ole Miss, where players could jump ship right after spring ball.

Not everyone is buying what Kiffin is selling. College football analyst David Pollack pushed back hard on the idea, questioning whether the sport really needs more chaos in an already turbulent transfer landscape.

"Nobody wants this," Pollack said on his podcast. "Lane does, and maybe some (first-year) coaches do. But do we want this madness?"

For now, Kiffin will have to work with what he's got at LSU — and that means building his roster the old-fashioned way, one transfer window at a time.

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