BATON ROUGE, La. -- Lane Kiffin was introduced as LSU 's coach Monday, promising to restore it to "the best program in all of college football," while detailing what he said was an excruciating decision to leave Ole Miss .

Kffin's arrival ended a monthslong saga in which he was the subject of coaching searches by Florida and LSU while Ole Miss tried to retain him. He leaves Oxford amid a historic season in which the Rebels are 11-1 and No. 7 in the College Football Playoff rankings.

Kiffin said the "last 48 hours, in a lot of ways, sucked," adding that he understood the passion of furious Ole Miss fans who were at the airport as he departed. He said he informed Ole Miss administrators Saturday night that he was taking the LSU job, and continued a conversation through Sunday trying to

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