On Sunday, LSU hired Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, capping the messiest saga in the sordid history of college-football-coach poaching. Kiffin left Ole Miss right before the Rebels host a game in the College Football Playoff, amid perhaps the best season the team has ever had. The coach, once known as a brilliant but obnoxious figure in the sport, has an unparalleled ability to leave jobs on bad terms . Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis called Kiffin a con man as he fired him. Kiffin ditched Tennessee after one year to go to USC, which fired him at the airport after a bad road loss. (When Kiffin returned to Tennessee years later with Ole Miss, fans threw plastic bottles at him .) He once took a new job before the playoff and planned to continue in his role with Alabama but was told to leave

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