Lane Kiffin got fired by Nick Saban during a playoff run. That’s the headline everyone remembers from 2016 when Alabama cut him loose before the postseason. Fast forward to Thursday, and Kiffin’s sending emojis on social media after Saban’s Hall of Fame induction in Las Vegas .

The gesture might seem small, but it cuts through years of tension and speculation about where these two actually stand.

The SEC posted a picture of Nick and Miss Terry Saban after the ceremony at the Bellagio with the words “ Mr. & Mrs. College Football” attached. Lane Kiffin retweeted it Thursday with two goat emojis and nothing else. The kind of tribute that acknowledges what Saban accomplished without getting wrapped up in their complicated past. Saban became part of the 2025 Hall of Fame class with sev

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