Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin perfectly trolled Kentucky after poaching a quarterback commit.
Lane Kiffin is known as one of the best trolls in the college football world. No, he’s not a fan, but instead the offensive coordinator of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Alabama’s offense rolled all the way to a national title in 2015 to go along with a Heisman recipient in Derrick Henry. Kiffin has come a long way since his days at Tennessee and USC, but his trolling is still top-notch.
After swiping a quarterback commit, four-star Mac Jones, from Kentucky on Tuesday, Kiffin was pretty open about how he felt.
Kentucky offensive coordinator Darin Hinshaw was not too pleased with the young quarterback’s decision to leave the Wildcats. Some may call this subtweeted quote childish, but he stuck with it anyway.
#WeAreUK #BBN pic.twitter.com/VUheiz4L1H
— Darin Hinshaw (@CoachHinshaw) June 8, 2016
You might be asking just how Kiffin trolled the Kentucky coach, but it was without any words of his own. Instead, Kiffin retweeted the coach’s tweet about suffering consequences of a decision and caused a stir.
The Wildcats are still trying to build a winning program and a loss like this has to hurt, but Kiffin loves to stir the pot and poke fun at other’s expense.
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Looks like the Kentucky vs. Alabama SEC showdown in the coming years will have a little more meaning behind it. Not calling it a rivalry, but an unfriendly matchup. Rivalries are usually evenly matched.
Yeah, I went there.
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