Lane Kiffin’s daughter, Landry, found herself in the middle of some SEC crossfire over the weekend after showing support for Texas in the Red River Rivalry.
Landry, who is a student at Ole Miss, posted a photo from the game and wrote, “a change of scenery,” as she cheered for the Longhorns against Oklahoma. It was just the latest twist in a fandom mix that already includes LSU, where her father is the head coach, and LSU linebacker Whit Weeks, her boyfriend. She has also shown support for Ole Miss, the school she attends.
That juggling act didn’t sit well with everyone online. Her Instagram comments filled up with criticism from fans who took issue with her shifting loyalties.
“Just can’t pick a winning team 🤦,” one fan joked. “Bro lsu AND Texas lost 😭😭 yo please don’t root for ole miss gang 🙏🏻,” one fan added.
“Didn’t your boy play for LSU? 😂,” one fan added.
Of course, Landry Kiffin was simply spending time at a major rivalry game that didn’t involve LSU or Ole Miss, but social media made sure to notice anyway.
While she was watching Texas fall to Oklahoma, her father was dealing with a rough Saturday of his own. Lane Kiffin’s LSU team came up short at Kentucky in an upset loss, and he pointed to the details that hurt his team after the game.
“If you don’t execute, you don’t execute,” Kiffin told reporters. “The punt return, you got a player there tackling him and doesn’t tackle him, and he goes outside and, you know, on the long run, he swooped out of a gap and the ball goes for a long run. If you don’t do fundamentally sound stuff, you get exposed versus good teams.”
LSU’s problems also showed up late, when the Tigers had a chance to close things out but couldn’t finish. “When the chance comes in the fourth quarter, you can’t let ’em hang around,” Kiffin told reporters.
“We had the ball ahead and then we turned the ball over. And another chance to end it there so they don’t get it back.
Obviously, things go the other way, you look at yourself first.”
The loss dropped LSU to 4-2.
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