Nick Saban doesn’t offer guidance lightly, especially to coaches whose careers he once helped reshape. So when LSU entered the picture for former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, Saban became one of the key voices weighing in on what might drive such a move. And according to Kiffin, that perspective was the driving force behind his high-profile coaching shift.

“I think Lane’s decision is going to come down to one thing, and that thing is, where is the place where can I recruit the best players? And I think one of Lane’s apprehensions is, he’s had to use the portal to build his team at Ole Miss each year,” Saban said on College GameDay Saturday.

Saban emphasized how LSU’s natural recruiting access as the lone power-conference program in a talent-rich state with reach into Ea

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