LSU got its man when it hired Lane Kiffin .

The enigmatic offensive guru topped the Tigers’ Most Wanted List from Day One and was unequivocally the school’s first choice to succeed Brian Kelly and try to resurrect its moribund football program.

In landing Kiffin, athletic director Verge Ausberry and school officials pried him from the clutches of a longtime conference rival and outmaneuvered fellow bluebloods like Florida and Florida State during an intense two-week battle for his services.

Kiffin’s hiring is a testament to the power of the LSU football program, which has undergone a spectacular transformation in the last two decades, blossoming into one of the most prestigious jobs in the sport after underachieving for years in the 1980s and 1990s.

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