Did Nick Saban help LSU land Lane Kiffin?

Lane Kiffin was officially introduced on Monday as the head football coach at LSU , and it sounds like Nick Saban may have helped the school land its new leader.

Kiffin has said he sought advice from several people when he was deciding whether to leave Ole Miss for LSU. Nick Saban, who was Kiffin’s boss at Alabama from 2014-16, was one of those people. In fact, Kiffin suggested that what Saban told him about LSU may have had the biggest impact on him.

At his introductory press conference, Kiffin joked that he did not want to reveal exactly what Saban told him about coaching in Baton Rouge because he did not want to get Saban in trouble.

“Coach Saban kind of coached at an another place in this conference, so I can’t really say exactly what he said. But I’ll say I think the world of coach Saban and I respect him, so there’s a reason I’m here,” Kiffin said.