No. 7 LSU sputters in Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss, giving the SEC a pair of top-10 losers

Lane Kiffin's much-hyped return to Mississippi concluded with a fourth-down failure.

Key points

• 7 LSU home with a 32-24 loss to eighth-ranked Ole Miss that indicated just how hated the coach has become in Oxford.
• It was the second loss of the day for a top-10 team from the Southeastern Conference.
• It was exactly what Kiffin should have projected after getting wildly booed long before he arrived at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• The afterwards one was equally shocking, mostly as the Rebels looked like they would roll over the Tigers early.

Jaylon Braxton intercepted Sam Leavitt's pass into the end zone in the final seconds, setting off a raucous celebration that was nine months in the making and sending Kiffin and No. 7 LSU home with a 32-24 loss to eighth-ranked Ole Miss that indicated just how hated the coach has become in Oxford.

It was the second loss of the day for a top-10 team from the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky stunned No. 9 Texas A&M 31-21 on the road.

Notably, the afterwards one was equally shocking, mostly as the Rebels looked like they would roll over the Tigers early. Ole Miss led 24-7 at halftime. LSU stormed back in the second half and had a chance to tie the game in the final minute. But Leavitt's pass was tipped and then picked off.

After Trinidad Chambliss took two knees, the home team reveled by shooting fireworks and playing "Callin' Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks – an epic troll, a few minutes afterwards.

Taken together, the developments around no. 7 LSU sputters in Lane Kiffins return to Ole Miss, giving point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.