LSU’s Lane Kiffin staunchly defends 24-team CFP while taking dig at other conferences

Lane Kiffin can play coy sometimes, as many trolls choose to do, but the LSU head coach is making it perfectly clear where he stands on the proposed 24-team College Football Playoff . Kiffin is not just in favor of this expected format change. He believes it is essential , particularly for an SEC that is brimming with parity and deeply passionate fan bases. “I think it had to happen,” Kiffin said, per On3’s Jonathan Wagner. “You could say 12 is better, but not when you take into account the way college football is set up now.