When Lane Kiffin leads LSU into Oxford on Saturday, the stakes are already sky-high. No. 7 LSU faces No. 8 Ole Miss in a game that could shape the College Football Playoff picture. But for one member of the Kiffin family, the drama extends far beyond the field.
Landry Kiffin, Lane's daughter, is no stranger to the spotlight. With a massive social media following, she's used to attention. But this week, that attention turned ugly. As the Kiffin family returned to Oxford, some fans took things too far, posting banners with crude messages about Landry and spreading baseless rumors about her personal life.
“I opened my phone this morning to pictures of banners on houses around Oxford posted on different accounts saying really inappropriate things about me and with somebody that genuinely I have never met in my life which makes it even more frustrating to say the least,” Landry told the New York Post. “I think that turning a girl into the punch line of a sexual joke because you’re upset at somebody someone she’s related to should not be OK.”
Landry, who has built a personal brand through her clothing line and social media presence, emphasized that she's her own person, separate from her father's coaching career. “I’ll just never understand how someone can feel good about themselves putting such vulgar things about a girl on a giant banner hanging from their house. I feel like that’s really mind-blowing to me. I just hope people realize there is an actual person behind the jokes that they make,” she said.
Despite the noise, Landry has been open about one aspect of her life: she's dating LSU linebacker Whit Weeks. Weeks, a standout for the Tigers, has racked up 210 tackles, five sacks, and two forced fumbles in his career, earning All-SEC honors in 2024. His relationship with Landry has sparked speculation about potential conflicts of interest, but Weeks dismisses that notion.
“It hasn’t affected my relationship with him at all,” Weeks said at SEC media days. “I know that when we go into that building, everyone in our building has the same mindset and same goals. When you’re in that building, you’re there for work. We like to have a lot of fun up there, too, but at the end of the day it is work.”
The timing couldn't be more intense. Kiffin, who left Ole Miss for LSU, is returning to a hostile environment. The ugly targeting of Landry is just the latest escalation in what's already a heated rivalry. Local authorities in Oxford are bolstering security for the game, anticipating a charged atmosphere.
For Weeks, the focus remains on football. He'll need to be at his best to contain Ole Miss's offense, particularly quarterback Jaxson Dart and the dynamic playmaking of Tre Harris. But the personal stakes are undeniable—a win for LSU would not only boost their playoff hopes but also give the Kiffin family a satisfying response to the week's ugliness.
As Saturday night approaches, all eyes will be on the field, but the drama off it has already made this clash one for the books.
