Rick Pitino takes jab at broken college football after Lane Kiffin-LSU drama

Rick Pitino has a point when it comes to college football.

The St. John’s men’s basketball head coach sees a broken college football system, and tweeted about it amid Lane Kiffin’s latest ongoing drama in making the jump from Ole Miss to LSU.

Kiffin led Ole Miss to an 11-1 season and a No. 7 ranking in the country, which firmly earns them a spot in the College Football Playoff.

But because he’s taking the job to coach LSU following the school’s decision to part ways with Brian Kelly earlier this year, Kiffin won’t actually coach the University of Mississippi in the playoff.

Pitino said in a post on X, that while he’s not knocking football, he thinks their rules may need some looking into.

“I’m not knocking football,” Pitino posted. “But there’s something wrong with their calendar. I’m at SJU and we are potentially a one seed and can win a National Championship this year, and I leave in March??? What’s going on here?”

Pitino has St. John’s ranked at No. 14 in the country as of Sunday — which will inevitably drop a few spots after losing to No. 21 Auburn on Wednesday and No. 15 Iowa State on Monday.

Kiffin assures, via his statement, that he intended to fulfill his commitment to Ole Miss, which was denied by the school’s leadership.

“I was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year’s team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team’s incredible success and their commitment to finish strong, and investing everything into a playoff run with guardrails in place to protect the program in any areas of concern,” Kiffin wrote.

“My request to do so was denied by Keith Carter despite the team also asking him to allow me to keep coaching them so they could better maintain their high level of performance. Unfortunately, that means Friday’s Egg Bowl was my last game coaching the Rebels.”