Joel Klatt: Lane Kiffin Wouldn't Have Any Credibility as HC If He Leaves Ole Miss

The Lane Kiffin saga appears set to come to an end later this week, and it looks like he'll be moving from Ole Miss — a decision FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt doesn't agree with.

On the latest episode of "The Joel Klatt Show," he shared that he heard LSU is in the lead for the Kiffin sweepstakes.

"I've been all over the map and partly because the information has been all over the map," Klatt said. "There have been moments when I thought he's definitely going to stay at Miss. There's been moments [when] I have been told he's definitely going to Florida. Now, there [have] been moments that I've been told he's definitely going to LSU. 

"That's kind of where the information stands. Pretty reliable that LSU is the front-runner. Obviously, this is coming to a head because they're announcing when the decision is going to be made."

As Klatt alluded to, there have been several developments over the last month surrounding Kiffin's coaching future. Both LSU and Florida fired their respective head coaches in October, with Kiffin emerging as a top candidate for both jobs. Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter also said around the time of those firings that the school was seeking to give Kiffin a Curt Cignetti-like extension, with the Indiana coach receiving a contract that made him the third-highest-paid coach in the nation in October.

During Ole Miss' bye this past week, the rumors about Kiffin's future seemed to hit a boiling point. Multiple reports surfaced about his family taking trips to both Florida's and LSU's campuses. A report from Yahoo Sports on Saturday said that LSU was preparing to offer Kiffin a seven-year deal with a total value of at least $90 million. 

Following a week full of rumors, Carter