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ESPN College GameDay to broadcast Ole Miss vs. LSU in Week 3our readLSU Leaves Former NFL Players Off Week 1 Roster Amid SEC Tensionsour readThe Alabama rivalry

SEC · Lane Kiffin, year 1 (2-0) · Tiger Stadium (LA) · 102,321 · 102,321 avg in 2026

The nationAP #7 · Coaches #7up 1 from last week

The model#22 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #9 (+23.3) · FPI #9

The marketLSU by 3at Ole Miss · our model 38% LSU · a number, not a pick

LastW 45–14 vs Louisiana Tech · Sat Sep 12 · Princewill Umanmielen 3 sacks, 4 TFL, 5 tackles

Nextat Ole Miss · Sat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ET · Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · LSU by 3 · series 64-41-4, last win 2024 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The mood around LSU has soured.

LSU fans are split.

Tail gated from 6:30am to kickoff, hit up Game Day live, Lainey Wilson, and watched the march on the hill. What a day I’ll never forget! Go fighting Tigers!
▲ 263r/LSUFootball

“they fuckin’ suck!!” Damn so Kiffin was watching the same game we all were.
▲ 103r/LSUFootball

✓ verbatim

belief cooled ↓ 4.1vs prior week

Fanbase belief

Souring

41/100 · 2,368 mentions

~ our read

Grounding

running on emotion

2% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted

~ our read

Volatility

Chaotic

σ 31 pts

Doom window

~ our read

The model

#22

CFB Zeitgeist · +6.5

✓ measured

Explore all 12 corners of the fanbase ↓

portal class

LSU's top-1 transfer class signals offensive overhaul.

Brian Kelly's top-11 portal class arrives with 66% production returning and seven NFL exits — but the Tigers' nighttime thinking starts at QB.

Δ -4.1 vs last wk

2,368 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window

"geaux" — LSU fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence

0 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.

The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners

Cr/CFB

GGoogle News

LLocked On

AAnd The Valley Shook

CCampus paper

TTigerDroppings

BBluesky

YYouTube

8 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.00

Local

least sour cohort our read

Coldest corner−0.00

Bettors

most skeptical cohort our read

How LSU fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Someone used the old Buffalo Wild Wings button to get one more play added.

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The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

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Locked On

Pff Grades Reveal Surprising Sam Leavitt Truth

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AAnd The Valley ShookBeat · article

Lsu volleyball buries Sela, Robinson reaches milestone

andthevalleyshook.com →

AAnd The Valley ShookBeat · article

What are the odds? Lsu opens as 2.5-point favorites in their Week 3 matchup at Ole Miss

andthevalleyshook.com →

All 12 corners of the fanbase

skeptical

buying in

Local−0.06

Bettors−0.17

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy

34%

where the program is headed

24%

What's in the air

LSU is strengthening its roster by flipping key commitments from Texas and other programs.

How will these new recruits impact LSU's roster and future performance?

Jul 2→ 25

~ our read

Lane Kiffin has now been a head coach for nearly 20 years at Ole Miss, Florida Atlantic, USC, Tennessee, and the Oakland Raiders. Other than a second tier college football conference at FAU, Kiffin has never won a thing. Yet you buy this terrible…YouTube · The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

The bracket was relatively plausible until LSU was the #2 seed. Drugs. Just drugs.YouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show

LSU's continued success in securing top recruits impacts their future football program strength.

Does flipping Louisiana native Gary Burney Jr. from Houston put LSU in position to land more in-state targets?

Jun 22→ 10

~ our read

LSU didn't even make the list - I'm throwing the flag on this oneYouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show

Lane passed up the chance to a LEGEND at Ole Miss, to be another headcoach at LSU. If he kills it in Baton Rouge, he will be bought out by another major school, or the NFL.YouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show

Burrow's comparison highlights the potential for the Bengals to achieve a championship mindset similar to his LSU days.

Can the 2026 Bengals replicate the success of the 2019 LSU Tigers?

Jun 18→ 11

~ our read

How can anyone take this seriously when you picked LSU winning the SEC?! Lmaooooo 😂YouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show

I think LSU is underestimated at #9. LSU is 2nd amongst all colleges in 2025 NFL salaries of former players combined. They always have the talent, it's just the matter of getting a dynamic coach. Lane Kiffin is the most dynamic coach in CF. You're…YouTube · Josh Pate's College Football Show

Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

LSU-Alabama

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

Hover a week for both sides’ game

Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim

program directionWidely held among fans

fans think expelling LSU would hurt the conference's reputation

I'll say this again, the SEC is not going to expel LSU. It would be a rash and shortsighted decision and would end up being the single most disastrous decision the conference ever made.

Based on 3 comments from 3 posters across 3 threads · Sep 8, 2026–Sep 9, 2026 · via CFB, LSUFootball

job securityLimited signal that season

fans believe Lane Kiffin is either a transformative genius or a disastrous hire for LSU

I disagree about LSU I think there’s a ton of pressure on them and Kiffin if he doesn’t win soon they will not be happy

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Jul 23, 2026–Jul 27, 2026 · via LSU Sports, The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

portal roster moveOne fan's take

One fan believes LSU never officially listed these players on their roster

LSU never rostered the players.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 8, 2026 · via CFB

coaching decisionOne fan's take

One fan believes Leavitt overuses running plays

Love watching Leavitt play but he gotta do a lot more passing and less running if he’s gonna last the season and if LSU will remain a true championship contender.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 8, 2026 · via The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

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job securityLimited signal that season

fans believe the head coach is ineffective

DeBoer has the hottest seat In world last year it was my LSU tiger an BK that trash of a head coach…
Every commenter so far who has made a prediction on Lane Kiffin's future has been negative; I don't blame him for kicking social media to the curb.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Jul 23, 2026–Jul 27, 2026 · via LSU Sports, The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

recruiting resultOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the defense has improved because of new players

Blake Baker's defense added a LOT of major pieces in the off-season and they were damned good last season with an offense that was the worst in LSU history.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 11, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show

Beat writersThe reporters whose scoops move this fanbase first.

Who covers this teampress coverage

TAThe Advocate

Scott Rabalais

LSU sports columnist

theadvocate.com →@RabalaisAdv

No financial relationship with any outlet listed. If we have a reporter wrong or missing, please let us know.

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.

Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season

LSU fans this offseason 43% of posts bring up another team▼6pp quieter#31 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Clemson

Who LSU fans can’t stop bringing up

share of LSU’s football posts that mention each team

LSU lives rent-free in

share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up LSU

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.

Who they talk about 1,414 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Kiffin

×27.8 the field

Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football

Kiffin×27.8n=235

Jim Leavitt×94.1n=93

Jayden Daniels×40.4n=50

Blake Baker×62.9n=10

“Lane Kiffin in the age of NIL be like...”

reddit/LSUFootball · fan post, verbatim

Fans on Kiffin (8 examples)

Sometimes we "have over expectations " Coach Kiffin is a blessing to the LSU football team! ROCK ON COACH KIFFIN
Coach Kiffin has come a longggg way and Im so glad LSU hired him at this stage of his career,
Kiffin's return to Ole Miss and the narrative behind all of that. I would have lost money
Kiffin LaLa University (aka LSU).
Kiffin’s attack has fallen short. www.nola.com/sports/lsu/l...
I was at the game and it almost looked like Kiffin was experimenting with some stuff on the first half. Like they threw a LOT. Like
I think Leavitt is gonna flinch every time Kiffin raises his voice from now on
Lane Kiffin haters were on cloud nine for all of about 30 minutes there

Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.

Fanbase Voice 8,242 fan mentions

Doomers

Optimism

0th

Joy

3rd

Anger

100th

Doom

6th

Sarcasm

99th

vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season

Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026NFL

nflrulerosterkiffincourtcollege

A preseason game is really "playing in the nfl"?

2025OFFENSE

offensedefensebowlnebraskaheadflorida

Good thing we don’t have an offense huh?

Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.

Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year

2026

nfl×8.6rule×15.6roster×5.3kiffin×2.5court×48.1

2025

offense×4.5defense×3.7bowl×5.6nebraska×13.3head×4.1

Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.

Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0

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LSU

The mood around LSU has soured.

LSU's top-1 transfer class signals offensive overhaul.

The Pulse on LSU

Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners

The split, staged

How LSU fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

All 12 corners of the fanbase

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

LSU's fanbase is growing — 60 of 100.

What's in the air

LSU-Alabama

What fans are saying

fans think expelling LSU would hurt the conference's reputation

fans believe Lane Kiffin is either a transformative genius or a disastrous hire for LSU

One fan believes LSU never officially listed these players on their roster

One fan believes Leavitt overuses running plays

fans believe the head coach is ineffective

One fan believes the defense has improved because of new players

From the booth

Season Vocabulary