LSU 2026 Football Preview: Can Lane Kiffin Deliver Playoff Run in Year 1?

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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SEC Mike & Cousin Shane are back to preview the 2026 edition of the LSU Tigers, including roster breakdowns, offseason additions, game-by-game predictions and much more! 2025 Recap (4:00), Lane Kiffin Resume (6:00), Recent Program History (8:00), Coaching Staff Efficiency (11:45), Offense Returning Production (13:45), Defense Returning Production (16:00), Transfer Portal update (17:00), Recruiting update (20:00), Projected Depth Chart OFFENSE (21:30), Projected Depth Chart DEFENSE (27:30), Anonymous Comments on the Tigers (32:00), 2026 LSU Tigers Football schedule (37:00), Win, Loss, or Toss up? (39:45), Week by Week predictions (43:00), Most Important Games? (1:08:30), Confidence LSU makes Playoff & hits the Over? (1:10:00) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0	Heyo, welcome in the latest episode of that SEC Bucket.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Mike the Tiger.
0:14.0	And how about old corn dog?
0:16.0	Shane, what's up, buddy?
0:19.0	Hey, buddy, What's going on?
0:24.2	Oh, we were just talking about how everybody hates us and we're going around the globe.
0:29.2	And then I was like, well, Stephen up's probably going to be turning on the show and he's going to say, hey, what were they saying about me?
0:35.6	I was like, he's literally the only Bama fan we have right now. So we're hanging on by a by a string, Mike. But no,
0:44.4	feeling good, man, went out, did a little golfing today. It's hot as hail out there. And surprise,
0:51.5	I survived, to be honest with you, about whole 1617.
0:56.5	I was not reading putts.
0:57.7	We were just hitting to get it over with.
1:02.0	Well, hopefully that's not what them LSU Tigers have to do this season,
1:08.3	because that's what they were doing at the end of the old Brian Kelly era.
1:11.9	Yeah.
1:12.2	I've been sitting on this one, Shane, because I think you can make the case, and I think it's
1:17.7	an easy one, and I think you'd have a strong one.
1:20.8	LSU, the most interesting team in the Southeastern Conference in 2026.
1:27.8	What's your thoughts on that?
1:29.6	I think they're going to, they already have stolen media days and we're not even down
1:34.7	there yet.
1:35.5	This is every single day, even though LSU will be there for one day, every single day
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