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A&M 2026:
ASU (non-con)

So as an A&M fan, are you happy when a Sam Leavitt leaves ASU?  His presence would have given them a puncher's chance as a big underdog, but with him gone....it's just another OOC win, right?

Kiffin off to a busy offseason, already living up to his reputation - from Sports Illustrated:

"The two biggest messes of the moment in college football are Mississippi’s coaching uncertainty for its College Football Playoff game against Miami and Demond Williams Jr. jilting of his signed contract with Washington. The common thread tying these otherwise unrelated situations together? Surprise! It’s Lane Kiffin."

For the Demond Williams story, at first I was surprised to see this story gaining so much traction. We've seen this before with tampering and port-hole chaos. But as this story develops, what's different is UW upping the legal ante of their agreement, and it looks like they're ready to drag this out in court.

SI: "After two seasons at Washington, the quarterback signed a deal earlier this month for 2026 to remain with the Huskies. Then, on Tuesday, Williams announced on social media that he plans to transfer. (It’s not clear whether the formal process of requesting to be placed in the portal, and Washington doing so, has begun.) He intends to walk out on the contract he just signed, though Washington seems intent on making that as difficult as possible."

Williams' announcement coincided with Kiffin taking another prospective transfer quarterback, Sam Leavitt of Arizona State, to an LSU basketball game with him. Rumor is LSU is offering upwards of $6M for Demond Williams' services.

"Williams’s move was shocking and callous. It will be excused by many because he’s presumably getting a bigger payday, but it’s a terrible look—both bailing on the contract and dropping his announcement during a memorial for a deceased fellow Washington athlete, with his teammates in attendance."

"As for the recruitment of Leavitt, it remains unknown how forthcoming Kiffin was with him while also pursuing another QB...This is the bottom line with Kiffin: He is arguably the lead weasel in a coaching fraternity with many of them. And being a weasel has a way of working out for him."

"For Kiffin, the latest attempt to get ahead apparently means disregarding Williams’s signed contract, possibly tampering with the player and trampling over the top of other QBs he was recruiting to LSU. And in a symptom of an ailing profession, everyone will pretty much shrug it off as the byproduct of a business where winning is all that matters."

When the SEC has to place all of their eggs in Ole Miss's bowl.