LSU blew out Clemson in Lane Kiffin's Death Valley debut, punctuated by a pick-six touchdown. Barstool accounts have turned the rout into a running roast, calling for Dabo Swinney to hang it up.
Dave Portnoy questions Clemson's quarterback choice. Dave Portnoy highlights Clemson's starting quarterback Christopher Vezini as a sign of their falling talent level, arguing they no longer have the roster to compete with LSU.
“I'm looking at Clemson and I looked at their quarterback situation, they're starting a senior Christopher Vezini.”
“CHEERING GOOD”
If you thought a little lightning would slow down LSU fans you’re dead wrong
LSU fans start the trash talk before kickoff even starts. Ball hasn't been snapped and the crowd's already chanting profanity at Clemson. It's the loudest the pregame hype gets before the actual football takes over — a live-mic snapshot of how hostile Death Valley is about to be for a Clemson team that hasn't done anything yet to deserve it.
Game hasn’t even kicked off yet & LSU fans are chanting “Fuck you, Clemson!”
Kiffin's team takes the tunnel into a packed house. Smoke, fireworks, the full Death Valley entrance for Lane Kiffin's first real test in Baton Rouge. It's the last beat before the score starts moving — the moment everything about to happen to Clemson gets its stage.
LSU GOOSEBUMPS
LSU takes it to the house, Death Valley shakes. Barstool, Pardon My Take and Unbiased Ev all jump on the same pick-six within a minute of each other, framing it as the moment the night tips from competitive to a rout. It's the play that turns Kiffin's home debut from promising into a laugher, and everything after this is pile-on.
The tape turns into the first real Dabo warning. Barstool posts the reel of everything going wrong for Clemson, and Kayce Smith is the first to turn the footage into a verdict on the man in charge — not just a bad night, but a program that needs to change or its coach needs to go. It's the hinge where this stops being a game story and becomes a Dabo story.
Kiffin cracks jokes at halftime while the rout keeps rolling. Barstool and Pardon My Take both grab the same sideline interview, where Kiffin needles Clemson's roster gap with a jab about pro players instead of talking strategy — a coach so far ahead he's already trolling. Two accounts carrying the same clip is the tell that this halftime moment landed as hard off the field as the score did on it.
The Dabo pile-on turns into a full roast. Eric Hubbs says watching Dabo get embarrassed never gets old, Unbiased Ev floats that this beating alone might force him to hang it up, and Big Cat tops both by calling for an actual intervention — keys taken, into a home. Three accounts in under three minutes, each one raising the joke's stakes past the last.
