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5 min readLane Kiffin is in trouble. The Southeastern Conference is holding a vote on Thursday—whether to kick LSU out of the conference entirely. The offense: flirting with former NFL players looking to return to college football. The penalty on the table is expulsion. Ben Maller puts the odds at 2 percent.
The SEC presidents and chancellors are meeting, and a two-thirds vote would be needed to actually remove LSU. Maller compares the situation to a parent on a road trip threatening to turn the car around. "Nobody ever turned the car around," he says. "You'd be better off betting on McDonald's getting rid of the Big Mac and replacing it with steamed kale." The real dynamic, he argues, is performative outrage. The SEC wants LSU scared, fined, humiliated—not gone. LSU delivers monster TV ratings and bags of cash. "They hate the headaches," Maller says. "They love the juice."
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- 1 (03:10) **SEC Threatens to Expel LSU Over NFL Bounce-Back Players** - Ben introduces the story that the SEC will vote on Thursday whether to kick LSU out of the conference for flirting with former NFL players returning to college.
- 2 (09:49) **"Two Percent Chance" - Ben's Odds on LSU Expulsion** - Ben gives his betting line on the SEC kicking out LSU, comparing the threat to empty parental warnings.
- 3 (12:19) **The "Unprecedented Accountability" Gambit and the Love-Hate Relationship** - Ben predicts the SEC will call their punishment "unprecedented accountability," which he calls corporate gobbledygook for "please stop asking questions."
- 4 (13:52) **Benny's Oracle: Lane Kiffin's Suspension and the Ole Miss Game** - Ben predicts Lane Kiffin will be suspended as the "ceremonial head" for the SEC's "medieval spike."
- 5 (15:55) **Alex Rodriguez Doesn't Expect a Yankee Family Welcome** - Ben pivots to baseball, discussing A-Rod's claim that he won't be invited back to Yankee Stadium for future Old Timers' Day events.
- 6 (18:50) **The Consequences of Being a "Cheating A-Hole" vs. a PED Cheat** - Ben clarifies that A-Rod's exile isn't just about PEDs, noting that other PED users like Andy Pettitte and David Ortiz are welcomed back.
- 7 (20:51) **The Return of the Montreal Expos? Expansion Chatter Heats Up** - Ben introduces the topic of MLB expansion, noting a wealthy Canadian mogul is assembling investors to bring baseball back to Montreal.
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What are the odds that the SEC kicks Lane Kiffin out of the conference for flirting with bounce-back NFL players? ... A-Rod says he doesn't expect to be welcomed back to Yankees family. How does this strike you? ... How much of the Montreal expansion push is legitimate business opportunity, and how much is nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?
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