LSU recruiting has Baton Rouge refreshing the panic board.

LSU is experiencing that special kind of manic-depressive energy where they're simultaneously national title favorites and getting punked in recruiting battles for critical positions. Lane's ghost mode is looking less like mystique and more like desperation. The offseason copium is industrial-grade, but the recruiting reality is starting to crack through.

Lane Kiffin just lost a blue-chip offensive lineman to a Big Ten school, continuing a recruiting losing streak at a position LSU desperately needs.