(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - We have some drama going into this week's LSU football game, and it has to do with a new relationship.

Whit Weeks of the LSU Tigers has become a fan favorite in recent years, and now some Tiger fans are shocked to learn who the star football player is now dating.

As LSU prepares to take on Ole Miss this week in a pivotal SEC matchup, Weeks and his new girlfriend have announced on social media that they are "officially" dating. You see, in 2025, nothing is truly official until it makes it to social media, and now we know who the star defensive player for LSU is dating.

Weeks is dating Landry Kiffin, and if her last name sounds familiar, it's because her dad is a high-profile coach in the SEC, Lane Kiffin. Yes, the same Lane Kiffin that LSU is taking on this week in Oxford, MS

Of all weeks in the football season for the LSU star player to announce who he is dating, he and his girlfriend elected to pick this week, when LSU takes on his dad's team, to reveal they are dating.

This has a soap opera feel to it, or it just sounds like something you'd see in a movie about a star football player dating his rival coach's daughter; you can't make this up.

Of course, the timing of this announcement may be questionable, but it only adds to the rivalry game this week in Oxford, Mississippi, which kicks off on Saturday at 2:30 pm on ABC.

Now, let's take a look back at the game last year between LSU and Ole Miss when Weeks made a tackle in front of his new girlfriend's dad and had a few words for the rival coach.

Do you think this interaction will be brought up in the near future?

 

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