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College football's accelerating capital cycle has reached its latest stress test in Louisiana.
Louisiana State University has assembled a roster valued at over $40 million for first-year head coach Lane Kiffin, with fall camp beginning this week and a season-opener against Clemson on Labor Day weekend at Tiger Stadium.
The question now facing LSU's athletic department is whether a high-cost coaching hire translates to the on-field returns its fan base and donor class are pricing in.
A costly coaching transition After dismissing Brian Kelly mid-season and absorbing his buyout, LSU completed a high-profile hire that drew Kiffin 320 miles south from Oxford, Mississippi to Baton Rouge.
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