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Lane Kiffin invites Kanye West, Kim Kardashian to FAU game

FAU head coach Lane Kiffin at practice in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 23, 2017.

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FAU head coach Lane Kiffin at practice in Boca Raton, Fla., on March 23, 2017.
By AJC Sports
June 7, 2017

Lane Kiffin is having a big month so far.

On Monday the Florida Atlantic head coach played host to Michigan's Jim Harbaugh at a prospect camp at his new digs in Boca Raton, Fla. On Thursday he will welcome his former boss, Alabama's Nick Saban.

Over the weekend Kiffin received a pair of Yeezy adidas sneakers. (Adidas sponsors the Owls.)

Naturally, Kiffin thanked Yeezy brand creator Kanye West  -- through wife Kim Kardashian's Twitter account. (West recently deleted his Twitter account.)

He took the opportunity to invite the star couple to a game:

She has not responded.

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