FAU head coach Lane Kiffin is no stranger to trolling people on Twitter — he still does it to Tennessee fans, and he’s a master at it. And since he’s taken the job as the Owls head man, he’s thrown a few jabs — some subtle and not-so-subtle — at his former employer.

After Super Bowl 52, he responded to a tweet about Eagles tackle Lane Johnson discussing the New England Patriots, essentially Alabama’s NFL counterpart:

Lane Johnson on the difference between the Eagles and Patriots: I'd rather have fun and win one Super Bowl than be miserable and win five https://t.co/FdVCXgM1ES — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 11, 2018

When Kiffin retweeted that with this ...

... it was clear he was joking about Alabama, because he’s always joking about Alabama.

After Nick Saban’s “rat poison” rant about the media, Kiffin took to using the phrase himself.

One of his more notable trolls came after Alabama lost to Auburn:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Can u rat poison urself? https://t.co/ABtCCn0dwB — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) November 28, 2017

He was asked about this on the Dan Patrick Show:

Kiffin: Uh, good. We left on – I’m not going to say perfect, but when you have the last 26 times we walked on the football field together, we were 26-0. … I’d call that a pretty successful marriage. Patrick: Does he miss you? Kiffin: I don’t know if he misses me. Maybe on third down the other night he might have.

This wasn’t the first time Kiffin used Saban’s coined term. He’s especially had fun with going over the top while warning his players about the danger of listening to praise by the media (while praising his players at the same time).

Just spoke to our team after a great practice and begged them do not take the bait! Rat poison comes in all different forms! Told them from day 1 to win a championship u first must win ur division!! #8-0 #RatTrap @espn @finebaum @FAU_Football @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/WjMoxP8ZfO — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) November 28, 2017

Do not poke the owl!!!! Stay focused do not even taste all the rat poison right now. @finebaum pic.twitter.com/L56UOYKEZu — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) November 27, 2017

“I don’t know about pride,” Kiffin said when asked by Al.com about trolling. “I think it’s funny to watch people’s reactions. People are too serious. To see fans from different places — whether it is here or Tennessee or Alabama or USC — just to see their reactions. I like that I can put something out and make somebody’s day.”

He’s got a sarcastic love/hate relationship with his former employer.

He still pulls for the Tide quite a bit ...

... even though he’ll also share stuff like this:

FIVE REASONS LSU WILL UPSET BAMA! #5 THAT DLINE SUSPECT - YouTube please come to #thefaU! I Watch u all the time TJ https://t.co/DQvZCF3uUs — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) October 31, 2017

Alabama Crimson Tide center Bradley Bozeman proposes to girlfriend after national title win. Congrats Brad!!! @espn What a nite https://t.co/Elqvg3IUfC — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) January 9, 2018

And his Owls have sort of adopted Bama’s “Roll Tide” mantra. Kiffin retweeted this one:

And the feeling is seemingly mutual, at least among some Bama fans who wanted him back.

Kiffin and Saban had a pretty good run together, so you can’t blame Tide fans, really. He responded to various tweets, including one about Saban giving him a call for OC:

He also can’t help but point out Bama was better with him around:

Are we going to actually throw the ball downfield once??? @AlabamaFTBL @espn https://t.co/Jg4Rfiz9eq — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) January 9, 2018

He called for a Bama touchdown during the Sugar Bowl, and someone made a joke about the Tide needing him, which he of course retweeted:

Speaking of Saban!

coach Nick Saban: “I don’t yell at my assistants very much at all…” Are these real quotes? I don't get upset at my coaches much?? We tell our players to control their emotions during the game bc when emotions go up decision making goes down but.... RTR https://t.co/EurFYX2hzw — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) January 7, 2018

"Coach complained about something? No way! That's a shocker"



-Lane Kiffin on Nick Saban's criticism of the early signing period.



He also finished the interview with a #RollTide



Never change, @Lane_Kiffin, never change. pic.twitter.com/nsvurm8fs5 — Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 19, 2017

We made this meme, btw:

Gave them to him pic.twitter.com/ALoOMZ69VL — Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) November 23, 2017

He retweeted all these:

This manual retweet came after he was sent a tweet of an EA Sports NCAA Football simulation of FAU beating Bama:

Bo Davis, who resigned from Alabama because of impermissible contact with recruits, lands at UTSA. https://t.co/VFTSGhgWLf — Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) February 22, 2017

Kiffin knows exactly what he’s doing when he does stuff like this, and it’s mostly all in good fun. And he at least knows that Saban won’t see it anyway.

“Everybody writes that I’m trolling him,” Kiffin said on The Dan Le Batard Show. “What you don’t realize is Nick Saban doesn’t know what Twitter is. So he’s never even been on Twitter. You can’t troll somebody who doesn’t see it. I’m really not trolling him.”