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Title: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 08:32:45 PM
Coach Lane Kiffin to USC.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Godfather on January 12, 2010, 08:34:11 PM
Just announced on ESPN
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: War Eagle!!! on January 12, 2010, 08:38:54 PM
Just announced on ESPN

That's what he said...
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 08:40:40 PM
Just announced on ESPN
believe me now??? ESPN patrols this board like a Chicken Hawk.  Dey knows we gots da goods, yo.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: AWK on January 12, 2010, 08:41:22 PM
Watch as Tennessee's recruits fly away... Come to Auburn.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Buzz Killington on January 12, 2010, 08:42:42 PM
That's gotta help Auburn hold onto Shon Coleman.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: AUChizad on January 12, 2010, 08:43:38 PM
That's gotta help Auburn hold onto Shon Coleman.
Both of those programs are fu-ucked in my opinion.

Wow. One year. Wow.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 08:46:14 PM
That just proves, beyond a shadow of doubt, that Lane Kiffin is certifiably retarded.....he knows exactly what USC did and he knows where the other skeletons are.  How funny would it be if he got to USC, starts running his retarded mouth saying how they're going to do this, or that...then the NCAA donkey kicks the entire athletic department, right in the nuts.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: AUsweetheart on January 12, 2010, 09:00:08 PM
Again, thank God we didn't get Lane Kiffin.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: RWS on January 12, 2010, 09:01:52 PM
This makes absolutely no sense. I mean, not even in any kind of logic you use. How in the fuck does Lane Kiffin compute? I got a text from Dunaway and Brown and thought maybe it was some sort of hack, so I checked ESPN. I haven't looked at the Vol boards, but they have got to be in meltdown mode right now. I mean, where the fuck did this come from? The only thing that makes sense here is Lane Kiffin is pretty fucking dirty, and apparently that fits with USC. Fulmer has got to be laughing his ass off right about now. All I can say is WTF? USC fans cannot be happy about this.

Soooo, who goes to UT? Wouldn't surprise me if they came after Kirby Smart. Seems to be a popular guy lately.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:07:51 PM
USC just wanted someone who would talk a bunch of shit once the NCAA hammers their dicks into the dirt.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: RWS on January 12, 2010, 09:14:27 PM
USC just wanted someone who would talk a bunch of shit once the NCAA hammers their dicks into the dirt.
No shit. How smart is it to go from one program the NCAA is looking at, to another that the NCAA is probably about to sanction in February. If you're USC, how in the FUCK do you justify Kiffin? I know he was an assistant there for like 5 years, but that was before he showed he can't coach on his own, and before he showed that he is a total fucktard. I'm sure the UT fans are pissed because now they're having to backtrack on all of the spin they spun for Kiffin during his antics, and the USC fans are pissed because USC just pulled an Auburn. I know some of their top targets pulled their names out of the hat, but damn. You're USC. You can pull down somebody better than Kiffin.

On a recruiting note, I wonder how Juwan James and Blake Sims feel about decommitting from Alabama right about now.......how about Ahmad Dixon's recent UT commitment? Daaaaaamn.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:26:28 PM
“He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media," reads the Raiders statement to ESPN. "He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders, and will eventually clash with (Pat) Summitt and (Bruce) Pearl. Other than that, the Raiders can say nothing further.”

-Oakland Raiders
 
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 09:29:32 PM
“He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media," reads the Raiders statement to ESPN. "He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders, and will eventually clash with (Pat) Summitt and (Bruce) Pearl. Other than that, the Raiders can say nothing further.”

-Oakland Raiders
 

The old man isn't completely senile. 
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:30:39 PM
The old man isn't completely senile. 

Yes he is.

Kiffin is just that much of a bull headed asshole. 
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: RWS on January 12, 2010, 09:30:57 PM
The old man isn't completely senile. 
No shit. Never thought I would say this, but Al Davis is a smart man.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 09:32:21 PM
No shit. How smart is it to go from one program the NCAA is looking at, to another that the NCAA is probably about to sanction in February. If you're USC, how in the FUCK do you justify Kiffin? I know he was an assistant there for like 5 years, but that was before he showed he can't coach on his own, and before he showed that he is a total fucktard. I'm sure the UT fans are pissed because now they're having to backtrack on all of the spin they spun for Kiffin during his antics, and the USC fans are pissed because USC just pulled an Auburn. I know some of their top targets pulled their names out of the hat, but damn. You're USC. You can pull down somebody better than Kiffin.

On a recruiting note, I wonder how Juwan James and Blake Sims feel about decommitting from Alabama right about now.......how about Ahmad Dixon's recent UT commitment? Daaaaaamn.
I wonder how Juwan James feels, now that classes start Tomorrow and he's already enrolled.  BTW, Coach Kiffin is taking Daddy and Coach O with him.  The USC players are jumping for joy, because they know how Coach Kiffin and Coach O "Rolls".
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 09:33:08 PM
Yes he is.

Kiffin is just that much of a bull headed butthole. 

Good point.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:34:03 PM
Supposedly, Urban Meyer was caught at the UK/UF game on ESPN laughing his ass off while looking at his phone around the time of the announcement.  Anyone get it on DVR?  I missed it.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Pell City Tiger on January 12, 2010, 09:37:10 PM
No shit. How smart is it to go from one program the NCAA is looking at, to another that the NCAA is probably about to sanction in February. If you're USC, how in the FUCK do you justify Kiffin? I know he was an assistant there for like 5 years, but that was before he showed he can't coach on his own, and before he showed that he is a total fucktard. I'm sure the UT fans are pissed because now they're having to backtrack on all of the spin they spun for Kiffin during his antics, and the USC fans are pissed because USC just pulled an Auburn. I know some of their top targets pulled their names out of the hat, but damn. You're USC. You can pull down somebody better than Kiffin.

On a recruiting note, I wonder how Juwan James and Blake Sims feel about decommitting from Alabama right about now.......how about Ahmad Dixon's recent UT commitment? Daaaaaamn.
Fuck you.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: RWS on January 12, 2010, 09:38:21 PM
Supposedly, Urban Meyer was caught at the UK/UF game on ESPN laughing his ass off while looking at his phone around the time of the announcement.  Anyone get it on DVR?  I missed it.
If you're not laughing your ass off about this, you're a Tennessee or USC fan. This is fucked up as a football bat.....
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 09:42:10 PM
If you're not laughing your ass off about this, you're a Tennessee or USC fan. This is fucked up as a football bat.....
Coach Patrino and Nutt have been in scramble mode since about 8:35pm...I wouldn't want to be the buttons on their cell phone.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 09:47:19 PM
Also, Norm Chow will be returning to USC....so yeah, the USC fans are absolutely thrilled.

UT fans???  Not so much....Topic from a UT Board:

Quote
(Fuck) You Lane, Biggest (Piece Of Shit) In UT History!!!
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:49:56 PM
Also, Norm Chow will also be returning to USC....so yeah, the USC fans are absolutely thrilled.

This is the thing about Kiffin - he could probably be successful if he would shut the fuck up and do his job. 

Instead, he talks shit, breaks rules, then walks out to a different job. 

He's barely in his thirties and in the last five years, he's been the offensive coordinator at USC, the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the head coach of Tennessee, and now the head coach at USC.

One would look at that resume and conclude he's on track to be one of the greatest coaches of all time.

But he sucked EVERYWHERE as a head coach.  And he'll continue to suck.  And once the NCAA ignites the dynamite on the Trojan ship, he'll bolt somewhere else. 
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: The Prowler on January 12, 2010, 09:52:14 PM
And think...some Auburn fans stated that they would've rather had him over Coach Chizik, LMAO!!!!!!!  Damn, what a difference a year makes.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: RWS on January 12, 2010, 09:54:19 PM
Also, Norm Chow will be returning to USC....so yeah, the USC fans are absolutely thrilled.

UT fans???  Not so much....Topic from a UT Board:

The reaction on the USC Rivals board seems to be mixed. Some are happy, some are lighting the torches and gathering the pitchforks.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 09:56:16 PM
The reaction on the USC Rivals board seems to be mixed. Some are happy, some are lighting the torches and gathering the pitchforks.

I'm trying to get confirmation from somewhere, but supposedly (from two different message boards), Tennessee students have gathered at the athletic department and are causing a scene.  

Prowler - Change the name of this thread to "Kiffin to USC" or something.  Skreets have spoken.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: bottomfeeder on January 12, 2010, 09:59:41 PM
Tenn Rivals says the students are rioting. LOL. I don't have a membership so I can't see if it's true, I just saw the thread title.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 10:01:35 PM
Jeremy Schad on ESPN is saying Fulmer's been contacted?!?!
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: War Eagle!!! on January 12, 2010, 10:04:09 PM
I wonder if Tubs is kicking himself in the ass for taking the Tech job so quickly now???
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: bottomfeeder on January 12, 2010, 10:05:38 PM
Real time comments on Google concerning this recent development

http://www.google.com/search?q=Kiffin&hl=en&tbs=rltm:1&tbo=u&ei=EDhNS6WUNNGXtgeXzrTrDA&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=7&ved=0CDEQ5QUwBg (http://www.google.com/search?q=Kiffin&hl=en&tbs=rltm:1&tbo=u&ei=EDhNS6WUNNGXtgeXzrTrDA&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=7&ved=0CDEQ5QUwBg)
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Godfather on January 12, 2010, 10:09:47 PM
Again, thank God we didn't get Lane Kiffin.
You have said a lot of great things on this site...this is probably the greatest!!!!!!!!  and to think I was hoping we would get him at one point.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Godfather on January 12, 2010, 10:15:51 PM
Just to get an idea.... on the Rivals board there was about 11,000 people logged on when Saban was announced head coach at spuat.  I looked at about 8:30 there were 24,000 people logged into UT's rivals board.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 10:17:17 PM
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/jan/12/students-fans-greet-kiffin-obscenities/ (http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/jan/12/students-fans-greet-kiffin-obscenities/)

Students are pissed.  Kiffin might get a brick through his window.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 10:25:20 PM
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj116/cfbsigs/56891005.jpg)

A little fuzzy, but I definitely see a "fuck you Lane Kiffin" in there.  And possibly a bird finger.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: AUsweetheart on January 12, 2010, 10:39:01 PM
You have said a lot of great things on this site...this is probably the greatest!!!!!!!!  and to think I was hoping we would get him at one point.

I did too. Makes me feel like we left Pearl Harbor on Dec 6.
Title: Re: *Word on da skreets*
Post by: FayettenamHog on January 12, 2010, 10:40:40 PM
Supposedly, Urban Meyer was caught at the UK/UF game on ESPN laughing his ass off while looking at his phone around the time of the announcement.  Anyone get it on DVR?  I missed it.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/148ksw1.gif)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 12, 2010, 11:10:09 PM
I was shocked at first...and don't get me wrong, he's a first class douche....but I'm not ready to say he can't coach.  He had one of the biggest jeckyl and hyde QB ever to play in the SEC.  The guy was Ryan Leaf and then Peyton Manning from quarter to quarter.  And he was Ryan Leaf 85% of the time.  Even so, and with defenses loading up to stop the run, Hardesty had a great year and they were 7-5 in the regar season....a decent improvement given last year and the QB situation.

again, he's a first class d-bag, complete with hot wife.  But I say with him and Coach O, barring massive NCAA sanctions, USC wins the Pac 10 3 of the next 5 years.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 12, 2010, 11:43:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAsxnRaTAg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAsxnRaTAg#)


My God....the fun is just now starting... :rofl:
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Greaseyweasel on January 12, 2010, 11:52:58 PM
Gotta love the rioting. I would like to take a moment to change my official statement that hiring chizik was the craziest move in college footballs history. This tops it.  I looked ove the list of the other coaches he's bringing back and noticed they all figure heavily into the Reggie Bush era.
Is USC hiring them back so that the NCAA will pass judgment on the guilty?
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 12, 2010, 11:55:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKkcfq3gec# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKkcfq3gec#)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 11:56:15 PM
From a walk-on wide receiver at Tennessee:

"Kiffin was telling team about leaving; while Orgeron was in the background, texting the early enrollees to not to go to class tomorrow. The EE's were in the room. What a f***in joke"
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 11:56:53 PM
(http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/xx8/govols1234/Unnamed.jpg)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 12, 2010, 11:58:30 PM
"The Hills Have Eyes" starts to come to mind....


This is going to be ugly...
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 12, 2010, 11:59:41 PM
"The Hills Have Eyes" starts to come to mind....


This is going to be ugly for Tennessee...but it's also going to be the greatest internet night regarding football in the history of mankind.

FTFY.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 13, 2010, 12:05:24 AM
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Hundreds of students gathered on Johnny Majors Boulevard and were blocking the road, after departing Coach Lane Kiffin's statement, apparently with the goal of keeping departing Kiffin from leaving the lot.

There were signs of order breaking down--someone brought a mattress down and lit it on fire. Reporter Kris Budden said some students were burning UT apparel.

Police and firefighters have been on scene in an effort to calm the situation. The mattress has been extinguished.

Students are still out on the street, waving signs and chanting things we won't re-print.

A large crowd has gathered at Neyland Stadium as well. Some in the crowd were scaling the fence in an effort to get in; no one has yet entered the stadium. At this point, the students are mostly just milling around, yelling.

No injuries have yet been reported.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110451&catid=2 (http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110451&catid=2)

 :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :clap:
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:09:21 AM
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=2474 (http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=2474)

Knoxville SO and PD scanner
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:12:19 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0N1jKU9HHQ&feature=player_embedded# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0N1jKU9HHQ&feature=player_embedded#)

Damn I love teh interwebs.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Greaseyweasel on January 13, 2010, 12:13:07 AM
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"The Hills Have Eyes" starts to come to mind....


This is going to be ugly for Tennessee...but it's also going to be the greatest internet night regarding football in the history of mankind.

FTFY.

+1
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 13, 2010, 12:15:06 AM
I love how all this is happening at the same hour they're desperately trying to rope in a new coach...

Come to beautiful..uhhh...well...  please ignore the burning mattresses, burning cars, thousands of rioting students, colorful images of cocks on our rocks....   eh hem...
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"The Hills Have Eyes" starts to come to mind....


This is going to be ugly for Tennessee...but it's also going to be the greatest internet night regarding football in the history of mankind.

FTFY.

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Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AUChizad on January 13, 2010, 12:16:56 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKkcfq3gec# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKkcfq3gec#)
Damn.

Seems like quite a jovial mob. I'm guessing at least half of them could give a shit about football, just looking for a good excuse to riot.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 13, 2010, 12:18:53 AM
Damn.

Seems like quite a jovial mob. I'm guessing at least half of them could give a shit about football, just looking for a good excuse to riot.

Aren't all college kids looking for a good excuse to riot?
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 13, 2010, 12:20:28 AM
Apparently mapquest printouts of directions to Lane Kiffin's house have been dispatched to the cheetos mob...

video to come...

 :popcorn:
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:23:26 AM
Apparently mapquest printouts of directions to Lane Kiffin's house have been dispatched to the cheetos mob...

video to come...

 :popcorn:

Holy shit, I'm glad I'm off tomorrow.  It's gonna be a long night.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 13, 2010, 12:26:08 AM
http://www.auburntron.com/2010/01/12/meltdown-in-knoxville/ (http://www.auburntron.com/2010/01/12/meltdown-in-knoxville/)

Some good stuff here...  This guy's pulled some of the vids and pics together...

Also appears (sorry if already posted) that Brandon Willis has de-committed already.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Townhallsavoy on January 13, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
Holy shit, I'm glad I'm off tomorrow.  It's gonna be a long night.

Yeah I have to be up at 5am.  

I guess I'll have to read the summary tomorrow about what all happened.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:28:49 AM

Also appears (sorry if already posted) that Brandon Willis has de-committed already.

If the don't have a home-run hire in the next few days, that entire class will probably fall apart. 
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Tiger Wench on January 13, 2010, 12:29:00 AM
I am kind of sorry he is leaving the SEC... he was always good for a laugh...

And the Urban Meyer clip is the GREATEST THING EVAH...
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AUChizad on January 13, 2010, 12:30:15 AM
I lol'ed at one of the comments to one of those YouTube videos.

"Jesus, no wonder he left. They've gone all Lord of the Flies in Knoxville."
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on January 13, 2010, 12:30:41 AM
FYI - Brandon Willis is Marcus Lattimore's teamate at Byrnes...

Also, another de-committ... A.J. Johnson LB...

If the don't have a home-run hire in the next few days, that entire class will probably fall apart.  

Agreed.  Happening quick already.  Evidently, Orgeron's texting and telling early enrollee's went over like a lead balloon.  Kids are pissed.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Tiger Wench on January 13, 2010, 12:31:51 AM
FYI - Brandon Willis is Marcus Lattimore's teamate at Byrnes...

Also, another de-committ... A.J. Johnson LB...

Agreed.  Happening quick already.  Evidently, Orgeron's texting and telling early enrollee's went over like a lead balloon.  Kids are pissed.
No worries.  All Big O has to do is rip his shirt off, right?  RIGHT??? :hulk:

And they lose their DC too... Monte was the best part of that staff.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:34:14 AM
 Evidently, Orgeron's texting and telling early enrollee's went over like a lead balloon.  Kids are pissed.

My question is, what did those assholes really think would happen given the circumstances?  They hired a cocksucker and let him assemble his cocksucking staff. 

It's reaping time.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 12:51:47 AM
FYI - Brandon Willis is Marcus Lattimore's teamate at Byrnes...

Also, another de-committ... A.J. Johnson LB...


Michael Taylor has switched his commitment from UT to Florida.

Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 09:13:06 AM
(http://i.tsn.com/i/photos/20100113/133663.gif)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 10:09:35 AM
This could be good for Auburn recruiting.  Corey Lemonier, one of our top remaining targets had Tennessee at or near the top of his list after the visit he just took.

There are also about 6-7 other Tennessee recruits we had interest in at one time (including recently committed Ahmad Dixon).  Dixon will likely be going for a record....he committed to Texas, then Baylor, now Tennessee, and will likely end up somewhere else.  That will make four different schools.  Kind of makes me not want him and makes me understand how he ended up at Tennessee (with another flaky douche).
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Kaos on January 13, 2010, 10:19:23 AM
A few things about this that bother me.  

1) Shelly Smith.  ESPN had her on last night and noted that "she spends a great deal of time around the USC program."  Why?  Which SEC team has its own pet reporter?  Do any of the former national champion teams, including the douchebag Tide or the scummy Gators have an ESPN reporter assigned to follow their every move?  Why should USC, a decent team which traditionally underachieved in the pussy Pac-10 and which was beset with as much thuggery and rampant disrespect for NCAA rules as the 'Canes in their heyday, deserve to have that kind of media presence?

2) The deification of Ed Orgeron.  Over the last 14 hours I've heard his return to USC hailed as the most critical part of the Kiffin hire.  He's been praised as the nation's greatest living recruiter and praised as a top coaching mind.  Really?  Seriously?  He's a yammering toad.  

3) The elevation of Kiffin.  I said I thought he probably did a better job first year than Chizik because his team improved week to week.  But even that was a close call -- and you all know I don't think Chizik was so super-de-dooper. Now I see ESPN leaping on the Kiffin bandwagon as if he was Jesus bringing a dead LazaVol back from the dead.  He did an adequate job at Tennessee and had the potential to do more (although I think Gran's hasty exit indicates that things there might not have been done in the right and ethical way).  Had Chizik been poached by the Trojans (pardon me while I catch my breath after laughing myself silly) I think the media reaction would have been a massive WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK, USC IS DOOMED!  But there's not that much difference, really, between what the two guys have done historically.

4) Will Muschamp. I'm sick of seeing his name attached to every coaching search in the country.  A little arrogance on UT's part to check off Muschamp, Bill Parcells, Gary Patterson and every other top shelf coach as if they will just pick and choose who get the honor of dressing up like a Flintstones push-up pop.

5) Kiffin's press conference.  "We left this program better off than we found it 14 months ago."  Really?  He should have just skulked out of town and not done that.  Really poor form on his part.  As for Orgeron texting the guys and asking them not to go to class?  That's lowdown.  Somebody should beat that caveman with a rubber hose.

6) Norm Chow.  Used to respect the guy.  If he walks from UCLA to go back to USC?  Fuck him, his ancestors and descendants.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: No Huddle on January 13, 2010, 10:33:20 AM


6) Norm Chow.  Used to respect the guy.  If he walks from UCLA to go back to USC?  phuk him, his ancestors and descendants.

WOW!
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jmar on January 13, 2010, 10:38:38 AM
I'm not much on conspiracies, but there seems to be something sinister at play here if the NCAA is supposed to be doing its job and ESPN is chummying up to this guy and crowning him emperor.I knew when I saw the guy at the table as a special commentator for the NC game that something queer was going on. This originated in Pasadena and the two sides have been ironing it out since. I thought ESPN coronated Saban. Bammers's can't even celebrate properly. No respect.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 10:40:06 AM
I haven't seen the love-fest with Kiffin from ESPN that you speak of.  Most of what I have heard and seen is along the lines of Pat Forde's article this morning...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4820927 (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4820927)

Here are the first few paragraphs...

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At this rate, Lane Kiffin is an 8-5 season at USC away from a $50 million contract to coach Peyton Manning and the Colts.

Seriously, why not? Why wouldn't he just keep rising up the coaching ranks on the basis of nothing much at all? If a 31-year-old with no head-coaching experience can get the Oakland Raiders job, and a guy who got fired from that job after losing 15 of 20 games can get the Tennessee job, and a guy who went 7-6 in a reckless first season in Knoxville can get the USC job … is there any rung of the sport to which Kiffin cannot climb?

I mean, what if he actually does something impressive as a coach? Win a conference title and they might just fast-track him into the Hall of Fame.

Paris Hilton has paid more dues than Lane Kiffin.

Kiffin comes across as a guy who was born on third base and acts as if he hit a triple -- but given the way people have thrown good jobs and big money at him, it's hard to blame him for thinking he's the next Knute Rockne.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Kaos on January 13, 2010, 10:46:08 AM
I haven't seen the love-fest with Kiffin from ESPN that you speak of.  Most of what I have heard and seen is along the lines of Pat Forde's article this morning...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4820927 (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4820927)

Here are the first few paragraphs...


I watched ESPN some last night and again this morning.  Consensus from the ones they interviewed?  Grand slam home run for USC, horrible blow to Tennessee.

Joe Schaad (another ESPN reporter assigned to the Trojans apparently, how many do they need?), Shelly (my face is the size of a pizza pan) Smith and some newspaper guy from Knoxville (what? Tennessee doesn't have a cadre of reporters from ESPN) were the ones I remember.  But there were others.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 10:48:08 AM
And don't forget, Kiffin wasn't USC's first choice.  Guys like Jeff Fisher and Jack Del Rio weren't interested, and apparently neither was Mike Riley from Oregon State (probably doesn't want to walk into Hollywood and an NCAA investigation).

The day Carroll took the Seahawks job I thought Kiffin would be one of the first two options (along with Sarkisian at Washington) to go back to USC to keep things going in the mold of the Carroll era.  If it made immediate sense to me, why do we suspect some conspiracy in him going back there?  
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 10:51:24 AM
I watched ESPN some last night and again this morning.  Consensus from the ones they interviewed?  Grand slam home run for USC, horrible blow to Tennessee.


And I totally agree.  Like I posted last night, he went 7-5 in the regular season with a completely worthless QB and against defenses that knew their one job was to stop Hardesty.  I thought they did well for a first year staff....and look at the recruiting class they put together.  If they continue to recruit like that at USC, they will, absolutely will, still be the leaders of the Pac 10.

And it is a blow to Tennessee.  Again, look at the recruiting class they just put together.  A couple years in the system (both sides of the ball) with a huge influx in talent, and Tennessee was on their way back to competing in the SEC.

I'm not sure why "home run for USC" and "big blow to Tennessee" is off target.

I reemphasize the "first year staff" part.  I list this all the time....because it's relevant.  Tressell's first year at Ohio State, 7-5.  Second year, 14-0.  Stoop's first year at Oklahoma, 7-5. Second year, 13-0.  Carroll's first year at USC, 6-6.  Second year, 11-2.  No matter who you are, it is typically difficult to win big in your first year.  It usually just takes a year to get going.  This doesn't mean Kiffin was about to go 11-2.  The point is that you can't take a whole lot from the 7-5 record. 

Again, I think 7-5 with what he had was pretty good.  And what he'll have at USC is light years ahead of what he had at Tennessee....and he won't be playing an SEC schedule.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Kaos on January 13, 2010, 10:57:12 AM
And I totally agree.  Like I posted last night, he went 7-5 in the regular season with a completely worthless QB and against defenses that knew their one job was to stop Hardesty.  I thought they did well for a first year staff....and look at the recruiting class they put together.  If they continue to recruit like that at USC, they will, absolutely will, still be the leaders of the Pac 10.

And it is a blow to Tennessee.  Again, look at the recruiting class they just put together.  A couple years in the system (both sides of the ball) with a huge influx in talent, and Tennessee was on their way back to competing in the SEC.

I'm not sure why "home run for USC" and "big blow to Tennessee" is off target.

Nobody said anything about their being any conspiracy at all, only that ESPN seems to waste a lot of talent following the Trojans around.

Don't have enough evidence to say whether Kiffin's hire/departure will have a meaningful positive or negative impact on either school.  His resume is woefully short.  I fail to understand the rush to deification just because he chose to return to the renegades on the left coast.  He wasn't being deified by ESPN for his work at Tennessee prior.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jmar on January 13, 2010, 11:17:10 AM
Boy Al Davis must feel like Old Man Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.

The C word might fit in this instance. Just Sayin.

How is it that everyone except the west coast thinks this guy is a poopy pantsed upstart?

His Dad is his resume.

And ORGERON. WTF!
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 11:21:07 AM
Boy Al Davis must feel like Old Man Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.

The C word might fit in this instance. Just Sayin.

How is it that everyone except the west coast thinks this guy is a poopy pantsed upstart?

His Dad is his resume.

And ORGERON. WTF!

I'm telling you....we're letting shirt ripping and things like that distract us from the fact that Orgeron, while not remotely anything I want Auburn ever associated with, is a good recruiter and a good defensive line coach.  He just is, there isn't much of a way around it.  Look at what Nutt used to win 18 games the last two years...all Orgeron talent....especially d-line talent.

He's wacko, and someone I like to laugh at....but he gets his job done and the results are often very, very good.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Buzz Killington on January 13, 2010, 11:23:38 AM
I'm telling you....we're letting shirt ripping and things like that distract us from the fact that Orgeron, while not remotely anything I want Auburn ever associated with, is a good recruiter and a good defensive line coach.  He just is, there isn't much of a way around it.  Look at what Nutt used to win 18 games the last two years...all Orgeron talent....especially d-line talent.

He's wacko, and someone I like to laugh at....but he gets his job done and the results are often very, very good.

How about texting the early signees and telling them not to go to class?
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jmar on January 13, 2010, 11:31:47 AM
I'm telling you....we're letting shirt ripping and things like that distract us from the fact that Orgeron, while not remotely anything I want Auburn ever associated with, is a good recruiter and a good defensive line coach.  He just is, there isn't much of a way around it.  Look at what Nutt used to win 18 games the last two years...all Orgeron talent....especially d-line talent.

He's wacko, and someone I like to laugh at....but he gets his job done and the results are often very, very good.

I know the guy can recruit but he isn't exactly a huge name. Are they running promos on this A-Team they hired?
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 11:46:47 AM
How about texting the early signees and telling them not to go to class?

What do you mean?  He's a classless dirty douche....no debating that (which is why I said I'd never want anyone like him anywhere near Auburn)...my point was that in spite of that, he is a very good recruiter and defensive line coach.  As a person?  Clown.  But when it comes to the functions of his job...he brings good results.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Kaos on January 13, 2010, 12:38:37 PM
 But when it comes to the functions of his job...he brings good results.

Ole Miss fans called.  They said you can kiss their AYASSS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlOreGZ4oo&feature=PlayList&p=F051FAAE8CE75EE6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlOreGZ4oo&feature=PlayList&p=F051FAAE8CE75EE6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8#)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 01:15:45 PM
Ole Miss fans called.  They said you can kiss their AYASSS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlOreGZ4oo&feature=PlayList&p=F051FAAE8CE75EE6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlOreGZ4oo&feature=PlayList&p=F051FAAE8CE75EE6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8#)

Functions of his current job.....which is to recruit and coach the d-line.  

Hilarious video.

Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: jadennis on January 13, 2010, 01:26:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAJTGOSK00# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAJTGOSK00#)
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: The Prowler on January 13, 2010, 06:56:42 PM
I'll say this, if there was anything more going on at Tennessee, other than the Hostesses.....you can pretty much bet your ass that the NCAA will know about it, especially if they speak to Coach Lane Kiffin.  Also, if he has any kind of dirt, whatsoever, on any other SEC program....
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Kaos on January 13, 2010, 07:45:22 PM
I'll say this, if there was anything more going on at Tennessee, other than the Hostesses.....you can pretty much bet your ass that the NCAA will know about it, especially if they speak to Coach Lane Kiffin.  Also, if he has any kind of dirt, whatsoever, on any other SEC program....

This doesn't make any sense at all.   

What purpose would be served by Kiffin saying "oh yeah, I murdered a couple of guys while I was there" when he's in the same position at USC and would immediately be under suspicion there should he confess to flaunting rules? 

Sort of a ridiculous concept. 
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: bottomfeeder on January 13, 2010, 07:54:20 PM
I'll say this, if there was anything more going on at Tennessee, other than the Hostesses.
Didn't Kiffin travel with the hostesses and participate?
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 07:54:56 PM
This doesn't make any sense at all.   

What purpose would be served by Kiffin saying "oh yeah, I murdered a couple of guys while I was there" when he's in the same position at USC and would immediately be under suspicion there should he confess to flaunting rules? 

Sort of a ridiculous concept. 

Agreed.  Why would Lane tell the NCAA which rules he was breaking while at UT?  
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: The Prowler on January 13, 2010, 08:23:36 PM
Agreed.  Why would Lane tell the NCAA which rules he was breaking while at UT?  
Everyone knows that Kiffin will run his mouth and he hasn't shown the ability to stop, so don't be surprised if something "slips" out....Also, Kiffin doesn't seem like the type that would own up to a mistake (place the blame on someone else).  Eventhough everything would point right back to him, he's just that stupid not to realize his shoe is firmly planted into his mouth.
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: Token on January 13, 2010, 08:27:42 PM
Everyone knows that Kiffin will run his mouth and he hasn't shown the ability to stop, so don't be surprised if something "slips" out....Also, Kiffin doesn't seem like the type that would own up to a mistake (place the blame on someone else).  Eventhough everything would point right back to him, he's just that stupid not to realize his shoe is firmly planted into his mouth.

I can see him telling something that he shouldn't because of ignorance of the rules. 
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: The Prowler on January 13, 2010, 08:34:50 PM
I can see him telling something that he shouldn't because of ignorance of the rules. 
Something like...."Why is that a violation, we did that all the time at Tennessee and Mike Slive knew about it....he said it was okay.  So, why was that a violation?"
Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: AUChizad on January 14, 2010, 12:12:24 AM
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Title: Re: Lane Kiffin to USC
Post by: The Prowler on January 14, 2010, 07:33:22 PM
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