ESPN - Kiffin the new head coach of USC

[Miles]

Report on ESPN News.

[kstater]

LMAO

[chiefs1111]

wow

[CoMoChief]

holy shit. That was a curveball.

[Mr. Laz]

taking his dad monty kiffin with him


screwing Tennessee hard

[Miles]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4820737Tennessee's Lane Kiffin has agreed in principle to become the next head coach at Southern California, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Chris Low on Tuesday.

Kiffin would replace Pete Carroll, who jumped to the NFL as coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

Kiffin, the former Oakland Raiders coach, led the Volunteers for only one season.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Oh fuck. 1 fucking year at Tennessee, and Monte is coming with him. Unreal.

[Sure-Oz]

Wow.....thats raider quality

[88TG88]

And herm is still jobless.

Kiffin is ok I guess

[TigerPig]

taking his dad monty kiffin with him


screwing Tennessee hard

This. That's some bush-league sh*t there. Its not like Kiffin took the Vols job 5 years ago...

And herm is still jobless.

Kiffin is ok I guess

HERM TO TENNESSEE!!!

[Reerun_KC]

Just flashed on the screen of ESPN.

[kstater]

He'll be singing Rocky Top All Night Long

[KCrockaholic]

LMAO Unbelievable!

[SAUTO]

now mecca will say this guy is great, wonder what he thought of him with the raiders. iirc he didnt like him.
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[Reerun_KC]

And herm is still jobless.

Kiffin is ok I guess

People arent stupid as KC was...

Herm cant evaluate or coach... What purpose does he serve?

[Buck]

Wow....Rocky Top must be pissed

[TigerPig]

now mecca will say this guy is great, wonder what he thought of him with the raiders. iirc he didnt like him.
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But I'm sure he did when he replaced Chow as the OC for USC...

[Sure-Oz]

I feel bad For the volunteers, kiffin is a grade A ass, 1 season, hello bob huggins

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Shit just got crazy!

[Reerun_KC]

I feel bad For the volunteers, kiffin is a grade A ass, 1 season, hello bob huggins


Huggins would never pull a Roy or Kiffin and leave KSU /SaulBadGuy...

[Dave Lane]

Wasn't Bill Callahan available or maybe Greg Robinson??

[kstater]

Huggins would never pull a Roy or Kiffin and leave KSU /SaulBadGuy...

Worst move KSU ever did.

[Miles]

People arent stupid as KC was...

Herm cant evaluate or coach... What purpose does he serve?

I could see him being a successful college coach.

[Reaper16]

Kiffin never signed a contract with Tennessee, he simply volunteered to coach their football team.

[dirk digler]

I feel bad For the volunteers, kiffin is a grade A ass, 1 season, hello bob huggins

I do too but this is also freaking hilarious at the same time

[Extra Point]

Well, my respect for Davis just grows and grows.

[TigerPig]

Kiffin never signed a contract with Tennessee, he simply volunteered to coach their football team.

HEY-OH!!!!

[Dave Lane]

People arent stupid as KC was...

Herm cant evaluate or coach... What purpose does he serve?

Well he can get your smug 20 year tenured GM fired so he has that going for him.

[Sure-Oz]

I do too but this is also freaking hilarious at the same time

Oh definetly, i just hope that kiffin is an epic failure

[Miles]

I feel bad For the volunteers, kiffin is a grade A ass, 1 season, hello bob huggins

I was a bit surprised he landed that big of a HC gig as Tennessee last year after the Oakland meltdown.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Oh definetly, i just hope that kiffin is an epic failure

Me too.

[Dave Lane]

I could see him being a successful college coach.


Maybe at Johnson County Community College

[bevischief]

wow...

[TigerPig]

Who do you all see the vols trying to get?

[Sure-Oz]

Who do you all see the vols trying to get?

Pat Summit as HC

[The Bad Guy]

Mike Leach to Tennessee.

[TigerPig]

Pat Summit as HC

FTW!!!

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Mike Leach to Tennessee.

I could see that. Those old boys are pissed tonight. I've always liked the Vols, I hope they get someone good.

[Reaper16]

Who do you all see the vols trying to get?
Ron Prince

[Mr_Tomahawk]

I predict Kiffin gets fired or leaves after one season...

[kstater]

CoMo said Kiffin would bring Tennessee back to prominence.

[Jim Jones]

Lane, Monty and Orgeron to USC? Holy shit. Well, that about locks up the #1 recruiting class for them.

[Miles]

Mark McGwire must be pleased with the timing of this news.

[GoHuge]

I kind of liked Kiffin and the way he fucked with crazy Al, but this guy really is a POS. The TN people just have to be beyond livid! I feel really bad for them if they believed in his ass.
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[TigerPig]

I could see that. Those old boys are pissed tonight. I've always liked the Vols, I hope they get someone good.

Maybe they could get Saban now that he's won a championship for Alabama.

[Brock]

USC people probably aren't real excited about it either. From what I can remember, he was kind of looked at as a joke when he was on Carroll's staff.

[ChiefGator]

Hmm... my hatred of Tennessee just fell about ten notches.

Lane Kiffin is a complete ass. Like, head up his own ass type of ass. He proved to be a complete moron last year...

Hell, he couldn't beat UCLA, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Mississippi, Alabama, or Florida last year.

USC could have done better.

On the flip side, I'm going to enjoy rooting against USC even more over the next year, possibly more...

[Reaper16]

Maybe they could get Saban now that he's won a championship for Alabama.
Saban will have won a BCS title for every school in the SEC by the time he retires.

[Braincase]

SO USC ends up on a two-year probation, so Kiffin get's a pass those first two years, and by then the frosh and sophs he has now will be able to play decent ball, and then he'll get a pass for two more years until the new recruits are in shape to play. Figure 7 years before they figure out he doesn't know what the ell he's doing, then the Browns will offer a 5 year 50 million dollar contract. BRILLIANT!

[Reaper16]

The earthquake in Haiti was caused by tremors sent through the earth by the jaws of thousands of southern Californians hitting the floor.

[siberian khatru]

He's still got an awesomely hot wife.

[DaKCMan AP]

So he fails in the NFL, goes to Tennessee and repeatedly sticks his foot in his fat mouth, gets recruiting violations, has a mediocre season, has multiple players arrested after bragging about having no off-field issues, gets embarrassed in the bowl game... and then gets hired by USC? WTF?

[DaKCMan AP]

Lane, Monty and Orgeron to USC? Holy shit. Well, that about locks up the #1 recruiting class for them.

Not quite.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4811710

[KcMizzou]

So he fails in the NFL, goes to Tennessee and repeatedly sticks his foot in his fat mouth, gets recruiting violations, has a mediocre season, has multiple players arrested after bragging about having no off-field issues, gets embarrassed in the bowl game... and then gets hired by USC? WTF?Nothing like failing upwards.

[Jim Jones]

Powell might flip back to USC with Orgeron and Kiffin there. Most of those guys listed in that story, like Jeffcoat, have USC in their final 2 or 3 too.

[Brock]

So he fails in the NFL, goes to Tennessee and repeatedly sticks his foot in his fat mouth, gets recruiting violations, has a mediocre season, has multiple players arrested after bragging about having no off-field issues, gets embarrassed in the bowl game... and then gets hired by USC? WTF?

It's positively Hermesque.

[DaKCMan AP]

Powell might flip back to USC with Orgeron and Kiffin there. Most of those guys listed in that story, like Jeffcoat, have USC in their final 2 or 3 too.

Jeffcoat eliminated Florida. I don't see Powell switching back.

[keg in kc]

High-larious.

[HolmeZz]

LOL

If you thought Carroll ran a loose ship, wait until Kiffin gets through with that program. I can't wait he starts bringing in some of the low-lifes he was attracting to Tennessee. This has the potential for major violations written all over it.

[ChiefGator]

Not quite.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4811710

Fuck yeah... I gotta go change my underwear.. i'll be right back...

[Demonpenz]

Chiefs guide of blowing a team up, and blowing it up again....here you go vols

[DaKCMan AP]

**** yeah... I gotta go change my underwear.. i'll be right back...

I think Brantley is the real deal and anything less than winning the SEC East next year will be a disappointment, IMO. Don't know if we can beat Bama, though. Then in 2011, with Urban back, we'll be ready for another championship run. :)

[eazyb81]

Wow, leaving Knoxville after one year? What a scumbag.

Hope like hell he is a complete failure at USC.

[chief4life]

Wow, I guess coaching jobs are more like one night stands for Lane Kiffin!

[RippedmyFlesh]

Alot of coaches have "their" job with the understanding if it comes free they are gone.
Doug marrone was OC at NO with the understanding if SU job opened he was done. He even said that at jobs previous to NO.ill bet some coaches have an understanding that a notre dame type job might be their job to leave for and those they work for understand.

[TigerPig]

Alot of coaches have "their" job with the understanding if it comes free they are gone.
Doug marrone was OC at NO with the understanding if SU job opened he was done. He even said that at jobs previous to NO.ill bet some coaches have an understanding that a notre dame type job might be their job to leave for and those they work for understand.

But this is Tennessee. They aren't exactly slackers. This is a sideways move, not a vertical one.

[Deberg_1990]

Wow, this is a Bobby Petrino and Nick Saban type of move....

[Coach]

It's funny. Almost 5 pages already, and not a single peep from Mecca....

[chief52]

Damn...Kiffin better pack real good when he leaves Tennessee. I do not think it would be wise to go back there there for a while.

[DaneMcCloud]

People arent stupid as KC was...

Herm cant evaluate or coach... What purpose does he serve?

About as much as you

:D

[Frazod]

It's funny. Almost 5 pages already, and not a single peep from Mecca....

He's probably twitching at the end of a rope right now.

[DaKCMan AP]

Wow, this is a Bobby Petrino and Nick Saban type of move....

Except those guys realized they couldn't cut it in the NFL and went back to college. Both are d-bags, but Kiffin puts them both to shame and is, IMO, the biggest scumbag in college football. He's leaving a program that's in a better conference and has just as many BCS National Championships as where he's going.

[RippedmyFlesh]

But this is Tennessee. They aren't exactly slackers. This is a sideways move, not a vertical one.
You don't think kiffin has always wanted this job? I do. I think this is his "notre dame" if it opens I'm gone. Thats why I think Tenn officials may not be as shocked as the general public is.

[TigerPig]

You don't think kiffin has always wanted this job? I do. I think this is his "notre dame" if it opens I'm gone. Thats why I think Tenn officials may not be as shocked as the general public is.

Shocked or not, its still a bush move. Especially considering he didn't exactly do any favors for Tennessee this year

[Thig Lyfe]

http://ghostisland.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/lolwut.jpg

[Jerm]

Match made in heaven...classless douche and a classless program. Epic.

Bryce Brown is taking it up the ass on this one...wonder how he feels about this.
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[ClevelandBronco]

It's funny. Almost 5 pages already, and not a single peep from Mecca....

I hope someone thought to take his belt from him.

[Psyko Tek]

wow...

wtf is your avatar
I can't read it

[luv]

I'd rather live in Southern California than Knoxville, too.

[88TG88]

But this is Tennessee. They aren't exactly slackers. This is a sideways move, not a vertical one.

IDK, SC has the GRCOAT coming in and it has no competition from the pros.

[Jim Jones]

WOW....ESPN reporting Norm Chow will be headed to USC as offensive coordinator. This is going to be the most epic coaching staff ever.

[RippedmyFlesh]

IDK, SC has the GRCOAT coming in and it has no competition from the pros.
USC>Tenn as far as jobs go.

[88TG88]

WOW....ESPN reporting Norm Chow will be headed to USC as offensive coordinator. This is going to be the most epic coaching staff ever.

DREAM TEAM FTW !!11111!11111

[DaKCMan AP]

IDK, SC has the GRCOAT coming in and it has no competition from the pros.

No, they don't. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4811710


I see sanctions in the near future, plus with Kiffin there are definitely more violations to come. The guy is slime.

[Jim Jones]

I imagine if USC honestly felt sanctions were coming, they wouldn't have hired Lane Kiffin.

[DaKCMan AP]

USC>Tenn as far as jobs go.

Not by much. SC plays in a weaker conference and Tennessee has just as many BCS National Championships. You're more likely to get the NC game coaching in the SEC than in the Pac 10 (not that Kiffin is capable anywhere).

[Jerm]

Wow Chow is leaving UCLA to go back to SC??? Crazy.

Kiffin vs. Neuheisel...its on.
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[ChiefGator]

Don't know if we can beat Bama, though.

Yeah, they look loaded for another run next year.

Not sure about Addazzio though... Hopefully Urban comes back in full capacities soon....

[Spott]

I can't belive USC went after this tool. He has almost no coaching credentials besides getting fired after 20 games at Oakland and fielding a mediocre 7-6 Tennessee team this year.

[Spicy McHaggis]

Wow Chow is leaving UCLA to go back to SC??? Crazy.

Kiffin vs. Neuheisel...its on.
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Kiffin's first press conference will involve him accusing Neuheisel of recruiting violations.


What a classy, classy guy.

[88TG88]

No, they don't. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4811710


Robert "Athlon HS Player of the Year" Woods is a fucking beast. Add Prater and Baxter and thats GRCOAT.

[KCBOSS1]

This. That's some bush-league sh*t there. Its not like Kiffin took the Vols job 5 years ago...



HERM TO TENNESSEE!!!

Yes...Herm to Tennessee. GO HOGS!

[DaKCMan AP]

We already knew Lane was scum but I do find it a little surprising to see that the apple didn't fall too far from the tree.

[DaneMcCloud]

sBut this is Tennessee. They aren't exactly slackers. This is a sideways move, not a vertical one.

Not even close.

USC has two national championships and a share of another in the past 10 years alone. It's sunny 300 days a year in SoCal and Kiffin can live in Malibu if he so choose. The school practically recruits itself.

I have no love for USC to but to say this is a lateral move is nonsense.

I guarantee you that recruits don't look at USC and Tennessee as equals.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Not by much. SC plays in a weaker conference and Tennessee has just as many BCS National Championships. You're more likely to get the NC game coaching in the SEC than in the Pac 10 (not that Kiffin is capable anywhere).
People were waiting for mecca I was waiting for you :D knowing how much of a fan of his you must be ROFL
At this moment Tenn is 3rd best job in sec. He seems to like the west coast. I think for him this is the better job.

[DaKCMan AP]

Robert "Athlon HS Player of the Year" Woods is a ****ing beast. Add Prater and Baxter and thats GRCOAT.

Nah, I'll take Florida's class. Shit, we have all of the MVPs form the UA and AA games as our commits.

[DaneMcCloud]

Not by much. SC plays in a weaker conference and Tennessee has just as many BCS National Championships. You're more likely to get the NC game coaching in the SEC than in the Pac 10 (not that Kiffin is capable anywhere).

Tennessee has two BCS Championships?

[DaKCMan AP]

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Not even close.

USC has two national championships and a share of another in the past 10 years alone. It's sunny 300 days a year in SoCal and Kiffin can live in Malibu if he so choose. The school practically recruits itself.

I have no love for USC to but to say this is a lateral move is nonsense.

I guarantee you that recruits don't look at USC and Tennessee as equals.

No they don't.

[DaKCMan AP]

Tennessee has two BCS Championships?

USC only has 1 BCS Championship. 2004. 2003 they have the AP share of the NC, but not the BCS Championship.

[CaliforniaChief]

I'm really looking forward to embracing some of the traditions of USC football...for instance the Trojan Walk, wild threesomes with my wife and coeds, and singing "Fight On" all night long after we beat UCLA next year...it's gonna be a blast.--Lane Kiffin v2.0

[Fritz88]

what a douche

[CaliforniaChief]

This is a recruiting violation and I'm gonna turn UCLA in right in front of you, but as he was on our campus his phone kept ringing and so Norm Chow was sitting in a meeting with him and he said "Who's that?" and he looks at the phone and says "Rick Neuheisel". Just so you know when a recruit's on another campus you can't call him but I love the fact that Rick had to cheat and he still didn't get him...and BTW, I'll kick his ass in the Pac 10 coaches NCAA tournament bracket contest./Lane Kiffin v2.0

[the Talking Can]

hilarious

UT has no coach
and usc has a douche bag

man, knoxville is lighting itself on fire right now...they thought they were back...

college football is some cutthroat shit

[Saul Good]

s

Not even close.

USC has two national championships and a share of another in the past 10 years alone. It's sunny 300 days a year in SoCal and Kiffin can live in Malibu if he so choose. The school practically recruits itself.

I have no love for USC to but to say this is a lateral move is nonsense.

I guarantee you that recruits don't look at USC and Tennessee as equals.

Did USC win a NC when nobody was looking recently?

[TigerPig]

This is a recruiting violation and I'm gonna turn UCLA in right in front of you, but as he was on our campus his phone kept ringing and so Norm Chow was sitting in a meeting with him and he said "Who's that?" and he looks at the phone and says "Rick Neuheisel". Just so you know when a recruit's on another campus you can't call him but I love the fact that Rick had to cheat and he still didn't get him...and BTW, I'll kick his ass in the Pac 10 coaches NCAA tournament bracket contest./Lane Kiffin v2.0

I'm not following. Was this in 2001 when Neuheisel was at Washington?

[Saul Good]

I'm not following. Was this in 2001 when Neuheisel was at Washington?

It's a reference to Him talking about Urban Meyer last year.

[TigerPig]

It's a reference to Him talking about Urban Meyer last year.

Oh... I didn't get that one at all! :spock:

[SenselessChiefsFan]

Well, he was coaching in the best most difficult conference in the Nation and now gets to go play the sisters of the poor. Guess he had enough of real competition.

[88TG88]

Well, he was coaching in the best most difficult conference in the Nation and now gets to go play the sisters of the poor. Guess he had enough of real competition.

USC is one of the only schools never to play a DII school

No Charleston Southern for SC.

[SenselessChiefsFan]

USC is one of the only schools never to play a DII school

No need. The conference is full of them.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

No need. The conference is full of them.

LMAO

[Mecca]

SC just shoved a big dick up Tennessee's ass, hilarious.

I don't know if it's been mentioned but Orgeron told all the Tennessee recruits they're more than welcome to come to SC with them.

This is basically the same coaching staff that owned Oklahoma minus Carroll plus Kiffin.

[DaKCMan AP]

SC just shoved a big dick up Tennessee's ass, hilarious.

I don't know if it's been mentioned but Orgeron told all the Tennessee recruits they're more than welcome to come to SC with them.

This is basically the same coaching staff that owned Oklahoma minus Carroll plus Kiffin.

So you like the hire?

[Mecca]

It's better than I was expecting, Orgeron is a dominating recruiter, I think Lane is a good college coach and good with offense which should help Barkley.

I feel this staff will dominate in recruiting, so yea I'd say good move.

As an overall staff it's better than the last few Carroll had, Kiffin as a head coach I'm not huge on but his staff is nuts.

[OnTheWarpath15]

It's better than I was expecting, Orgeron is a dominating recruiter, I think Lane is a good college coach and good with offense which should help Barkley.

I feel this staff will dominate in recruiting, so yea I'd say good move.

Yeah, I figured you'd be pretty geeked about Eddie O. coming back.

[the Talking Can]

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[Mr. Flopnuts]

ROFL

[Quietest Storm]

Nah, I'll take Florida's class. Shit, we have all of the MVPs form the UA and AA games as our commits.

LMFAO

The homerism is quite strong in this one. Why don't you stay on topic douchebag?

[OnTheWarpath15]

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http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/xx8/govols1234/Unnamed.jpg

Well, that was fucking quick.

[Mecca]

I'm already interested to see how many Tennessee commits end up out in LA.

[88TG88]

Another board says UT fans are rioting.

[HotRoute]

Kiffen is trash, lowest of the low. Even the raiders called him on it

[Mecca]

Kiffen is trash, lowest of the low. Even the raiders called him on it

Well I'm pretty god damn thrilled right about now, so I'll take the trash.

[Mr. Laz]

kiffen bringing back Norm Chow with him?

[KcMizzou]

Kiffen is trash, lowest of the low. Even the raiders called him on itAnd the Raiders are ALWAYS right.

[Mecca]

Chows comin...

Like I said about as good of a coaching staff that can be assembled.

Considering I was expecting Mike Riley at one point, this turned out far better than I expected.

[CaliforniaChief]

This kinda feels like a man talking about how excited he is about his hot new girlfriend even though she was another man's wife. Someday she'll ditch you too. Once a Petrino, always a Petrino.

[Saulbadguy]

They are rioting at UT-K.

[Mecca]

This kinda feels like a man talking about how excited he is about his hot new girlfriend even though she was another man's wife. Someday she'll ditch you too. Once a Petrino, always a Petrino.

Difference here is these guys were all at SC before, and SC is a premier job, it probably sucks as a Tennessee fan to basically have it stuck in your face that you are no longer a big boy.

[OmahaChief]

So USC is already looking at potential sanctions for having Reggie Bush getting paid and all the other stuff so they hire a guy that has had 3 or 4 recruiting issues already? Brilliant. Lane Kiffen could walk that thin line and get away with it in the SEC but I doubt he will be able to with the microscope already on USC.

[Mecca]

I would think this hire and all these guys coming would put an end to the thought that any kind of heavy sanctions are coming.

[CaliforniaChief]

Difference here is these guys were all at SC before, and SC is a premier job, it probably sucks as a Tennessee fan to basically have it stuck in your face that you are no longer a big boy.

I think Tennessee is still a big time job...it's just that Kiffin had big time USC connections. And honestly I think he realized he was always going to be Urban Meyer's bitch (or Addazio) after getting off to the ridiculous start he did.

[Mecca]

I think Tennessee is still a big time job...it's just that Kiffin had big time USC connections. And honestly I think he realized he was always going to be Urban Meyer's bitch (or Addazio) after getting off to the ridiculous start he did.

It's still not SC though, not saying it's a bad job.

Like I said though considering how this started, I couldn't imagine SC doing better than this.

[alanm]

I would think this hire and all these guys coming would put an end to the thought that any kind of heavy sanctions are coming.Bookmarked for posterity when Thor's hammer comes down. :D

[cdcox]

Heh, I'm sitting in my office and there are all kinds of police sirens. Thinking about going home but I don't want to get caught up in the BS.

[DeezNutz]

Heh, I'm sitting in my office and there are all kinds of police sirens. Thinking about going home but I don't want to get caught up in the BS.

I just ran the numbers, and you have a 97% chance of getting out of your office unscathed. :D

[Mecca]

I was reading that they had to break out tear gas.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Holy shit, you guys weren't joking about the rioting?

ROFL

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Holy shit, you guys weren't joking about the rioting?

ROFL

LMAO Someone said they bet they were pissed in Rocky Top. That was the understatement of the year.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Check out Renaldo Woolridge's (UT Basketball) Twitter page:

http://twitter.com/Swiperboy

1. I wish yall could see man! ppl who dont stay at gibbs r missin out! 9 minutes ago from mobile web

2. O yea! highlight of the night...some1 said "LOOK ITS LANE KIFFIN" n they took off runnin..he was lyin lol 13 minutes ago from mobile web

3. Like if anything I applaud our fans for their desire school spirit n passion...like man O MAN! 14 minutes ago from mobile web

4. Yall from other schools I'm JW how yall would react if yall football coach did this...the same?? 15 minutes ago from mobile web

5. Man ppl talkin bout goin to his crib?? they OD'n right now.. 17 minutes ago from mobile web

6. BTW I am stayin out of harms way!! 18 minutes ago from mobile web

7. man this is nuts...ppl r just goin nuts u would think its the end of the world!! 19 minutes ago from mobile web

8. my home boys on the football team were MAD..like just in disbelief...seein the looks on their faces makes me feel for em yo...we all fam.. 22 minutes ago from mobile web

9. I think there may be a new rivalry between TENN and USC what yall think?? 24 minutes ago from mobile web

10. What do YALL think about all of this?? 25 minutes ago from mobile web

11. man...I wish yall coulda seen this live...it was ligit riots!! 26 minutes ago from mobile web

12. oooo n the CRAZY part is that i live right across the street from the fball complex!! like swarms of ppl outside!! 30 minutes ago from mobile web

13. yoooo...mtv where u at??? this the CRAZIEST stuff i have EVER whitnessed!! 32 minutes ago from mobile web

14. mind u it was FREEZING outside!! 33 minutes ago from mobile web

15. if yall could see this...its like a movie! 35 minutes ago from mobile web

16. yooo...they DID start a "We beat Kansas chant that was on a lighter note Ha 36 minutes ago from mobile web

17. man! I wish yall coulda seen all this yo! like I have never seen ppl more serious about this than these fans! 38 minutes ago from mobile web

18. YEA they TEAR GASSED ppl OUTSIDE...idk how that worked but ppl moved!! 40 minutes ago from mobile web

19. ppl r trippin...like they burnin stuff in the streets like ODn...its more under control now 42 minutes ago from mobile web

20. fire trucks everywhere!! about 1 hour ago from mobile web

[CaliforniaChief]

Classic stuff, OTWP....sounds like Tiannanmen Square out there!

They'd better send the band out there to play a few verses of Rocky Top to calm down the fans.

[DeezNutz]

I hope Kiffin didn't plan on sleeping at home tonight.

What time was his presser at UT to announce he was leaving?

[cdcox]

I just ran the numbers, and you have a 97% chance of getting out of your office unscathed. :D

I'm sure it's higher than that, but that's too much risk. Sirens have been off for 15 minutes now. Wonder if my truck parked within 100 yards of the stadium fared well.

[siberian khatru]

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[CaliforniaChief]

I hope Kiffin didn't plan on sleeping at home tonight.

What time was his presser at UT to announce he was leaving?

He would have been better to record a video on his private flight to Santa Monica and release it on YouTube. I don't think he should close his eyes anywhere in the state of Tennessee tonight. Or ever.

[OnTheWarpath15]

I hope Kiffin didn't plan on sleeping at home tonight.

What time was his presser at UT to announce he was leaving?

He already had it, and the crowd chased him and his car from the Media Building. This is supposedly video of the crowd chasing his car.

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Apparently, people have been chanting his home address and his wife's cell phone number.

[DeezNutz]

I'm fucking laughing my ass off.

[CaliforniaChief]

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LMAO

I wasn't sure if he was going to pull out a Molotov Cocktail, pull up a Ryder truck packed with explosives, his .45, or his pooper.

[DeezNutz]

Lane motherfuckin Kiffin. LMAO

[TigerPig]

THIS is why SEC football is the best. The teams from NO OTHER conferences will act like this when stuff goes like it did.

I could never see an OU, KU or UT fan do that, nor could I a Mich, or Oh. St fan. And I fear had it been another school, like Saban leaving for USC or something like that, that some people literally would have died.

[KcMizzou]

Jesus Christ. Tennessee fans are batshit crazy. LMAO

[Brock]

smoke weed and talk shit like lane kiffin

[TigerPig]

Jesus Christ. Tennessee fans are batshit crazy. LMAO

GODDAMN I LOVE THE F*CKING SEC!!!

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Man this is some weird shit.

On one hand, I "feared" the Faid under his direction more than any other coach in recent memory.
On the other hand, I just don't see this move being a positive for either school.

This really IS fucked up. And weird. SO weird.

[KCwolf]

Chows comin...

Like I said about as good of a coaching staff that can be assembled.

Considering I was expecting Mike Riley at one point, this turned out far better than I expected.

Sorry Pal....Mike Riley is a class act......Good Luck w/Lane.

[88TG88]

Some SC players are saying Dat Nguyen is the new LB coach.

[DaneMcCloud]

Sorry Pal....Mike Riley is a class act......Good Luck w/Lane.

He may be a "class act" but he's a loser.

No thank you.

[DaneMcCloud]

No need. The conference is full of them.

Which schools?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

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LMAO Anger is a gift.

[CaliforniaChief]

He may be a "class act" but he's a loser.

No thank you.

Pat Forde wrote a pretty big blast on Kiffin along the lines of how he's never really won anywhere as a coach. What evidence do we have that he's not a loser, too?

Not that I care.

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

[DaneMcCloud]

Some SC players are saying Dat Nguyen is the new LB coach.

Kiffin was the smart move.

Young coach with a DC father that oversaw amazing defenses in the NFL. With Eddie and the rest, USC shouldn't win less than 10 games in 2010, barring injury.

And for you guys that think that Kiffin is a "douche" for leaving Tennessee, it's VERY clear that he had an "out" in his contract, which is not uncommon.

[DaneMcCloud]

Pat Forde wrote a pretty big blast on Kiffin along the lines of how he's never really won anywhere as a coach. What evidence do we have that he's not a loser, too?

Not that I care.

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

Well, no one wins in Oakland.

He did pretty well with a beaten down Tennessee team and fought some teams to the very end in losses.

I think he'll have the support staff at USC to be able to keep the program on track. Will he win a BCS Championship? I have no idea.

But I can tell you for certain that the defense will be as good or better than ever.

And continue to send multiple players to the NFL.

[Dolphinduck]

He may be a "class act" but he's a loser.

No thank you.

That loser is good enough to beat USC. USC would be lucky to get a guy like Reilly. He recruits good players to Corvallis, not an easy task. How can you trust a guy like Kiffin who bolts after one year. USC is goin to suck pac-10 c**k! Every team in the pac -10 is rejoicing that Lame Kiffin is the new head coach at USC he will find a way to screw up that program. Can't wait for him to start.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Kiffin was the smart move.

Young coach with a DC father that oversaw amazing defenses in the NFL. With Eddie and the rest, USC shouldn't win less than 10 games in 2010, barring injury.

And for you guys that think that Kiffin is a "douche" for leaving Tennessee, it's VERY clear that he had an "out" in his contract, which is not uncommon.

This is about the worst news for me being a Husky fan. I've heard Norm Chow is trying to get out of UCLA and with Kiffin at USC. That staff is fucking ridiculous already, if that happens everyone may end up thrilled that Carroll left before it's all said and done. I didn't think that was possible.

[CaliforniaChief]

Well, no one wins in Oakland.

He did pretty well with a beaten down Tennessee team and fought some teams to the very end in losses.

I think he'll have the support staff at USC to be able to keep the program on track. Will he win a BCS Championship? I have no idea.

But I can tell you for certain that the defense will be as good or better than ever.

And continue to send multiple players to the NFL.

There's no doubt about the NFL pipeline. I just find it interesting that a program like USC hired a guy with such a short resume that lacks results as a head coach. More troubling was the way he handled himself in terms of the little bitchfest with Urban Meyer, and not knowing NCAA rules (something the new USC coach should really be familiar with).

But I don't really know how many others turned them down before they turned to him.

[DaneMcCloud]

That loser is good enough to beat USC. USC would be lucky to get a guy like Reilly. He recruits good players to Corvallis, not an easy task. How can you trust a guy like Kiffin who bolts after one year. USC is goin to suck pac-10 c**k! Every team in the pac -10 is rejoicing that Lame Kiffin is the new head coach at USC he will find a way to screw up that program. Can't wait for him to start.

Relax, Daffy

[DaneMcCloud]

This is about the worst news for me being a Husky fan. I've heard Norm Chow is trying to get out of UCLA and with Kiffin at USC. That staff is fucking ridiculous already, if that happens everyone may end up thrilled that Carroll left before it's all said and done. I didn't think that was possible.

Sorry, Bro. I'm no USC fan (UCLA grad wife), so I have to hide my admiration for their program.

I still think Sark will propel UW into the national scene.

He's a GREAT coach.

[CaliforniaChief]

Sorry, Bro. I'm no USC fan (UCLA grad wife), so I have to hide my admiration for their program.

I still think Sark will propel UW into the national scene.

He's a GREAT coach.

No question about that. I've always believed Washington was one of those teams that could quickly become a big deal again...and Sarkisian has those kids believing they're the real deal.

[Dolphinduck]

Relax, Daffy

12 - 21

[Basileus777]

Al Davis was right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3XAohGHEv8

[DaneMcCloud]

There's no doubt about the NFL pipeline. I just find it interesting that a program like USC hired a guy with such a short resume that lacks results as a head coach. More troubling was the way he handled himself in terms of the little bitchfest with Urban Meyer, and not knowing NCAA rules (something the new USC coach should really be familiar with).

But I don't really know how many others turned them down before they turned to him.

As for the "bitchfest", I think Kiffin was trying to establish an attitude amongst his players. Personally, I liked it and think it was effective.

[DaneMcCloud]

12 - 21

Donald was always my favorite duck

[CaliforniaChief]

As for the "bitchfest", I think Kiffin was trying to establish an attitude amongst his players. Personally, I liked it and think it was effective.

To each his own...I thought he looked childish and ignorant.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Quack.

[KcMizzou]

Donald was always my favorite duckBoo... Daffy all the way.

[DaneMcCloud]

To each his own...I thought he looked childish and ignorant.

Que Sera Sera

[FD]

A good post from footballguys.com:

Having had more time to reflect on it, I still can't get over what an embarrassment this is for both USC and Kiffin. USC, which is unquestionably one of the premier college programs, just brought on a head coach with a combined record of 12-21 in the NFL and NCAA. I didn't think he was a good hire for Tennessee, with only 2 seasons as a coordinator on his resume and one disastrous season in the NFL; and he's an even worse hire for USC considering the talent they should be able to attract to the position. 2 or 3 years down the road if Tenn. had shown progress, it would make sense, but nothing that Kiffin has done to this point justifies this. The negative recruiting against him in the PAC 10 is going to be off the charts. He was already working on serious credibility problem in just his first year at Tenn., and now he's going to be portrayed as someone who bailed on his team and recruits. He needed to get that program under control and prove he is actually a capable head coach. All of this really makes me wonder about how serious the case against USC is, and if they knew they couldn't get a coach with any kind of reputation to look at the job right now.

[KCwolf]

Relax, Daffy

Yeah Daffy....Dont mess w/HOLLYWOOD CA. It's a football MECCA

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Sorry, Bro. I'm no USC fan (UCLA grad wife), so I have to hide my admiration for their program.

I still think Sark will propel UW into the national scene.

He's a GREAT coach.

I'm thrilled to have him. I wasn't sure when they made the hire, but watching what he's done with Jake Locker, and the rest of the team, I'm sure a believer now. It's good to be excited about college football again.

[Mecca]

With the staff Kiffin has and the players he will inherit, something he didn't get at Tennessee, this idea that he's a shitty head coach is irrevalent.

All Kiffin has to do is let his guys do their jobs.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

With the staff Kiffin has and the players he will inherit, something he didn't get at Tennessee, this idea that he's a shitty head coach is irrevalent.

All Kiffin has to do is let his guys do their jobs.

See that's it. Especially if he lands Norm Chow, all Kiffin has to do is go out and be a tough guy like he was at Tennessee. Kids love that shit, and will sign right up. Then the rest of that staff will turn them into champions. This is really a worst case scenario for fans of Pac 10 teams that aren't USC.

[Mecca]

See that's it. Especially if he lands Norm Chow, all Kiffin has to do is go out and be a tough guy like he was at Tennessee. Kids love that shit, and will sign right up. Then the rest of that staff will turn them into champions. This is really a worst case scenario for fans of Pac 10 teams that aren't USC.

Bingo, we may lose Carroll and actually come out better for it, never thought I'd say that.

This staff is far superior to the last several Pete had, Monte Kiffin's defense should dominate the conference.

[TigerPig]

Boo... Daffy all the way.

Always liked Scrooge McDuck. Maybe that's why I'm a Chiefs fan, cause we never spend any money...lol.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Yeah Daffy....Dont mess w/HOLLYWOOD CA. It's a football MECCA

Dig at Hollywood all you like, but if Tommy Lee, Dane McCloud, and Nikki Sixx decide to throw down, I know EXACTLY which side of the sand-line MY ass is standing on.

:fire:

[Mecca]

I wonder if beach tribe is out rioting, he's a vols fan.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

I wonder if beach tribe is out rioting, he's a vols fan.

Yeah, he's out there in his Indian costume with a wooden hatchet, just waiting to fuck some shit up.

[DaneMcCloud]

Yeah, he's out there in his Indian costume with a wooden hatchet, just waiting to fuck some shit up.

Don't forget the crack pipe.

[Mecca]

Reading the early pages of this thread are hilarious, people really thought I'd be upset when I thought we were gonna get someone like Mike Riley or Jack Del Rio?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Reading the early pages of this thread are hilarious, people really thought I'd be upset when I thought we were gonna get someone like Mike Riley or Jack Del Rio?

Walter football had Taylor Mays going to the Chiefs with their 2nd 2nd round pick in the draft. That dude has gone full retard AFAIC. You think there's any way in hell he gets past Seattle?

I can't believe the best safety of this generation, IMO, is going to fall possibly 10-15 picks past Eric Berry.

[Titty Meat]

Reading the early pages of this thread are hilarious, people really thought I'd be upset when I thought we were gonna get someone like Mike Riley or Jack Del Rio?

Theres alot of irony in that post.

[Mecca]

Walter football had Taylor Mays going to the Chiefs with their 2nd 2nd round pick in the draft. That dude has gone full retard AFAIC. You think there's any way in hell he gets past Seattle?

I can't believe the best safety of this generation, IMO, is going to fall possibly 10-15 picks past Eric Berry.

That guy is buying to much into the negative hype of Mays and not factoring in that Mays will rise in the offseason.

NFL teams have a ton of tape on him and his physical numbers will blow people away, he's at very very worst a guy that will go in the 20's. Teams like Pittsburgh and Baltimore would shit their pants to draft him.

Do I think it's possible Seattle won't pick him? Sure it's possible, but it's a pick that would be great for him. They can sell him as the hometown kid, he knows Carroll obviously, so that is probably where he'd like to go.

[Mecca]

Theres alot of irony in that post.

Sorry the idea of Mike Riley as the SC head coach was pretty depressing.

[TigerPig]

Sorry the idea of Mike Riley as the SC head coach was pretty depressing.

Just out of curiosity, if someone like Pete Carroll had stayed at USC one year and then quit and gone to another school, would USC fans be rioting?

One one hand you USC fans seem very mellow and unemotional about your football. But on the other hand those LAers love to riot. I mean, you tip cars over for fun whenever the Lakers win the Finals!

[Titty Meat]

Sorry the idea of Mike Riley as the SC head coach was pretty depressing.

Yea I'm saying someone was going to say you don't like anything so I jokingly said it to get it out of the way because it would turn into a bash Mecca thread.


Riley sucks and I also think Lane Kiffin is a total douchebag. Atleast he has great assistant coaches.

[keg in kc]

Sorry the idea of Mike Riley as the SC head coach was pretty depressing.I have faith in you. You'd have found some way to spin it as the greatest thing in the history of the universe, the way you had the wheels going for Herm and the way you have them going for Kiffin.

[Mecca]

I have faith in you. You'd have found some way to spin it as the greatest thing in the history of the universe, the way you had the wheels going for Herm and the way you have them going for Kiffin.

I'd have rather had Herm than Mike Riley, I at least think he could recruit.

But yea those were some pretty bad options, the way this turned out is far better than I had prepared myself for.

It's not so much that I love Lane Kiffin, I think he's an alright head coach with some upside and has done some nice work with QB's, it's the staff he's bringing, that's the ticket.

[DaneMcCloud]

Just out of curiosity, if someone like Pete Carroll had stayed at USC one year and then quit and gone to another school, would USC fans be rioting?

One one hand you USC fans seem very mellow and unemotional about your football. But on the other hand those LAers love to riot. I mean, you tip cars over for fun whenever the Lakers win the Finals!

Seriously, you're a fucking idiot. There are 20 million people in Los Angeles.

We "all turn over cars"?

JFC.

You need to get out of your parents house.

[Titty Meat]

lololololol

[TigerPig]

Seriously, you're a ****ing idiot. There are 20 million people in Los Angeles.

We "all turn over cars"?

JFC.

You need to get out of your parents house.

Your ability to detect sarcasm = fail

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Walter football had Taylor Mays going to the Chiefs with their 2nd 2nd round pick in the draft. That dude has gone full retard AFAIC. You think there's any way in hell he gets past Seattle?

I can't believe the best safety of this generation, IMO, is going to fall possibly 10-15 picks past Eric Berry.

Hell, give the whole house up for Berry, Mays, and McClain.(fantasy)

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Hell, give the whole house up for Berry, Mays, and McClain.(fantasy)

Could you fucking imagine that? Holy shit balls, this place would collectively JITP.

[Mecca]

Could you fucking imagine that? Holy shit balls, this place would collectively JITP.

Nah man there are a bunch of people on this forum that don't like Taylor Mays, just notice sacofpoo's diss on Hamas in the draft forum in relation to Hamas thinking Taylor Mays will be a good player.

Some of that is probably in relation to me and some of it is some people can't fathom a premier athlete actually being good at football. Since Mays is so super duper athletic he's going to get that tag from some that he's not a real football player.

[Reaper16]

Could you fucking imagine that? Holy shit balls, this place would collectively JITP.
My first thought was that it is stupid throw away so many picks for just three players total. My second thought was that such a draft would have a better hit-to-miss ratio (3-0) than Pioli's first draft did.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Could you fucking imagine that? Holy shit balls, this place would collectively JITP.

The greatest thing Pioli could ever do in my eyes this year is a massive abandonment of mid-round dumpster diving, culminating in a uber-sweep of top-tier talent.

If he did that, I would seriously shut my fucking trap in regards to that man. I think we ALL would, and we'd all be better for it.

I'd be on-board and ready to kill in the name of.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

Make my team a winner.

[TigerPig]

Nah man there are a bunch of people on this forum that don't like Taylor Mays, just notice sacofpoo's diss on Hamas in the draft forum in relation to Hamas thinking Taylor Mays will be a good player.

Some of that is probably in relation to me and some of it is some people can't fathom a premier athlete actually being good at football. Since Mays is so super duper athletic he's going to get that tag from some that he's not a real football player.

How do you think acquiring someone like Mays would help our running defense moreso than acquiring a linebacker or nose tackle? Or is it that he wouldn't necessarily, but he's so good we need to get him if he's there despite the need at run-stopping? I'm not saying one idea or another is bad, just curious.

[Mecca]

Have you seen how bad this teams safety play is?

We're talking worst in the league levels.

[TigerPig]

Have you seen how bad this teams safety play is?

We're talking worst in the league levels.

This is true, and its definitely like we wouldn't benefit from them. Any time McGraw can step in and improve stuff... :(

But do you think they'll be able to help stop the run significantly? If not, what do you suggest we do to help with that (because its pretty obvious our run D is atrocious).

Once again, I'm not disagreeing with you. I just learn more by asking than by spouting off what I "know" is right and telling you why you're "wrong."

[Sweet Dick Willy]

How do you think acquiring someone like Mays would help our running defense moreso than acquiring a linebacker or nose tackle? Or is it that he wouldn't necessarily, but he's so good we need to get him if he's there despite the need at run-stopping? I'm not saying one idea or another is bad, just curious.

It's about confidence as well as talent, and believing in the guy next to you.
Think of how Charles managed to make the guys around him have confidence; you can not fucking buy that.

It's the same thing on defense. If we swept that talent and made it ours, our defense goes in to both OTA's and camp with one Serious Fucking Attitude. The rooks gotta' march and learn, but by God; we are gearing up for War. Excuses and convention play no part in Kansas City any longer; We are here to win.

Attitude, talent, and belief. Give me that, commit to it, and I'll take the lumps with the same aplomb that I take the Victories because I know we're done fucking around and have a solid vision.

Make my team a winner.

[Mecca]

This team needs a lot of players before they can really do much of anything but right now we just need the best players we can get regardless of position.

Run stopping will come when the Chiefs actually get a NT and some LB's that are worth a damn.

[SCTrojan]

Not who I was expecting, but I'll take it. Bringing back Big O and Norm Chow along with his dad gives me hope that they will be able to keep the recruiting class intact. Big weekend coming up.

[Mecca]

Not who I was expecting, but I'll take it. Bringing back Big O and Norm Chow along with his dad gives me hope that they will be able to keep the recruiting class intact. Big weekend coming up.

Looks to me like it's going to be intact with some new kids coming along...

[Titty Meat]

Prater is staying at USC.

[Mecca]

Prater is staying at USC.

I figured he would now, he and Woods coming in basically give SC 2 opposite yet awesome WR's coming out of the same class.

[TigerPig]

This team needs a lot of players before they can really do much of anything but right now we just need the best players we can get regardless of position.

Run stopping will come when the Chiefs actually get a NT and some LB's that are worth a damn.

So basically just forget about trying to stop the run for the first round, focus on getting a total badass of a player that we can build our whole defense around (again, since we lost Jared Allen), and figure out the rest as the draft progresses?

This sounds good to me, truthfully. I've seen what happens to a team when they get a great Safety. They're by far the smartest people on the defense, and although a lot of times the LBs end up being the team leader, it can also be the Safety. I see the perennial great teams/defenses in the league and on ALL of them I see a total badass of a safety: Sanders, Reed, Polamalu, etc.

So yeah, it makes sense to me. And I agree at this point we need to take the best player on the board. I will say if it was an LT I'd still take him. But we already drafted one of those and it wouldn't be fair to him to redraft. Lets pick a position we HAVEN'T picked in a long time...

[Mecca]

There's actually a lot of good safeties in this class, very good safety draft in general.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

This team needs a lot of players before they can really do much of anything but right now we just need the best players we can get regardless of position.

Run stopping will come when the Chiefs actually get a NT and some LB's that are worth a damn.

Well several fans here cite getting "gashed up the middle" and there's truth to that. But the fact is; we get gashed all over creation because all it takes is for one-two guys to break down on assignment, be it on the line, amongst the LB's, or in the Secondary, and it's a fucking clown show.

Legitimate talent begins the process of curing that.

Now how do you balance potential defensive supremacy in conjunction with the current offense? I say make the offense work for their supper. Put them in a "reverse position" that contradicts current offensive baby-sitting in this league; make those motherfuckers develop a toughness that can rival your defense, but throw them a bone talent-wise just to let them know that they haven't been forgotten, and that we'll be addressing them fully in 2011 as the board dictates we should.

[SCTrojan]

Looks to me like it's going to be intact with some new kids coming along...

I think so, too. Garrett had to move quickly or risk hamstringing the team for basically two years and maybe more.

Not my first pick as head coach, but it looks like he is bringing in a stellar supporting cast.

[Mecca]

Markeith Ambles is a name to watch from the Tennessee class, he's already said following Kiffin to SC is a possibility for him but he has to discuss it with his father.

[buddha]

USC will regret this hire. Lane Kiffin is a bright guy, but dude lacks wisdom and common sense. People loved Carroll...Kiffin burns bridges everywhere he goes.

[Sweet Dick Willy]

USC will regret this hire. Lane Kiffin is a bright guy, but dude lacks wisdom and common sense. People loved Carroll...Kiffin burns bridges everywhere he goes.

That's the most disappointing thing about all of this. Carrol did not fit the mold at USC; he created it.
He was beyond perfect for that program. I'd watch the games and the pressers and the "controversy" of Sanchez-Gate and think to myself, "this guy is so in tune with his surroundings, he probably walks the campus with sunshine streaming out of his ass and doesn't even know it".

So now he wants a crack at shaping the Northwest in to a formidable foe.

Okay Pete; I respect you enough to put you in my cross-hairs as the eyes in the back of my head open.
We'll see.

[buddha]

That's the most disappointing thing about all of this. Carrol did not fit the mold at USC; he created it.
He was beyond perfect for that program. I'd watch the games and the pressers and the "controversy" of Sanchez-Gate and think to myself, "this guy is so in tune with his surroundings, he probably walks the campus with sunshine streaming out of his ass and doesn't even know it".

So now he wants a crack at shaping the Northwest in to a formidable foe.

Okay Pete; I respect you enough to put you in my cross-hairs as the eyes in the back of my head open.
We'll see.

Good post...I agree with all of that.

I actually think that Pete has a better chance to succeed in Seattle than Lane does at USC. It shouldn't work out that way, but I'm betting it will.

[Mecca]

Good post...I agree with all of that.

I actually think that Pete has a better chance to succeed in Seattle than Lane does at USC. It shouldn't work out that way, but I'm betting it will.

Um are you aware of the coaching staff that is going with him?

All Kiffin has to do is talk a big game and get out of the way. Not to mention he was an assistant with SC for several years.

SC already recruits well, Kiffin was once a recruiting coordinator himself, bring Orgeron with him who is an absolute monster recruiter...

Honestly if this pans out it's the coaching staff that beat the piss out of Oklahoma sans Carroll plus Monte Kiffin, it's a better staff than Carroll has had in years.

[the Talking Can]

i thought bringing the band back together was a bad thing...?

[DaKCMan AP]

There's actually a lot of good safeties in this class, very good safety draft in general.

Berry, Mays, Earl Thomas and yesterday Major Wright declared which is kind of strange considering there's also Chad Jones plus guys like Myron Lewis and even Darrell Stuckey.

[DaKCMan AP]

i thought bringing the band back together was a bad thing...?

Only if it's the Chiefs. Follow along!

[the Talking Can]

Only if it's the Chiefs. Follow along!

i try....not intellectual enough, i guess....

[DaKCMan AP]

There's no doubt about the NFL pipeline. I just find it interesting that a program like USC hired a guy with such a short resume that lacks results as a head coach. More troubling was the way he handled himself in terms of the little bitchfest with Urban Meyer, and not knowing NCAA rules (something the new USC coach should really be familiar with).

But I don't really know how many others turned them down before they turned to him.

Reportedly, Mike Riley was choice #1 and Jack Del Rio was #2.

[DaKCMan AP]

Markeith Ambles is a name to watch from the Tennessee class, he's already said following Kiffin to SC is a possibility for him but he has to discuss it with his father.

Ambles is an arrest and program black-eye waiting to happen. Kid is a bad ass player but is extremely bad news character wise.

[DaKCMan AP]

Vols first casualty? Teammate says Michael Taylor will change pledge to Florida

By Brendan Sonnone and Chris Hays Orlando Sentinel

1:59 a.m. EST, January 13, 2010

Michael Taylor wasn't quite ready to spread the news Tuesday night, but a teammate didn't have a problem with it.

UCF commitment Tony Jacobs, a teammate of Michael Taylor at Atlanta Westlake High, told the Sentinel that the star linebacker would be decommitting from Tennessee and pledging Florida.

It was only a few hours after the news about coach Lane Kiffin leaving Tennessee for USC, that the Vols already had defectors.

"Yeah he is going to the University of Florida," said Jacob.

Another source close to Taylor also confirmed that he's going to be a Gator.

When Taylor finally returned text messages late Tuesday night, he was not pleased that the news had been reported but he also did not deny the report. He also has a tag line on the end of each text message that reads ">change of heart
"They had the nerve to call me and ask me to come to Southern Cal. And coach Ed Orgeron (who is going with Kiffin to USC) said that he was going to be my coach at Tennessee."

Taylor, a 6-foot-1, 200-pounder, committed to Tennessee in August and was one of the Vols' prized recruits. Numerous Tennessee pledges were left in the dark Tuesday night as they sporadically learned of the news. Expect more fallout from this latest coaching defection.

ESPN did find one commit who was staying put in Willis' Byrnes teammate Corey Miller, who said he has already moved to Knoxville for the spring semester.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/recruiting/os-recruiting-vols-pledge-taylor-flips-to-florida-,0,2067387.story

[DaKCMan AP]

Lame Kiffin makes another douche move?

http://i47.tinypic.com/148ksw1.gif

[Reerun_KC]

Lame Kiffin makes another douche move?

http://i47.tinypic.com/148ksw1.gif

didnt he quit?

Or another drama queen in the SEC?

[DaKCMan AP]

didnt he quit?

Or another drama queen in the SEC?

What coach isn't a drama queen? Really?

[Reerun_KC]

What coach isn't a drama queen? Really?:hmmm:


I am going out on a limb here and say :hmmm: Herm?

[DaKCMan AP]

Volunteer Sources Say Kiffin Never Embraced Tennessee

1/12/2010 11:58 PM ET By Clay Travis

In February of 2009, just a few months after Lane Kiffin's tenure began at the University of Tennessee, Vols senior center Josh McNeil walked into the Neyland-Thompson sports complex on the university campus. He paused alongside the Vols 1998 national championship trophy and shook his head in disbelief.

"They'd replaced our highlight video from the past season with Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, and Dwayne Jarrett from USC. I was like, 'Man, I know we were 5-7 last year, but this is Tennessee. Right beside our national title trophy? Come on, man.'"

Walking up the stairs, McNeil, a 6-foot-4 280 pound offensive lineman, says that all the televisions in the complex, at least 20, were tuned to still photos of stellar plays featuring USC athletes. In particular, McNeil paused in front of one photo of Reggie Bush diving into the end zone on a sunlit California field.

"I was thinking, 'Damn, Jamal Lewis went here. Travis Henry went here. It ain't like we never had any running backs of our own.'"

Within a day the pictures and video were down, but the message had been sent. A new era had dawned in Knoxville.

A few months later after witnessing what McNeil said he believed were affronts to the Tennessee tradition that upset him, the player confronted Kiffin. "Coach," he said, "I feel like you're intentionally not embracing UT's traditions."

Kiffin smirked. "Well, whatever Tennessee's been doing isn't working anymore, so we're coming up with something new. Get used to it."

When Kiffin said, "something new," he meant exactly what USC had already done before, McNeil told FanHouse. Multiple team sources confirmed McNeil's claims.

By Junior Day, March 2, 2009, Kiffin had his first crop of potential players, hundreds of then-high school juniors on Tennessee's campus.

The players were divided between offense and defense and placed in front of highlight videos that were designed to show them the Tennessee way of playing football.

As the offensive players sat down on the field, a video flashed on the screen with a word in bold:

DETERMINATION

McNeil watched. "I was thinking, maybe we're going to see Dan Williams block against Kentucky that got us into the SEC championship game (in 2007). That was a pretty huge play."

Instead a USC play featuring Reggie Bush opened the montage.

Another word flashed on the screen.

EXPLOSIVE

More USC highlights followed.

"All the way back to Carson Palmer," says McNeil. "I mean, really, Carson Palmer is explosive?"

At the end of the video, Lane Kiffin addressed the recruits.

"We're going to make this the USC of the South, and the USC of the East Coast," said Kiffin.

McNeil did not hide his disgust. "I was sitting right there and it broke my heart. I came to Tennessee because we were Tennessee, not because we were pretending to be somebody else."

McNeil paused.

"And you know what else? Out of all those clips there wasn't one Oakland Raider highlight. Not one. Now [the Oakland offense] is the same offense, you know? You ever think maybe it has something to do with the players?"

http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/01/12/volunteer-sources-say-kiffin-never-embraced-tennessee/

[Saulbadguy]

I'll laugh when Kiffin bolts for the NFL at his first chance. U$C fans, especially those who just cherry picked them as "their team", have a very myopic view on this hire.

[Frosty]

I'd have rather had Herm than Mike Riley, I at least think he could recruit.

LMAO

You're just bitter that Riley has knocked your team out of the NC running 2 of the last four years.

Riley is an excellent recruiter. He is just hamstrung by having to recruit to Corvallis rather than southern California.

[Saulbadguy]

What coach isn't a drama queen? Really?

I'll say without reservation, Bill Snyder is no drama queen. He's too damn old.

[Reerun_KC]

I'll say without reservation, Bill Snyder is no drama queen. He's too damn old.

:LOL:

[DaKCMan AP]

Lame Kiffin already committing secondary violations?

Willis, Miller pulling out of Tennessee
By Phil Kornblut

Tennessee not only lost head football coach Lane Kiffin and some of his staff to Southern Cal Tuesday night, the Vols also lost their two commitments from Byrnes High School, DE Brandon Willis and DE Corey Miller. "I was just about to leave (Duncan for Knoxville) when that came on," said Willis who was going to join Miller as an early enrollee. "All my bags are packed. I'm talking to my dad right now trying to figure out what to do. I'm back open. I've got one more official visit. I might take it, I might not. UCLA is still in the mix. I won't stay in the state. And I won't go to Tennessee. They had the nerve to call me and ask me to come to Southern Cal. And coach Orgeron had just told me he was going to be my coach at Tennessee. Auburn just called me. I don't know what to say." Willis said Miller also will go elsewhere. "I think Corey will be on his way back," Willis said. "The don't start school until tomorrow. I think his parents are going to get him." Willis has not been available for comment. While Willis is not interested in the in state schools, Miller may be and USC is expected to make contact with him.

There's also claims that while Kiffin was telling the team he's leaving Orgeron could be overheard in the other room calling recruits and telling them they can come with them to USC.

[DaKCMan AP]

Sources say Orgeron telling UT enrollees not to go to class

By Dave Hooker
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Former Tennessee recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron has contacted multiple UT mid-term enrollees and encouraged them not to attend class today so that they can easily leave UT and enroll at Southern California, multiple sources told the News Sentinel.
Orgeron, who joined USC's staff when Lane Kiffin was hired as coach on Tuesday, did not immediately return a text message from the News Sentinel seeking comment.
By attending class today, the nine mid-term enrollees, who have been at UT since Monday, would have to follow strict transfer rules, which include sitting out a year.
It is unclear how many, or which, prospects Orgeron contacted.


http://m.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/jan/13/sources-say-orgeron-telling-ut-enrollees-not-to/




I can't view this at work, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAJTGOSK00

[wild1]

This is going to be a massive disaster.

[blaise]

Kiffin looks like the spoiled kid in your high school who's parents buy him a new Camaro and when he gets caught drinking or getting high he rats out all his friends and his mom and dad say, "Not my son!"

[vailpass]

How funny would it be to see USC football get slammed with NCAA sanctions in Kiffin's first year?

[The Franchise]

Fuck this guy. Fuck Orgeron for telling the UT enrollees to not go to class. I hope USC and Lane Kiffin fail miserably.

[Mr. Laz]

i hope kiffin gets busted hard for trying to recruit tennessee guys over to usc.

add that to the existing usc stuff and maybe they will lose some t.v. time or scholarships.


hope the whole program implodes

[Reerun_KC]

**** this guy. **** Orgeron for telling the UT enrollees to not go to class. I hope USC and Lane Kiffin fail miserably.

ROFL

Tell us how you really feel?


Herm Edwards to TN anyone?

[Reerun_KC]

i hope kiffin gets busted hard for trying to recruit tennessee guys over to usc.

add that to the existing usc stuff and maybe they will lose some t.v. time or scholarships.


hope the whole program implodes

They said on ESPN that there is nothing that TN or the NCAA can do if Kiffin wants to recruit those guys to USC... They havent started class yet...

[vailpass]

s

Not even close.

USC has two national championships and a share of another in the past 10 years alone. It's sunny 300 days a year in SoCal and Kiffin can live in Malibu if he so choose. The school practically recruits itself.

I have no love for USC to but to say this is a lateral move is nonsense.

I guarantee you that recruits don't look at USC and Tennessee as equals.

Players in SEC football states grow up living and breathing SEC ball. They laugh at Pac10 football; they laugh at California and couldn't give two shits about Malibu. Their dream is to stay home and play in the SEC. In their view playing in the Pac10 would be a sign that you couldn't make it in the SEC.
It is nice that you think your home state is the ultimate destination but I gaurantee you the majority of recruits from SEC-land don't look at USC and the Pac10 the same way you do.

[The Franchise]

ROFL

Tell us how you really feel?


Herm Edwards to TN anyone?

:D

My best friend is a Tennessee fan and he's fucking livid right now. Oh and he said he'd kill himself if Herm went to Tennessee.