war of words continue....meyer v kiffin

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:10 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&page=dash0904&sportCat=ncf

If You Thought The Postgame Handshake Marked The End Of Hostilities …

… Then you're dumber than Smokey the bluetick hound. The hissing will continue between Florida coach Urban Meyer (8) and Tennessee provocateur Lane Kiffin (9). Presumably until Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has their mouths stapled shut.

After his team failed to annihilate the 30-point underdog Volunteers on Saturday, winning by a mere 10, Meyer enumerated a few health issues. They included at least three key players saddled with the flu: running back Jeff Demps (just four carries and six touches overall), tight end Aaron Hernandez (four catches for just 26 yards) and defensive end Jermaine Cunningham (one assisted tackle).

On Sunday, presumably after hearing as much as he could stomach about Tennessee's moral victory, Meyer fired this shot to The New York Times about Kiffin's hyper-conservative offense in the fourth quarter: "It was unbelievable. They were taking their time snapping the ball when they could go win the game. There was no two-minute drill."

Monday after practice, Kiffin returned serve.

Asked about Meyer's insinuation that Tennessee abandoned the Herman Edwards credo ("You PLAY to WIN the game!"), he responded thusly, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

"I'd say this. This offseason, the commissioner made a big deal about a renewal of vows, and what we're supposed to say about other teams, other coaches and other players. Obviously, Urban feels he doesn't need to follow that. We won't say anything else."

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Dashette Jessica Lowndes thinks the Kiffin-Meyer exchanges are funnier than a 90210 script.
Then, of course, he said something else. It came in response to a question about whether his team, like Florida, had any flu concerns.

"I don't know," Kiffin said. "I guess we'll wait and see, and after we're not excited about our performance, we'll tell you everybody was sick."

Choose which is more amusing:

• Kingpin Meyer being ruffled enough after the victory to take a shot at a guy who has never won an SEC game.

• Kiffin and his 1-2 college career record being emboldened enough to keep taking shots at a guy with two national championships.

OK, you don't have to choose. Plenty of reason to chuckle at them both.

Next up: Kiffin tells recruits that Meyer has a taste for human flesh. Meyer tells recruits that Kiffin performs animal sacrifices at midnight in Neyland Stadium. Then both deny having any hard feelings for each other to the media.

Presumably they can agree on one thing: Dashette Jessica Lowndes (10) is first-team All-Tailgate.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:10 pm

I'd like to see the question that generated the Meyer quote about the flu. Was it leading, did the person asking phrase it to specifically ask about the flu? If so then Meyer answering the question is less laughable. If it was just in response to why UF didn't play well, well he just should have kept his mouth shut and said nothing more than and SEC win is an SEC win.

And then Kiffin can't even hold to his "We won't say anything else." quote for 30 seconds? That is so funny to turn around and follow up with the "I don't know," Kiffin said. "I guess we'll wait and see, and after we're not excited about our performance, we'll tell you everybody was sick."

Eh, talk when you've won a conference game and be damn glad daddy is there. Without his D scheme your offensive play calling would have resulted in a serious ass whipping.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:18 pm

Wait a second...I saw Meyer talking about the guys having the flu and it was in regards to why they weren't as strong as they could've been. I thought he went out of his way to be complementary to the Vol PLAYERS...said they are a good football team and sort of even gave props to their defensive coach (without mentioning his name).

And the quote above about why Kiffin didn't have the two-minute drill...how can that be considered "trash talking" or the kind of talk that the commissioner ordered to be stopped? That is talk about the game and how it was played...not the BS that Kiffin always talks about which has nothing to do with anything other than his small penis.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:26 pm

^^^You seem to have a lot of "information".

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:14 pm

Meyer was asked about why they were so conservative in their play calling. He said that he saw that UT didn't appear to be winning the game (because they were running the ball to shorten the game) so they weren't going to call potentially risky plays like deep passes and such. He then mentioned that a few players had the flu.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:48 pm

^^^You seem to have a lot of "information".

About small penis'...yes. (NOT including my current husband though...he's perfect).

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:57 pm

^^really just that you know anything about Kiffin's penis.

G8RKyle · Post by **G8RKyle** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:12 pm

Well, that's what Layla told me, so I have to assume it's true.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:13 pm

G8RKyle · Post by **G8RKyle** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:15 pm

And Layla also told me that when she was making out with Allison, she mentioned to her that Lane had a small penis. The word is getting around.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:15 pm

i think they're BOTH 'passively' pissing on each other.

meyer for saying his boys were sick and would've crushed had they been at 100%
kiffin for addressing those comments in a negative light

i'm not as big a homer as some of y'all but i'll just call a spade a spade...with respects to conservative play calling on kiffins part, it was successful....so i wouldn't really criticize that...it worked and was producing results....why bring that up?

G8RKyle · Post by **G8RKyle** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:20 pm

I don't know what it looked like on tv, but even I mentioned to Leslie during the game that Tennessee wasn't trying to win. I said exactly what Meyer said, that I was relieved that they just seemed to want to run out the clock so they didn't get beaten badly. They only attempted 3 passes passed the line of scrimmage in the second half, and two of those got picked. They were woefully pathetic and it really didn't look like they wanted to win from the stands.

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:14 pm

Meyer was correct but he could have kept that to himself.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:19 pm

Yeah I'm not trying to stir it up. Just sayin that meyer chirpin bout how others are trying to compete is a bit over the top

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:00 pm

I agree with Rad. STFU and beat Kentucky.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:12 pm

and I agree with toothmeister....and beating Kentucky won't be a "cakewalk"

Locke is the real deal

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:42 pm

slive agrees.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4501875

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive has once again spoken to Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin and Florida's Urban Meyer about public comments both have made recently.

SEC spokesman Chuck Dunlap would not elaborate on what Slive told the coaches or when but told The Associated Press the commissioner considers the matter resolved.

After a 23-13 win by Florida over Tennessee on Saturday, Meyer said his Gators played conservatively after he felt the Vols weren't playing to win. He also said some of his players were affected by flu symptoms.

Kiffin later retorted that he would wait until Tennessee wasn't excited about a performance and blame it on illness.

Slive spoke to the coaches about their verbal jabs before the season.