Kiffin to USC

AdGator02 · Post by **AdGator02** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:58 pm

aww, Kittin, we hardly knew ye.

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:27 pm

So....USCw figures Lame just needed better talent? I enjoy the fact that he goes from one scumbag program to the next. Or maybe the scumminess emanates from Lame himself?

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:52 pm

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

My exact quote when I saw the crawl as I turned on the Gator game.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass, Lame.

How messed up must it be in Vol land?

AdGator02 · Post by **AdGator02** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:23 pm

He'll be able to violate NCAA regs without the spotlight of the SEC. How did he suck with the Raiders, suck with Tennessee, and still get the USC job?

Jason was laughing til it was reported that Chow is leaving UCLA for USC. He's not a happy camper now!

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:27 pm

I suspected this might happen but I just didn't think USC would be THAT stupid! What are the Vols saying? They must be freaking out!

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:56 pm

So I just read that there are empty spaces where Lane, Monte and Ed O's pictures once were at UT. Now, I wonder who is going to coach UT? Probably someone internal as it'a a little late to find someone else huh? Who knows?

slideman67 · Post by **slideman67** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:08 pm

I am ROTFLMMFAO at this!!!!!

A friend of mine called me tonight with this news. He said that the Tennessee Rivals board was going nuclear with over 11000 people posting! And he said that some national columnist called Lame "the biggest snake in football". Too phucking funny! What was Lame's final record anyway? 7-6?

Bring back Phat Phil!

slideman67 · Post by **slideman67** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:17 pm

Over 19000 online there now. I didn't know that many UT people knew how to use a computer.....

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:07 am

Wow, what a piece of shit that guy is. Really.

All that noise about Tennessee's back. All those stolen recruits. All those secondary violations.

All seven of those wins.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:10 am

Blogs suck, but this was a useful read for me. Several things in it.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news;_ylt=Auf3JcjVu7Ch3RBA3W8Vg60cvrYF?slug=dw-kiffinusc011210&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

In the meantime, the real question is who is cackling harder right now: 1.) Urban Meyer, 2.) Phil Fulmer, 3.) Notre Dame fans?

Fulmer, no doubt, doesn’t look so old and uncool to the fans who wanted him out (didn’t you see me in “The Blind Side?”). ND can point out that when it took a flyer on an unproven coach at least Charlie Weis had four Super Bowl rings as an assistant. As an added bonus, it now has a coach, Brian Kelly, who might have a decided schematic advantage over their arch-rival after all.

That said, based on the video of a laughing Meyer checking his text messages at Tuesday’s Florida basketball game, we’ll go with No. 1. If nothing else, Meyer’s stress level just returned to normal. This clinches it. Soon, the Gators are getting their daddy back.

After all, Tuesday night police needed tear gas to break up a crowd of fans who were standing outside the football offices “chanting obscenities” about Kiffin, according to local news reports.

Or, consider my five favorite thread titles on the Volquest message boards Tuesday night (or, at least the printable ones).

5. Glad I only named my dog Kiffin.
4. Al Davis wasn’t as crazy as we all thought.
3. Pat Summitt is more of a man than Lane Kiffin.
2. It’s like getting a divorce from a stripper!
1. Layla can stay.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:19 am

After all, Tuesday night police needed tear gas to break up a crowd of fans who were standing outside the football offices “chanting obscenities” about Kiffin, according to local news reports.

It's true.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110451

http://tnjn.com/2010/jan/12/kiffin-leaves-for-usc/

Vols basketball player Renaldo Woolridge reports on Twitter that thousands of student chased Kiffin’s car down the street as he left campus. He tweeted that tear gas was used on the crowd and that fire trucks arrived at the scene.

Some reports say that fans were headed to Kiffin’s house.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:13 am

^^^WOW!!! I want to see the video of Meyer smiling at the b-ball game. He has got to start seeing that there is no need to stress out about this stuff. It all works out in the end.

slideman67 · Post by **slideman67** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:27 am

If someone has pics of Urban laughing, please post them. Thanks.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:26 am

Pat Summitt was on Mike & Mike this morning for five minutes and she didn't trash Kiffin personally -- said she was "disappointed" -- but she made it pretty clear that she thought it was bullshit.

That woman's a class act. I have always cheered against the Lady Vols because I HATE THE VOLS. But I'm gonna start cheering for her teams once the Gators are eliminated (which is usually early enough). I am proud to say that I was in the O'Connell Center on 1/21/97 when the Lady Gators took her down for the first time ever.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:56 am

From an email exchange between me, my friend Mike in Atlanta, and my friend Jeff in Illinois, Gators all:

During the season, I told one of my friends at a tailgate: "By the time it's over, Kiffin's tenure at Tennessee will make Zook's time at UF look like the reign of Caesar."

Not to belabor the Roman emperor theme, but . . . Nero anyone? (Talk about a program in utter tatters.) Please indulge one last Roman reference: I imagine you, Toothy, are feeling much the way Caligula did during his orgies.

Amazing that three short weeks ago everyone was eulogizing the Gators. The world tilted off its axis for just a moment, though, and the Gators, with future once again secured, are streaking toward a historic recruiting class. Instead, Texas Tech, USF, USC and, now, Tennessee are left to pick up the pieces.

Jeff, please be on the lookout for redneck Vols posses heading for the Kiffin home.

Mike

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:04 am

Kornheiser's last guest on his morning radio show, an ESPN guy, just said:

1. "They're gonna lose that whole class." Vol commits are on the market.

2. Ed Orgeron told Vol players not to go to the first day of spring classes so that they could transfer more easily. They are basically looting the program. The shit that's coming out today is FAR MORE damning than just fleeing the job after 14 months. Total lack of integrity.

It is going to be a Chernobyl-magnitude disaster up there. Expect a hire within the week. Johnny Majors ain't doing anything....

More about Kiffin in the next hour. You can stream Kornheiser's (great!) show online.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:07 am

http://airamerica.com/breakingnews/21276/

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Every year Tennessee lawmakers pass a resolution honoring the University of Tennessee's football coach. Not this year.

Lane Kiffin's sudden departure for Southern California left a bitter taste across the Volunteer State and the state legislature.

Republican House Speaker Kent Williams asked members of the chamber Wednesday to hold a voice vote on whether to congratulate Kiffin for his single 7-6 season.

The response was unanimous: "No!"

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:09 am

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/Lane-Kiffin-To-Coach-USC-81285722.html

When news of Kiffin's departure hit Tennessee's campus, bedlam ensued. Students carried torches on campus streets and painted slurs on a rock on-campus. Tennessee Players heckled him during the team meeting when he told them of his decision, and some stormed out of the meeting to join other students in the streets.

"They're nothing but a bunch of traitors," one player yelled as he left the meeting, according to ESPN.

Kiffin did not fare a lot better with the Raiders, going 5-15 over 20 games as the youngest head coach in NFL history.

In addition, Kiffin had the NCAA looking hard at the Volunteers program for potential violations (something that is already happening at USC when he arrives). The most famous of those scandals was having “hostesses” — pretty coed girls — go talk to high school recruits at their games and other off-campus locations. That is a clear violation of NCAA rules.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:12 am

This is the bombshell. This is war.

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

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.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:15 am

lol

i get the feel that toothy's got a tremendous axe to grind.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:13 pm

^^^ That is what Mrs. Toothy said.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:15 pm

This is making lemonade.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jan/13/hounddogs-owner-kiffin-t-shirts-heading-haiti/

Burks said Wednesday that any customer who brings in an "It's Time" T-shirt can get 20 percent off the purchase of a new shirt. Burks said he'll ship the old shirts to Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake on Tuesday.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:18 pm

^^^That is hilarious...and very charitable too!

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:56 pm

^^^That is hilarious...and very charitable too!

I dunno. They're totally impoverished, they just got walloped by an earthquake, and now: Vols orange? Bad things come in threes.