Kiffykins: The gift that keeps giving

For those of you that don’t frequent it, 3SIB has some very good, serious football content and humor. Oskie and Ghost (of Neyland) are …well, if not good folks, at least you don’t want to hit ’em with a brick…too much.

I read the paper and told my husband how boring the paper is with no football and no color-comics during the week and that I wished Kiffin would hurry up and open up his big ole mouth again. Ta-dahhh!! Wish I had wished to win the lottery, though….

… regardless of whether or not he has passed the NCAA test, the guy has either never read the rule book, or frankly just doesn’t care about any of them.

Kiffin’s blunders may be wearing thin on some, but he seems to be a reflection of ut’s fans- a lot of them aren’t aware of this particular rule that I thought most college football fans consider ‘common knowledge’. And some have started referring to Kiffin as a ‘kid’, apparently rationalizing these gaffes as simple immaturity.

And if Brown signs with ut, he’ll (Kiffin) be hailed as a genius, because the minor violation that they’re probably not going to be punished for will be well worth him signing with them. We shall see…

Old USC friends, one of which has close ties with Pete Carroll’s staff. He elucidated to me how “manipulative” and “conniving” Lame is. (get this: he said, with a straight face, “But it’s a GOOD quality, I’m not bagging on the guy.”) It was a weird topic to discuss, because I personally don’t like Lane. He acts “Hollywoood” (his persona) and, call me crazy- but I don’t respect ANYONE who curries friendships by denigrating others. That’s punk BS.

Certain things kinda “coalesced” for me last night.
A. Lane got to his OC position from being manipulative and conniving. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a helluva coach. Not consistent whatsoever though. I hated to see Coach Chow pushed out the door, and didn’t warm up to Sark or Kiff – still harbor negative feelings for the both of ‘em.
B. Lane’s a rich-boy punk, top to bottom. But, he’ll fight tooth and nail for his players and team. That, I can vouch for.
C. No wonder people hate people from L.A.? These “friends of mine” (who don’t know shit about CFB in the first place. Trojan football? Yes. CFB? Hell no) actually revel in what Lame is doing at UT. Said it was no different to what he’d done to Chow. And said they would bet big money on Lane coming out on top! That he’d beat at least ONE of the famed stable of SEC coaches- but get embarrassed just ONCE too. That he’ll beat Nick Saban if not this year, than next (I was holding back so hard at this point! I wanted to thump this crazy man), and that he’ll soon win the SEC recruiting wars????

Dumbfounded and flabbergasted. Me. Where to start? The short of the long of it: he could be right, he could be totally wrong. But seriously, why bother trying to be rational with a crazy man that’s drunk. 2-strikes already on the sorry m-fer. I pretended that I didn’t hear one insane word from the firestarter.

Just thought I’d relay some of what I heard. So I ask you fine people: Could Lane Kiffin be such rogue, nay- a knave that this whole “violations” crap and accusative mishaps are by design? To put UT on the front pages of SEC football? As in “bad publicity is still publicity”?

2 things I learned last night:
1. Lane Kiffin might be smarter than I give him credit for (at least I’m “open” to that suggestion)
2. I HATE people from LA.

Will do himself in. He may not make it to the spring game if he continues on his present course. Getting publicity and painting a target on yourself are two entirely different things. Having now accussed Coach Saban of recruiting violations makes him a marked man. You may call him “Dead man Walking …… and talking”. He is following in the steps of his mentor, Pete Carroll, in his brushes with the rules and only time will tell how much the NCAA will put up with before they drop a rock on his head to get his attention.