Category: Sport
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Pete Carroll is busy getting things in order in his new job as coach of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, but he took a moment to weigh in on USC’s hiring of Lane Kiffin as his successor. Kiffin’s father, Monte, a…
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If the sorrow over Lane Kiffin’s departure becomes too much to bear, please remember the good times. Remember the gaffes over Kiffin’s complete lack of understanding of the NCAA rulebook. Remember the coaching so cautious it made Jim Tressel look like a pantless buccaneer swinging into battle with only a paper clip and bad intentions…
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Today is not the day to use the word "seismic," but there aren’t many adjective too strong for the shift in college football over the last three weeks. If you fell asleep on the night that Alabama beat Florida and Texas beat Nebraska to end an unusually uneventful regular season on Dec. 5, and didn’t…
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When word of coach Lane Kiffin’s stunning departure for the open job at USC began to spread across Tennessee’s campus Tuesday night, Volunteer fans’ first instincts were to use their suddenly outdated Kiffin memorabilia as kindling for their frustrations: Within a few hours, the rabble had gathered around blazing T-shirts bearing Kiffin’s face and the…
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A noted taskmaster, Davis would often punish clumsy receivers by having them stare for hours on end at the quarterback’s enormous crotchbulge. Dear Mister Al Davis, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I second-guessed your decision to fire Lane Kiffin in 2008. “Give the guy a chance. There have been signs of possible incremental improvement in the…
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Although I believe him like I believed Sugar Ray Leonard, legendary linebacker Junior Seau insists he has retired for good. <!–inline1–>In a taping for Showtime’s “Inside the NFL,” which will air Wednesday night, Seau announced Saturday’s playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens will be the final game of his career. Seau will turn 41 next…
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SCENE: Los Angeles, CA. The USC Campus. A room of reporters wait for Lane Kiffin. AD MIKE GARRETT paces nervously in the background. An AIDE waits with him. Aide: What do you want me to do? Garrett: Stall. Just stall them a little longer. I’ll get to the bottom of this. Just tell them Orgeron…
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The obvious early answer to this ball of insanity. Lane Kiffin will assume the role vacated by Conan O’Brien, use the show as a recruiting vehicle, and Ed Orgeron will play the part of the Masturbating Bear whether you like it or not. Since he’s attempting to reunite the USC crew from THE YEAR TWO…
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There appear to be two initial reactions to the Lane Kiffin hire at USC. First, fans and media — particularly around Tennessee — are outraged. And the media reaction in LA isn’t exactly a warm hug. But one place where Kiffin landing at USC is seemingly being met with great cheer is recruiting. At least…
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<!—-><!—->With so many former assistants returning to USC in the wake of Pete Carroll’s departure, the sentiment lately seems to be the gang is back. Although Lane Kiffin returns to USC as the head coach, his staff may play the biggest role in an evolving 2010 Trojans football team
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All that news that Kiffin. The LA Times: It’s a shocker. And a poor choice, says Bill Plaschke. The Orange County Register: Kiffin is a noisy choice, but not a good one. The USC players seem pretty pumped, though. The LA Daily News: “Sources said Tuesday night [Norm] Chow’s chances of coming to USC were…
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