Did ‘Outside The Lines’ go outside the lines?
By DARRYL MAXIE / dmaxie@ajc.com
Tennessee fans feel ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” orchestrated a “gotcha moment” when the show reported that it might have caught coach Lane Kiffin committing an NCAA violation.
A segment shows Kiffin talking briefly to a recruit, addressed the five secondary violations Tennessee has self-reported, then turned the tables with host Bob Ley telling viewers, “It is entirely possible that you just saw another one.”
Ley goes on to explain that “in the infamously thick NCAA rulebook, Rule 13.0.1, [it states] media members cannot observe recruiting contact by coaches.”
If those filming the segment knew they were participating in a secondary violation, they certainly didn’t alert Kiffin at the time. It’s a sticky situation all the way around. It’s entirely predictable that fans responding to a Knoxville News Sentinel poll would overwhelmingly side with Kiffin, which they did.
But it also raises questions about journalistic ethics — at the very least, about news organizations making themselves a part of stories instead of simply reporting them. That’s one of the reasons some news organizations, including the AJC, got out of the business of voting in polls, for example. In one breath, we’d be reporting on the same Top 25 that we had a direct hand in shaping.
It’s understandable when, for instance, a reporter goes undercover to expose somebody scamming the public, or the public trust being violated with tax dollars being wasted. Watchdog reporting seerves the public good. This falls far short of that standard.
Anyway, Tennessee is supposed to be reviewing the matter. Neither it nor the NCAA has issued a statement about it.
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105 comments Add your comment
Diamond Dawg
June 8th, 2009
7:16 am
Imagine that. Kitten with another violation. He’ll have twenty before the season even starts. He obviously is still confused about the rules. Probation soon!!!
PaulC
June 8th, 2009
7:16 am
The whole thing was a hit piece on Kiffin, especially giving Al Davis cart blanche in sliming him. I could care less about the secondary violations. UT has accumulated less than most programs. I’m just happy we haven’t had 24 arrests over a 4 year period like Florida. I wonder when ESPN is going to report on that?
Bubba
June 8th, 2009
7:19 am
What kind of penalties would the NCAA impose on ESPN? Remove one telecast from their September lineup?
Teddy Dee
June 8th, 2009
7:19 am
Lord, he is such an easy mark. Maybe ESPN should do us all a favor and follow this story backwards to where this behavior evolved. Who would be suprised that it would be USC ?
WarEagle 34
June 8th, 2009
7:21 am
ESPN and Kiffin can both take a slow boat to China with all I care. The story behind the story is
WHAT THE HELL DID KIFFIN DO TO AL DAVIS AND THE OAKLAND RADIERS!!
Elliot Garcia
June 8th, 2009
7:22 am
Tennessee has had 37 arrests over a 4 year period….what’s your point??
George
June 8th, 2009
7:23 am
The best thing Tennessee can do is cut their loses now. Kiffin is an accident waiting to happen.
Paul C comment is kind of sad. Has he heard of the saying Physician heal thy self. Worry about the problems at UT before you try and clean Florida.
Mike Shula
June 8th, 2009
7:31 am
Who cares.. at least they had Layla on there!
PaulC
June 8th, 2009
7:31 am
Tennessee has had 0 arrests under Kiffin. What’s sad is that Florida fans don’t acknowledge their program is becoming an off-the-field embarrassment and the new Thug-U.
Lew Hege
June 8th, 2009
7:32 am
ESPN is slimy. Remember when the little dirt bag Jeremy Schaap hid around the corner of the coliseum to try and dig up dirt on the Dawgs basektball coach?
JustaThought
June 8th, 2009
7:38 am
So what you are saying, it was ESPN fault that Kiffin don’t know the NCAA rules………………or how do you know ESPN knew the rule at the time of the interview. Dmax don’t blame ESPN or imply they “set up” Kiffin. I think it was a honest mistake by Kiffin, but I see no blame on ESPN part for stating the obvious (if it’s a rule, then it’s a rule).
ESPN or the AJC for that fact has an obligation to the NCAA or coaches when reporting a story, onlt obligation is to get the story right. I bet Kiffin/Tenn. continue to grant interviews to ESPN. The same can be said for that lame of an excuse of a man named Brandon Marshall or any other clown that gets in front of a TV camera and have no idea what they are “spitting off” about.
Gator Guy
June 8th, 2009
7:55 am
PaulC – “I’m just happy we haven’t had 24 arrests over a 4 year period like Florida. ”
I almost spit my coffee at my monitor! Talk about a drawer full of pots calling the kettle black!
Don't Tase Me Bro
June 8th, 2009
7:55 am
Here’s another question about journalistic ethics Darryl, since you brought the subject up. Is it okay for a “reporter” to take an entire story from another website (i.e. rivals.com) and regurgitate it as his own work? Somehow I don’t think this one will be answered either… keep up the good work.
Gator Guy
June 8th, 2009
7:58 am
PaulC – Since Kiffin was hired. Really? Six or so months? What a convenient time frame. The Gators have had 1. BFD.
AJC Lover
June 8th, 2009
8:12 am
ESPN has had it out for Tennessee ever since there was a lawsuit regarding a game day commercial. The problem with ESPN is that they are too busy trying to create news instead of reporting news.
Hey AJC – you should vote in the Football Championship Series – since you don’t cover Georgia Southern at all.
theTruth
June 8th, 2009
8:12 am
PaulC, yes there have been misfortunes under Kiffin, unfortunately, that is the world we live in today regardless of institution. If ESPN KNEW that was a violation when they were filming Kiffin, then they should have a reprimand as well. Anything for a news story I guess.
Is PaulC the same person as KNellie?
theTruth
June 8th, 2009
8:16 am
BTW, someone should remind Kiffin that it was ESPN that called Tennessee ‘nothing but a bunch of trailer trash’ hillbillies.
Lew, I agree, Jeremy is nothing like his dad.
Urban Cryer
June 8th, 2009
8:31 am
He can have 40 secondary violations. Nobody cares. Nobody WILL care. the NCAA doesn’t care. Oh no, please don’t send another letter telling us will committed a secondary violation…the horror! Be happy Gator fans, you’re already a step closer to winning the Fulmer Cup, something not even Tennessee has done. That’s what happens when you only recruit the top 1% of the 1%…
bammer
June 8th, 2009
8:49 am
Its funny when a Cynthia Tucker led newspaper puffs itself up as a bastion of objectivity.
tenn.DAWG
June 8th, 2009
9:14 am
What I can’t believe is,he has convinced people (utk fans) that he is a marketing guru and that this is all by design.Well if it is,he’s not only slapping the SEC and Mike Slive in the face,but the NCAA.How long will he continue to get away with that?NFL!
Nachos Fan
June 8th, 2009
9:16 am
Those redneck toothless Vols have it coming when they visit Tuscaloosa next year. Saban is waiting to welcome Lame Kiffen to the SEC. That is if he is still coaching by October.
Crank dat Soulja Boy Richt!
bali
June 8th, 2009
9:33 am
some of the secondary violations seem silly to me………….. can a coach breath when he is talking to a recruit
SEC fan
June 8th, 2009
9:36 am
I find the comments from UGA fans to be pretty hypocritical. If this indeed is a secondary violation, that will be the second one for the 2010 class for Tennessee…the first being the result of a stupid staff assistant. UGA has already reported 4 secondary violations from recruiting the 2010 class. On another related note, Oklahoma averages over 30 secondary violations a year. I fail to see why these are such a big deal. Because there is no punishment, coaches often commit these by design if they can attain any edge in recruiting a prospect. Richt, Meyer, Saban, Miles, Nutt, Spurrier…they all do it.
SEC fan
June 8th, 2009
9:38 am
Come on now Nachos Fan. A Bama fan calling Tennessee fans rednecks? Have you even seen the state of Alabama? It’s like God just gave up on it.
PTC DAWG
June 8th, 2009
9:50 am
Seems to me UT is getting what they want. PUB…
Mike Price
June 8th, 2009
9:53 am
SEC fan have u ever left your mommies basement? Go back to your video games douche rocket.
Brian
June 8th, 2009
9:57 am
UT fans only put up with this crap because Kiffen has yet to lose a game. Once he loses 5-6 games next year, they will be after him with a stick.
Diamond Dawg
June 8th, 2009
10:11 am
Not espn’s fault that Kiffin still does not know the rules. Hahahahahahahahahhaahha. Probation will soon follow. Gotta love it!
Kyle
June 8th, 2009
10:14 am
Imagine that…Diamond Dawg with another idiotic and ignorant comment.
tip
June 8th, 2009
10:21 am
I’m a Georgia alum so I have no love for Tennessee and especially none for Kiffin. But, I think Tennessee fans are correct in theri assessment that ESPN is trying to paint their program in a negative light. They are suppose to report the news not participate in espionage. I bleeive that any Dawg fan wiith a memory cna recall the whole way they portarayed Georgia during the Harrick affair. I also think that the politicking that the Gameday crew did at the conclusion of the 2007 season was disgusting. It was not their job to disuade voters from voting Georiga into a possible NC game appearance. The voters can make up their minds without the ad nauseum of appealse to not vote for Georgia. Basically, ESPN just falls over backwards in their love for USC. The gush on and on about the Trojans every week on Gameday and have never serioulsy reported the very concerning issues with Reggie Bush and that program. We just have to pray that FOX or the VS. channel can overtake ESPN someday.
gt
June 8th, 2009
10:25 am
I did not see the show. Regardless of what the show said, it was probably understated, given the history of the vols and king kif. this guy is the stereotypical arrogant yankee who thinks he has rights to do anything.
i am a die hrd dqwg. that being said we dawg fans may want to pull full sacale for the gators when they meet.the gators at least have tebow and fewer criminals in their recent past, i think
Oscar Meyer
June 8th, 2009
10:28 am
Tennessee fans feel ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” orchestrated a “gotcha moment”??? Lane Kiffin orchestrated the “gotcha moment” by allowing himself to have a microphone at anytime. Cheers Vols fans and thanks for passing up on Gruden. =)
Ryan
June 8th, 2009
10:28 am
Paul C im not sure anyone from UT is able to talk about other programs disciplinary records when you guys accepted a committment from a sick individual who helped in the rape of his own cousin. The fact is a sickening crime At UF resulted in a player being kicked off the team. At UT sickening crimes result in a scholarship awarded. Thats the differece big guy.
PMC
June 8th, 2009
10:30 am
secondary violations are completely without teeth so it’s much ado about nothing.
Bernie
June 8th, 2009
10:30 am
Last I checked, it wasn’t those filming the segment’s job to know the rules. Was it Wendi Nix’s office? Was it Bob Ley’s?
ESPN is as slimy as any journalistic giant. But that was Kiffin’s show. He’s the star of this Hollywood box office failure. He should’ve had the cameras exit the room before those recruits entered.
WarEagle 34
June 8th, 2009
10:38 am
Coach Mike Price how are the strippers in El Paso? IT’S ROLLING BABY!!
Laughing Out Loud
June 8th, 2009
10:40 am
Nachos Fan: A Bammer fan calling UT fans rednecks? Now, that’s rich. How is your wife/sister doing these days?
Elliot Garcia: Tennessee has had 37 arrests over a 4 year period? How about a link on that?
bull-gator
June 8th, 2009
10:42 am
What else would you expect from a Big 10 / Pac 10 promotional network? ESPN execs and “reporters” are as lame as the main stream media. They disrespect the SEC and ACC just like ABC (their owners), CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC continue to exhibit their biased reporting and disdain for main stream Americans. Who the cares?
Mike In Valdosta
June 8th, 2009
10:49 am
This is all too funny.
It would be nice to see ESPN cover all the trouble at UF, OU, OSU or USC, but I guess those are sacred cows.
alsim
June 8th, 2009
11:02 am
Al Davis is looking like a genius.
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Bill
June 8th, 2009
11:06 am
Paul C what does UF have to do with this story.Can’t stand the truth?
Chris
June 8th, 2009
11:16 am
Where were the AJC’s “journalistic ethics” when MB made himself the centerpiece of his hatchet job on Smoltz last week? Oh yeah, he’s just a blogger (aka, HACK).
Corliss
June 8th, 2009
11:21 am
The sad thing is that if Kiffin didn’t have USC as a former employer and stir the pot the way he’s doing@UT,ESPN wouldn’t give a rat’s rear end about him(any stories on Norm Chow/Sarkisian?). UT isn’t on ESPN’s fellatio list like USC, Notre Dame, the little 11, OU & Texas and wouldn’t be unless Kiffin or someone from USC were there. Now they’re fellating Tebow until UF loses a game. That’s how ESPN rolls. Lane, learn the rules, close your hole and quit embarrassing youself, UT’s fans & UT because you’re not totally blameless in this either.
dlae in newnan
June 8th, 2009
11:23 am
This is why I started watching The Final Score on the fox channel. I remember when ESPN used to be relevant; now it is a parody of its former self. Give me news not opinion; really expect Jay Bookman to be on any day spewing his utopian socialist fairy tales at any moment.
S GA dem
June 8th, 2009
11:34 am
First of all, yes it’s a violation of NCAA bylaws. Second, it’s a secondary violation that the head coach of any major school should know about. Third, common sense would say that this violation was probably noticed in the editing room, then commented on by Ley.
Tennessee fans need to get a grip and realize that they hired a really good recruiter who needs a tutor to help learn the rules.
anotherdawg
June 8th, 2009
11:35 am
Sec Fan – Secondary violations rarely involve the head coach or his assistants, that’s why they are secondary. Most of the time, they are over zealous alumni or fans. I’m not sure about most coaches, but as far as Mark Richt, I don’t believe he is intentially breaking rules. If that was the case, he certainly would have attended one recruits graduation.
Joseph
June 8th, 2009
11:36 am
Why do we believe a lot of what ESPN’s OTL writes? I have seen personally many errors in their stories recently which are sensational and often void of crucial facts. Their stories always seen one sided. I am no fan of Kiffen but I am also no fan of OTL. They are pirates.
Micheal
June 8th, 2009
11:47 am
Wow Nachos fan, I see what you did there. You were implying that people in Tennessee have less access to dental care than those in Alabama. Right?
Micheal
June 8th, 2009
11:55 am
Lane knew the rules, the thing about secondary violations is they don’t matter. He could have fourty and it would mean as much if he had zero. The twitter violation had already been commited 97 other times according to the NCAA before Kiffin did it. Therefore he probably knew that would be a violation too. The bottom line is zero arrests since he has been there and zero suspensions. Bad apples like Morley have been dismissed and it has left players that have no history of trouble. He exercised Christian beliefs in his treatment of Daniel Hood and I commend Knox Catholic in reccomending a young man that has turned his life around and given it over to Christ.
Also to be noted, every single recruit in the 2009 class is going to qualify. He is recruiting young men that excel in the classroom as well as on the field. Well done Mr. Kiffin.
GT eats Boogers
June 8th, 2009
11:55 am
This guy is like a skit on Saturday Night Live…
Sam
June 8th, 2009
11:56 am
Harrick earned exactly what he got. I am all for ESPN (and other media outlets) reporting the crap that goes on. Vendettas are a different story. I suspect that if ESPN reports something negative about “your” school, you are going to think they are out to get you. Guess what, there are fans from other schools that will think they give your school a pass.
If ESPN loves USC so much, then how come Kiffin is being treated this way? He was a USC guy after all.
Conspiracy theories are fun, but rarely accurate.
As for ESPN recording the potential violation, it is not the job of a network to know the NCAA rules. If Kiffin knew he was being filmed (maybe he did not), then he should have had the camera crew stop filming or asked the producers not to air the film.
dap01
June 8th, 2009
11:58 am
ESPN tries to create each and every story. ESPN believes that we are fans of ESPN and not the sport itself.
ESPN has no credibility with me.
PS: I do not like the VOLS.
diego
June 8th, 2009
11:59 am
When Lane commits a big time NCAA violation, let me know, otherwise I’ll just keep reading about schools like USC, Memphis and Alabama breaking the major rules… paying players, agents, taking tests/SATs, creating bogus classes.
Vol4ever
June 8th, 2009
12:04 pm
Hey Nachos fan – Those redneck toothless Vols have it coming when they visit Tuscaloosa next year. Saban is waiting to welcome Lame Kiffen to the SEC. That is if he is still coaching by October.
Crank dat Soulja Boy Richt
All I got to say about Bama is “How about them Utah Utes”. We are coming to Tuscaloosa and keep on thinking we are a push over slick!
Huh?
June 8th, 2009
12:08 pm
There is “no such thing as bad publicity” according to Tennessee fans. That has been their mantra since they hired this clown so why would they now complain about BAD PUBLICITY on ESPN? Hypocrites.
Mac
June 8th, 2009
12:09 pm
Well, if ever a jack@$$ deserved to be the target of a hit piece, it’s that little piece of dreck in Knoxville who yaps without having accomplished one darn thing. Can’t wait to watch every SEC coach he faces kick his tail next season.
Al Davis
June 8th, 2009
12:10 pm
See, I was right.
RK
June 8th, 2009
12:13 pm
this is the sequel to “ESPN Hates Peyton”
don'tcare
June 8th, 2009
12:19 pm
Sorry, but in today’s journalism, ethics is merely an inconvenience. Something to be ignored or pushed aside.
Former 2 SportNCAA Athelte
June 8th, 2009
12:30 pm
This article just goes to show that the NCAA has far too many rules and that they’re an over grown mess. If the government wants to insert itself into college athletics it only needs to look at reestablishing the NCAA, it’s a mess as it is now!
Poopy Pants
June 8th, 2009
12:35 pm
How many secondary violations do you have to get to earn a primary violation? Secondary violations may not seem to be a big deal, but if they’re doing them constantly and only getting verbal reprimands, no one is going to give a damn about following any of the “secondary violation rules”
theTruth
June 8th, 2009
12:37 pm
Uh Michael, He is recruiting young men that excel in the classroom as well as on the field. Well done Mr. Kiffin???
Dexter Moody anyone?
Poopy Pants
June 8th, 2009
12:39 pm
Basically what I’m saying is, why have secondary violation rules to begin with if they’re not going to punish anyone for committing them? Publicly scolding Lame Kitten isn’t going to change his ways. You can obviously see that by how many secondary violations he keeps committing. I agree with “Former 2 Sport NCAA Athlete” above
dobearsbare
June 8th, 2009
12:42 pm
Given Kiffin’s body of work since arriving in Knoxville, it would seem that anyone could witness him violating NCAA rules. That Bob Ley knows this rule and Kiffin apparently doesn’t really says something.
Tommy Tuberville
June 8th, 2009
1:02 pm
WarEagle 34 two words: Gene Chizik
Damgooddawg
June 8th, 2009
1:04 pm
Vol4ever are you on crack rock? You vowels aint gonna win NOTHING this year. You are a joke to the entire country! Meyer is gonna put 100 on your team and Saban is gonna blitz every down til the end of the game. Come back here in December and talk big boy.
Crank dat Soulja Boy Richt
June 8th, 2009
1:06 pm
I am gonna pray for you all.. once I get home from the tanning bed.
Clark W Griswald
June 8th, 2009
1:10 pm
His wife’s hotter than Christie Brinkley and cousin Eddie doesn’t need to be around to know that Lane Kiffin is the gift that truly keeps on giving. TN’s decision to hire The Great Orange Goofball over Jon Gruden is the greatest gift you could give fans of the former Great Pumpkin. Yeehaw Rocky Top!
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
June 8th, 2009
1:12 pm
BAMMER, C Tucker comment is the greatest line all year.
Anywho, Ohio State leads the nation over the past few years in secondary violations. Last I heard, OSU was over 80 violations but nothing will ever be done. I’m no UT fan but the dirt bag here is Ley and ESPN and the victim is UT & Kiffin (that hurts to say). Now ignorance is no excuse for Kiffin but ESPN should be fined have some games taken away if possible. As for Kiffin, he needs a round house kick to the head.
Bill
June 8th, 2009
1:19 pm
Funny that the UT fans are upset I thought they loved all the PR. Anyway I agree with the fan above and say UT should cut their losses now but being a rival fan I hope they keep him for a while.
The Truth
June 8th, 2009
1:23 pm
Don’t get me wrong. I hate Tennessee more than the next person. However, why did this make it out of the editing room?
ReptilesRule
June 8th, 2009
1:27 pm
First of all, it is Kiffins responsibility to know and abide by the rules, not ESPN. Second, Kiffin has already demonstrated time and time again that he has no clue AND no regard for the rules. I mean ANYONE who knows ANYTHING about recruiting knows you don’t mention a recruits name on a radio show!! Third, Tennessee fans are in no position to cast stones at ANY program based on their recent history both on and off the field. Vols fans like PaulC (or is it Paul “I’m too blind to C”) probably think it’s cute and clever that Kiffin is commiting all these “minor” NCAA violations for recruiting purposes but I’ll gaurantee you the NCAA sees no humor in it. And you can be sure that big NCAA microscope is focused directly on the Tennessee program. Stay tuned!
Dave
June 8th, 2009
1:29 pm
Kiffin is showing why he got run out of the NFL on a rail. UT doesn’t have the talent or the leaders to compete for a couple of years. I suspect those UT idiots that are praising him today will be calling for his head after going 0-3 against UF, UGA and Bama.
Crompton for Heisman
June 8th, 2009
1:37 pm
We do love all the PR. This is absolutely another secondary violation we will gladly take. We will take another 30 of these, keep ‘em coming.
Stupidisasstupiddoes
June 8th, 2009
1:45 pm
C’mon, everybody knows the best part of Tennessee ran down Mother Earth’s leg.
Gator T
June 8th, 2009
1:55 pm
The Jorts are flying off the shelves at WalMarts in Jawja….imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery…
Micheal
June 8th, 2009
1:58 pm
theTruth,
Dexter Moody recruited Tennessee not the other way around. Kiffin didn’t extend a scholarship offer and he will be attending school somewhere else. Dexter Moody was never going to attend UT.
Gator Growl
June 8th, 2009
2:16 pm
Believe me, Kiffin doesn’t need anyone to “set him up”. He does a damn good job all by himself! All of this “publicity” is going to come back to haunt him and his program as usually happens in situations like this. In three years, both the Lane Train and his AD will be run out of town on rails via the Tennessee railroaders who did the same with Fulmer(who they now have nothing but good things to say about LOL… the coach that actually won some games and brought them a national championship).
Tom Davis
June 8th, 2009
2:23 pm
You needed to include what Al Davis said about Kiffer…those comments were an absolute riot. Oh well Kiffer and Ut fans are a bunch of dumb fools.
Paul From Milton
June 8th, 2009
2:25 pm
Speaking of predictable – the responses in these recruiting blogs are as predictable as it comes.
Laughing Out Loud
June 8th, 2009
3:11 pm
The Columbus, OH newspaper just did a story verifying that Ohio State has admitted to 375 secondary violations over the last 4 years. If 5 in 6 months is a big deal, then what is 375 in 4 years? Where is ESPN on that one?
Shoeless in Pahokee
June 8th, 2009
3:12 pm
Just so hard to believe that while ESPN was filming away, NOBODY on the UT staff stopped to question what was going down. Apparently not a single one of them knows or cares about the rules. A fog machine is understandable. But having arguably the biggest sports news outlet covering your interaction with a recruit gives these guys no reason for pause.
Corinne Brown (D) Florida
June 8th, 2009
3:21 pm
I want to gradulate Corch Lane Kriffin of the Volsinteers for his werk with the chirren of his school.
Braindawg
June 8th, 2009
4:07 pm
Gator T aka Gayfor T, Whats wrong lost your receipt, and cant take your “jort” back? Go to school a real school, not UF, and learn to spell. Your making your mother look bad. Go Rock Chapel Bulldawgs!! (elemantary school I coach little league ball at)
1 of Travis Henry's Kids
June 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Can dad make a recruiting call from prison? Is that permissable?
Raul
June 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
I’ll preface this by saying I’m a sports fan. No ties to Tennessee or any other SEC school. What I took from the ESPN piece was that Lane Kiffin is just not a likeable guy. He comes off as very immature. Very brash. I sympathized for him after what occurred in Oakland. But after watching this piece, ol’ Al may have got it right.
tenn.DAWG
June 8th, 2009
4:37 pm
I think when ESPN found out last week that Peyton doesn’t care for Kiffin and his antics are wearing thin with the old school fans (the ones that still count Bama as their biggest rival) they are finding him to be a good source of non-stop material.Just think,it just started,you have to be careful what you ask for.He wants pub he’s getting it.
spider
June 8th, 2009
4:46 pm
i paid ESPN not to do the story on OHIO STATE
Matt
June 8th, 2009
4:56 pm
So, the AJC is nipping at the heels of the gigantic ESPN and Disney? Let’s see how that goes…
VanDSIRROM
June 8th, 2009
5:09 pm
Shhh…I wish everyone would just shut up about kiffin…before you know it, ut fans will ‘wake-up’ and realize what a joke he is…for the time being let them think what they may…
reality is just around the corner, i.e., football season…btw, when was the last season ut did not win an SEC game?…it just may happen in 2009…ut is going down a ‘deadend Lane’…
Bama man
June 8th, 2009
5:48 pm
News FLASH! Kiffy expelled gas this afternoon at exactly 3:59pm CST. ESPN, CNN, and the AJC have dispatched reporters to interview those present. AJC promises to have articles on this happening for the next 5 days. Recruits present said they were impressed with the volume and stench. One top un-named recruit said he now has real “love” for Kiffy and said that he ‘would gladly buy a beer for any man that could cut one like that’. Vol fans interviewed said they were really proud of Kiffy’s creativity. The NCAA released a statement that expelling gas is not a violation of NCAA rules. Should Kiffin come up with any acts with more class, the media will be on it immediately. Don’t worry folks, the Kiffy bafoon couldn’t possibly come up with anything demonstrating intelligence or class.
TampaGator
June 8th, 2009
6:47 pm
All I can to Kiffin is…actually two things…First, gosh you have a really, really beautiful wife who seems to adore all the money you make! Second, man you do a lot of stupid things. Just proves, you don’t have to be smart to make a lot of money…just have to do things outside the lines.
Craig
June 8th, 2009
6:55 pm
Amazing how the UGA fans are blasting Kiffin about the violations when their Saint Richt is right there in the same boat. Amazing how a guy with all that experience and piety can have the same level of infractions as lil’ ol’ Kiffin. How’s that National Title coming over there in Athens? What’s the excuse on winning the ring – or NOT in Richt’s case? Urban’s got himself 2. Mediocrity is the name of the game in pup land. Perhaps when UGA overcomes their downward spiral, UGA fans can justifiably mock someone else. Even if they themselves aren’t guilty of equal amounts of violations…odd that so much experience leads to that…
80dawg
June 8th, 2009
8:13 pm
I didn’t read all comments so forgive me if I am repeating someone. But will someone please acknowledge the fact that while they do have a news channel, ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Prgramming Network) is primarily set up for entertainment. They are not a news organization and you would think a newspaper would recognize that instead of hiding behind the fact it so respectably quit voting in the AP poll, though it still forms its on polls, like for high school football…and reports on these schools. Essentially there is no difference in the polls since the AP no longer determines who plays in the MNC. Hmmm?
Roy
June 8th, 2009
9:02 pm
Kiffin was fired in September 2008 for cause after what owner Al Davis described as acts of insubordination and lying.”Lane Kiffin is a flat-out liar. He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media,” the Raiders’ statement said. “He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders, and will eventually clash with (women’s basketball coach Pat) Summitt and (men’s basketball coach Bruce) Pearl.”
SEC Fan
June 9th, 2009
12:53 am
ESPN is a joke….Tennessee is their flavor of the day and are getting sickening in there coverage of them. Did it to UGA years ago…Harrick and next year it will be someone else. These are minor infractions that every program has….just really picking on UT for now. Funny thing is it seems to be backfiring on ESPN if they are really after UT. Where is there reports on the Ohio States, etc with all the minor infractions. For that matter….UGA has quite a few, and everyone else. I am just a fan of the SEC…..from SC and find it sickening of their coverage.
Crimson Crush
June 9th, 2009
3:43 am
The best thing Tennessee can do is cut their loses now. Kiffin is an accident waiting to happen.
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Oh God no George >speaking strictly as a Bama fan I think Tutorsee should go ahead and lock this guy up RIGHT NOW with a 10 year no fire contract ROFL
Crank dat Soulja Boy Coach Richt
June 9th, 2009
8:26 am
Coach Richt is praying for ‘Lil Laney Kitten fans.
Jealous of UGA ?
June 9th, 2009
10:21 am
Craig (AKA Mr. Brilliant)
Can you list the violations “St. Richt” is guilty of? Please, tell us what you know. “Mediocrity” and “downward spiral”? We’ve had more 10 win seasons over the last 5 years than anyone in the SEC and finished #2 in the country in ‘07. Spare the dribble for Cryer and Heblow and learn to think before you spout off baseless info!
puppydawgshavecox
June 9th, 2009
1:32 pm
if secondary violations mattered at all, I would care somewhat. The UGA program is the king of secondary violations…. it simply doesn’t matter.