Kiffin, Tennessee are bringing their billboards to Atlanta
This image shall soon be staring down afternoon commuters traveling out of downtown north on I-85 at Piedmont Road and I-285 West at Cobb Drive. Not sure about the dude on the left but we know the one on the right can play. (Courtesy of UT)
Many Atlantans laughed when they heard that new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin planned to erect billboards touting the Vols’ greatness in Florida. But will they still be laughing when they find out he has a couple going up right here in our backyard?
Two 14-feet-by-48-feet digital billboards will be seen along downtown Atlanta interstates early next week, Tennessee officials confirmed. The advertisements feature an image of Kiffin on the left and star defensive back (and Atlanta native) Eric Berry on the right with the words “It’s Time” in big block letters in the middle. It also says “Tennessee Football 2009″ and gives the web address to buy tickets, UTTIX.com. The billboards will be posted on I-85 North at Piedmont Road and on Cobb Drive at I-285 West.
“We’re going through a huge transition with a new coach and a new philosophy and we tried to look at some ways to extend our new brand,” said Chris Fuller, UT’s associate athletics for sales and marketing. “In our market we’ve had a long-standing relationship with Lamar [outdoor advertising]. We’ve had a [billboard] presence in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Jackson for years. Now we’re just expanding that philosophy.”
In addition to locations in Florida and Atlanta, Fuller said four new billboards will go up in Memphis and a few others around the state Tennessee. He said the entire campaign will cost $24,000 and come out of the Vols’ regular marketing budget.
The billboards in Tennessee will tout Berry – a junior safety out of Creekside High in Fairburn – for the Heisman Trophy, Fuller said. “Predominantly because we feel like he deserves it,” Fuller said. “It’s not because we believe it will necessarily help him win it.”
This marketing ploy is not unique to Tennessee. Auburn has had at least two billboards posted in Atlanta for the past several months, Auburn marketing associate Mike Hale confirmed. And, of course, UGA has utilized that forum from time-to-time, especially to draw attention to some sort of team accomplishment.
Atlanta’s 5.5 million population and strong athletic talent base is obviously appealing. The Vols recruit 85 percent of their athletic talent from outside state borders, Fuller said.
“We just feel like it’s a good way to our message out,” he said.
COMMITMENT NEWS
Highlighting Thursday’s recruiting news was the commitment of Atlanta Westlake defensive back Darius Robinson to Clemson. The 6-foot, 170-pound, four-star cornerback chose the Tigers over a host of out-of-state schools, including Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Stanford and UCLA. He said he was not vigorously pursued by either Georgia or Georgia Tech.
At Clemson Robinson will join four other Georgians: Roswell CB Martin Jenkins, Carver-Columbus DE Corey Crawford, Carver-Columbus OL David Beasley and Etowah OL Reid Webster.
“It’s only two hours away. Just that fact alone attracts a lot of players from here,” said Robinson, who said he has spoken with Jenkins several times. “Really, I just felt like I had a chance to go play early at a big-time program. I had a good time with the coaches and people outside of the football team. It’s a great town.” . . .
Also, Pepperell athlete Marcus Jackson received a scholarship offer from The Naval Academy, according to Rivals.com.
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Saint Simons
July 31st, 2009
6:16 am
((((( 45 42 ))))) hahahahahahahaha
Bamafan
July 31st, 2009
7:00 am
Where is the chainsaw TIMBER!!!! TIMBER!!!!!
hernia
July 31st, 2009
7:03 am
just another reason to hate this mother ********* and his ***** ****** of ***** that ***** so much **** in between here and **** on *******.
UF'd
July 31st, 2009
8:08 am
Who cares, a billboard isn’t going to make that team any better. Perhaps they should put the money into the education programs in that school instead of turning out a bunch of slow talking, Skoal chewing pud packers.
UGASlobberknocker
July 31st, 2009
8:45 am
Has Tennessee slipped so far that they are now having to advertise to sell their tickets? What a contrast this is with the article about the difficulty and expense of getting Georgia tickets. It takes 32k to get a road ticket to the Dogs game in Knoxville; to get the sorriest seat in Sanford costs 5k just for the opportunity to buy the actual season tickets. single game tickets ..forget it. On the other hand, the UT billboards seem to imply that single game tickets can be had in Knoxville for face value only. My, how the once mighty have fallen.
KingGeorge
July 31st, 2009
8:47 am
I am a huge Texas fan and what other teams like Oklahoma State does is they market their schools in Texas to draw recruits. These signs by Tennessee will be effective in bringing attention to their school. Especially with recruits. Recruits unlike adults don’t really care about tradition or going to the state school. They care about being apart of something cool and being able to compete for playing time right away.
The2 Davids&VernLundquist
July 31st, 2009
8:56 am
Kiffin will take Atlanta and Georgia by storm if we allow it.
Michael
July 31st, 2009
9:00 am
UT is Texas. Tennessee is a joke.
Overpriced
July 31st, 2009
9:01 am
Hey bud,UT tix are just as hard to come by as the mighty UGA tix. They use prety much the same method of distributing their allotment. Based on “points” which translate how long and how much have you contributed.Don’t go around pounding your chest that mighty UGA is the only school that people will pay to watch play.Last year at UT was bad, but remember ALL tix were sold, they just changed hands to show the administration they were fed up with the play and the coaches.Also UT operates in the black athletically, and the ydonate money back to the university. Have done it that way forever,instead of having the university supplement their athletics.
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July 31st, 2009
9:06 am
Shouldn’t these billboards be a little more strategically located? I mean, at least put them closer to the roadside clean-up crews, where Tennessee fans are more likely to see them.
Dave
July 31st, 2009
9:08 am
“We’re going through a huge transition with a new coach and a new philosophy and we tried to look at some ways to extend our new brand,” said Chris Fuller, UT’s associate athletics for sales and marketing. “In our market we’ve had a long-standing relationship with Lamar [outdoor advertising]. We’ve had a [billboard] presence in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Jackson for years. Now we’re just expanding that philosophy.”
In addition to locations in Florida and Atlanta, Fuller said four new billboards will go up in Memphis and a few others around the state Tennessee. He said the entire campaign will cost $24,000 and come out of the Vols’ regular marketing budget.
$24,000? Are you kidding me? I have been buying billboard advertising for decades. $24,000 . . . no way, $24,000 won’t touch a multi-state (including major cities) billboard campaign. C’mon Mr. Fuller, just the facts, don’t just throw numbers out there for the masses, GOOD GRIEF!
GWJ
July 31st, 2009
9:08 am
Seriously, does anyone think that a BILLBOARD is going to sway a kid where to attend college?
Huh?
July 31st, 2009
9:09 am
“We just feel like it’s a good way to our message out,”
Um, okay. The message being that you have one good player and a coach that dresses like the high school kid that he basically is? Works for me.
Clay
July 31st, 2009
9:10 am
Auburn is also doing this. I’ve seen a couple of Auburn billboards lately–including one near me on Pleasant Hill Rd near Buford Highway in Duluth.
YouCanRunButYouCannotHide
July 31st, 2009
9:11 am
Oh Yay! I’ll be the guy extending his middle finger as I drive by this sign near the Cobb Cloverleaf.
I'm T for TENNESSEE
July 31st, 2009
9:11 am
’bout darn time we see some UT Orange in ATL!!! GO VOLS!!!!
S.C. DAWGS
July 31st, 2009
9:11 am
Your day is coming we lead you in total wins. Now lets see you brag.
braveswin
July 31st, 2009
9:12 am
KingGeorge, Don’t tread on me
Omnihawk
July 31st, 2009
9:12 am
Just one more reason Kiffin is a joke. Where does this end? Every major city covered in billboards from all over the country? The NCAA will have to step in before long on this foolishness.
Ali Akbar Allah
July 31st, 2009
9:19 am
Maybe they can offer 2 for 1 deals with a hot dog and a coke to sell some of those seats.
Instant Classic1
July 31st, 2009
9:25 am
UT is selling their soul to devil with this guy. They have stuped to all time lows to get publicity? How about performing on the field. I thought Kiffin was the clown but the AD needs to held accountable. He fires Fulmer, hires this idiot and then supports all this nonsense? Sad, sad days for UT football and it will all come crumbling down in September at the Swamp.
Greg
July 31st, 2009
9:27 am
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
All Florida has to do is put up billboard in Tennessee with a picture of Meyer holding up the crystal football, and “30-6″ (or they could wait and put the score of this year’s drubbing).
Go Gators!
Stephen
July 31st, 2009
9:30 am
When you drive up to the western part of Northern Georgia: Blairsville, Blue Ridge, Elijay, etc. there are a lot of Tennessee football supporters in those areas. You actually see more orange and white flags/banners, etc. than red and white for Georgia.
When you drive on Georgia highways and interstates the billboards are everywhere and definitely a blight on the landscape. But, put the blame for that on the Georgia legislators who are only in it for the quick buck. So, Tennessee’s football program getting in on the action sounds like a smart marketing strategy to me.
There are many football junkies in the ATL that can’t stand Georgia football. GO TECH!!! GO VOLS!!! GO AUBURN!!! Go anybody except Georgia!!!
BULLDOGS BITE
July 31st, 2009
9:31 am
WHO CARES?!! THEY CAN PUT UP A HUNDRED IF THEY WANT. WE GET GOOD PLAYERS OUT OF STATE WITHOUT IT! GO DAWGS!!!
Lance
July 31st, 2009
9:34 am
You Georgia fans are a joke. UT has more tradition, titles, etc than Georgia could ever dream or hope for. That is why UT for yrs took players out of your own backyard because they did not want to go to Georgia. Georgia will always be a third wheel on the pecking order in the SEC East…behind UT and Florida.
Crow
July 31st, 2009
9:38 am
it’s not hard to get tickets to see UGAg… every week more than 90,000 get into that stadium… and most look like they couldn’t even spell UGA if you gave them 2 out of 3 letters. Went to the Tech game last year and got my tickets a week beforehand for about $40 a pop…field level 20 rows back 35 yardline – you’re paying too much
Huh?
July 31st, 2009
9:38 am
“That is why UT for yrs took players out of your own backyard because they did not want to go to Georgia.”
That has worked out well for them hasn’t it? Georgia is 6-3 vs. the East Tennessee Hillbillies this decade. Consider yourself dismissed.
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
9:41 am
GT tickets 40 bucks buy one get to free,all seats available if wearing bulletproof vest and handgun.
gatordowneast
July 31st, 2009
9:42 am
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Lame has insulted every coach in the SEC to “bring attention” to his program. Billboards are just the next step. It appears that the players he is actually getting to commit are UGA, UF, AL plan B types or were not offered by the top programs. With Lame and Orgeron coaching these kids, no worries. They will be plan C types after a year or two.
KZGuy
July 31st, 2009
9:43 am
You know why the Vols picked orange? So their fans could wear the same outfit on Saturdays for the game, on Sunday while they deer hunt and on Mondays while they pick up trash on the side of the highway. And never change a thing.
SEC Dawg
July 31st, 2009
9:43 am
I’m a die-hard dawg but I love it. It throws down the gauntlet. Hell, it just gets me excited about the season. To me, this is what SEC football is all about; audacity, passion, and swagger. It actually makes me laugh (and not just because ol’ Lane is dressed like he’s about to paint a house). Now, let the Vols back it up on the field. I think my Dawgs will have a few surprises for them. The scoreboard in Neyland Stadium will be Georgia’s billboard in Knoxville.
hatfieldgeoff
July 31st, 2009
9:43 am
They got a billboard campaign going in San Francisco as well with Kiffin and Orgeron and a few recruits doing that shirts off thing. They are looking to attract some “Alternative” recruits. If you check the Knoxville personal columns if appears to be successful.
SmartyVol
July 31st, 2009
9:44 am
I hear the Lane Train coming. There’s only one Tennessee Orange and All-Americans look great wearing it.
MiltonDawg
July 31st, 2009
9:46 am
So why can’t GA put up billboards in other states? We do so much recruiting in Tenn, Fla, & SC–why not put some up in NC, AL, & MS?
Maug
July 31st, 2009
9:48 am
Its amazing how these nerds are pounding their chests after a single victory in 8 years. Odds are you’d one one sooner or later you morons!
All of CFB knows it was a gift from the Dawgs in the 3rd quarter. Enjoy it while you can, the streak starts all over this fall in your own backyard of a stadium that holds a mere 55k.
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
9:49 am
Kids that go to UT get in with a700 score on the SAT,so what makes you think they can read or understand what is on a billboard anyway.
Maug
July 31st, 2009
9:49 am
Its amazing how these nerds are pounding their chests after a single victory in 8 years. Odds are you’d WIN one sooner or later you morons!
All of CFB knows it was a gift from the Dawgs in the 3rd quarter. Enjoy it while you can, the streak starts all over this fall in your own backyard of a stadium that holds a mere 55k.
SeniorChiefDawginDC
July 31st, 2009
9:49 am
Priceless,
Kiffy is a joke. I can’t wait to stomp a mudhole in the those backey spittin rednecks volntears.
Get Real
July 31st, 2009
9:50 am
Hey crow you aren’t telling what your Mom was doing to get those tickets for you and dragoncon buddies. You really need to get your own place by now dork.
aztec
July 31st, 2009
9:52 am
you dawg fans have nothing to worry about if ut puts up billboards in georga, but watch out if the SDSU AZTECS start putting billboards in georgia, the you can really start shaking in your boots
Friday (7/31) reading « The Chapel Bell
July 31st, 2009
9:57 am
[...] hate Lane Kiffin already, they’re about to hate even more going to and from work. Tennessee is putting up a billboard in Atlanta. At SEC Media Days, Kiffin said a billboard was coming, but I remember him saying one would be [...]
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
9:57 am
UT fans will soon wish you had kept Phil Fulmer until a real coach became available instead of this clown in the making.
ReptilesRule
July 31st, 2009
9:58 am
Wow, are tix sales that slow in Big Orange country??? If they are only spending 24K than that is good cheap advertizing, but that sounds awfully low for all those billboards. UF has had some billboards in the past celebrating the national championships which I thought was pretty cool but I’ve never seen them advertize for ticket sales…
ReptilesRule
July 31st, 2009
9:59 am
Sorry…should be spelled advertise guess I didn’t get enough ZZZs last night.
FDR
July 31st, 2009
10:02 am
Why any afican american male would ever want to spend 4 yrs in the ultra redneck town of Knoxville, baffles me. What a dump that town is and its full of toothless rednecks.
Ted
July 31st, 2009
10:04 am
Great!! Then we will buy one right next to it and post the score when UGA wins…….
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
10:05 am
Maybe GT can use half of the billboard for ticket sales alsoand split the cost .
volgirl
July 31st, 2009
10:05 am
Talk is cheap, how many titles does Georgia have? HMMMMMMM. Tennessee has the best basketball and football teams, actions speak louder! U can talk smack after you have won a few, though that may take a while…… we’ll wait……
Nothing sucks more like a Big Orange
July 31st, 2009
10:05 am
It’s sad when UT has to put up billboards in the Atlanta market cause they know they have to advertise outside the state of Tennessee cause they know that their own state won’t even buy tickets to see their team play.
Overpriced
July 31st, 2009
10:07 am
You guys ever consider that your “humble writer” may have had a typo in regard to the amount it costs to put those billboards up? I mean he does list one at “COBB” drive off I-285. I may be wrong, but I think it says SOUTH COBB dr. So in the end Fuller may not be the dummy.
pam
July 31st, 2009
10:08 am
Big deal…there’s also a billboard on 85 south near Lenox advertising Auburn university. haven’t seen that plastered all over the papers.
ColumbusDawg
July 31st, 2009
10:08 am
At lesat we don’t have to look at Fulemr’s fat face on those billboards….no THAT would have bee na nightmare!
BBR5
July 31st, 2009
10:10 am
What next? Tenn has to give away hot dogs and Cokes in order to sell their tickets like the nerds??? Granted, their stadium is a lot harder to fill than Tech’s tiny 55,000 seater!
BBR5
July 31st, 2009
10:11 am
Poor Saint Simons… he’s SO obsessed with UGA that he’s always the first post on OUR blog! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
7 years in a row………….:)
BBR5
July 31st, 2009
10:11 am
Vol girl… After last season, TN fans have NO room to be running their mouths!!!
ncaa
July 31st, 2009
10:14 am
I’m a UT fan but the billboard stuff will soon become illegal because it gives an unfair advantage in recruiting…might as well get those billboards in while you still can. I bet it’s pretty cool, however…you GA fans get to see one of your best HS players ever suiting up for a team you hate, just staring at you….
James
July 31st, 2009
10:18 am
I’m an student/athlete right here in town, this will not sway me into going to UT. Neither will those Auburn billboards either.
Buck Strickland
July 31st, 2009
10:19 am
Words that come to mind: pathetic, desperate, embarrassing, Tech-like.
They should offer a free hot dog and a coke with season tickets.
24K for a billboard campaign? That can’t be right. That number should be a lot higher.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
10:19 am
Good luck Eric except for the game we play youse guys.
Cuz
July 31st, 2009
10:20 am
Chip glad to see you are still gainfully employed.
Andrews
July 31st, 2009
10:20 am
For Michael’s benefit, UT was the Univesrsity of Tennessee when Austin was still part of Mexico, and actually, it still is. Isn’t Spanish the primary language for the Longhorns? Isn’t Santana still the president of the University there?
volgirl
July 31st, 2009
10:21 am
Let’s see, Tennessee has over 14 D-1 titles,our Neyland Stadium is one of the largest facilities in the Country, Thompson-Boling Arena is the largest arena ever built for basketball in the United States, 100 percent graduation rate for all players who finish their career at Tennessee. HMMMMM Sounds pretty good to me!!!!!!
4:20 toker
July 31st, 2009
10:21 am
any bets on what a high-on-marijuana mike vick would do with that volunteers mascot once he got it strapped into that rape stand the fbi found in his bed room?
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
10:22 am
I would like to see Lanes wife naked on a billboard holding a UT penant and eating a banana.
JDB
July 31st, 2009
10:23 am
Is it just me or does he come across more like a P.E. teacher and less like a D1 coach? He looks like he could have been the girl’s volleyball coach at my high school.
ColumbusDawg
July 31st, 2009
10:24 am
UT – 3 Season tickets, including $125 donation per ticket, the price of the tickets and handling fees
Total Cost: $1497. (and some chage) Lower cemter endzone location
UGA — I wish!
Frankly
July 31st, 2009
10:24 am
Hello, If it works for Chuck E Chesse……………
It's all for the Publicity Stupid!
July 31st, 2009
10:26 am
How awesome is it that every time Kiffin breaks wind, it gets reported. Now all he had to do was put up a few billboards around the South and he gets MORE pub! And all you haters are takign the time post your dislike for it. Genius! I’m sure he couldn’t care less if everyone likes it, but if one recruit sees that he’s not ashamed to promote his players and that helps them decided to wear orange….I say Give ‘Em Hell Kiff! If he weren’t stirring the pot, would anyone have even mentioned the Vols this year? Think not. Granted, he’d better start winning some games in the next 2-3 years once he steals those players from GA and FL.
chazzo
July 31st, 2009
10:27 am
I misspoke addressing this issue before when I listed FSU as a big money gainer. I was trying to make too many points in one blurb. BUT, the fact remains that this recruiting thing is just plain out of hand and the billboard thing is just a symptom. Since it is out of hand, though, I think the SEC coaches should get together and buy billboards with Kiffin having intercourse with a pig with the caption reading “Come to UT. The only team we’ll beat is Arkansas.” We could put them throughout the SE, but at least ten around Nashville.
SecIsFootball
July 31st, 2009
10:27 am
I usually dont agree with John Kincade on 680 the Fan but he said something yesterday when talking about these billboards for AU and now UT…..”Oh how the mighty have fallen.” You would think a national program like UT would not to reduce itself to desperate measures such as this.
ColumbusDawg
July 31st, 2009
10:28 am
UT – 3 Season tickets, including $125 donation per ticket, the price of the tickets and handling fees
Total Cost: $1497. (and some change) Lower center endzone location
UGA — I wish!
nc dawg
July 31st, 2009
10:28 am
51-7 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
chazzo
July 31st, 2009
10:29 am
I guess you wouldn’t ask Petrino to contribute to my plan.
Wendell Franklin Wentz
July 31st, 2009
10:33 am
The Vols are invading the Peach State to get good players, and they have chosen the correct city to start looking for some of the best. Geogia and Georgia Tech fans should not worry about Tennessee, they should worry about the Crimson Tide who will tan their hide. Amen.
Top Dogg
July 31st, 2009
10:35 am
Chazzo that was the funniest post i have seen this year .HAHAHAHAHA Nothing sucks like the Big Orange.
hahaha
July 31st, 2009
10:36 am
UF’d, well your statement is just incorrect, where do you work? Oh and UGA slobberknocker, your wrong too, you can buy tix for a UGA game for about 30 bucks. But I know you guys love to pretend. Win an SEC championship first then talk. GO VOLS!
big dawg
July 31st, 2009
10:42 am
ITS OK, CUS I LITERALLY WIPED MY ASS WITH THE SPORTING NEWS ARTICLE ON LAME ASS KIFFIN AND FATASS BRUCE PEARL
Overpriced
July 31st, 2009
10:44 am
Heck if 680 the fan says it, it must be the gospel.
ERich42
July 31st, 2009
10:49 am
Eric Berry is the “Truth”…. Thomas Dimtroff keep your eyes on this guy.
KNelson
July 31st, 2009
10:50 am
Say all you can now about Lane Kiffin because just like the previous decade he will own UGA. As for Bruce Pearl, why would you pick on him ? Your lousy basketball program has never once beaten Tennessee with Pearl as coach !
Freehawk
July 31st, 2009
10:54 am
Have you seen the Auburn billboard(s)? One I know about is at Piedmont North at Cheshire Bridge Road.
Hal
July 31st, 2009
10:55 am
There is just too much money here to waste and so little time.
Freehawk
July 31st, 2009
10:55 am
KNelson, I don’t know who will win UT-UGA, but if you think Lame Kitten will be at UT for a decade, have I got a bridge for you.
TLUV
July 31st, 2009
10:56 am
GO VOLS!!!!!BIG ORANGE!!!!!
volgirl
July 31st, 2009
10:57 am
Everybody is hatin on Tennessee, based on one season, pretty sad. Just like Georgia.
EVOL
July 31st, 2009
10:57 am
As a Tennessee fan, Im just sitting here laughing at all you slap nuts complaining. Change is here cha cha. It’s a 3 year project but once it comes together….I will just sit back and smile. It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol living in Atlanta. GBO
JJ in PA
July 31st, 2009
10:59 am
Anyone with a brain can figure out this is smart marketing on their part to get top recruits and publicity, and NOT just to sell tickets. Do you really think Tenn. is hurting for ticket sales??…I can’t stand the Vols (Roll Tide), but I have to give them credit for this marketing strategy to help get their program back to the top of the SEC.
volgirl
July 31st, 2009
11:00 am
I can’t wait to see Chism and Hopson smash all over the Bulldogs this season!!!
tenn.DAWG
July 31st, 2009
11:01 am
They have not been able to sell their tickets the last four years and are now spending money hand over fist ($100 million stadium expansion,basketball arena upgrades,baseball stadium etc.)all the while they are having to cut back on academics.Obama must be running that place.
ThaMan
July 31st, 2009
11:03 am
Let me say this! The mutts have no peer when it comes to talk. They are the best! Unfortunately, there is no category in the standings for talk. It’s only PERFORMANCE! Wait til next year! We had injuries! It was a fluke!
The Real Truth
July 31st, 2009
11:04 am
It’s Time!?
Time for what?
Time to go 4-8? Time for another recruiting violation? Time to propose to your cousin that you knocked up?
BILLY JACK
July 31st, 2009
11:09 am
HOW SAD HAS TENNESEE FOOTBALL GOTTEN???MAKE SURE YOU PUT UP A BILLBOARD WHEN THE NCAA INVESTIGATORS LEAVE KNOXVILLE.IT WILL MAKE WHAT ALABAMA DID LOOK LIKE JAYWALKING.
unbelievable!
July 31st, 2009
11:11 am
It’s hilarious! Just like the many buses i see with ads for Tech tickets on them.. desperate times call for desperate measures. If anyone is to see this as threat to our local programs they are truly simple. Moreover, I think UT and lame kitten are intimidated by the possible shift i power away from UT to Georgia State. His act it tired already… In his warped mind he equates the SEC to the WWE… And believes i talk a good game and rip my shirt off and act like a fool I will succeed.. Not going to happen! I am a loyal Bulldog but I seriously hope Tebow and company lay a century on them!
Al Davis
July 31st, 2009
11:14 am
Lane Kiffin broke my heart
Come back you complete me!
Joey
July 31st, 2009
11:15 am
It’d get more attention if they put Mrs Kiffin on it…
Josh Lopez
July 31st, 2009
11:18 am
no mention of the 3 UT Vols who killed people with their drunk driving?
Pikedawg
July 31st, 2009
11:19 am
EVOL…I like how you hedge your bets with the “three year project” bull-crap. You and I both know that if Kiffin doesn’t get the job done in three years his backside will bbe coaching QB’s at a California high school. So if Lame fails you can say I told you so…and if the Vols do well the next couple of years you can be pleasently suprised. Get ready for the “project” to fail…Lame is a lightweight in the ring with heavyweights…it ain’t gonna be pretty.
Lizardgrad89
July 31st, 2009
11:20 am
Simple response to this is to make certain the billboard next to it is an ad for Metamucil, Viagra, assisting living communites, or something of that nature. Then, people seeing the Vols will associate them with the other, and thus become the butt of many jokes.
The Red and Black
July 31st, 2009
11:20 am
[...] The AJC is reporting the billboards will feature coach Lane Kiffin and Atlanta native Eric Berry, who the Vols are campaigning to win the Heisman. [...]
Sanford Drive
July 31st, 2009
11:21 am
Who cares? How many people are influenced by billboard ads? Umm zero?