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Lane Kiffin (HC Ole/Young Miss & Twitter Troll King)

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What Street Name Will Knoxville Give in Honor of Lane Kiffin's Hiring?

  • Lane Kiffin Lane

    Votes: 17 20.0%

  • Lane Kiffin Street

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lane Kiffin Boulevard

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Lane Kiffin Circle

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Lane Kiffin Avenue

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Kiffin Lane

    Votes: 24 28.2%

  • Other

    Votes: 7 8.2%

  • I don't know, but I'd shag his wife

    Votes: 33 38.8%
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Kiffin’s Tennessee staff ripping off shirts for recruiting | College Football Recruiting
Kiffin’s Tennessee staff ripping off shirts for recruiting
8:14 am March 2, 2009, by Michael Carvell

Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin and his staff made an unforgettable impression on some of the Southeast’s top college prospects on Saturday.

More than 100 high school players, including several of Georgia’s elite prospects, attended Tennessee’s Junior Day. Things started off rather routine. “It was just like your normal Junior Day, with coaches and other people from the college talking,” Brookstone tight end Brian Volger said. “You could see heads bobbing, with eyes falling a little bit. But the second they split us up from the parents, it got so much more intense.”
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Many in the crowd weren’t sure how to react. “The coaches told us to stand up, but nobody really knew what to do. We started clapping, sort of like one of those ‘Ah, this feels awkward’ kind of things,” Volger said. “The coaches yelled ‘OK, we’re going to give you another shot. We’ve leaving the room. When we come back in here, we want it really to get crazy.’”
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Douglass defensive lineman Garrison Smith said the lights in the room dimmed. “This one coach stayed behind and walked to the side of the room. Then he kept slamming the [side] doors, as if the other assistant coaches were trying to break it down. It was like an angry dog or some wild animals were on the other side.”

After a few moments, Smith said the doors swung open and the Tennessee assistants ran into the room. “By now, three or four coaches had their shirts ripped off.” Smith said around 10 Tennessee players, including All-America defensive back Eric Berry of Atlanta and quarterback Jonathan Crompton, ran down from behind the recruits to meet the coaches on the floor. “Eric and the rest of the players were chanting ‘U-T, wild boys … U-T, wild boys … U-T wild boys.’” This time, prospects left their seats and joined the celebration. “We were all jumping up and down together, it was cool,” McCoy said.

After things appeared to calm down, Tennessee recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron gave a rousing pep talk, which caused the whole scene to repeat itself, only more intense. “The last time, everybody was hyped up and feeling it,” Loganville tailback Storm Johnson said. “People were jumping all over the place. It was rocking. You should’ve seen it. Even the podium got knocked over.”
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Volger: “It was awesome. I didn’t know how to react at first. I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, these people are crazy.’ Then after talking to them later in the day, I realized that’s just their style. That’s how they go.”
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Here's how the back-and-forth went down. Meyer was a little evasive on the subject, but his tone gets the point across.

Sentinel: Not sure if you’ve publicly commented about the Lane Kiffin controversy – does that maybe seem a little silly or humorous now in hindsight:
Meyer: “I didn’t find it humorous.”

Sentinel: Not then, I’m sure, but perhaps now?
Meyer: “It’s not humorous. I can think of a few other words that I’m not going to say, but certainly not humorous.”

Sentinel: Have you talked to Kiffin, or has he reached out and apologized:
(Meyer shakes head no).

Sentinel: For the fans, though, that certainly adds a little spice to the rivalry
Meyer: “I’m not going to comment on it any more than I just did. I guess you could say that.”

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I'm reminded of the Ray Small quote regarding his recruiting trip to SC.

I don't know if going shirtless and getting "wild" will be enough to draw players to Knoxville the way Kiffin and the rest of the SC staff did and still does in LA.
 
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A peek into recruiting with South Carolina's Jeffrey - SEC - ESPN

According to Jeffrey and Wilson, Kiffin told Jeffrey that if he chose the Gamecocks, he would
end up pumping gas for the rest of his life like all the other players from that state who had
gone to South Carolina.

Jeffrey was doing his best to stay awake at that point, but that comment from Kiffin woke
him up. He clearly hasn't forgotten it, either.

"He said it, but it's not worth talking about," Jeffrey said.
 
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