"If you ever doubted how quickly the world of college football can change, Lane Kiffin is the perfect test case. Two years ago, hardly any college football fans outside of the hardest core USC fan in Los Angeles had any opinion of Lane Kiffin at all. Twenty months later, he's the most hated man in college football. The man with the smirk heard 'round the world. Ever wonder what Johnny from "Karate Kid" would look like if he'd grown up to coach football?
Lane Kiffin is the answer.
Not only is Kiffin the most hated man in college football, he doesn't even have a rival for the second-most hated. Honestly, can you even name the second-most hated entity in college football? Maybe the NCAA? The BCS? That's how hated Lane Kiffin is, the NCAA and the BCS might have a higher favorability rating. Even ESPN, the network that created the monster that is Lane Kiffin, seems a bit taken aback by the character they've created. Most of the offseason they've attempted to create a kinder, gentler Lane, rehabilitate his image after the drubbing it took in 13 months in Knoxville.
That's the only explanation for why sideline reporter Shelley Smith began the Hawaii game by saying: "Everything Lane Kiffin does is calculated." Right, and Tiger Woods wanted to get busted with his mistresses, too.
Lane Kiffin coaches football like he's playing a video game. He's gives press conferences like he's on X-Box live. How infuriating was Lane Kiffin in his first year as Tennessee's head coach? He could make SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, one of the nicest guys on the planet, boil with rage. Why? Because Kiffin doesn't care about anything or anyone that came before him, anything or anyone that exists around him. No matter how much he tries, Kiffin can't shield the disrespect that he has for his opponents. He coaches with a palpable arrogance, a belief that he's God's gift to the game.
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