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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

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  • Lane Kiffin Street

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  • 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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Wait till this week when he tries to pull out one of these for the game

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colobuck79;2252568; said:
Making the ball more catchable for your own team, but not the other team, doesn't give you a competitive advantage, does it?
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Well, Oregon had two INTs of USC footballs and USC had no INTs, so I'd say Barkley is throwing a very catchable ball right now.
 
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Again, I think the 'catchability' thing is overstated when you're throwing to Marquis Lee and Robert Woods. Teams have deflated balls for half a century because they can kick it further.

Andre Heidari had 76 KOs last season with 10 touchbacks. He only has 23 KOs this season but with 11 touchbacks. Craig McMahon, a RS So., is also handling KOs this season and has piled up 11 touchbacks on 23 KOs. So as a team, USC is using two different kickers for KOs and have 28 TBs on 60 kicks; avg distance 61.1 yards.

USC's opponents have only 13 TBs on 43 KOs, and Marquis Lee is one of the top return men in the game as a result.

Consider the KO yards in the game Saturday:

D. Thomas 3 returns, 68 yards
M. Lee 8 returns, 251 yards

USC didn't just start underinflating balls to 10.5(ish) psi this past weekend to make them more catchable. They've been deflating footballs all year to increase their touchback rate from 15% last season to nearly 50% this season while piling up a substantial advantage over their opponents in the return game.

USC has good kickers and return men, but they are not that much better than everybody else they're playing.
 
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Dryden;2252585; said:
Again, I think the 'catchability' thing is overstated when you're throwing to Marquis Lee and Robert Woods. Teams have deflated balls for half a century because they can kick it further.

Andre Heidari had 76 KOs last season with 10 touchbacks. He only has 23 KOs this season but with 11 touchbacks. Craig McMahon, a RS So., is also handling KOs this season and has piled up 11 touchbacks on 23 KOs. So as a team, USC is using two different kickers for KOs and have 28 TBs on 60 kicks; avg distance 61.1 yards.

USC's opponents have only 13 TBs on 43 KOs, and Marquis Lee is one of the top return men in the game as a result.

Consider the KO yards in the game Saturday:

D. Thomas 3 returns, 68 yards
M. Lee 8 returns, 251 yards

USC didn't just start underinflating balls to 10.5(ish) psi this past weekend to make them more catchable. They've been deflating footballs all year to increase their touchback rate from 15% last season to nearly 50% this season while piling up a substantial advantage over their opponents in the return game.

USC has good kickers and return men, but they are not that much better than everybody else they're playing.
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That could have something to do with moving the kickoffs from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, too.
 
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Dryden;2252585; said:
Again, I think the 'catchability' thing is overstated when you're throwing to Marquis Lee and Robert Woods. Teams have deflated balls for half a century because they can kick it further.

Andre Heidari had 76 KOs last season with 10 touchbacks. He only has 23 KOs this season but with 11 touchbacks. Craig McMahon, a RS So., is also handling KOs this season and has piled up 11 touchbacks on 23 KOs. So as a team, USC is using two different kickers for KOs and have 28 TBs on 60 kicks; avg distance 61.1 yards.

USC's opponents have only 13 TBs on 43 KOs, and Marquis Lee is one of the top return men in the game as a result.

Consider the KO yards in the game Saturday:

D. Thomas 3 returns, 68 yards
M. Lee 8 returns, 251 yards

USC didn't just start underinflating balls to 10.5(ish) psi this past weekend to make them more catchable. They've been deflating footballs all year to increase their touchback rate from 15% last season to nearly 50% this season while piling up a substantial advantage over their opponents in the return game.

USC has good kickers and return men, but they are not that much better than everybody else they're playing.
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With this in mind, what will be interesting is how their average changes from here on out.
 
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IronBuckI;2252646; said:
I don't remember where or when I heard this tidbit, but one of the knocks on Barkley as a pro prospect is that he has small(ish) hands and may not be able to grip an NFL ball in inclement weather.
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Barkley is a carnie? Who knew?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXRfnIfFYFI"]Austin Powers - Carnies - YouTube[/ame]
 
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