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Lane Kiffin USC Press Conference Open Thread

I hope this is the last time we're sitting around discussing anything that Kiffin has to say, and if he steps up to the podium and says "I'm not here to talk about the past", I will not bat an eye...but in hopes of getting more than a cheap sixty second soundbite from our former coach about why he left, here's space for us to talk about it.  The presser is at 8:30 PM EST, and ESPNews will carry it live.  Conquest Chronicles also provides the link to watch it online from USC.

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This is going to be...

….interesting. I really have no interest in any additional comments from Kiffin, but I’ll probably watch anyway. You know; that whole “can’t look away from the train wreck” kind of thing.

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 8:15 PM EST reply actions  

this is one time

i wish my old school duck hunt gun had live tv capabilities.

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 8:19 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Very nice Hal

rec’d for hilarity

"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan

by VolBrian on Jan 13, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I am going to watch this, then it will be over and I will get excited about our coaching search.

Who’s with me?

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
-- Earl Weaver

by Smokin Turkeys on Jan 13, 2010 8:25 PM EST reply actions  

Ive got better things to do

like…
screw it i just have better things to do than give anymore time to Tennessee’s music man

RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!

by Pride of the Southland on Jan 13, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Closure

…that’s what I’m telling myself

by Will Shelton on Jan 13, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions  

dont hold your breath

like you said, I expect lots of “I’m not here to talk about the past”

crazy how we’ve already been relegated to the distant past in less than 24 hours.

RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!

by Pride of the Southland on Jan 13, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I feel like we just bought 76 trombones from this man and he skipped town with all of the money

RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!

by Pride of the Southland on Jan 13, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow

There must be at least 20 people there.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 8:37 PM EST reply actions  

Dang.

I can’t believe I’m going to torture myself and watch this traitor.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 8:39 PM EST reply actions  

Here we go.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 8:46 PM EST reply actions  

Ah, so the bastard bothered to dress this time

And unlike when he signed with us, he’s wearing the right tie.

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 13, 2010 8:48 PM EST reply actions  

Leader my a**.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 8:48 PM EST reply actions  

Clean and disciplined?! BWAHAAAAHAA

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 8:50 PM EST reply actions  

"Going to run a clean program"

But then he said Orgeron was there. I’m confused.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 8:50 PM EST reply actions  

Funny

This is eerilly similar to the presser I watched last December. Words and all.

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 8:50 PM EST reply actions  

Exact thing I was thinking

it is almost verbatim. “We’re going to take our time assembling the staff, blahblahblah.”

Kiffin was squirming like the worm he is. Was it the AD that stepped in with the “Let’s move on from this” comment?

So glad this guy is far, far away.

Lane Kiffin can eat a *self delete* and choke on it!

by pound the rock on Jan 13, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions  

The Trojan family will be pleased

You know, it’s only a Trojan family because the Trojan failed.

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 13, 2010 8:51 PM EST reply actions  

+1 haha

I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.

by RockyTopinKY on Jan 13, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Not much of a public speaker

Bit of a mushmouth.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 8:51 PM EST reply actions  

out of respect for other programs!

fek you with a chainsaw lane

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by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 8:51 PM EST reply actions  

Respect?!

You’ve got to be kidding me!

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions  

The line I was most excited to hear in the last 10 minutes?

“former #1 Kansas” (watching ESPN)

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Chris Pendley on Jan 13, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions  

I can't watch/listen

but I shall live vicariously thru your comments here.

I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.

by RockyTopinKY on Jan 13, 2010 8:53 PM EST reply actions  

More of the same

“Development of players…” Heard that before, too.

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 8:55 PM EST reply actions  

Me-Shawn is there too

Perfect fit!

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 8:55 PM EST reply actions  

Is the first question from WBIR guy?

How’d he swing that?

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

And we're going to promote the future

by relying on the success of the previous coach! This is comedy at its best!

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

You had several incidients, why do you think you're good here?

A: It wasn’t that many. We want zero, but being at UT taught me what to do here. Thanks, buddy. Bringing the microscope on us will help you now. Congrats.

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 13, 2010 8:59 PM EST reply actions  

what a freaking jerk

RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!

by Pride of the Southland on Jan 13, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

if the ncaa doesn't lay the wood

come february, i’m done with college sports

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:00 PM EST reply actions  

I have newfound respect for LA area news folks

They asked some damn good questions. He spun out of them all, but they asked great questions.

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 13, 2010 9:00 PM EST reply actions  

I'm from L.A.

This is the first time they’ve gone after a U$C coach this way. They would have never followed up like that with Chetey Pete Carroll. This guy is obviously doing some dirty stuff to take you recruits. Is there anything UT can do to go after him for that?

by King J77 on Jan 13, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

UT, not directly. The NCAA, maybe.

It all depends on how things exactly happened. O did talk to recruits. That’s well-documented. I don’t know if it was an actual violation or not, though.

Perhaps the time zone difference got him, though. Who knows.

by David Hooper on Jan 13, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Kiffin....oh man, you lie so much.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:02 PM EST reply actions  

Why the profuse sweat?

Room temperature?
Fear of press?
Realizing that nobody in the room is trusting your words?

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 9:04 PM EST reply actions  

now promoting

his losses. saying it was a blast to lose to Alabama the way we did

by JayF on Jan 13, 2010 9:05 PM EST reply actions  

Where

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman

by Joseph Stanley on Jan 13, 2010 9:06 PM EST reply actions  

He's getting defensive...

I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.

by RockyTopinKY on Jan 13, 2010 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

Where

is Muntadar al-Zaidi when we need him?

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman

by Joseph Stanley on Jan 13, 2010 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

Dance, Kiffykins, Dance!!!!!!

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

ahhh

this is getting good

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

plausible deniability

working quite hard to set that up

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by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

LA media hitting him HARD

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
-- Earl Weaver

by Smokin Turkeys on Jan 13, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

I don't care if it's your dream job.

You made promises and a commitment to TN! Your word means crap.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

I'd rather have a ziplock baggie full of crap

than his word…Crap is more valuable.

I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.

by RockyTopinKY on Jan 13, 2010 9:12 PM EST reply actions  

Wait a minute..

I didn’t think we were going to discuss other institutions….hmm.

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 9:13 PM EST reply actions  

Asked, "Why did USC hire you?"

Says it was a perfect fit.

Orly?! You were the 4th pick, a**hole!!

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:13 PM EST reply actions  

5th.

Coach Fran bailed as soon as they mentioned sanctions.

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Chris Pendley on Jan 13, 2010 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

HA!

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions  

plain and simple

they wanted orgeron back. lane = orgeron.

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Closure?

Can we be done with this now?

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

closure comes

in february for me, IF the ncaa gets it right.

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Absolutely.

Bball is going on. Both teams are top 10 right now. The Olympics are coming up, and curling season has started. I kinda have a full plate. ;-)

by David Hooper on Jan 13, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope so

Gawd I hope so

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman

by Joseph Stanley on Jan 13, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Only thing still in my head

is worrying about anything in the past 14 months catching back up to us later…hostesses, or something else we don’t even know about, etc.

by Will Shelton on Jan 13, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Just wait for what TMZ Sports is going to come out with

Clay Travis seems to think it is going to be juicy. TMZ will pay big bucks to get dirt on him.

Mmmm, I need some more popcorn.

Lane Kiffin can eat a *self delete* and choke on it!

by pound the rock on Jan 13, 2010 9:28 PM EST up reply actions  

My bad... the timestamp is actually 4pm this afternoon

But it says we are talking to him tonight or tomorrow.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Jan 13, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions  

but

texas fans on their twitter pages say he is not interested

by golfballs03 on Jan 13, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions  

I love that kid...

…more every day.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Jan 14, 2010 12:43 AM EST up reply actions  

muschamp is having a presser tomorrow

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

volsnation

though it appears now that it may just be interweb chatter. they were linking rivals u tex page, but i have no access so i couldn’t check myself.

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by hal41605 on Jan 13, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I've heard it both ways all day long.

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield.

by mike2ray on Jan 13, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Just so you know

Mr. Kitten is the laughingstock of SoCal right now. He is the most unprepared (Calls the team Southern Cal, didn’t have any prepared way to cope with Ed’Os violation) and unprofessional coach to ever come west since Karl Dorrell. BN wants all Vol fans to head west on Dec. 4th btw

Formerly ucla13_usc9

by 03rdn9 on Jan 13, 2010 9:26 PM EST reply actions  

Of course

USC stands for the University of South Carolina. Don’t they know that in LA?

by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 13, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I cannot bring myself to capitalize certain acronyms

The ncaa, having not one testicle in the entire organization, doesn’t get capitalized. There are others. $c doesn’t. Years ago, one of our basketball players was explaining how some particular thing wasn’t worth worrying about, and he said, “Oh, it’s just$c.” That has been my acronym, and we add an asterisk, because just$c* claims a national championship trophy which is actually on display down at LSU.

So, yes, we know that USC has an actual football coach, who I’m sure would continue to pour it on in the last two minutes of a game when he’s up by 70 if he were able to actually get a big lead in the last two minutes of a game. (Never been a fan of tht man). We also know that just$c* got exactly what they deserve in Lame.

by Fox 71 on Jan 13, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Conquest Chronicles

Y’all…it’s been a silly evening over here. I’m going to bounce over to Conquest Chronicles and see what the other end thought of this presser. Anyone coming with?

by Aerobab on Jan 13, 2010 9:27 PM EST reply actions  

USC announces Lane Kiffin fired

Al Gore hired as Head Coach

Says USC AD ‘We figured why not hire a even better used car salesman thats affiliated with the state of Tennessee? I mean my gawd Kiffin managed to let everyone think he was a real coach, but Al Gore convinced the entire world there was Global Warming! We can’t lose!"

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman

by Joseph Stanley on Jan 13, 2010 9:34 PM EST reply actions  

Very nice

Plus, Al Gore invented the internet. Perfect for USC since UCLA has always disputed that claim. ;)

"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan

by VolBrian on Jan 13, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions  

From a Bruin

I’m not allowed to watch things like this press conference because I tend to throw things, so I just followed at the Bruins Nation. Some of the tough questions were asked by the most pro-$c reporters ever to grace the halls of the fishwrap (aka LA Times.) Those guys, plaSChke and slimers, never had a bad thing to say about Cheatie Petie. So when these guys start throwing high inside fastballs instead of lobbing lollipops down the middle, then it’s a sign that even the most hard core trOJie propagandist isn’t drinking the Kool Aid.

I like UT and respect its fans. It’s so nice to be able to do that without reserve now that the charlatan is gone. I read where some (all) of your recruits are staying in place because they honor their word. I hope your next coach is a character guy like each of those kids.

by Fox 71 on Jan 13, 2010 10:24 PM EST reply actions  

We hope so too.

Thanks to you and all your UCLA fellows for kind words. It means a lot.

by David Hooper on Jan 13, 2010 10:25 PM EST up reply actions  

I am all FOR THAT!!!

As a season ticket holder, I would like to see lame kitten sweat even more!

Oh BTW, I truly enjoyed the great sense of humor some of your faithful fans brought to the Rose Bowl in ’08. They sat right behind me and my family in the donor section and never showed trOJie arrogance or condescending hubris. I truly appreciate Vols fans sincerely!

And we are sooo looking forward to teh CFB to begin!!!

by LoyalAlum94 on Jan 13, 2010 11:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Would it be possible

to get you guys to wear both schools colors? I have some T-shirts Id be willing to donate so you dont have to fork out any cash.

by Muhler on Jan 14, 2010 8:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Wow that is sooo kewl!!!

AND QUITE HILARIOUS!!! It makes the CFB season even more mouth watering!!!

by LoyalAlum94 on Jan 14, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions  

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