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ESPN: USC has hired Lane Kiffin away from Tennessee
I was talking with a high-level confidential source who was trying to get confirmation over what we both considered to be a ridiculous rumor: that Lane Kiffin has accepted the head coach position at USC, when ESPN's Joe Schaad's twitter feed released the same information. Wow. Wow. Wow....
Ted Meline Commits to the Tennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers have added their third wide receiver* for the 2010 recruiting class - a fleet-of-foot South Floridian named Ted Meline. Meline was a product of North Miami Senior High School and currently rates as a Rivals four-star / Scout three star despite having had an injury that...
July is for managing expectations and saying goodbye to the past
There is no question that the arrival of the Kiffin Chimera has infused some much-needed enthusiasm into the Tennessee Volunteer football program. Among the many reasons for this are the chest-thumping, the landing of the nation's #1 recruit, and a fan base that was united in the celebration of...
Talking points: who's got the Munchies?
Tennessee football Current strength and conditioning coach Mark Smith is apparently still on the UT staff, although word is that it won't be for long. Sounds to me like a power struggle to see who's going to pay what. Stay tuned. QB prospect Munchie Legaux wants to know more about Tennessee,...
Robert Marve chooses Purdue: where does Tennessee go from here?
No one should have been shocked that former Miami QB Robert Marve chose a free college education at Purdue over a Tennessee program that NCAA rules prohibited him from investigating. That's not meant to demean the Boilermaker program, which has produced some excellent quarterbacks over the years,...
Keeping score at practice suggests an emphasis on instantaneous feedback
Much of what Lane Kiffin is doing this spring is simply readjusting the collective attitude of the players. We've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating: the Kiffin Chimera is keeping score at practice. This is certainly good news, and maybe for more reasons than you might think. Yeah, it...
Talking points: who's doing what where and when edition
Yeah, so there is no depth chart and yeah, Bryce Brown and David Oku are both on their way, but Montario Hardesty intends to start. Funny that there is no way that he wouldn't have (barring injuries) had there been no coaching change due to the seniority rule. He's not disappointed, though, as he...
Talking points: restless in Redmond edition
I am waaaay up here in Seattle to take part in a focus group for the Sports Channel on Microsoft's Windows Media Center. Does anyone else think it odd that I have to go east to Charlotte from the Tri Cities to get to Seattle? I'm still trying to convince my body clock that it's perfectly fine that...
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