After this past week, at least two college football coaches were given warnings about negative comments. The two comments in question?
Comment #1:
“I don’t even know why we have replay right now in the Southeastern Conference if they’re not going to utilize it…I hope he’s severely punished if he ever works another SEC game again, because I think it’s completely unacceptable.”
- Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, in regards to a play he thought should have been reviewed and overturned
Comment #2:
“You run another play and you throw an interception or they throw another flag on us — I wasn’t going to let …read more

It won’t be long before Lane Kiffin will finally get to show us what he can do as the new head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers. Over the past several months, his comments and actions have rubbed some the wrong way, but Kiffin hasn’t apologized, nor does it look like he will anytime soon.
Recently, Kiffin spoke with WGFX in Tennessee about his job, and he attributes his antics to the fact that the SEC is very, very passionate about football. I wouldn’t totally disagree with him.
The best example I can give you is that in our first year at Southern …read more

The SEC’s commissioner, Mike Slive, is sick of the in-fighting between conference coaches. On Wednesday, he finally addressed the issue, during a meeting of football coaches and athletic directors at the SEC’s spring business meeting.
Slive didn’t go into the speech with notes, but he says that his whole being was behind every word.
“We’ve made tremendous progress on keeping the news about the players and not about matters that take place off the field. And I reiterated that,” Slive said of the behind-closed-doors talk.
Many of the problems between coaches have been centered on Lane Kiffin, who has sparred with Steve Spurrier, …read more

Lane Kiffin is doing a great job at Tennessee, at least, in regards to national press. Not everything he’s said has been kosher, though, and he’s actually been forced to apologize to other schools because of things he’s said. The school’s athletic director, Mike Hamilton, seems to believe that the new coach is misunderstood, however.
“I have found him to be different from the media persona that was painted of him, stemming from those original February comments,” Hamilton said. “He’s not as cavalier as the media painted him to be.”
The comments in February that are in question were about Florida’s recruiting …read more

When Lane Kiffin was brought in to coach the Tennessee Volunteers after the resignation firing of beloved Phillip Fulmer after a dismal 2008 season. While many hope that Kiffin will bring the spark back to the Vols, others aren’t happy with the new coaching choice. To date, 11 players are leaving Tennessee to play at other schools.
That number isn’t HUGE, considering that there’s usually a mass exodus when a school brings in a new coach. What really hurts, though, is that Kiffin is losing some huge assets to the Tennessee team. He’s also gone on record as saying that he …read more

Lane Kiffin is reportedly getting a new gig as the head coach of University of Tennessee. After a one and a half year stint with the Oakland Raiders, Kiffin is getting a pay raise to go down a level of competition.
But if the 33-year-old Kiffin thinks life at Tennessee will be easier than life dealing with Al Davis, he’s in for a big surprise. Sure, Al Davis is a nosy owner who wants things done his way. But Kiffin entered that job after taking over a horrible team and had virtually no pressure to have massive success. A .500 record …read more