CURIOUS INDEX, 2/16/2009

So, no trainwreck this week?

Damn. Now I’m going to be thinking about Raising Arizona for the next 48 hours, in these, my salad days.

“You got flies”.

Few things are quite as tragically funny as watching someone try to talk themselves into a really bad decision.

I think Kiffykins might actually be Beaker……the two are NEVER seen together…now are they????

Isn’t it a bad sign if the only nice thing you can say about a guy is that his wife is hot?

So if Kiffykins fires/almost fires/thinks about firing/fires then changes his mind and doesn’t fire those he considers incompetent, when will he determine that he fits that category?

That little test thing he took to show that he understood the rules – do we have actual proof that he took it – or was it an FSU type of testing?

It’s a good thing he is self-reporting because you know the SEC gang of coaches (Meyer, Saban, Richt, Miles, Spurrier, et al) are just looking for a reason to get him in trouble.

Thanks again, Kiffykins, for filling the void during the offseason.

I may hate Tennessee, I do, but I continue to warm up to this Kiffin fellow. What has being cordial and gracious to Florida and Alabama gotten Tennessee since Meyer and Saban arrived? Yeah, he continues to make mistakes, but he is making them with reckless abandon.

It is not as if Meyer was not going to run up the score next year, had Fulmer remained. What is the difference in losing by 30 and 50?

Rick Muscles AND Finebaum disapprove of Kiffykins? I think Rocky Top’s onto an SEC Coach of the Year candidate then.

Once again, I’m on the same side of an argument as Coop. This continues to be unsettling as all hell, but when he’s right he’s right. And he’s right.

Um, let’s go ahead and put that “Urban Meyer was always going to try to run up the score on Tennessee” myth to bed. He ran Chris Rainey into the back of the line on 4th down in the red zone late in last year’s game to avoid running up the score. What makes everyone so sure that he wouldn’t do the same again?

I don’t know, if Lil Red (Cornhusker mascot) picked up Cupid’s duties, that might be even creepier than a naked baby shooting arrows.

Those who do not understand history are doomed…
As one who was cautiously optimistic about the early years of the [name redacted] regime, SEC/UT fans whatever – shouldn’t care about the beatings that Kiffin is calling down, but rather a large pile of irrefutable evidence for the “in over his head” factions to pull out as time goes by – it surely didn’t help [redacted] that he got in a fight with a fraternity when his coaching was being called in to question….

@ 9

Assuming you are right, the point still stands. AGAIN, what is the difference in losing by 30 or losing by 50? This past year’s game was over by the 1st Quarter, actually earlier. It was probably over during the coin toss. Florida could have, basically, named the score.

Being cordial and taking your asskicking like a gentleman gets you what, exactly? A nice pat on the back on the way out of the stadium from opposing fans and players?

Go back to what Spurrier consistently said beginning around Year 2 or 3 or whenever down at Florida. Until he arrived nobody thought much of anything about Florida football. Then they all hated hated hated the Gators. So what? Boo hoo, 90s Florida never won the sportsmanship trophy. I would much rather be hated because I was consistently beating you then to be looked at in a tepid sort of manner because I did not cause you any problems on the way to another SEC title.

Point being, for the last 2-3 years, Tennessee has looked like they lacked pride and swagger. Yeah, they beat Georgia a couple of times in a row, and I really cannot explain that, and they backed into a SEC East championship game, but they have basically underachieved and they looked beat when they KO’d in several important games.

Something tells me they will be fired up under Kiffin. Maybe Tennessee will further implode, but at least they will not be looking like a bunch of impotent losers while doing so.

However, in conclusion, I would like to throw out a reminder that I do hate Tennessee and I hope that Florida, Alabama, and Georgia beat the crap out of them, forever. But, I like the direction Tennessee is going.

All good points. If we’re gonna lose (and by God we all know we are), I want us losing con gusto.

Ltrain @ #12…I think you pegged it. Talk is cheap; anyone can claim a victory through their crystal ball, and they are all gonna be double digit wins. What is harder to ignore is the evidence of “what the fuck?!” that kiffy is tossing around. It’s not like he’s operating from a deep reservoir of experience and a proven winning formulae. Rather, it appears he’s getting caught pissing on the proven guys’ car tires and laughing as he runs away…everyone shakes their heads and says “That boy ain’t right…”.

I don’t think Kiffin’s mouth will bring worse beatings on UT. Maybe Meyer ran it on 4th down in the red zone, but wasn’t he throwing it in the 4th quarter to get into the red zone? He routinely leaves Tebow in during beatings against anybody.
That being said, while I am “fired up” by Kiffin. I wish he’d take it down a notch.
I’ve seen people predict 3-9 for UT this fall. The reason I’m most optimistic is I think people forget UT had the #5 ranked defense in the nation, but the absolute worst offense I’ve ever seen on any football team ever ever. With even a mediocre offense (the simple fact of Foster running out of eligibility improves them) it’s not unrealistic to expect 9 wins.

etsu @#16…its not so much whether or not he’ll win, it is more will you guys be able to deal with the weird shit he’s doing…this is the offseason, what the hell will he do during the season? Makes Texas Tech’s nutcase look sane…I mean, how will you guys deal with a 76-yard attempted field goal? Just askin’…

etsuVol: It is not unrealistic to expect 9 wins?

Let’s assume that the Vols beat WKU, UCLA, Ohio, and Memphis. That leaves USC, UGA, UF, Bama, Vanderbilt, KY, Ole Miss, Auburn. So you honestly think you will win 5 of those 8 games? In other words, you think it is realistice that you will beat USC, Vanderbilt, KY, Ole Miss, and Auburn.

I take it that your employer does not conduct routine drug testing. And why – with those kind of expectations, fire LaneKiffin.com has been reserved for future use.

yeah……and he’s not the crazy one on the staff…

ok maybe 8 wins

I never think it’s unrealistic to expect to beat USC, Vandy, Kentucky or Ole Miss. ANY offense at all last year beats Awbun. Hell, the offense gave UF most of their points too….did they have to start a scoring drive on their side of the 50?

According to the WWL, this is how the itty-bitty violation transpired:

“Kiffin was talking about the growing trend of high school prospects waiting until after signing day to choose a school and made a reference to “great players like Bryce Brown” while appearing on WNML Radio. Those comments came after the host of the show, Dave Hooker, couched the question by reminding Kiffin that he couldn’t talk about specific recruits."

So he was reminded that he couldn’t name names…then named names.

He’s not a pot-stirring, s**t-kicking, attention grabbing egotist…he’s just dumber than a box of rocks.

He didn’t name Bryce Brown, he named “great players like” Bryce Brown!

It looks like he’s trying to break every stupid rule they have. Identifying players by name, “simulating game atmospheres,” fake press conferences.

etsuVol.
I believe that my Mississippi State Bulldog 2008 offense was far more craptacular than the Vols. Anyone remember 3-2. For further evidence, our spring game ended in a 0-0 tie. TOP THAT.

Woody Mac and Sly…..showing the world the Worst Coast Offense in all of its futility!

Grumblegrumbledamnedgirlonafootballbloggrumblegrumble…..

I mean its one thing to be crazy like a fox, its completely another to be crazy like a rabid weasel, and kiffy has some distinctly stoat-like characteristics…here’s looking forward to his next public barrage…

I think Lane Kiffin is trying to play all his favorite scenes from Animal House. He seems that prepared for SEC
football.
And loved the Beaker video, Petrino irony and Husker love. Happy PD, following happy VD.

Funny: Georgia linebacker spraining both wrists working out.
Sad: No Notre Dame player could lift enough to sprain anything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Washington

There’s only one Marcus Washington and he wouldn’t play at “U” G A.