Lane Kiffin (allegedly) Commits His First NCAA Violation At U$C
by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2010 7:55 AM PST
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According to WBIR, the local NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Lane Kiffin has already committed a secondary violation while recruiting a player to U$C:
Volquest.com is reporting that the former Vols football coach picked up a recruit from the airport in a limo.
Kiffin committed six secondary violations while at Tennessee.
I went over to Volquest.com to look for details, but so far, all I can find is a message board report (subscription required) from an administrator on the board which reads:
Word is that Kiffin has already committed a secondary violation at USC by picking up a prospect at the airport in a limo.
No more details than that.
What I find really amusing isn't so much that Kiffin is already (allegedly) breaking NCAA rules. That was just a matter of time (10 whole days-- way to go, Lane!). What's more noteworthy to me is that an NBC affiliate would run with the story based solely on a vague message board posting. It illustrates just how angry Tenn fans are and their zeal to see Kiffin go down in flames.
If the enemy of our enemy is our friend, then the good people in the Volunteer State are our BFFs.
(UPDATE: After a little more research, it appears that the message board administrator, Brent Hubbs, is also a contributor for WBIR. So that explains the synergy between the two sites. It also adds a little more credibility to the claim.)
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No surprise
Here’s where geezer memory might get me in trouble. I believe McSUV was picked up in a limo (which he admitted and bragged about, then learned was a violation, and then he denied it), and I think Lame was still part of Cheatie Petie’s staff at the time.
This tells me that Lame is not only a cheater, but stupid.
Well, I do remember $C sending a limo to try to lure Brian Price
However, Pete Carroll told the LA Times that the school uses Town Cars, not limos. The Times of course then apologized to Carroll for troubling him and went back about their business of filling copy space with one sentence paragraphs.
by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2010 4:01 AM PST up reply actions
In the interest of fairness
btw, I think it’s plausible that a recruit might use the generic term “limo” to describe any vehicle being used to pick him up, especially if he’s bragging to friends. However I think it’s equally plausible that the coaches at Southern Cal feel that the limo rule is a policy which typically goes unpunished and so isn’t a “real” violation to be concerned with amongst the staff.
by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2010 4:16 AM PST up reply actions
I'm confidence that the "compliance department" at just$c has this under control
just$c* does not suffer from a lack of institutional control. Just the opposite. The athletic department is in absolute, complete control of the cheating. As you said, Insomniac, the folks over there know exactly what rules the ncaa winks at, and exploits that to the fullest. It doesn’t matter if it’s a town car or a limo, because whatever it is, the ncaa will do nothing about it. Pretty much the same with a house versus an apartment as long as it’s not parked outside the coach’s office. (Oh, wait. That doesn’t seem to be a problem either.)
But seriously, folks. I’ve re-read the SMU stuff. That sort of willful violation of the rules is what earned Craig James U its death penalty. I think it’s time to do the same with just$c. If ever a school deserved it, it’s those guys.
I dunno Insomniac,
I think even kids can tell the difference between a limo and a towncar. I agree that kids tend to want to brag, but kids are also never alone and travel in packs. I have to believe that a limo is unmistakable.
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
"copy space with one sentence paragraphs"--character assasination of the lowest order of a great newspaper
This is an over the top attack on an important news gathering organization.
The tone and tint of this unsubstantiated smear implies the single sentence paragraph “copy” has little journalistic content.
In fact, this is not the case and has never been such.
The one sentence paragraphs consist mainly of corrections of errors in the “copy space with one sentence paragraphs” that appeared in the day’s preceding edition.
by peggysue69 on Jan 23, 2010 9:29 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
to clarify
it was intended as a jab at Plaschke, who thinks hitting the “enter” key after each period somehow transforms drivel into poetry.
by insomniacslounge on Jan 23, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Price and McSUV for Fox's memory
Carroll sent a limo to pickup Price at Price’s high school, but Price refused to get in it since he wasn’t interested in SC. Price’s dad made a funny comment about it being the longest car he had ever seen, or something to that effect.
At McSUV’s press conference saying he was going to SC, he said he was swayed by a recent phone call he had with Pete and Reggie Bush. Once he was informed this was a recruiting violation, he then said he had misspoken.
by bornagainbruin on Jan 23, 2010 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
Don't they know?
That’s the official SUC football transportation?
On a side note, that didn’t take long
Enjoy the sanctions, a$$holes.
Shouldn't have Norm Chow's picture as being in the car with him.
Chow wouldn’t get into that limo.
sjh
We know how this place works!!
Kiffin is the gift that keeps on giving.
http://www.bruinsnation.com/2010/1/18/1256530/lane-kiffin-we-know-how-this-place
We should have celebrated more when Kiffin got hired
This is just the beginning, guys, this is just the beginning.
Earning his keep....
Lane gave Tennessee 6 secondary violations in his first 7 months (does not include the hostesses scandal that came later) — at least that’s all that have been revealed. So naturally SC hired him for his demonstrated skills, not just potential, so we certainly can expect him to commit handfuls of violations in his first year (already this limo case is on top of Ogre’s antics in Knoxville), and not just secondaries.
The headline is a little misleading
I think the issue is whether this is the first or the umpteenth violation, so the headline should be Lame commits a violation which is allegedly his first. It seems to me that it should be his second at least, because of the orgeroning of recruits before he even cleared out of Knoxville.
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