Say Goodbye to the Bad Guy

         By Travis Williams
         The Lane Kiffin hate ship continues to sail full steam ahead while aided by strong winds from the south.  The new University of Southern California coach and staff are being heckled for allegedly contacting current Tennessee recruits (some who are committed or already enrolled at UT) and atttempting to persuade them to follow Kiffin to U.S.C.

Yea of course it sounds dirty.  But big time college sports has become a dirty game.
        We're talking about a mult-billion dollar industry were you are paid to win.  And to win, you need players.  No one made this big a fuss when John Calipari packed up half of his Memphis recruiting class and moved them to Lexington.  He's now the darling of college basketball. 

           Sure what Kiffin and his staff did was unethical, but it was perfectly legal (unless they did indeed contact players already enrolled at UT) and the right thing to do if he wants to keep that cushy U.S.C job.  We are talking about a coach with a not-so-impressive record of 12-21, so securing top players is a neccessity.
         If Kiffin keeps the Southern Cal program atop the national polls and Pac-10, look for this to be forgotten quicker than a Flavor of Love winner.  If he fails miserabley, then expect the Kiffin ship go all Pirates of the Carribbean and sail to the ends of the Earth.