OT- Kiffin and USC switch jerseys during Colorado game
I did a quick search to see if this had been discussed, couldn't find anything.
Anyway, with technology today, isn't there a way to prove this? Or is everybody in the media afraid to challenge Kiffin? And the fact that he does it when they are winning by so much just further proves he's a douche.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:07 AM ^
Eh, what good does it do to challenge it now? All it is is a 15-yard penalty, and the player who switched numbers is ejected. What are they going to do, tell Kiffin his backup QB can't play this Saturday?
October 25th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
Also, if he gets called out for it, it makes Kiffin look kind of stupid; switching a special teams jersey to help convert two points in a game that ended 50-6? That's awfully bush league.
I'm not sure Kiffin cares one bit what he gets called, but at least the rest of the country gets to "lol" a bit in his direction.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:42 PM ^
Switching a player's number without declaring it is in violation. Therefore, Kiffin played ineligible playersi n the game, and the NCAA could vacate the win, as well as any others in which Kiffin may have done this.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:15 AM ^
Article says the backup QB switched from sharing a number with the backup kicker to the backup punter. Maybe the backup QB is the field goal / extra point holder and they were planning on having him hold for the backup kicker? I dunno, Kiffin seems like a slimeball but I can't imagine him thinking "oh boy, Colorado... better go deep into the bag of tricks for this one".
October 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM ^
that he switched back to his old number afterwards.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:17 AM ^
October 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM ^
Rule book is a joke - check
Punishments are even more of a joke - check (unless it is Michigan footing a million dollar bill for a trip to the west coast to mount a defense against excessive stretching)
Can you show me one piece of objective proof that "some schools just like to mess with NCAA"?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
October 25th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
Yeah, I think they are doing that to get better recruits, not to mess with the NCAA.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:30 PM ^
October 25th, 2012 at 11:19 AM ^
For those who don't "freep," here is an article from the person who did the original work:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/23/sports/la-sp-1024-usc-football-…
And here is the Dr Saturday take:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/did-lane-kiffin-try-dec…
October 25th, 2012 at 11:52 AM ^
Didn't Michigan get penalized a couple of seasons ago when they had two players on the field with the same number? I don't remember the exact situation, but I think it was related to the decimated defensive backfield requiring some unexpected personnel combinations.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:58 AM ^
Sounds familiar, I think we were going for 2 on defense.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:17 PM ^
it did involve Avery too, but not sure if he was #5 then?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:07 PM ^
I think it was Odoms and Avery on ST.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:14 PM ^
I think it was during the Bowling Green game in 2010 when we had Odoms and Avery out there (although I thought it was #9 for both of them), but I think we were handed 5 yards for illegal participation and something else. Not sure exactly what the full penalty might have been.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:15 PM ^
And that is why, in an era of 120-player rosters and a shortage of numbers, there needs to be a rule allowing number-switches.
And Lane Kiffin then becomes the reason why a rule book needs to be as large as a set of encyclopedias.
There is no possible explanation for what USC did, apart from "an intent to decieve the opponent."
October 25th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
I am going to go out on a limb and say maybe the back up guys don't have multiple jerseys and something happened to the first jersey or the player didn't like the way it felt. One time I wore three different shirts in one day and no one wrote a LA Times piece about it.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM ^
"Coach Baxter told me to put it on, so I was like, 'All right. Yes sir,'" Kessler said. "[Tailback] D.J. Morgan came up to me and said, 'Yeah, you look like a running back.'"Kessler also noted that he was trying to look "big" like Negrete, who outweighs the quarterback by about 10 pounds. The two players are both 6-foot-1.
So he definitely was told by the coaching staff to switch numbers. What that means, I have no idea, but it did come down from the staff.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM ^
I read your title very quickly and for some reason in my head I read it as "USC and Colorado switch jerseys during game." And I did not feel surprised. Not in this day of college football jersey craziness.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
Or maybe a soccer game broke out and players exchanged jerseys.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
It was probably an elaborate ruse that I am sure involved Oliver North and some guys dressed as Hari Krishnas. Damn You Lane Kiffen and your love for intrigue. What is next an invisable ball or some sort of laser eye distraction? They already have those damn song girls isn't that enough?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:37 PM ^
It would be just like Kiffin to try some trickeration on a 2-point try late in a blowout. I never thought I'd say it, but Al Davis calling Kiffin a douche may actually have been an understatement.
October 25th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
Kiffin is a scum bag. Anyone who can make me feel a bit of sympathy for the University of Tennessee takes scum baggery to an extremely high level. End of analysis.
October 25th, 2012 at 4:04 PM ^
October 25th, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
First, USC could have beaten Colorado with third stringers.
Second, Lane Kiffin is a douche.
Third, freep link FAIL.
October 25th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
I gave up clicking freep links 3 years ago. Try it, you'll like it.
October 25th, 2012 at 9:18 PM ^
...solely because you linked to Freep.
October 25th, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
He needed every advantage to beat that tough Colorado squad.