OT TMZ on the Kiffin case
Things are about to get really ugly for Lane and USC. Remember what they dug up on Tiger?
Reportedly Lane Kiffin, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, and Kiffin’s brother-in-law David Reaves were all snapped on last year meeting up in a local Knoxville bar after hours for a few drinks and whatever else with a few ladies. The rumor mill is spinning that the ladies also had an apartment so that they could hold their little rampage affairs.
On another occasion, an accident occurred where Lane Kiffin had female co-eds in a rental car loaned to him through the UT program. Lane Kiffin is stated to have crashed the car, while possibly intoxicated, and left the scene of the accident by vamping off with a neighbor who came to his rescue leaving the ladies in a limb. The story goes on to say that someone dropped the loaner car off which is stated to have extensive damage and now the Knoxville car dealership (Lexus) wants their money since he plans on jumping ship and he nor the school has paid up.
http://www.hiphoprx.com/2010/01/18/ex-vols-coach-lane-kiffin-scandal-co…
January 19th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
Photo of Kiffin, Tomlin and brother-in-law.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:30 PM ^
This is photo seriously supposed to be scandalous?
January 19th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
HE'S SITTING NEXT TO AN OPEN WINDOW! HE COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT! SOMEONE THINK OF THE IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN!
Also: I hardly doubt Kiffin's wife would be stoked about him hanging out with co-eds at a party. Hell, MY wife wouldn't really appreciate it sooooo if he's figured out a way to trick the world into believing his coaching superiority AND tricked his wife to be okay with this, I'm calling witchcraft.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
Again, there's nothing suggesting they're students. The women could be related to Kiffin for all we know.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:54 PM ^
Maybe it's just me but doesn't it look like Tomlin is standing outside?
Sneaking in through the window to avoid the cover charge must have been Kiffins idea.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
Red Cups! They must be at a frat party hitting on college aged girls!
Yeah, I think I'll wait for actual incriminating evidence to surface before passing judgement here.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
I wouldn't call it scandalous but if that blonde isn't his wife and is a coed she looks pretty comfortable with her friends. Not exactly the image Lane and USC need right now.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:48 PM ^
For all we know that's Tomlin's girlfriend and her sister. There's nothing that suggests they're students or that either was romantically involved with Kiffin.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
It's possible that the one nearest Tomlin is his wife, but it's not really possible to tell from that picture (i.e. from behind).
January 19th, 2010 at 1:16 PM ^
It could also be a photo of a "hostess tryout".
Edit: Didn't realize this was already said below.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:39 PM ^
Did you do that with MS Paint? You're getting seriously good.
January 19th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
and be the one to "console" Lane's wife.
January 19th, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
Like Kiffin will fit right in at USC.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:07 PM ^
Mr. Weis
January 19th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
Ahahahahahahahaha....
Thank you, Germany, for coming up with the word Scha...uhh, schaden....the joy one receives from the suffering of others.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:02 PM ^
No better wingman than a brother-in-law
January 19th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
It just never ends with Kiffin. How he is still employed and looked upon positively by some circles I don't understand, but I have a feeling we're all going to look back at this time period in college football and ask, "What were you thinking??"
January 19th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^
This just keeps getting better and better.
I nominate USC as winner of the off-season Tears of Unfathomable Sadness award.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
from the hit television series House, and not Tomlin. I mean, if it's Tomlin, where is his goretex Steelers jacket?
January 19th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
on the bedroom floor
January 19th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
for goretex.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
He can't seem to stop himself from screwing up more and more. Yet he always comes out smelling like roses. Hopefully stories like this, if true, gain steam with the mainstream news media and end up biting him.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:25 PM ^
If TMZ does run with this I am sure it will end up on ESPN.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
That's actually kind of scary. If you get a little famous, do they permanently employ someone to tail you with a camera?
January 19th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
This is nothing more than Kiffin holding auditions to be a Tennessee Ho-stess. I don't see who in their right mind would hire this guy (except USC).
January 19th, 2010 at 12:45 PM ^
"Ho-stess." Although, in the absense of further evidence, it is defamatory.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
That the couch in Lane's office doubled as a "casting couch" for hostesses.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:36 PM ^
First of all there's nothing concrete in that link. Secondly I don't see why Lane Kiffin's personal life should be subjected to our scrutiny. The fact that all this is mostly unconfirmed innuendo makes its publishing even more irresponsible.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
I agree, about almost anyone.
Why do we need to know if somebody has been cheating on their wife, if they're not a public official? Take Woods. If you're not Woods or his wife, what the heck should you have to say about it?
January 19th, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^
At the risk of straying into verboten political discourse, I have to ask if you're implying we should care about the personal indiscretions of public officials but not other public figures?
January 19th, 2010 at 12:57 PM ^
At Tenn, he was probably the highest paid (with tax and tuition $) state employee. As a football coach at a crazed football school who makes millions, you better believe his personal life is and should be scrutinized by all of the fans, students, employees, and residents of Tennessee.
As college football fans, if he broke the rules (as the TMZ article suggests) then he should be held responsible.
This is a dirty coach going to a dirty football program and they are going down!
January 19th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
What are you talking about? There is no TMZ article. I understand there's some level of scrutiny to be expected, but that shouldn't rise to the level of "OMG Lane Kiffin talking to a woman and that's it at a bar"= NEWS.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
EDIT: Nevermind, Magnus pretty much said it already
January 19th, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
A match made in Heaven.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:45 PM ^
When a parent is choosing to send his/her son off to college, he/she should be aware of how that coach behaves in his personal and public life. If he were CEO of a private company, I might agree. But he's a football coach and role model for hundreds and, eventually, thousands of young men. If he's cheating on his wife and/or driving drunk and/or not taking responsibility for crashing a rental car, then I'd say that information deserves to be divulged.
This is even moreso for public institutions, but USC is a private school.
I didn't read the article, so I don't know if it mentions whether Tomlin is married or not. Even if he is, that's a slightly different story, since he works with his players and coaches on a professional level.
January 19th, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
Even if I were to grant that parents of recruits have a right to know this stuff and that somehow translates into it being a bonafide OMG NEWS story for mass consumption, there's no cited proof that the story is true. All they have is a picture of Kiffin sitting across a table from two women at a bar. They have no quotes, anonymous or otherwise. It's incredibly irresponsible journalism.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^
Magnus, Tomlin is married to Kiya Winston.
January 19th, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
Screw it. Not worth it...
January 19th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
Understand your irritation, but you will never win points with a post starting "What is wrong with you people?" (I did a YouTube search and came up empty looking for that line from the movie Office Space.) Unless it feels really good, it doesn't pay to answer a neg in anger.
January 19th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
Yeah, you're totally right. It really is frustrating sometimes though, especially when you post something that couldn't possibly, under any circumstances, warrant a negative reaction from anyone. I really don't like the whole "neg" thing in general because it really just personifies anonymous cowardice. If you don't like what someone had to say, dispute it with a contrary argument. But yes, you're definitely right.
January 19th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
always pretty to watch.
What it does do is give our Mgoblog community a vote in who and who doesn't have the power to post on the board, with a wrinkle here and there.
January 19th, 2010 at 2:04 PM ^
To an EXTENT (IE: Do they drink heavily or do drugs), but how does who the guy meets at a bar for beers affect their kid?
January 19th, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^
this story has caused me to lose tremendous respect for Mike Tomlin.
Flying to Tennessee to hang with Lane. C'mon, Mike, you're better than that.
January 19th, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
Turns out, he flew there on sheer willpower.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
Like I said, I didn't read the article. I'm not jumping to conclusions that Kiffin is guilty of anything. What I am saying is that if these allegations are true, they should be publicized.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
Had I known about this Saturday night I would have asked he and his wife for comment.......
go blue.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
WE ain't gonna let no Yankee come down here and insult our peoples,insult our players,insult our great state...no sir,no way
January 19th, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
This is not the usual high quality Lane Kiffen post I've come to love and adore. But, like the last foamy beer out of the keg, I'll take it and like it.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:38 PM ^
Sports by Brooks(not the greatest source but better than this link) had a post either yesterday or the day before and he confirmed that the blonde in the photo sitting across from Kiffin was his wife.
Let's let the Lane Kiffin media storm fizzle out...I don't care anymore.