You know, Lane Kiffin always looked like the completely reasonable one in that whole Raiders debacle a few months ago, but he’s already ruffling feathers all around the SEC. When he was first hired, Steve Spurrier was on his case for allegedly having improper contact with a recruit.
Now, Kiffin’s on the other end of the allegations, claiming that Urban Meyer broke the rules by calling a recruit while the kid was on an official visit to Tennessee. The University of Florida responded quickly to the allegations and accused Kiffin of slandering its coach while calling on him to apologize. What did Kiffin say exactly to get such a strong reaction?
USA TODAY says that Kiffin has backed off his comments from earlier today, when he taunted UF with this doozy after the Vols beat them out for receiver Nu’Keese Richardson:
“Just so you know when a recruit is on another campus you can’t call him,” Kiffin told the audience. “But I love the fact that Urban had to cheat and still didn’t get him.”
Kiffin has now released this infamous “statement,” which is obviously
very heartfelt and sincere written by an assistant in the athletic department:
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Because, you know, flat-out calling someone a cheater is never meant to offend anyone.
Not only did Meyer not commit a violation by calling the recruit, it now turns out that Kiffin was the one doing the violatin’. SEC commish Mike Slive says:
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Well done, Lane. It’s only February and you’ve already got Spurrier, Meyer, and the commissioner of your conference angry.