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SEC Recruiting As a Blood Sport

Posted by srr50 on February 5th, 2009 under Recruiting

As if having Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Les Miles, Steve Spurrier, Bobby Petrino and Houston Nutt wasn’t enough, it appears that the SEC has yet another wild card in play. Tennessee’s new coach, Lane Kiffin added fuel to the off-season fire today at a breakfast to celebrate his first recruiting class. Kiffin crows about stealing a recruit from Florida, while also accusing Meyer of cheating.

Kiffin accused Meyer of violating recruiting rules in the battle between the two schools over wide receiver Nu’Keese Richardson. Kiffin told a group of fans at the signing day celebration that Meyer had phoned Richardson repeatedly while the recruit was on his official visit at Tennessee.

I’m gonna turn Florida in right here in front of you,” Kiffin said.  I love the fact that Urban had to cheat and still didn’t get him.”

Richardson had committed to Florida last May, but signed with Tennessee yesterday.


Urban Meyer suddenly realizes that SEC Media Day will once again be a pain in the ass to attend.

Now Lane may have been just a little bit too giddy in his delight over his getting Richardson to switch. Phoning a recruit while on a campus visit elsewhere is not a violation. Tennessee has already announced that they have no intention of turning Florida in.

As for the Gators, well they responded quickly as well. The Gator AD Jeremy Foley released a statement saying, His allegations are inappropriate, out of line and, most importantly, totally false. It is completely unfair to Urban Meyer, our coaching staff, our football program and our institution. The appropriate action at this time in my opinion is for Coach Kiffin to make a public apology.

Let the good times roll.

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16 Responses

  1. Texas_Dawg said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    There’s a reason major programs rarely hire unproven 33-year-olds to coach their football teams.

    Have fun taking Jonathan Crompton against Brandon Spikes in Gainesville next year, kid. Good luck with that.

  2. Bob in Houston said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    As they say in hockey, Game on!!

  3. Texas_Dawg said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Is this even a recruiting violation anyway?

  4. drankthewine said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    the SEC is vicious. talking smack before you’ve ever played a game. dumbass.

  5. Texas_Dawg said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Awesome:

    Mike Slive said that not only was Meyer not in violation of any rules/regulations, but Kiffin himself was in violation of the SEC Code of Ethics that coaches must adhere to, and he cited the specific rule. Basically, member coaches cannot publically criticize, demean, make allegations, etc. against other member institutions, teams, coaches, or players.

    FAIL.

  6. Texas_Dawg said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Sounds like Signing Day ‘09 was a banner day at the Kiffin/Orgeron household.

  7. 8straight said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Then Kiffin tells the kid to keep up the act with UF as if he was going to sign with the Gators. That does sound familiar.

  8. Tommie Harris said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    It sure does.

  9. Urban Meyer said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    I was just dropping a line to let him know the wire transfer had gone through.

  10. Lane Kiffin said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    (Lane Kiffin enters press conference)
    “Sorry I’m late guys… I was out nailing Urban Meyer’s wife. Or was it his mother? No wait, it was his wife. His mother is the one I have to pay. Haha. Man, what whores. Anyway, where were we?”

  11. Newy25 said:

    February 5th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    The Lane Kiffin experiment at Tenn is either going to produce like 4 MNC’s or it is going to be a complete and total failure. His program management technique is so volatile that there really is no in between.

  12. JUICE said:

    February 6th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    Nu’Keese?

  13. utvol said:

    February 6th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    TennStud a.k.a. Roy Adams (owner of the legendary Memphis Showboats) – well known money man back in the good ole days – who jerked the chains of the Alabama crowd and his once good friend the late great Logan Young…

  14. bgood2texas said:

    February 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am

    At least his wife is hot.

  15. Michael Vick said:

    February 7th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    What kind of name is Kiffen, anyway?

    I used to feed my dogs Kiffen and Bits.

  16. Lane Kiffin's Ego said:

    February 10th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    I meant that I was reporting MY recruiting violations, not Urban’s…sheesh

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3895532

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