USC Hires Lane Kiffin as Head Coach....Who?

January is becoming College Football's most exciting month. You have News Years Day, The BCS Bowls, recruiting, and now the Head Coaching Exchange.

What is going on? Is this the NFL?

Pete Carroll leaves for the NFL because it was time...or because the NCAA is going to come in with a hammer and smack down the Trojans? There have always been "rumors" around the Trojans' program with recruits and shopping trips. And there is more to this story then OJ Mayo and Reggie Bush. Still, USC is a top tier college program and losing its coach is big news.

So, USC goes after Mike Riley, he says no. Then they go after Jack Del Rio and he declines. Steve Mariucci has been out of the game too long and heck even the Detroit Lions quit on him.

So who is next? Lane Kiffin at Tennessee. Are you kidding me? He is a walking recruiting violation. I'm sure the NCAA will look kindly on this hire. Isn't Tennessee being investigated by the NCAA regarding the practices of some weekend "hostess"?

Congratulations USC! I'm pretty sure a recruiting class isn't as important as selling your entire program down the river. Don't get me wrong, Lane can coach, knows the X's and O's, can recruit with the best of them, and is a Pete disciple.  But what if the NCAA finds major violations at USC? Then does this hire make any sense?

The LA media, from what I have read, loves this hire. Really? Why? Because he coached with Pete? I feel sorry for Tennessee, which is a major program in the SEC. They have lost most of their coaches and now under the gun to get a good coach and save their recruits.

USC moved fast to save their recruiting class. They should have taken a step back and thought about the entire University's reputation first...a different type of "class".

This has been one wild month and we're not even half way done.