Snakes in the Grass: Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron Bite Tennessee

I'm not going to write anything else about Lane Kiffin after I speak my mind on this subject.

Lane Kiffin is a snake in the grass.  So is his flunkie, Ed Orgeron.

In the latest developments in this bizarre game of "liar, liar, pants on fire", Kiffin and Orgeron are making me have some empathy for the executives of Enron.  OK, perhaps not, but you get the point.

With "Henchman Ed" ordering kids not to attend class and become eligible to enroll at USC, the plot thickens.  How long has this plan been in the minds of Kiffin, Carroll, and the USC hierarchy? 

Don't tell me that Lane was the seventh choice; I don't want to hear that.  Lane was a safety valve that Mike Garrett knew he could count on if he got desperate.

Is USC desparate?  Must be, because Lane Kiffin hasn't won anything since he has been a head coach. 

Can you imagine if your son just signed on to Tennessee and now he gets a call from Orgeron suggesting that instead he opt out of class, uproot everything, and enroll at USC?

Some parents reportedly mortgaged homes to relocate closer to their sons at UT.  Not only unfair, but unethical as well.

But that's okay, since it has been rumored that USC pays its players anyway; they can take care of the financial aspect for those less fortunate athletes that would have a hard time relocating.

This thing smells real bad!

The ironic thing about this whole Kiffin debacle is that we all thought Al Davis was a lunatic and that Lane had a good read on things.  Well, I'm not so sure Big Al was that off base on this one. 

So what's next?  Perhaps pool parties at Snoop Dogg's house for every recruit that doesn't attend his first class?

I can tell you this: I'm a huge Gator fan.  Forever, we've needled UT mercilessly.

However, I feel for the UT faithful on this one; you guys got bit bad.  Not by a dog, bear, or something that you could see coming, but by a tiny little poisonous snake in the grass.

Actually, a few of them.