A buddy of mine here at the beach acted absolutely stunned last night when he heard Lane Kiffin was leaving Tennessee after only 14 months to take the gig at USC.

"Can you believe that?" he asked me.

Well, yeah.

Dude got offered his dream job at the only place he's had better than mild success.

Turns out, between the riots and the insanity, Lane Kiffin didn't exactly reek of UT enthusiasm.

From AOL Fanhouse:

At the end of the video, Lane Kiffin addressed the recruits.

"We're going to make this the USC of the South, and the USC of the East Coast," said Kiffin.

[Senior center Josh] McNeil
did not hide his disgust. "I was sitting right there and it broke my
heart. I came to Tennessee because we were Tennessee, not because we
were pretending to be somebody else."

McNeil paused.

"And you know what else? Out of all those clips there wasn't one Oakland
Raider highlight. Not one. Now [the Oakland offense] is the same
offense, you know? You ever think maybe it has something to do with the
players?"

Not that I care a whole lot about Tennesse. But why -- in the age of Nick Saban, does anyone really think this sort of thing isn't going to continue to happen?

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In other news, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley might want to make sure his agent gets an increased buyout in his contract.

After Charlie Weis and now Romeo Crennel have been hired as coordinators, Bill Belichick might be on his way to Arrowhead sometime soon.