Lane Kiffin’s younger brother, Chris, is rising up the college coaching ranks as Ole Miss’ defensive line coach and an ace recruiter. One who understands teenagers’ penchant for using social media as a communication device. During his recruitment of OT Laremy Tunsil, Kiffin sent roughly 800 Facebook messages to Tunsil and another 400 to Tunsil’s girlfriend. Said Kiffin in an interview with the Jackson Clarion-Ledger...

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“A lot of coaches have (staff) guys run their Facebooks, but I wanted it to be like if you’re texting somebody. I asked about his family … It’s just striking up conversation.”

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It's official, Lane Kiffin can't do anything without looking like a weenie...

Scott Van Pelt is in a Twiiter battle with someone named "Steve Cleary" where SVP is defending the SEC. Here's the tweet that started it all...

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"Les Miles gives you a must see speech, Lane Kiffin ducks out a side door after loss # 4. That's why each is viewed the way he is."

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Read the rest of their battle here.

Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the future of Lane Kiffin as the head coach at USC is in “real doubt”...

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"On the field, this team with unbeaten talent is 6-3 while gaining national recognition mostly for reckless penalties and questionable play-calling.

Off the field, Kiffin has dragged the team through an array of distractions and ethics dilemmas that have tarnished the athletic department’s sterling post-probation image cultivated by Athletic Director Pat Haden.

Kiffin was not hired by Haden, and there is now real doubt about his ability to keep his job beyond this season as the department sinks deeper into embarrassment. Kiffin was a Mike Garrett guy, and there are indications that Haden is ready to rid the program of the last traces of that legacy. As always, winning solves everything, and it appears Kiffin is going to have to do plenty of it in these final three regular-season games.
Like, maybe, win all of them?"

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According to Yahoo! Sports, Ex-Tennessee assistant Willie Mack Garza wired $1,500 to talent scout Will Lyles in July 2009 and the money was used to paid for running back prospect Lache Seastrunk and his mother, Evelyn to fly to Knoxville for an unofficial recruiting trip during Lane Kiffin's tenure at the school. Tennessee spokesman Jimmy Stanton said...

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"We are aware of the situation as is the conference office,"..."We've been verbally contacted by the NCAA enforcement staff regarding a recruiting issue in 2009 related to the former coaching staff and a student-athlete who never attended Tennessee."..."We believe, as does the conference office, that this matter is not subject to the repeat offender provision."

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Garza followed Kiffin when he took over at Southern California, but the secondary coach resigned Sept. 1, citing "personal issues unrelated to USC."