The Argument for Tennessee's Lane Kiffin As SEC Coach of the Year

When all the delusional Bama and Florida fans pick themselves up off the floor, we can begin. OK.  Coming into his first college head coaching job, Lane Kiffin was left with a roster of what had played like inferior talent and what seemed to be babied egos.  Tennessee went 5-7 in 2008, firing the longest tenured coach in the SEC, Phillip Fulmer. With embarrassing blowouts by Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina being topped off by a loss to Wyoming, outside of a highly touted recruiting class there wasn't too much a UT fan could certainly be excited about. Holding back expectations more than anything was the uncertainty at the quarterback position.  Jonathan Crompton played as bad as any QB has ever played at UT in 2008 and Nick Stephens couldn't do the job well enough to stay in over Crompton. After a heartbreaking loss to UCLA in which Crompton played terribly and much like the Crompton fans had come to know, the Vols lost a close one at Florida and then another heartbreaker at home to ... (link)