govolsxtra.com - 11/30/2008
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Lane Kiffin is officially on the recruiting trail. Tennessee’s next football coach was working the phones early talking to star prospect Jarvis Giles.“He already called me this morning at 7 o'clock,” the 6-foot, 175-pound tailback from Gaither High School in Tampa, Fla., said Sunday afternoon. ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/28/2008
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Tennessee has reached an agreement with former Oakland
Raiders coach Lane Kiffin to take over as the...
Volunteers' next coach, with an announcement planned for Monday, barring any snags, according to multiple sources.
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Sources: Tennessee reaches agreement with Kiffin
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rivals.yahoo.com - 11/28/2008
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Even though Tennessee’s new coach is
the youngest one leading a major program, Lane Kiffin...
has been around football for almost all of his 33 years. The former coach of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and son of longtime NFL defensive ...
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Lane Kiffin introduced as Tennessee's 21st coach - ...
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Lane Kiffin and possible Tennessee staff
VolNation Blog —
... As for recruiting at Tennessee, Coach Kiffin isn’t wasting any time. According to KNS reports, Kiffin has already contacted Tennessee commit/decommit Jarvis Giles. Interestingly, Giles also has ties to David Reaves who has been recruiting him at South Carolina. Kiffin is said to be still evaluating Tennessee running backs coach Stan Drayton and determining if there could be a place for him on Tennessee’s new staff. If you recall, Giles was being recruited to Tennessee by Drayon and the two are very close. ...
Headlinin': Clemson's search ends under its nose
Dr. Saturday —
... play against Alabama, a steep drop in the 10-point opening line in the Gators' favor, as well.
Florida could also be without a pair of defensive linemen, Matt Patchan and Brandon Antwine, which could force some shuffling, including SEC co-sack leader Carlos Dunlap moving to tackle.
• The Fast Lane. Lane Kiffin's not set to be introduced as boss at Tennessee until this afternoon, but the boy wonder was already getting recruits out of bed on Sunday morning and met his new team on Sunday night. ...
Reporters Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds —
... when he called a recruit a day before he was introduced as the Volunteers’ new coach. Dave Hooker on the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports on the call. ...
Spurrier: Kiffin Improperly Contacted Our Recruit
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... rules because Kiffin hadn’t yet passed a required certification test that allows contact with recruits. Giles had pulled out of a verbal commitment to the Vols after Fulmer’s departure was announced, and he was reportedly deciding between Nebraska and…yes, South Carolina. Kiffin’s contact with Giles on Sunday is clear. What’s not clear is whether or not Kiffin was technically UT’s coach at the time and whether NCAA rules allowed such a phone call. GO VOLS XTRA’s Dave Hooker had a seemingly harmless story about Giles’ conversation with Kiffin on Sunday : “He already called me ...
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