re: It's Kiffin Time

I can't see how anyone has any idea how good Kiffin would be. The only thing he really has going for him is his stint as OC at USCw, and that's scant evidence to go by. He did do a pretty decent job with the offense at UTk, but his college HC career has been too intimately entwined with Monte to really make a good assessment of his offensive coaching ability.

Though it does bear noting that Saban/Smart are better than Monte, so if Lane could turn around the Vol's offense with Monte, he can certainly do exciting things with Bama's offense with Saban/Smart. And anyone worried about him being an NCAA violation waiting to happen should keep in mind that Saban is likely to keep Lane on a very short leash. He already knows Lane's PR issues, so he wouldn't be letting the guy dick around anyway.