A few months back Cowherd told a similar story about Long giving Petrino an ultimatum and that's why he left the Falcons.

Well, today former Raiders exec. Mike Lombardi told Rich Eisen a little more about Kiffins involvment. Apparently that's really how the Petrino hiring happened. He bolted therefore spurning Kiffin who was going to get the Hogs job.

Video link follows: Lombardi tells 2 Kiffin stories. The first is how Lane got the Raiders job by complete luck and the Petrino story starts around 1:20. Both are worth listening to.

Mike Lombardi Kiffin Stories

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Posted by Porker Face

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Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 2/9/17 at 9:41 pm to Jack Ruby

Damn. We were choosing between two coed fricking offensive masterminds and picked the wrong one

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Posted by The_Joker

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Posted on 2/10/17 at 1:54 am to Jack Ruby

I honestly think it would've worked. He wouldn't have had the ridiculous pressure of the USC job and he wouldn't have had to have worked constantly in the shadow of a guy like Saban. I don't think it would have been a disaster. But he definitely would have been gone after an 11-2 year like Petrino had in '11 so it really wouldn't have changed where we are now

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Posted by Arkansasrazorback

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Posted on 2/10/17 at 9:13 pm to Jack Ruby

Damn. I'm really happy Bobby was the hire. As much bad as he did, he made people realize that it's possible to win at Arkansas and he energized the fan base after Nutt. Kiffin still hasn't proven shite as a HC and he would have left us shortly for USC anyway.

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