Tuesdays with Gorney: Lane Kiffin is having the last laugh

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Media days are usually predictable affairs.

All the coaches are excited for the season, confident that this is their year or at least say so publicly to put on a good face. They’re tanned and ready to go. The players all come pumped up and ready to hit the field. This is going to be the best one yet, they all say.

I’ve covered countless media days across all conferences and it’s pretty much the same everywhere you go. Coaches have talking points. The media asks the same stuff and is happy that there’s a nice buffet. Did someone say open bar? Everybody has a great time. Nothing much is accomplished.

Except this year has been a little different.

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Yeah, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy stepped in some hot beer when he basically admitted at Big 12 Media Days to drinking and driving “a thousand times in my life” after his star running back Ollie Gordon was arrested for DUI (and isn’t expected to be suspended) this offseason.

Gundy issued a statement later saying his words were about “nothing specific” but we’re also not fools. We totally got what Gundy was saying.

SEC Media Days also got interesting when Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin called out radio host Paul Finebaum on his own air – and this one was classic Kiffin. He had been hanging onto this takedown from Finebaum years ago when Kiffin was still coaching USC (before getting fired in the wee hours of the morning at LAX after flying back from a loss to Arizona State).

“Top-flight players are staying away from Lane Kiffin because of his reputation,”…

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Publish date : 2024-07-23 15:26:52

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