Lane Kiffin
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284 appearances
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 1 Oct
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Yeah, we played 13 games. 10 of them, we won by double digits. And then the three losses were all one score games right at the end of the game.
Yeah, I don't think it exists anymore. It's like Pac-2 now.
It was like, it was eight at one point and it was 10 and it was 12. Some of those teams should not have been in there.
You know, there's a saying like in the SEC day coin, like it just means more. And it really does. Like the passion in the towns for the football programs, the attention on it, and really the play over time has been dominant. The SEC's had more draft picks, more championships, all those things. It's just different. It's a way of life down here. Oh, yeah.
I was the head coach at USC. You spend time out in LA. So it's just a different world out there. And I remember I was walking through campus and I was like, Man, I bet like 50, 70% of these students have no idea who I am. I'm the head coach of the football team. They got no idea who I am. They just, they're going to school at USC, you know, getting their education. Yeah.
And like here, that like, like 100% know who you are. You know, like the little kids, like the, you know, you go to like walk downtown and like a four-year-old's like, Coach Kiffin. Like, they know who you are. So it's like... They'll complain about your play calling you. For people that haven't been down here, maybe that makes sense to them, like, to understand that.
You know, like, you don't go anywhere without everybody knowing who you are, but also like that, too. You know, kids will be like, yeah, they're like, eight-year-old kid, maybe not four, they just say, go to hell, Kevin. But eight-year-old, well, we've been winning, so don't say that. But that'll happen as soon as we lose a couple. Yeah. But no, they do. They'll be like...
Coach, man, like, what about throwing that tight end on the in route? I'm like, you're like eight. Like, how do you, how do you know that? Yeah, it's 11 a.m.
Yeah. They're like, like coach, you were three for 14 on third downs. I'm like, I didn't even know that. And they do, but it's just, it just means more the passion for it. And it's also why it's so awesome too. It's why the stadiums are the way that they are. The electricity before games, as people walk into the stadiums, like it's just different.
Well, I, like, moved. This happened at Tennessee and then here. And maybe this isn't, like, the best thing, but I, like, moved it a little wider. Like, they didn't have, like, barricades on the walk. And they're like, well, it's great, man. The fans are like, you interact with them. Well, this walk is, like, a half mile. Like, you're walking through, like, 40,000 people. Yeah.
You know, and, like, you got to wear a suit and everything. And then, like, they're, like, grabbing you and everything. And so I moved the barricades a little.
Yeah, like, a little wider. Plus, I mean, we are in the deep south, so there's a lot of great things. But, I mean, there's just some different things, too, now. You know, they're, like, grabbing you, and they got chew spit on their hands and stuff.
And it's like, whoa, can we, like, move these just back a little bit? Maybe, like, maybe I can just do the wave. Yeah. You know, hey, guys, good to see you.
Yeah. I can unpack there. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's a lot of history. I moved here. A lot of tradition. And everything you're going to give me is just full disclosure anyway. I moved here because it was SEC head job, and I thought we could win and do a great job. I wasn't like, man, I want to move to like... I'm just really dying to move to Oxford, Mississippi. Right.
But I also didn't know much about it either. So I judged it that way, just kind of like a lot of people do about Mississippi. And at first, it was a lot. Because I'd spent most of my time before that in South Florida or in LA at USC. And I was like, at first, I was like, whew, this is a lot. Like, I mean...
long-winded like a lot of conversations slow moving oh yeah but then you say thank you like it's not over right hey thank you yeah and then like they just keep going yeah oh yeah like no but no really thank you i really appreciate it like i'm gonna go to go now oh well um well what are you so what are you doing tomorrow I just met you like, you know, like.
But then it took me some. I'm so glad that I've been here long enough now, five years going on the sixth year. And now I see it completely different. Now I go back to like South Florida or I go to LA and I'm like, dang, these people are rude. Like everybody's just moving fast. Everybody's just into themselves. Nobody's like saying hi. So it's like what I thought really was kind of bad.
Now I'm like, man, I love it now. You know, it's like a warmth, a sweetness, you know, hospitality and people being nice. And I've learned to, that's actually slowed me down because I was always like, What job can I get? You know, how fast can I move? How many championships to win? Like just always moving. And I was like, maybe they're onto something here.
Maybe this slow down thing that I was judging at first, like I made jokes about the rocking chairs, like people sit in rocking chairs. Yeah. And I'm like, first Charlotte airport or whatever. I saw that. Yeah, I did when I was, and I was like, you'll see somebody has a 40 second layover. They're like, I'm going to get a little rest in. Yeah.
And I'm like, I actually saw some right away and people were in them. And I said to some right away, I'm like, what are they doing? That looks miserable. Like that's so slow. And there's just two of them. Sometimes one. Like, what are you doing? They don't even have their phone out. Like, what are you doing? And now I'm like, hey, they're onto something. Just slow down.
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