It's something like double secret probation. "Seven years of college, down the drain!" :-) Oliver
-----Original Message----- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:10 PM To: Gatortalk <[email protected]> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Kiffin Reprimanded So... do we know what the actual "reprimand" entails yet? Or will we ever know? Woody On Feb 5, 2009 9:03pm, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lane Kiffin reprimanded by SEC > UT coach accused Florida's Meyer of recruiting violation > > By Joe Biddle * THE TENNESSEAN * February 5, 2009 > > > Read Comments(39) Read the comments!!! Very funny! > > > > It didn't take long for new Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin to land in hot water. > > Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive issued a public reprimanded to Kiffin Thursday for violating the league's code of ethics. It was a result of remarks Kiffin made at a breakfast meeting in Knoxville attended by a reported 1,000 Tennessee fans. > > > > > > > > > > Kiffin accused Florida coach Urban Meyer of breaking an NCAA recruiting rule. The controversy involved Tennessee signee Nu'Keese Richardson, who had previously verbally committed to Florida. > > "I'm going to turn Florida in right now in front of you,'' Kiffin said Thursday morning. "Nu'Keese was here on campus and his phone kept ringing. One of our coaches said, 'Nu'Keese, who's that?' He said, 'Urban Meyer.''' > > Kiffin insinuated Meyer's action constituted a rules violation. > > "I love the fact that Urban had to cheat and still didn't get him,'' Kiffin concluded. > > In Nashville, Kiffin stood by the statements he made in Knoxville, but was unsure if the alleged telephone call from Meyer constituted a rules violation. > > "Someone just told me on the way in it is not a violation,'' Kiffin said. "I said what I said this morning, but we're excited to have Nu'Keese on our team. He'sa great player and we signed a great class. > > Following the SEC reprimand, Kiffin was more contrite. > > "I've been made aware by the Southeastern Conference that my comments this morning at a breakfast with our donors violated a conference policy," he said in a statem Email truncated to 2,000 characters :::0:2d6b26f64915ce449c59c44cd590416c:7d0:::: [The entire original message is not included] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
