Wow. SW, you’ve finally gone to the bottom. Who cares what a 4 time loser like Fran thinks? He a loser. SC is going down the tubes and all you care about is $h!tt!ng on Kiffin and Garrett because both think you are a douche bag. Grow up.

I thought the job of a journalist was to critically examine what others said, and not just act as an echo chamber? Tarkenton got his facts wrong, and I would have expected SW to note them, but apparently that was too hard.

First, LK was hardly a rogue at Oakland; he was told to use JaMarcus Russell, who became probably the second-worst flameout ever, right behind Ryan Leaf.

So let’s look at how LK’s records compare to his predecessors and followers.

2003 – Bill Callahan 4 – 12
2004 – Norv Turner 5 – 11
2005 – Norv Turner 4 – 12
2006 – Art Shell 2- 14
2007 – Lane Kiffin 4 – 12
2008 – Lane Kiffin 1 -3 (first four games before he was fired)
2008 – Tom Cable 4 – 8
2009 – Tom Cable 5 – 11
2010 – Tom Cable 8 – 8

I don’t see a rogue. I see a coach who was no better and no worse than Bill Callahan, Norv Turner, Tom Cable or Art Shell, all operating under the control freak that Al Davis was known to be.

So what about his disastrous season at Tennessee? Well, let’s look at the records again.

2005 – Phil Fulmer 5 – 6
2006 – Phil Fulmer 9 – 4
2007 – Phil Fulmer 10 – 4
2008 – Phil Fulmer 5 – 7
2009 – Lane Kiffin 7 – 6
2010 – Derek Dooley 6 – 7
2011 – Derek Dooley 5 – 7
2012 – Derek Dooley 4 – 7

Tarkenton can’t point to records, because Lane Kiffin did no worse than either Dooley or Fulmer. Well actually, Dooley did worse than Kiffin, ever year.

As for infractions committed by Lane Kiffin, let’s consider that the first Notice of Allegations against Tennessee included major infractions against Kiffin. The most serious one — that Kiffin took a student-intern who was not certified to recruit, on a school campus visit — was dropped. (Yes, I read the frigging report.) The result was a handful of secondary violations, or in other words, just your typical year at Ohio State, where a couple dozen violations are recorded each year.

Don’t forget, Tennessee’s athletic department was punished hard not for Lane Kiffin’s secondary violations, but because of the major violations of Bruce Pearl, who ended up with a show-cause order. Yes, the final report said that they were bothered by the number of secondary violations by Kiffin, but again I remind you, dozens of violations occurred each year at Ohio State, so much so that they lead all NCAA programs in total number of secondary violations, by a mile.

This latest extension of probation and the added-on recruiting limits did not come from Kiffin’s actions, but by Willie Mack Garza and his ties to Willie Lyles.

But if any of that does not cause Tarkenton to take pause in his false allegations, then maybe he should ask others in the know, WHY THERE IS THIS SATIRICAL THING CALLED THE FULMER CUP.

So where’s my check for $200 for doing your job, Scott?

Who cares what Fran Tarkenton thinks.

Is Lane Kiffin a long-term guy? Probably not. Would Haden have hired him if he were AD? Probably not. Was Garrett in his right mind when he hired him. No. He was a great fopotball player but in the last few years of his tenure, a lazy AD.

But we need Fran Tarkenton to tell us that? Please.

What does Fran Tarkenton know about anything? I mean, he’s right, Kiffin is a true low life with no friends left.