KNOXVILLE – The three University of Tennessee female athletes were discussing their weekend plans through the month of October as they exited the Brenda Lawson Athletic Center a couple of weeks ago.
Said Athlete A: “I think I’m going home on the weekend of the 16th.”
Chimed in Athletes B and C: “No, you can’t go then. That’s the Ole Miss (football) game. That’s when Lane Kiffin gets to hear how much we hate him.”
Now that week is here. And the Big Orange Nation, which sees itself as the jilted lover where Kiffin’s concerned, seems more than a little excited to let the former one-year-wonder of a Vols coach know how much he hurt them when he bolted for Southern Cal after the 2009 season.
Or as an old friend and lifelong Volniac told me over the weekend, “I’m just sorry I can’t be there to boo him in person.”