((HT: ESPN/Chris Low Knoxville News-Sentinel WATE-TV))
In what was, probably, Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton's reaction to this whole thing...
This transfer of power comes as an absolute game-changer... Low reports that Lane and Monte Kiffin, along with Ed Orgeron, will head back to central Los Angeles.
Vols WR coach Kippy Brown becomes the interim head coach in Knoxville...
The HQ has to give USC AD Mike Garrett a lot of credit for this play, which completely sends an entire state into a tailspin... and subsequent hissy fit of biblical proportions...
Kiffin held a 9:30PM media briefing for the local press. No live cameras and transmission were allowed at the event- presumably so no one knew when the flaming pitch forks and lynch mobs could be allowed on campus.
"This was not an easy decision. It's something that happened very quick," Kiffin said. "This was not an easy decision. I really believe this is the only place I would have left to go."
Follow coverage here in these OSG-Endorsed locales...
WVLT-TV in Knoxville with Rick Russo...
The Knoxville News-Sentinel and govolsxtra.com
SportsAnimal99 talk radio in Knoxville...
Wanna see what Kiffin's contract was like at Tennessee, here you go...
According to Articles 16 and 17 of the deal he has with the University of Tennessee, Kiffin is set to pay "liquidated damages" to the school...
Since it was in the first year, Kiffin is liable for $1-million payable over a three-year period...provided Kiffin gives 30 days written notice...
945 EDT UPDATE: ESPN's Shelley Smith relays that Norm Chow is heading from UCLA back to USC as part of the package deal to be the Offensive Coordinator...
So USC has Kiffin, Kiffin, Orgeron, and Chow as of this moment in a very fluid situation. Kiffin ((the younger)) had, apparently called a 9PM team meeting to break the news...
1030 UPDATE:
WVLT catches up with SEC All-Freshman tackle Aaron Douglas and he's not happy one damn bit...
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