Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Florida and Tennessee not done yet

ESPN is reporting that Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin and Florida coach Urban Meyer are still taking shots at each other after the Gators defeated the Vols 23-13 on Saturday.

Last Sunday, Meyer said that he kept his strategy conservative in the game against Tennessee. He went on to say that he did this because he believed Tennessee was not playing to win and several Florida players had the flu.

Yesterday, Kiffin struck back and said that every time Tennessee didn't play good, he'd tell the press that all his players had the flu.

This dispute is adding a number of preseason incidents between Kiffin and Meyer. After Kiffin was named the new Tenenssee head coach, he said in a news conference that the Vols would sing Rocky Top all night long after they beat Florida next year. Later, he accused Meyer of a recruiting violation. The player he was accusing Meyer of trying to recruit illegally then went on to play at Tennessee.

By the way, Herschel Walker is now becoming an MMA fighter. He is a sixth-degree blackbelt, but he's also 47 years old. Should he really do that?