Recruiting a committed athlete is a bit like enticing someone else’s girlfriend over in high school. No, baby. I swear. We’ll just watch a movie. This hand? I’m just stretching. I’ll move it if it makes you uncomfortable. No? That’s cool. You look great in that sweater. And so on and so on until signing day, when everyone has to put on their promise rings for real: that’s recruiting today, for better or worse.
‘Next Time Kiffin Calls, Tell Him I Said Hello’
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Though they’ve been ordered to play nice by SEC commissioner Mike Slive, Lane Kiffin and Urban Meyer are still sniping at each other, though doing it cleverly via recruits. Florida commit Solomon Patton has gotten the “Hey, girl, come over” call from Kiffin despite being a Florida commit, something Patton has to this point rejected.
↵The Florida coach’s response, per Florida Today:
↵↵As soon as I got off the phone I called Coach G (UF receivers coach Billy Gonzales). He said, ‘Next time just tell them I am fully committed to Florida and that’s where I want to play.’ Coach (Urban) Meyer told me, ‘Next time Kiffin calls, tell him I said hello.’’’
↵↵Oh, that’s a burn, Urban. Actually, we noticed you can’t spell “Urban” without “a burn,” which is appropriate both ways, given Meyer’s 5-0 record against Tennessee and Kiffin’s poaching of two committed Gator recruits last year. English degrees: helping you make pointless points since 1348.
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