$5,600 buried under the service porch and don’t know what in tarnation to do with it? You’re in luck, kind sir! A Knoxville ESPN Radio host’s website is currently soliciting donations for a new billboard to be put up in Los Angeles that mocks former Tennessee escapee football coach Lane Kiffin.
First off, I talked to the billboard guy in LA yesterday. The first company I talked to was owned by an SC fan who said “no way jose” The second company gave me the go ahead. The final quote was for $5,600 for 1 month in August. Here is the design again and I will keep you updated on the total we have collected.
But wait, there’s more!
With your mid-four figure investment, you also get some exclusive Tennessee football news in the same blog post that I’m sure current Vols Coach Derek Dooley is sure to affirm any minute now:
Here is what I was told over the weekend. This is as good of source as you can get. Dooley and the current staff have been in contact with several SC players who are eligible to transfer without penalty. In fact, they had some come visit this weekend. Laney did not like this. Throughout the past week, Monte, Lane and Ape man have been furious and have confronted several current coaches via text, phone call and voice mail.
The current staff has not backed down and is actually amused at how mad Lane is getting especially when he tells them things like “I gave you your start” and “this is unethical”
Now this doesn’t mean the vols will land one single SC player, but making Lane furious is enough for me.
Never mind those flood victims in Nashville, with Neyland Stadium already sold out for this upcoming season, I can’t think of a better way for a Vols fan to drop $5,600.
WAT.
5:51 pm on June 24th, 2010
It was disappointing as a Vols fan to see Lane Kiffin bolt for USC like he did… but karma hit him with a nice surprise with the loss of those scholarships. Ditto for Coach O.
It would be more admirable to solicit funds for flood victims (and yes there are people here in the Nashville area where I live who are still displaced by the flooding damage), but this serves as a strong example of how big University of Tennessee football is to people in the Knoxville area.
6:59 pm on June 24th, 2010
Leave it to a bunch of in-bred red-necks to waste their money on a stupid billboard when it could be used to help people in their community!
7:00 pm on June 24th, 2010
I’m sure Brooks and Ron give all their disposable income to charity.
As Tony stated on air, he doesn’t expect or want big donations from people. He actually turned down a guy’s 20 dollar bill. It’s completely moronic to act like people are turning down their season tickets to give to this billboard or not giving to the cause in Nashville. I normally enjoy this blog but this is a complete joke.
7:03 pm on June 24th, 2010
“..I can’t think of a better way for a Vols fan to drop $5,600.”
Additionally, $5,600 is the cost of the entire billboard, which I’m sure was obvious to most (not Brooks apparently).
7:44 pm on June 24th, 2010
leave it to whiny liberal bakeheads to talk about how others spend their own money
9:29 pm on June 24th, 2010
The Chosen One should demand God open a 20B escrow account for Nashville.
11:14 pm on June 24th, 2010
But at the end of the day,
you’ll still be living in Tennessee
12:07 am on June 25th, 2010
which is a hell of a lot better than el-lay.
1:04 am on June 25th, 2010
The funny thing is USC is still going to be top 5 this year despite the sanctions… Get ready for another controversial National Champ!
6:44 am on June 25th, 2010
@ B40- USC is going to be a top 5 team next year?! Now that is funny!!
8:35 am on June 25th, 2010
Is it just me, or has your attitude toward Lane Kiffin changed through all of this??? “Unethical”??? For Lane to call another coahes actions “unethical” is ridiculously hilarious. I mean, IS THERE ONE PERSON ON THE FACE OF NORTH AMERICA WHO THINKS THAT USC HAS EVER RAN AN “ETHICAL” PROGRAM??? No wonder Lane and “Gargamel” Al Davis couldn’t get along, their cut from the same insanity cloth!!!
8:54 am on June 25th, 2010
Geez, for $5,600, you’d think they would also take the time to at least make it clever.
9:03 am on June 25th, 2010
The NFL should investigate and sanction Bush and Carroll; USC is out of control; Maybe Suge Knight can be of assistance.
4:01 pm on June 25th, 2010
How much money have you clowns donated to Nashville or the Gulf Coast or anything for that matter?
And I love the unimaginative “in-bred” label by the USC fans.
UT’s stadium is on the banks of the Tennessee River overlooking the Smoky Mountains.
USC’s is in Compton.
9:11 am on June 26th, 2010
I didn’t get the “in bred comment” either. I suppose that idiot has never been to Tennessee. I mean Tennessee folks don’t think California people are all gay like the perception that there are a ton of gay people in Cali. I mean I don’t think the people of San Francisco are all gay due to the fact that San Fran is like the “gay” capitol of USA. Sure, there are probably some “in breds” in Tennessee but I bet there are some in California as well as the other 49 states. Give us a break “Ron”. Someboy wants to blow their money on a billboard–this is America let him blow it where he wants–just like Vegas.
8:02 pm on June 26th, 2010
Ummm, by the way, no USC players visited Knoxville this weekend. As if! That is laughable. The jilted ex-girlfriends in Tenn just can’t get over their Lane crushes. Tsk, tsk, silly little hillbillys.
10:05 pm on June 26th, 2010
And along comes another band of bitter ‘necks who think a temporary billboard will ease their miserable lives. Sure “donate” your money to a billboard which will cause absolutely no harm whatsoever and change NOTHING. Funny how these inbreds think Lane is getting all this bad karma for leaving a choking, has-been program, yet they fail to realize the bad karma coming their way for participating in a bitter, childish attack on Lane himself. Seriously? All that money for a billboard? Obviously these uneducated yokels are unaware of other things they could have spent the money on that would have actually been productive. Funny thing is after this season they will transfer their hate from Lane to their own coach since this new guy Drooley will sink the tanking Vols program even lower than it is now so hey, at least your fans have that to look forward too LOL Oh and I just gotta laugh at hillbillies who think USC plays in Compton. I guess the BACK to BACK Champion LA Lakers play in Compton now as well LMAO
6:55 pm on June 29th, 2010
Actually, this is the first action taken by a Tennessee fan that I will actually support. Lane Kiffin is an arrogant, lying cheater who has an overall record of 12-21 as a head coach and deserves the ridicule that is coming his way. But while you two continue to fight this out, we will work on #14, Roll Tide!
9:31 am on July 3rd, 2010
Its all in good fun. Ill spend my money where I want. I donated 5 bucks.