In Case You're Wondering Why Lane Kiffin Took a Safety.....

[daneblazer]

Very poor clock management. Not sure why so many coaches screw up with simple numbers. Just run the ball 3 times and you might burn the clock or even get a first down. It was wet so maybe he knew better???

Most coaches are jocks who are good at teaching football to players but suck at basic math and simple game theory logic. They can teach proper form on route running & tackling but most coaches would split two 5’s in blackjack.

[thetrinity]

one of the most ridiculous endings of all time

they lost like 20 yards taking knees and then he gives marshall a chance to win with 8 seconds left by having the punter take a safety from the 25

he definitely shouldnt have touched it on twitter

[thetrinity]

Did any reporter ask Chryst (WIS) about kicking the late fg to cover spread?

Pretty obvious what he was doing.

everything is fine until you acknowledge you ****** with the spread in writing, i imagine chryst didnt do that

[thetrinity]

they asked andy reid about the end of MNF and he just laughed and said he didnt know anything about that, he just wanted to get home alive or something to that effect

this looks very fishy, then kiffin basically admits he did it on purpose on twitter

[daneblazer]

Lol some of you guys are so sore. He’s not getting investigated over this. Move on to today’s games

[newguy]

I actually thought it was right play. Pouring rain there so that's why they weren't handing off. Qb was trying to wait as long as he could before taking knee hence so many lost yards (he just ran backwards and tried to stay up as long as possible). Taking safety ran more time off clock and gave them free kick instead of punter being rushed and possibly blocked. From a un biased football perspective he likely played it right.

[Slipknot26]

Lol some of you guys are so sore. He’s not getting investigated over this. Move on to today’s games

Seems the general public jumps straight to the " political" environment now .
Investigations galore on everything .
They know the lines , they know what can / will affect , half the viewers are watching because they have cash on it .
No big deal , he can easily say someone told him that detail after the game what that created , then it's a non story .

[bonz]

The self absorbed prick googled himself after the game. Then tried to act cool about
the spread cause he almost fukked up.

[Sam Odom]

LK will be greater than Saban one day

[Shute]

Only thing more entertaining than watching that ending is hearing the comments in this thread

[dblock05]

Big overreaction and a bunch of sore losers in this thread

[Bluehorseshoe]

David PurdumESPN Staff Writer


A Florida Atlantic spokesperson says coach Lane Kiffin was joking Friday night when he tweeted about a late intentional safety impacting the betting result in the Owls' victory over Marshall.

Florida Atlantic, which closed as a 6.5-point favorite, owned a 30-23 lead with 14 seconds remaining when Kiffin opted to concede a safety rather than risking a blocked punt deep inside the Owls' territory.

Kiffin took to Twitter after the game and, according to the school's spokesperson, joked about the Owls not covering the spread with their 30-25 victory.

Kiffin told reporters after the game that a clock-management miscalculation from the coaching booth on Florida Atlantic's final possession left the Owls with a fourth down on their own 24-yard line with 14 seconds left. Owls punter Ryan Rickel ran out of the back of the end zone for a safety, and Florida Atlantic bettors went from winners to losers.

[krk1030]

what if the free kick got returned for a td.....

[big joe 1212]

Harbaugh should have done something similar against Michigan st

[BreesIsTheGOAT]

They were up by 7 before the safety with the line hovering between -6 and -6.5. They won by 5.




The rat poison is to troll Nick Saban who has used that reference before to complain about previous coverage of the team (Kiffin has used that term before in previous tweets).
http://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/p...t-poison-tweet

The line was 7 for most of the day Friday and all night leading to the game.

[BigdaddyQH]

How does this guy go from coaching the Oakland Raiders, USC and Alabama to coaching at FIU? Is he rly that awful?

Why does a guy who does not even know what team he coaches make stupid posts like this? He Coaches FAU, NOT FIU. He also was never the HC at Alabama.

[RudyRuetigger]

this is absolutely ridiculous

i hope he gets taken outback

maybe have a blooming onion stuffed down his throat

[rm18]

It was the right play like when Harbaugh declined the safety for the 49ers.

[fried cheese]

Then why did he say it? I get the second part of his statement. But saying "Didin't want to cover" only has one implication and it ain't trolling Saban. What the fuk would Saban care about their spread, why would even care about FAU actually.

the saban reference was about the media making players egos inflated so i assume in his joke he meant he didnt want to cover so ppl wouldnt be overly praising his team.

[Shute]

Fried cheese gets it!

[dlowilly]

Jesus Christ dude , what the fukk does the pricks pick have to do with BTP winners ? He hasn't won a week yet has he ? If the Prick loses the winners will get less points .
Piss poor reference you're trying to use vs poor record keeping .
Grown fukkin men can answer for themselves if they tail losses , you included .

Lol Wtf r u talking about? I'm saying the prick lost either way and the safety had no effect. Btw it wasn't poor record keeping, it was purposeful misleading, he said so himself. U still drunk from last night?

[kingdom]

Then why did he say it? I get the second part of his statement. But saying "Didin't want to cover" only has one implication and it ain't trolling Saban. What the fuk would Saban care about their spread, why would even care about FAU actually.

He was so obviously taking a jab at the people complaining and tweeting. "it's like, yeah dumbazzes, i'm taking a safety not to cover". He has a job as a football coach and they are complaining he won and didn't cover. use some common sense lol.

[SharpAngles]

On -6.5 like a fkn idiot

not the first time and definitely not the last time we get Kiffin’d

[SharpAngles]

I actually thought it was right play. Pouring rain there so that's why they weren't handing off. Qb was trying to wait as long as he could before taking knee hence so many lost yards (he just ran backwards and tried to stay up as long as possible). Taking safety ran more time off clock and gave them free kick instead of punter being rushed and possibly blocked. From a un biased football perspective he likely played it right.

The bad beat was FAU mismanaging the clock. They weren’t taking knees because of the rain, it was because the bonehead coaches led by Kiffin can’t count.

[shocka1212]

How does this guy go from coaching the Oakland Raiders, USC and Alabama to coaching at FIU? Is he rly that awful?

He had janikowski attempt a 76 yard field goal the day before he got canned from Oakland knowing he was going to get fired. Legendary

[mrpapageorgio]

The line was 7 for most of the day Friday and all night leading to the game.

From what I was reading, it was -6.5 mostly (and I read some people complaining they had -6) but I stand corrected.

[Mac4Lyfe]

This guys going to be fired one season is over

Fired? Haha, he's going to have job offers lined up everywhere. I'm hoping my Gators go get him. This guy is a flat out winner and will wreck havoc in the SEC.

Then why did he say it? I get the second part of his statement. But saying "Didin't want to cover" only has one implication and it ain't trolling Saban. What the fuk would Saban care about their spread, why would even care about FAU actually.

He was mocking Saban by implying that he didn't want to cover so his players wouldn't get the big head as if they are anything special. He didn't want his kids reading their own press because it's poison.