Lane Kiffin is a Bozo, Pic. Add this to the tally of pregame banter before the CBS game of the week 3:30 PM Eastern in Gainesville Florida 9-19-2009. In an interview, with the Gainesville Sun, Gators player Matt Patchan was asked what he would do if he passed Lane Kiffin on the street. He said

“I probably wouldn’t say anything to him. I’ve got nothing to say to that guy. He’s a bozo.”

This is a little different than Lane Kiffin saying “I’m really looking forward to embracing some of the great traditions at the University of Tennessee, for instance the Vol Walk, running through the T, singing Rocky Top all night long after we beat Florida next year, it will be a blast”

It is different because I don’t see the Vols putting “Lane Kiffin is a Bozo” on the bulletin board. Call me crazy. On top of that, what else do Vols fans/players expect? Their coach has had calamity after calamity since the day he stepped on to campus. They are used to Kiffin being made fun of by the national media, who cares what one random player from Florida says?

I say all of that to point out the Vols sad state of affairs. A player from one of your biggest rival can call your coach a Bozo and it is not a big deal. That’s close to rock bottom, but if the Vols start winning, it will all be coming up roses. All of this preseason gibberish and trash talk will be a funny distant memory if the Vols start 3-0.

Hat Tip Chris Low