John Pennington: Lane Kiffin offered the job

MrSEC.com, reported by John Pennington, is saying this afternoon that ex-Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin has been offered the job. This certainly goes along with all the chatter I've heard just about everywhere for the last 72 hours, and if true, is a hire that will bring with it questions and names like Ed Orgeron and Monte Kiffin, Lane's father who's currently at Tampa Bay.

Most believe the validity of this report, but I'm sure Tennessee has been/is working very hard to make the rest of this week about Phillip Fulmer, and deservedly so, while also having someone in place bright and early Monday morning to get this recruiting class back under control, and to move the program forward as soon as possible. So you still may not hear anything official until Monday, and I hope nothing takes away from Fulmer on Saturday. But right now, this appears to be the direction we're moving in at Tennessee.