Wednesday Afternoon 1/13/10 AL (After Lane)

One final thing on the Lane Kiffin ordeal. I wonder how much of a "big deal" Lane would be, would have been, or is WITHOUT his dad, Defensive guru Monte Kiffin? You have to also wonder since MOnte doesn't want to be anyone's head coach, is namign Lane a 'back door' way of getting his daddy to coach your team's defense?



Here's some stuff that interested me on teh net in between the Haiti shake, rattle, and roll that's killed/going to kill thousands, and the Lane Kiffin ordeal in
Tennessee.

SEE USC (not THAT USC, So Cal) introduce it's new coach at 7pm ET TODAY!!!!

New Israeli research finds that pPlaying Mozart music to premature babies seems to help them gain weight faster and become stronger. Though the sample size was small, the scientists said their findings were statistically significant.

Beginning in the spring, the Wii will become the last of the three current video game consoles to get instant viewing of Netflix movies and TV shows over the Internet.

The SC House of Representatives has approved a censure this morning of Gov. Mark Sanford by the vote of 102 to 11. Not exaclty sure WHEN the official WAG of the finger will take place.

From the "SHOCKING! NO! REALLY?!?! department- A British seismologist says the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti was "the big one" the Caribbean had been dreading.

From the WTF! department-- Wall Street executives said Wednesday they underestimated the severity of the 2008 financial crisis and apologized for risky behavior and poor decisions. They also defended their bonus and compensation practices to a skeptical commission investigating what caused the collapse.

OK, NOW It's Wednesday.

Sad to read the news this morning about last night's tragic and devastating news... "Lane Kiffin Quits Vols To Take USC Job"

Just what the heck is going on in Knoxville? Lane Kiffin leaving after only 1 season to coach the Trojans? I keep reading where Vols fans are mourning- they're not mourning- they're pissed off.

Mark Bradley with the Atlanta Constitution Journal writes: "This is what you get when you entrust your program to a brat. He hits town talking big, and he leaves you in a Big Orange lurch. Ten years from now — heck, 10 minutes from now — we’ll be looking on Lane Kiffin’s season in K-Town and saying, “What the heck was that?” Called Urban Meyer a cheat, choppered down on Georgia high school stadiums, smirked at every abrogation of NCAA bylaws and then … poof, he’s gone. Like Keyser Soze. Gone so fast you wonder, “Was he here at all?” "

what a day!

oh yeah, some people got shook up in disease ravaged, virtually destroyed anyway Haiti. Looks like US aid will get there quicker than it does for domestic disasters... but that's another blog

here's some other stuff going on this morning

HE MADE IT DISAPPEAR!! - Federal prosecutors closed a two-year rape investigation of magician David Copperfield on Tuesday without filing charges, and police in nearby Bellevue say his accuser made a false sexual assault claim against another man last month.

THAT CLOSE! -A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is. Astronomers say it may be space junk or it could be a tiny asteroid, too small to cause damage even if it hit. It's 33 to 50 feet wide at most. NASA says that on Wednesday at 7:47 a.m. EST, it will streak by, missing Earth by about 80,000 miles.

HERE WE GO AGAIN - DC Comics has announced that they will be reuniting the popular JLI line-up in a 26 issue bi-weekly series titled "Justice League: Generation Lost," written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick.
In other comics news- in March's "Uncanny X-Men" #522, Kitty Pryde will be returning to the X-Men


more later