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Former Tennessee head football coach
Lane Kiffin fired back at a Twitter troll after the Volunteers
were eliminated from the college baseball super regionals by Notre
Dame on Sunday.
Kiffin, who now leads the Ole Miss
football program, took advantage of the Rebels earning their ticket
to Omaha for the College World Series to take a shot at the Vols:
Lane Kiffin @Lane_Kiffin
Awesome thanks for asking!! We are watching <a href=”https://twitter.com/OleMissBSB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@OleMissBSB</a> advance to the <a href=”https://twitter.com/CWSOmaha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@CWSOmaha</a> !! What are you guys today in Knoxville?? ???? <a href=”https://t.co/OOJbD4stgn”>https://t.co/OOJbD4stgn</a>
UT was the top-ranked team in the NCAA
men’s college baseball tournament after posting a 49-7 record during
the regular season, but it couldn’t overcome the unseeded Fighting
Irish, who won the deciding Game 3 by a 7-3 score.
It presented an opportunity for Kiffin
to respond to the message he’d received a day earlier, and he didn’t
pass it up.
The outspoken coach spent just one year
with the Vols in 2009, leading the team to a 7-6 record, before
leaving to accept the USC job after Pete Carroll left for the NFL’s
Seattle Seahawks.
Kiffin returned to UT’s Neyland Stadium in October for the first time as a head coach since his departure. He guided the
Rebels to a 31-26 win, and Vols fans responded by throwing trash on
the opponent’s sideline after a disputed call late in the fourth quarter.
“They’re just throwing stuff. I
just said put your helmets on and let’s play,” Kiffin said after
the game. “They’re passionate fans. People came to see a show
and it didn’t end the way they wanted it to. It is what it is.”
Despite downplaying the incident in the immediate aftermath, it
clearly stuck in his mind because he brought it back up Friday, which
sparked the interaction:
Lane Kiffin @Lane_Kiffin
Mustard bottle thrown on field after Tennessee’s Drew Gilbert ejected ???? <a href=”https://twitter.com/Vol_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Vol_Football</a> where is the golf ball?? <a href=”https://twitter.com/Vol_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Vol_Sports</a> <a href=”https://t.co/DOaTVyWWSY”>https://t.co/DOaTVyWWSY</a>
Unfortunately, the Rebels and
Volunteers aren’t scheduled to face off during the upcoming football
season, so the trash talk between Kiffin and Tennessee fans will have to
remain on social media.
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