A person close to the Lane Kiffin situation would like to get a look at the skeletons in Kiffin’s closet. He would also like to share them with the public. A public that includes the NCAA and USC board of trustees. He is offering $1000 for info on Lane if that information eventually leads to his firing at USC. While incriminating photos of Kiffin with a girlfriend are encouraged, incriminating photos of Kiffin with a boyfriend are really, really encouraged. Send your Kiffin dirt to kiffinsskeletons@hotmail.com If, however, you would rather contact Lane Kiffin and offer your congratulations, he can be reached at:    ph-(213) 740-4204    fax- (213)740-6665   email- kiffin@usc.edu

   Recently, former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach portrayed his firing as an orchestrated event with ESPN college football analyst and ultimate “little league dad” Craig James as the force behind his dismissal. According to Leach, Craig James had been disappointed by the lack of playing time for his son Adam, a seldom used receiver for the Red Raiders. Leach stated that “I think he used his position at ESPN to try to coerce me into allowing Adam to play more,” and when Leach didn’t comply with his demands for special treatment, Leach says that James attempted to apply more pressure. “He made it clear that he had a business relationship with our chancellor or certainly was in conversation about such things.” Aided by lingering resentment caused

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   Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Brian Battle has informed 13psi that Florida State University is no longer actively recruiting Booker T. Washington (Miami) DE prospect Lynden Trail. Trail made national news when 13psi reported the Florida Gators’ recruit had ties to a Miami/Overtown street gang.

   After his resignation was announced by athletic director Jeremy Foley, Urban’s first interview was, fittingly, with his friend Pete Thamel of the New York Times. In that interview, Meyer said that when his daughter hugged him after he informed his family of his decision, he “saw it as a sign from God that this was the right thing to do.” He also said that his 16-year-old daughter told him that she had not felt as if she had talked to him in the past two years. Well, apparently they did some serious catching up over the next few hours because now Urban has decided to ignore God’s sign and will take a leave of absence rather than resign. It will be very interesting to see what his ultimate decision is after current recruits are bound by their letters of intent.

   Late Saturday, University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley confirmed to the media that head coach Urban Meyer was resigining his position effective at the end of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. In related news, a completely unreliable source confirmed to us that new Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly could be seen standing on one leg in the corner of his office repeatedly kicking himself square in the ass.

Trail flashing gang sign on recruiting visit

   Last week, 13psi broke the story about the Florida Gators’ football recruiting class including a known member of a Miami street gang. This is a gang that has been involved in several drive-by shootings over the past few years in the Overtown area of Miami. A teammate and fellow gang member of Lynden Trail’s was murdered in a drive-by shooting before Booker T. Washington’s season began this year. The shooting was in retaliation for a similar drive-by committed the previous day by a member of Trail’s gang.

   A writer for Sports Illustrated picked up on the story and interviewed Mr. Trail. In that brief interview, Lynden flatly denied being in a gang and claimed that the gang sign he was pictured flashing was merely a “neighborhood” sign. Laughable. After more research, 13psi published a follow-up article detailing Mr. Trail’s association with this street gang, including more proof that he is not as innocent as he claimed. Only after this was published did Lynden Trail admit that he was involved, although the way the question was posed to him made it sound like it was a distant memory. At left, he is pictured flashing his gang sign while on a recent recruiting visit in Gainesville. Continue reading Gator Admits Gang Ties

12/16 screen capture of Trail's Myspace page

S.I.’s Andy Staples interviewed the two Florida Gators’ commitments who were pictured wearing bandannas over their faces and flashing what looked to be gang signs in a previous post. Both maintain that they were incorrectly depicted by the photos. Of themselves. That they posted. Gator recruit Lynden Trail said that the sign he was flashing in the photo wasn’t a “gang” sign, merely a “neighborhood” sign. So let’s take their word for it and chalk it up as a couple of people being immature and trying to act “gangsta.” The problem is perception. Mr. Trail enhanced this perception by placing the caption “BIRD GANG BITCH” under the photo of himself displaying his Continue reading Rough “Neighborhood”