I know no one here is as invested in this story as I am, but it's still a very interesting and enlightening read

That was interesting.. Not an sec guy but I've heard enough about kiffin over the years. Pretty cool to hear from those that were actually there.

But the question remains, how would things have gone for Kiffin in Knoxville if he never bolted for Southern Cal on that January night 15 years ago?

Walls: “(We) Would have won some SEC Championships. We just might have had to give some of them back. We probably would have had to give some back. But we would have won some because the dude was a master recruiter.”

Wild. This is the sort of stuff that absolutely baffles my non-US family when I try to explain non-professional college football to them.