Lane Kiffin Losing Favor at USC

People within the program are beginning to see how much different Kiffin is from his predecessor, Pete Carroll. While each coach has loads of confidence, Carroll is much more personable than Lane. There has been a rash of bad news for the USC program over the past several months and Kiffin knows the only way to gain the confidence of the fans is by winning. He’s feeling the pressure so much that he wanted to recruit linebacker Joshua Shirley, who was recently released from his letter of intent by UCLA because of a June arrest for stealing a bag on campus. Shirley had picked UCLA over USC on signing day, but Kiffin was shot down by the school in his efforts to re-recruit Shirley because they did not want to suffer the public relations hit of recruiting a player kicked off UCLA’s team for an arrest.

The Trojanjavascript:void(0)s don’t open up until September 2nd at Hawaii, but the pressure is already mounting inside Heritage Hall.

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