Lane Kiffin must be pretty down in the dumps. After his awkward departure from Tennessee in January, the coach has had to deal with the backlash of the NCAA’s investigation of the Reggie Bush scandal, you know, when Pete Carroll was the team’s coach. Carroll was able to get out of dodge, and over to the greener pastures of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, while Kiffin was hired to be his fall guy. The NCAA laid the metaphorical smack-down on the Trojan’s football program to the tune of a two year postseason ban, four years of probation, the loss of scholarships, while being forced to forfeit every victory during the 2004 season. Players that are currently under scholarship are allowed to transfer without penalty, and recruits are given that same ability.

One recruit who’s taking advantage of that ability is Seantrel Henderson, the nation’s top ranked offensive tackle. Henderson, who’s listed somewhere between 295-330 lbs depending on who’s reporting, will be let go out of his letter of intent and reopen his recruiting. Someone else who wishes he could reopen his recruiting? Lane Kiffin.

Henderson, an incoming freshman and one of the nation’s top recruits, signed with USC after initially delaying past national signing day over concerns the program might face NCAA sanctions, which indeed occurred.

Henderson also strongly considered Miami, Ohio State and Minnesota during the recruiting process. –ESPN LA

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Busted Coverage has some of the highlights of Southern Cal’s big recruiting weekend, Swim With Mike, and I can only hope that “Mike” is the brunette in the inner tube with jugs to spare. I don’t know how effective a recruiting tool it is to throw your prized recruits into a pool with the most storied cheerleading squad in all of college football. It can’t hurt. Unless some of the recruits in question are on the ‘roids. But who am I kidding, that would never happen on Pete Carroll’s watch. They run such a clean program!

See the complete gallery at BC. See my favorites here.

Because the college apparently needs more money to pay players under the table, the University of Southern California is allowing people to rent one of their famed Song Girls at $150 a pop for appearances. The school’s site touts that they are the most photographed spirit group in college sports, even if most of photos are of the compromising sort.

The request form asks for a brief description of the event, followed by a space where you’re asked what you want the Song Girl to do. Shame that they only provide a few lines for that area. That’s okay, I like to be able to describe the contours of my cock to the Song Girl in person. Doesn’t have the same effect on an application form.

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