Lane Kiffin gets splashed across the USC sports mag’s house organ but notable is the reduction of the Reggie Bush number (see arrow).  It’s hard to know how to greet this news, because the impact is arguably negligible. USC has a sizable (and growing) liability in Kiffin as days (and sportswriter deadlines) pass. Coachnapping Kiffin looks like some kind of superhero of the Astroturf, just as yesterday Bush was USC’s Golden Boy.

The Titans have reason to sink Tiffin’s cred. Considering the quality of education at USC these days, is it a notable sell point to feature the number of college players the Trojans export to the NFL? The fabric of the USC educational mission seems to be…fraying. Once Bush and Kififn get to wrastlin’ with them that thar NCAA committee, there won’t be a dry piece of chaw South of the Mason Dixon line.