the Buzz for September 28th, 2008

28
Sep

fourth and long

posted at 11:36 pm by brandon in spaulding express, ready to roll!

“San Diego and Oakland, where Lane Kiffin is still the head coach, but it’s still early in the highlights.”

 

— sportscaster Dan Patrick, leading into a recap of today’s Raiders/Chargers game (in which Oakland blew a 15-point first half lead and lost 28-18) on NBC’s “Football Night in America.”  (For those who don’t follow football, ugly rumors have been swirling about Kiffin’s imminent firing — an event that seems more certain than ever, now that his team has dropped three of four games after leading in the fourth quarter — since the season’s opening week.)