Lane Kiffin Trolls Tennessee About Using The NCAA’s Dumb Rules On Fake Injuries To His Advantage

Lane Kiffin Trolls Tennessee Over NCAA's Bad Decision On Fake Injuries

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  • Lane Kiffin has been at the forefront of the conversation about fake injuries in college football.
  • He wants the rules to change, but until they do, he is going to use them to his advantage, which makes Tennessee fans very upset.
  • When the NCAA again decided to nothing about the trend, Kiffin got the last laugh on Twitter.
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Over the course of the last few years, over-selling injuries — or making them up all together — has become fairly common place in college football. Despite the outcry to put an end to the embellishment, the NCAA is not doing anything about it.

Faking an injury allows teams to manipulate clock situations. The stoppage in play while a player is down allows, in most instances, a defense to rest or a team to huddle up and get a scheme together.

At the forefront of the conversation is Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. Kiffin runs a very fast-paced offense and other teams were using fake injuries to slow down his momentum.

In turn, he spoke about how something needs to be done to stop the trend a few years ago. He was very adamant that fake injuries were becoming a serious issue in the sport.

But the NCAA did not do anything about it.

As a result, Kiffin uses the (lack of) rules to his advantage. If there is no penalty for faking an injury and stopping the clock, then why not fake an injury to stop the clock?

There are multiple examples of the Rebels using the tactic throughout 2021. Until the rules are changed, faking an injury is a strategic advantage that Kiffin chooses to use to help his team win.

It was on full display during Ole Miss’ game against Tennessee in October.

During the Rebels’ 31-26 win, there were 18 stops for injuries between plays throughout the entire game and 11 came in the fourth quarter alone.

Both teams run high-paced, hurry-up offenses and it became important to stop the momentum for both sides. It also allows time for defensive substitutions on plays where the offense does not sub.

Ole Miss ran 101 plays in the game, which was a school record and the ninth most in SEC history. Tennessee ran 79 plays throughout the evening.

As such, players on both sides were dropping like flies but were miraculously cured of their injuries just a few moments later. Volunteer fans were furious.

Kiffin and Tennessee have a history of bad blood, so when the Rebels were using fake injuries to manipulate the clock late in the game, Volunteer fans were not happy. Especially after they lost.

To this day, months later, UT fans are constantly complaining about the fake injuries— even though their own team does it as well.

Even against Ole Miss.

After the game, Kiffin spoke about the need for the rules to change. He was very clear that there is an easy solution to the problem and it starts with the NCAA putting in new rules on fake injuries.

And yet, once again, the NCAA decided not to do anything about it.

On Friday afternoon, the incompetent governing body of collegiate athletics announced that it was letting things continue as they were. The NCAA is not going to institute in-game penalties whenever players are faking injuries before the upcoming 2022 season.

When the news was announced, Kiffin decided to have some fun at Tennessee’s expense. The king of college football twitter was extremely subtle in his troll, but it got his message across loud and clear.

All he did was tag the Volunteers in an article about the lack of rule change.

Kiffin, who wants the rules to change, always gets the last laugh.