Layla Kiffin Appeals to Bruce Pearl
It also served as the first notice of how seriously SEC football fans take the sport ... and the coach's family. In almost two years with the NFL's Oakland Raiders, Layla went unnoticed. Five minutes after Lane's hiring at Tennessee, internet cables in the South were smoking white hot, it was like a new book from the Bible had been uncovered.
To support the new coach, I founded a Facebook group, "Our Coach's Wife is Hotter Than Your Coach's Wife," which immediately exploded to almost 6,000 members.
Layla's popularity continued to grow as she stayed out of sight and delivered her third child, a son named Monte Knox Kiffin. Layla's popularity even withstood Tennessee fans uncovering that she was a graduate of ... wait for it, the University of Florida. Her popularity didn't fall even after Layla confessed to being a Tim Tebow fan. Sigh.
As information continued to trickle in, we could even imagine Layla Kiffin and Erin Andews engaging in underwear-clad pillow fights as fellow sorority sisters in Florida's Zeta Tau Alpha. Diligent research via several Florida Gator sorority girls confirms that the Zetas have a campus reputation as being "wild and cool, but a little bit slutty."
I defy you to find eight better words.
Predictably, the mainstream media has taken note of Layla's Internet popularity. The University of Tennessee Sports Information Department has fielded roughly 15 official requests for interviews with Layla. Given that she only just arrived with her family in Knoxville, look for those numbers to soar. Already Layla's the most popular coach's wife in college football since ... well ... ever.
Given all this interest, it's nice to see that men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, fresh off his turn as a rap mogul, has taken note of Layla's popularity. Asked yesterday at a UT alumni reception just south of Nashville how he was getting along with Lane Kiffin, Pearl responded, "I'm trying to date his wife. But that's not working out too good."
I think it's safe to say: Layla, you've got us all on our knees.