The comically bungled Tennessee coaching search was a real hoot to watch from afar, you’ve got to admit.
When Lane Kiffin, a one-year occupant of that job before bolting for USC, tweeted a picture of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un photoshopped wearing Vols gear, with the caption that even he had “turned down the Tennessee job,” it officially jumped the shark from sports story to The Onion parody.
But then, out of the blue, the whole sordid saga touched close to home Thursday night, dragging none other than Washington State coach Mike Leach into the melodrama.