The Lane Kiffin Era continues to provide great entertainment on the SEC football scene.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported the latest high jinks. At Tennessee’s junior day, Kiffin and his staff pulled out the stops.

“It was just like your normal Junior Day, with coaches and other people from the college talking,” Brookstone High School tight end Brian Vogler told the paper. “You could see heads bobbing, with eyes falling a little bit. But the second they split us up from the parents, it got so much more intense.”

The AJC picks up the story:

The prospects were led to the film room, where Kiffin thanked the recruits for making the trip and considering the Volunteers. “Then this other coach got up there and said that Tennessee takes special teams very seriously, that it’s a big key to winning,” recalled Northview defensive lineman Denzel McCoy, who has 31 early scholarship offers.

“That coach said they get real fired up on special teams and yelled for everybody to ‘Get up, get on your feet, and get fired up about special teams.’ Then this other coach ripped off his shirt Superman style. It was crazy.”

Many in the crowd weren’t sure how to react. “The coaches told us to stand up, but nobody really knew what to do. We started clapping, sort of like one of those ‘Ah, this feels awkward’ kind of things,” Volger said. “The coaches yelled ‘OK, we’re going to give you another shot. We’ve leaving the room. When we come back in here, we want it really to get crazy.’”

Douglass defensive lineman Garrison Smith said the lights in the room dimmed. “This one coach stayed behind and walked to the side of the room. Then he kept slamming the [side] doors, as if the other assistant coaches were trying to break it down. It was like an angry dog or some wild animals were on the other side.”

After a few moments, Smith said the doors swung open and the Tennessee assistants ran into the room. “By now, three or four coaches had their shirts ripped off.” Smith said around 10 Tennessee players, including All-America defensive back Eric Berry of Atlanta and quarterback Jonathan Crompton, ran down from behind the recruits to meet the coaches on the floor. “Eric and the rest of the players were chanting ‘U-T, wild boys … U-T, wild boys … U-T wild boys.’” This time, prospects left their seats and joined the celebration. “We were all jumping up and down together, it was cool,” McCoy said.

Yikes!

Here is one guy Kiffin probably isn’t recruiting.

LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH, DOMINICAN

Tipsheet had a ringside seat to the arrival of the Dominican entry – and its well-fed hangers on — in the World Baseball Classic. The group is practicing at the Cardinals complex in Jupiter, Fla.

Alex Rodriguez rolled up in a Maybach that runs about 400 G. Later, his ex, Cynthia, arrived so that A-Rod could have a heartfelt reunion with his kids.

Tipsheet got to hang out with the A-Spawn, since “The Sports Edge” on KFNS was broadcasting live from the Dominican team family area. (That wasn’t planned, it just worked out that way.)

This was a remarkable personal experience. Everybody should get to hang out with the excessively rich just once in their lives.

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

Questions to ponder while wondering if anybody will fall for Kurt Warner’s 49ers bluff:

• Now that Ron Bartell is back in the fold, will Ram Nation sleep easier at night?
• If the Patriots got just a second-round pick for Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel, what could the Rams realistically expect to get for Orlando Pace and Torry Holt?
• What sort of mood are the Red Wings in after their 8-0 loss at Nashville?
• In our lifetime, will somebody broker peace between Tony La Russa and Adam Kennedy?
• In our lifetime, will the legal proceedings against Barry Bonds come to some conclusion? Or will we be held hostage by this story forever?

DIGGER PHELPS DANCE PARTY

Enjoy!

This is why older people should lay off the Red Bull.

QUIPS ‘R US

Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:

Dan Daly, Washington Times: “Tom Brady reportedly got married last week to supermodel Gisele Bundchen in a small, private ceremony in California. Guess Brady’s knee is really coming around. Training camp hasn’t even begun, and already he’s run a quarterback sneak.”

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel: “When she married  Tom Brady earlier this week,  Gisele Bundchen’s three dogs actually wore matching Dolce & Gabbana floral lace collars to the wedding. But what if it had been  Michael Vick’s wedding? Would all the dogs have worn matching shock-and-pinch collars?”.

Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “Charles Barkley, recently busted for DUI, stars in a new Golf Channel series in which an expert golf teacher tries to remedy Barkley’s infamously bad swing. I’ve seen it. Makes you think he also should be arrested for GUI.”

Steve Schrader, Detroit Free Press, on the Lions eyeing Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry with the first NFL draft pick: “For him, that would be like going from the Wake to the funeral.”

MEGAPHONE

“People assume things are being done to create leverage and that’s not true. Anyone who knows Kurt Warner knows that’s not the moral plane he operates under. He would never do something to create leverage.”

Agent Mark Bartelsein, on his client’s negotiations.