Huzzah!

Ding dong, the witch is dead! Which old Witch? The wicked Kiffich...

Okay, that was a stretch, but there is good news. Lane Kiffin is outta here. And, boy, does that make me happy.

Lane Kiffin grew up dreaming of becoming a head coach in the National Football League.

On Monday, the Oakland Raiders fulfilled that dream years before anyone other than Al Davis could have anticipated when they hired USC's 31-year-old offensive coordinator as the team's 16th head coach.

"I always thought a lot of things have to go right and work out, but if you continue to work hard and believe in yourself good things can happen," Kiffin said in a telephone interview.

I grew up dreaming for a decent playcaller for the Trojans, but that turned into a nightmare after Norm Chow departed. Okay, again, another exaggeration on my part, but Lane Kiffin and I are about as good friends as Noam Chomsky and John Candy (who actually bothers to click on these links, eh? I could put anything there). That's because John Candy's dead, but you get the idea.

In other news, this man really defies description. I guess I'm...amazed?