Lane Kiffin still on the hot seat in Southeastern Conference

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive went on the offensive Wednesday at the conference meetings in Destin, Fla. He told football coaches and athletic directors to quit sniping at each other.

‘I had all 5-9, 170 pounds of me into every word I said,’’ Slive told reporters.

Most of the controversy has surrounded Lane Kiffin, the former USC assistant coach who is now head coach at Tennessee. He and South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier had a confrontation Tuesday.

Kiffin earlier had run-ins with Florida Coach Urban Meyer.

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino joked Tuesday that the SEC should put the coaches in a cage and let them fight it out.

Kiffin says he’s just trying to start a spark for his program.

He’s certainly started a spark.

--Randy Harvey