The Thanksgiving story of Lane Kiffin's broken toe
Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin was limping on the sideline during the Iron Bowl, and a little girl was reportedly the reason why.
According to CBS analyst Gary Danielson, Kiffin’s nine-year-old daughter Presley was dancing to the classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Sweet Home Alabama” on Thanksgiving Day. During the song, she jumped off of a chair, accidentally landed on her dad’s toe and broke it.
Gary Danielson: Lane Kiffin broke his toe at Thanksgiving when his daughter jumped on it while dancing to “Sweet Home Alabama.”
— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) November 28, 2015
Kiffin had to get a shot to numb the pain. Despite the bad toe, Kiffin was coaching from the sideline, like he usually does. But at times, he had to sit on the bench to rest the bad toe.
Fans watching the game appeared to enjoy the story thoroughly.
You might be a redneck if you break your toe dancing to sweet home Alabama😂😂😂 #lanekiffin
— Michael Parham (@P_Ham5) November 28, 2015
I sprained my ankle & played 7 hrs of vball for 3 days. Lane Kiffin’s 9 yr old breaks his toe & he has to get shot up for the game today?
— Yeakley (@yeakleyy_pullen) November 28, 2015
Lane Kiffin was injured by a 9 year old girl. Yeah that sounds about right.
— Scott Williams (@jswilliams1962) November 28, 2015
I love everything about Lane Kiffin’s foot injury.
— Pegs (@peggyrossmanith) November 28, 2015
Lane Kiffin’s poor little toe… Wonder which little piggy it was? #Bama#Auburn#IronBowl2015
— JK Lockhart (@chattslim) November 28, 2015
Okay Lane Kiffin you’re an idiot.
— Cody Wiginton (@cwig2012) November 28, 2015
Lane Kiffin… Tough as nails #brokentoe
— Andrew Clifford (@AKClifford12) November 28, 2015
Wondering if that shot is affecting #LaneKiffin‘s play calling. #BAMAvsAUB #IronBowl
— Joshua Beman (@JoshuaBeman) November 28, 2015
okay yeah there’s no way that this is the first time lane kiffin has coached a game on painkillers
— jake (@callmeshitto) November 28, 2015
Lane Kiffin broke his toe jumping out of a second story sorority house window at Alabama #JoeyFreshwater
— Zach Kirksey (@ZachKirksey11) November 28, 2015
I believe Lane Kiffin broke his toe dancing to Sweet Home Alabama with *someone’s* daughter
— actioncookbook (@actioncookbook) November 28, 2015
The story also gave viewers a chance to make fun of Danielson and Verne Lundquist, the CBS broadcast team, on Twitter.
Not sure what’s worse, listening to Verne and Gary reporting about Lane Kiffin’s broken toe or the constant kick-six mentions. #ALAvsAUB — Eddie Case (@EC11885) November 28, 2015
Verne and Gary know so much about Lane Kiffin’s toe but cant even correctly pronounce “Iron Bowl” — Gage Elam (@gageelam) November 28, 2015
Thanks Gary and Verne for the in depth analysis of Lane Kiffin’s toe injury. Now can you correctly identify any of the Bama players? — Walton Green (@waltongreen) November 28, 2015
