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Lane Kiffin might have been the then-Oakland Raiders head coach for longer than 2007 and '08 had the franchise's late owner Al Davis listened to him at the 2007 NFL draft.
Kiffin, hired as Ole Miss' new head coach in December, spoke to ESPN's The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz about wanting the now-Las Vegas Raiders to draft receiver Calvin Johnson instead of JaMarcus Russell with the first overall pick (h/t ProFootballTalk):
"This is nothing against JaMarcus. It was midnight the night before the draft.