Kiffin's ESPN interview could land secondary violation

Lane Kiffin's interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" could land the University of Tennessee another secondary violation.

During the piece aired Sunday morning, Kiffin is seen talking with recruits in his office. The NCAA rule book states that media members cannot observe recruiting contact by coaches.

At the end of the story, ESPN's Bob Ley said, "The NCAA is reserving comment until the story airs, so we look forward to hearing from them today."

University of Tennessee is aware of the incident and is looking into it.

If UT does report this incident to the NCAA, it will the sixth secondary violation since Kiffin became head coach.

Kiffin discussed the school's previous violations in the story by saying, "If you really study recruiting violations, minor violations, they happen very often at a lot of places, unfortunately, and so you can't do everything right. Sometimes you make a mistake, and nothing that we've done has been set out to do something against the rules or on purpose."

Part of the ESPN story also focused on Kiffin's short tenure with the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin was the head coach for 14 months, before being fired by owner Al Davis.

ESPN obtained a statement from the NFL organization in regards to Kiffin.

"Lane Kiffin is a flat-out liar. He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media. He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders, and will eventually clash with (Pat) Summitt and (Bruce) Pearl. Other than that, the Raiders can say nothing further."

* You can watch the entire ESPN segment by clicking on the link to the right of the screen.