Lane Kiffin’s first USC staff will include his father, former Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, and possibly ex-Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow. However, Kiffin will not say if any other assistant coaches with NFL ties or backgrounds will join the Trojans.

Oakland welcomed the news that its former head coach Lane Kiffin landed the Tennessee coaching job. It saved the Raiders millions of dollars.

As Washington debated signing former Raiders cornerback DeAngelo Hall, one of the coaches they consulted was former Oakland coach Lane Kiffin.

Each Wednesday, the New York Times publishes some unique stats in The Fifth Down column. Two regarding the Raiders were attention grabbers.

Oakland owner Al Davis said in his press conference this week that former head coach Lane Kiffin did not want to draft QB JaMarcus Russell with the No. 1 pick last year. Paul Gutierrez of the Sacramento Bee reports that revelation was news to Russell.

As he talked on Sirius Satellite Radio, Lane Kiffin sounded like a coach who for now is through with the NFL and is interested in going back to school.

Al Davis had his say, and USC head coach Pete Carroll got his. After listening to Davis’ remarks about fired head coach Lane Kiffin on Tuesday, Carroll offered up some of his own.

No 79-year-old man could hit as hard as Al Davis, who steamrolled, slammed, tarred and attacked his former coach Lane Kiffin.

For those who want to watch Al Davis conduct the press conference in which he has fired Lane Kiffin, there is a simple way to do it.

Tune in to NFL.com. It will stream the Raiders presser live at 5 ET.

So much for anyone’s theory that Lane Kiffin might survive. The Raiders have done what many expected they would do all along — they fired Kiffin. The team will hold a 5 p.m. ET press conference.

Now before anyone goes and has Lane Kiffin fired today, consider this.

There is a school of thought in the Raiders building that owner Al Davis will be keeping Kiffin and will use the press conference today to criticize the media for rumor mongering.

The Oakland Raiders will hold a “significant” news conference this afternoon, which currently is scheduled for 2 p.m. PT. Raiders owner Al Davis will be attending and speaking.

Rarely are head coaches fired this early in the season. In fact, since 1970, it has happened only five times, and not once since 1989, when Raiders owner Al Davis fired his head coach Mike Shanahan after the team started 1-3.

Matt Millen made a far better television analyst than general manager. But his greatest strength as a GM was holding onto the job. Until now.

Please retrieve the blog item posted at this time last week. Please retrieve the blog item posted Monday. Please retrieve every item every item ever blogged on Raiders coach Lane Kiffin in the past year. Kiffin is safe. For another day. For another week. Again.