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Lane Kiffin(left) and Ed Orgeron(right) arrive via helicopter to the M.L. King vs. Stephenson game.

Just when everyone thought Lane Kiffin couln't get anymore crazy, he did.  Both Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron hoped in a helicopter and flew down to Martin Luther King High School to watch them play Stephenson in a game that featured many D-1 prospects. One of those prospects was Mike Thornton, a Rivals 250 defensive tackle.  Mike Thorton plays at Stephenson and is one of the most underated players in the Class of 2010. After the game Thorton said this to ESPN, "It blew me away, you know," Thornton said. "We have a linebacker that goes to Tennessee [Nigel Mitchell-Thornton], so it would be nice for me to get up there and play on the team with him. I am going to give them a look. I am going to give Tennessee a look."  Tennessee also went after current Florida commit, Mack Brown. Brown is a highly rated tailback who has been commited to Florida for quite amount of time.  Brown had this to say about Kiffin, "Yeah, he was at my school earlier," said Brown, the state's top-ranked tailback and a Florida commitment. "I ran into him, shook his hand."  Asked if Kiffin was trying to get him to flip on the Gators, Brown said politely, "Yes, sir."  Both Mike Thorton and Mack Brown could potentially return the favor and visit UT.  Without a doubt this visit from the coaching staff paid off for UT.

Orgeron (right) and Mitchell-Thornton watch the game from the sidelines.