I thought this never had a chance, but...
Tennessee's Lane Kiffin has agreed in principle to become the next head coach at Southern California, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Chris Low on Tuesday...
According to the sources, Kiffin will bring his father and defensive coordinator, Monte Kiffin, and assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron to Southern Cal with him, and wide receivers coach Kippy Brown will be named interim head coach at Tennessee.
More to come as more comes out. Looks like my SEC East primer is already out of date, which is why it's always too early to look at next year.
UPDATE
For up-to-the-minute info, head over to the SB Nation story stream and the blogs of the schools involved, Rocky Top Talk and Conquest Chronicles.