Bill Walsh was notorious for pulling this trick every time his team received the opening kick and went on offense first - either home or away.
Walsh was known to script the first five or six plays for any given set of down-and-distance combinations - and practice them in sequence all week. Joe Montana and Steve Young and the entire offensive unit know before the huddle what the play would be just based on the d-&-d.
So, almost magically, the 49er headsets would malfunction until that offensive series was over.
This was the first thing that crossed my mind Saturday. And I was 'shocked' when after the punt everything suddenly cleared up on the UT sidelines.
Kiffin is beginning to make Fulmer look like a stand-up kind of guy.
