Don't throw in the towel yet. Joe thinks Monte Kiffin won't want to give up his Gulf-front mansion in Redington Beach for a suburban Tennessee home

If thoughts about Monte Kiffin leaving the Bucs are burning a hole in your stomach, tune into 620 AM, The Sports Animal, today at noon for the The Blitz with Justin Pawlowski.

Pawlowski will broadcast live from Gators On The Pass in Treasure Island. You can share your angst with him.

And if you head out to Gators, a short detour up Gulf Boulevard might help you feel better about the whole Monte Kiffin situation. 

You see, that’s where Kiffin lives in a Gulf-side mansion in Redington Beach. We’re talking 5,000+ square feet with an elevator, spa, pool, private beach and sweeping views of the Gulf of Mexico.  

Kiffin dropped about $1.5 million on the place in 2001, and despite the plummeting property values of the past two years, he’s made a tidy profit. Joe took a look at the property appraiser’s records in Pinellas County.

Does Monte want to give up the sweet life on the beach for some suburban home in Tennessee? Joe hears the grouper fishing is terrible in Knoxville.

 Say it ain’t so, Monte.