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- What: Tennessee vs. South Carolina
- When: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- Where: Neyland Stadium
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: All ages
College football is all about the players and the insignias on the helmet. At least that's what the coaches tell us.
Maybe so, but looking around the SEC this weekend there's also some intriguing coaching match-ups.
Consider these one-on-one scenarios:
n Phillip Fulmer/Steve Spurrier: The old lions of the SEC coaching fraternity, Fulmer and Spurrier used to wage war annually in September with Eastern Division supremacy on the line. That was the 20th Century.
Saturday's game finds them on a different calendar page and, more to the point, on different footing. Spurrier is fighting to make his new team, South Carolina, relevant. Fulmer is fighting to keep Tennessee relevant.
While both suffered significant setbacks last week, Spurrier's campaign is going better than Fulmer's.
n Mark Richt/Urban Meyer: When Spurrier left Florida in 2001, Fulmer figured to ascend as the league's dominant coach, in the Eastern Division at the least.
Newcomer Richt, however, turned out to be the post-Spurrier guru, leading Georgia to three East titles and two overall SEC crowns (2002, 2005).
If Richt was the hot new guy, Meyer is the hotter, newer guy. Florida won an SEC and national title in his second season and Meyer appears to have the Gators poised for a run at Eastern Division supremacy.
Richt's star is fading a bit. Losing to Florida for the sixth time in seven tries won't help.
n Ed Orgeron/Tommy Tuberville: The current Ole Miss coach got one of his biggest breaks from the former Ole Miss coach.
Orgeron was an assistant strength coach at Arkansas in 1987, wanting to get into field coaching. When he made a call to Miami that winter, a volunteer assistant coach named Tuberville happened to answer the phone. Within an hour Orgeron was hired as a grad assistant on Jimmy Johnson's staff and became a full-time assistant the next season.
Orgeron and Tuberville shared an apartment and a bachelor lifestyle, not to mention two national championships, before moving on.
Tuberville was 16-15 and on the uptick after 31 games at Ole Miss. Orgeron is 9-22. No uptick is immediately obvious.
There is some buzz that both coaches could be elsewhere next year. Tuberville might have suitors coming after him. Orgeron might have a moving van coming after him.
n Rich Brooks/Sylvester Croom: Call this one the Rebuilding Bowl.
Brooks was viewed as Dead Man Walking this time last year, his fourth year at Kentucky apparently going nowhere.
He not only survived, but is a candidate for SEC coach of the year. Brooks went 5-1 in the 2006 stretch drive and has the 6-2 Wildcats contending for the East title.
No one should take more heart in the Brooks model than Croom.
Brooks was 9-25 after three years in Lexington. Croom was 9-25 after three years at Mississippi State. Like Brooks, Croom has made progress in the fourth year. The Bulldogs are 4-4.
Although State's stretch run is daunting, the pieces are in place for better days in 2008 and Croom should be a part of it.
n Les Miles/Nick Saban: Still a week away, this one will easily rank as the SEC coaching showdown of the year.
Saban took over an under-achieving LSU program in 2000 and won two SEC titles (2001, 2003) and the 2003 national championship. When he broke purple hearts and jumped to the NFL after the 2004 season, the Tigers hired Miles from Oklahoma State.
Then Saban had the gall to return to the SEC West this year, only at Alabama.
Where Saban is regarded as a master planner who has every angle covered, Miles is viewed as a reckless gunslinger courting disaster. Maybe, but his 29-5 mark is the best start ever by an LSU coach, including you know who.
Of course, Saban inherited Gerry DiNardo's players. Miles inherited Saban's.
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Comments » 53
DenmarkVol_aka_Mbumburu writes:
Mike, you may very well be the best writer on the KNS sports staff.
DennisVols writes:
Lets compare here:
Spurrier: Won the Heisman @ Florida, Became a coach at Duke and they were a winning team, Became coach at UF and took a mediocre team and turned them into a National Champion with multiple SEC titles. Took over at USC 3 years ago and now has a team with a history of losing in contention for a division title in the SEC East
Fulmer: Played at UT on the O-line, assistant under Majors. Took over a team 16 years ago that was still considered one of the SEC elite. Made some improvements in the 90’s and won a N.C. and a couple of SEC titles. During that span had a losing record to Spurrier while at UF.
Since the ’98 championship team there are no more SEC titles or N.C. titles. Has a losing record against Meyers, Saban, Miles, and Spurrier which coach the SEC elite teams today.
Results: One coach with a history of turning losing teams into winning teams. The other took a winning team and has let it become a team that struggles against the middle of the road teams and has a history of losing to ranked teams even at home.
koamalina writes:
Can Tennessee and South Carolina swap coaches before the game? Please!
chrisw2967 writes:
Hire Spurrier , there is nothing intriguing about this match up except one is inept (Fulmer) and the other one (Spurrier)will once again out coach Fulmer which is nothing shocking to us. I just hopw while Spurrier is here Hamilton will roll out the red carpet and offer him the job.
DennisVols writes:
Why did it happen. That is the big question many fans and supporters have about UT football.
Here's a look into that.
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/Denn...
invisiblekid writes:
I don't know that frustrating and embarassing at times would more accurately describe Fulmer v. Spurrier.
invisiblekid writes:
dlskaggs, just to offer a little more information for your comparison of Fulmer vs. Spurrier: 4-8 head-to-head, 2 SEC championships to 5, and 1 national title each. Seems to me like Fulmer has a little ways to go before the comparison becomes truly relevant.
newtonrail writes:
Not to nit pick Skaggs, but Fulmer is 1-1 versus Miles.
snafu14u#241639 writes:
There's a better chance of a meteorite hitting Mike Hamilton on the head than Spurrier EVER coaching at UT.Unless of course there was $4 million reasons to do it.Spurrier would'nt take the job.bonzaivol
cphil writes:
If they handicapped coaches in football, Spurrier would have to play with seven players on the field at a time when he coached against Fulmer to level the playing field.
GreerVol22 writes:
Are we prepared to pay $4mill for a name brand coach...ala Gruden, Cower, Petrino? Somehow I doubt it and we end up putting Heath Schuler in after he loses his next election....or , if we can stand this for 8-10 more years Peyton will come save us....remember that old Croft cartoon "Land of the Lost"?
cphil writes:
Obviously, the reporter that wrote this article didn't interview most of the posters here.
"Losses don't weigh down fan support for Fulmer"
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.d...
cgbtn writes:
Steve Spurrier is a brilliant football coach. However, a 66 year old coach is not the answer to our problems. I hope Hamilton follows the model he used in hiring Bruce Pearl. We need a younger guy who has proved he can win creatively at a mid-major or in a non-BCS conference. We do not need someone who will be in their 70's by the time they cleanse our players of Fullmer coaching. In other words, we need to hire someone like the guy Florida hired.
cgbtn writes:
By the way, the ESPN Game Day crew is going to discuss "What's wrong with Tennessee?" tomorrow morning (for what that's worth). It will be interesting to see if they think the problem is brilliantly coached players who just aren't executing.
bigbluevol writes:
Knocking Trooper Taylor is really ignorant. The guy took two underachieving running backs and turned them into 1,000 yard rushers. It was the first time (I believe) in the history of UT football that we've had two 1,000 yard rushers in the same season. After that, he took three underachieving WR's and turned them into fantastic players. They lost weight, improved their catching, and turned in big plays. This year he's taken Lucas Taylor, Josh Briscoe and Austin Rogers and developed them into much better players than anyone believed they could be. Trooper is also the best recruiter on the staff. He can coach any position and get results. It's pretty erroneous to criticize him. Cgbtn is right. Even if Spurrier would come to UT (which I don't think he would), he's too old. If we're going to replace Fulmer, we need a younger coach.
CoverOrange writes:
cphil, interesting that the Tennessean reporter interviewed a junkyard dealer, a taxidermist and a gun dealer. What kind of picture is he trying to paint about Knoxville and UT fans?
west_tn_volfan writes:
I heard on fox sports radio's college football segment that the hot rumor in the sec is that Bill Cowher will be the next coach at UT. I have a hard time believing that but I would certainly take it.
scttmcdonald#551862 writes:
No Cowher in '08:
"'I'm not coaching this year, or in 2008,'"
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/po...
Southland writes:
Some of the rumors about the next head coach (see the constant idiotic references about Gruden) are just plain stupid. We are stuck with Fulmer for at least one more year. The next coach would be foolish not to keep trooper but trooper will take a better paying job somewhere else where he can win a national championship He will prbably move on after this season. No one else on UT's staff will even get looked at unless it is Jim Bob Cooter or another grad assistant. The rest will be in their recliners during bowl season thinking about how they have it made for one more year
scttmcdonald#551862 writes:
Does Tennessee even make a bowl gamne this year? A BCS game is more than likely off the table. Playing after Jan. 1, '08 isnt going to happen.
When is the last time Tennessee was'nt in a bowl game?
I think they will probably find themselves in some type of Corporate Sponsered Bowl Game that has ZERO significance. Maybe they can play Notre Dame in the Waffle House, Inc. Syrup Bowl, thus ensuring Notre Dame's second win of the season.
utclassof1992 writes:
Memories of seasons past:
1997-With a young Jamal Lewis sitting on the sideline 'because he doesn't pass block well", UT quarterback Peyton Manning has to throw the ball about 60 times in a loss to Florida.
1999-With time running out on a game-winning drive, UT runs a toss sweep on fourth and four to seal another loss to the Gators.
2001-Tennessee employs a seven defensive back "Mustang" package in order to seal a UGA victory on a last second touchdown pass to a reserve fullback after an 80+yard drive with just a minute left.
2001-Tennessee throws three straight fade patterns inside the 10 yard line during the third quarter of the SEC championship game. This effort combined with the inability to stop a second string quarterback from running off guard helped the LSU Tigers secure an upset victory and killed UTs 2001 national championship hopes.
2002-Kelley "the Future" Washington takes advantage of the staff's uneven application of discipline to completely destroy the cohesion of the 2002 Vols.
2002-The UGA onside kick incident.
2002-During another bowl spanking in Atlanta by Maryland, fullback Troy Fleming uses a cell phone during Coach Fulmer's halftime meeting. Nothing is done.
2003-A Clemson player walks up to Rashad Baker during warm-ups for the Peach and slaps him in the face mask. No reaction from the Vol team, and Baker walks away with his head down. Clemson collectively does the same thing to the rest of the team in another bowl loss for the Big Orange.
2004-Arrests galore. Near loss to UK. Beaten by a losing ND team.
2005-A pre-season #2 team limps to a 5-6 record and loses to Vanderbilt while almost going 4-7 in a lackluster effort against UAB.
2006-Cannot run the ball and fritters away leads against UF and LSU. Completely run off the field by Arkansas. (Yes, I know Ainge was hurt, but he wasn't in the UT defensive front seven).
2007-Outstanding effort in losing to Cal, UF, and UA by an average margin of 24 points.
As to the coaching matchup with SC, there is no matchup, only a mismatch. As you can see, this is nothing new. PLEASE LEAVE!!! That's all.
GoVol writes:
Trooper is an excellent coach and recruiter. We would be in much worse shape without him in my opinion. I believe he'll go to the other UT (Texas) where he turned down a previous offer. Chavis, Slade & Fulmer are the ones that need to go the most.
Spurrier will NEVER come to TN..it simply will not happen. Spurrier doesn't like TN and TN would never fully embrace him.
I like Bobby Johnson from Vandy myself.
asleep#212036 writes:
Nothing says "stay the course" like an entire segment of Game Day discussing what's wrong with Tennessee. My feelings regarding Fulmer and his staff aside, it seems pretty obvious to me that we are not the only ones who think that UT is becoming (or has already become) irrelevant not only in the national picture, but in the SEC East! I'm not real sure they have enough time in a segment to do justice to the mess in Knoxville - they might need a whole show! USA today said that Spurrier's offense was bad so the game is a toss-up. Are you kidding? Everyone's offense is bad until they play us! Go Vols!!!
GreerVol22 writes:
scttmcdonald, I can think of 4 million reason Cowher could change his mind, but in reality his wife is driving the bus now and I don't think a stop in Tennessee is on the agenda. and "asleep" you right in that we made a really average JP Wilson look better than Tebow did.
bigbluevol writes:
Bill Cowher is not going to come to UT no matter if we offer him $4 million or more than that. He will be the hottest name in the NFL after this year. He is an NFL guy and that's where he wants to be.
asleep#212036 writes:
I agree with most other posters: there is no way Spurrier could coach at Tennessee. There is just too much water under that bridge. And why would we want a mid 60's aged coach anyway? Let FSU and Penn State deal with geriatric HC's - we need young, energetic blood with a proven track record from a lesser conference (Meyer, Petrino) OR a coordinator off a strong staff from a big-time school (Stoops, Richt). I don't see any top shelf HC's drinking the poison to come to UT from where they are. And were Chavis and Slade at Blacksburg last night? They went to the prevent with 4 minutes to go and gave up 14 points! Where have we seen that before? God help us if we're up 6 on Saturday with 3 minutes left. Go Vols!!!
asleep#212036 writes:
TDTN,
I'd take Spurrier too but it just won't happen. I still like pulling old Woody Widenhofer (of 90's Vanderbilt and 70's Steelers fame) out of retirement for a Cutcliffe type of assignment. With no talent he routinely shut down everybody, including Spurrier's Gators and Manning's Vols. With the offense and defense thusly coached, Phil could go back to schmoozing and recruiting, two things he is as good at as anybody in the country. He would be irrelevant on the field (which he already is) and spending that much more time as one of the nation's premier recruiters (which he also already is). Wow, I'm good! Go Vols!!!
asleep#212036 writes:
I agree with ALLVOL. USC will lose in Knoxville. They will then have Darren McFadden get Heisman yards against their poor run defense, have Tebow and the Gators flog them, and lose at Clemson. Final record? I think they will be 6-6 and at the bottom of the SEC East. Lack of talent has finally caught up with even the great Sprurrier! That would still be better than our 7-5 record, considering the difference in talent. Go Vols!!!
west_tn_volfan writes:
I don't know if Fulmer will be let go this year or not. The fact that most people on this sight, including myself, think so is close to irrelevant. The decision will be made by the big money donors. They write the checks and they call the shots. The only thing the fans can do is stop going to the games, and I haven't seen that happen yet. Thats probably a season away. At the very least though a full house cleaning on the defensive side of the ball is required if we are going to be competitive. Its very frustrating to see UT slide down hill but most of us just don't have the cash to get a seat at the table where decisions are made.
todd#529269 writes:
Trooper is a Joke!
asleep#212036 writes:
West tn,
It is worse than that. We not only owe Fulmer a bunch of buyout money, but last year we followed some of our SEC brethren into the land of multi-year contracts for the assistants as well. The UT athletic department does not make a profit. They run it like a non-profit institution - any monies left over are put back into the system. Therefore, to get rid of the coaching staff, other monies (in the millions of dollars) would need to be secured just for the buyouts. That does not take into account what it would cost to get the "dream coach" we all want. Bottom line: it would take a super-donor, like Auburn's Bobby Lowder, to write one big check to cover the buyouts, then an increase in everything else (ticket prices, merchandise, parking, concessions, donations, etc...) to cover the higher priced new guy and his staff. Not that it wouldn't be worth it to me, but it is just so much more complicated than most of us understand. Go Vols!!!
west_tn_volfan writes:
I wonder how much more money we will lose in the long run if we keep Fulmer and fans start finding other things to spend their money on. It will be expensive now but if he stays, UT may have even less money to work with in the future.
99gator writes:
i have said before... i would get jim leavitt. bobby petrino may be interesting. i am sure he would do anything to get out of the hell that is the atlanta falcon organization. i do not know what kind of buy out clause he would have in his contract.
TommyJack writes:
Touchdown TN: Were you and CRVol raised in the same holler?
asleep#212036 writes:
West tn,
Ah, there's the rub. It's probably like everything else - you have to spend money to make money. If the program doesn't pick up soon, the fan support wanes, season ticket sales fall off, merchandise goes in the tank, and the athletic department has even less money to pull themselves out of the ditch. At that point, we become permanently irrelevant as we will start losing recruits, TV slots, bowl money, and national exposure. Can you say vicious cycle? I knew you could! Go Vols!!!
Colliervol writes:
+1 on Jim Leavitt.
asleep#212036 writes:
OK, I'm probably the only one who cares but I found Coach Woody Widenhofer. He is the D coordinator at New Mexico State. If you google him, you will find a website with a bio and lots of info. He is 64 years old and everywhere he has ever been, his defenses have been feared, and his players have piled up the individual honors. Several of those defenses were at Vandy, as were several of the All-SEC and All-America honorees. With our talent and his coaching, I'm feeling a national championship! I'm also feeling feverish and somewhat delusional but you have to admit, he, or someone like him, would be a great step in the right direction. Just a thought because I guarantee we could get him from NMSU! What a challenge and what a legacy for a guy like that. Dreaming, I know. Go Vols!!!
asleep#212036 writes:
I should add that I only meant for Woody to be the defensive coordinator. Unfortunately, UT can't afford to fire Fulmer and I mean that only in the financial sense. If we had a D coordinator with the same level of intensity and committment to detail as Cutcliffe, we could move ol' Phil away from actually coaching, where he is a danger to himself and others, and onto the recruiting trail where, say what you will, he is considered one of the best. Go Vols!!!
Ralph_Crampton writes:
C'mon guys think...A pro-coach is not going to come to coach the Vols...If Vols hire a new coach, he would have to be a "FIT" and not all coaches who are sucessful the last couple of years would be a fit. What is meant when we say "FIT"? For one: Would a coach from the West coast be a fit? 10-1, he would not. A "FIT" coach is one who understands the South, Understands the socialogical aspects of the South. First of all, he would have to like living in the South...He would have to realize that in taking the Vol job, he would be involved in feeding a Vol fan base that demands top-level teams every year or so. Few coaches in other parts of the nation would take the job.
TommyJack writes:
Bigfan502: Does Saban "fit"? Don't think he's a good ole boy.
asleep#212036 writes:
Maybe not a good ole boy but Saban lived in the Bayou for 4 years and knows the pressure of high expectations in the SEC. He also understands what it means to coach a high profile team. He is a rock star and that is exactly what Alabama needed. I don't know that our program demands that type of personality but we could sure use his intensity. I agree about the coach being a "fit" but so much of that depends on the person. A good coach could "fit" in anywhere, especially if he's winning! Go Vols!!!
cgbtn writes:
We keep talking here about the importance of butts in seats. However, if I correctly understand SEC revenue sharing (and I probably do not), TV appearances may have a greater financial impact than do butts. Thanks to Phil, the Miss St game was not televised and had to go to pay-for-view. The Alabama game got regional coverage rather than national coverage. The LA Laf game will not be televised and cannot go to pay-for-view. If UT loses another game, they may not have anymore televised games: Arkansas is still TBD. The impact of failing to get on TV is millions of dollars. Go ahead and use your season tickets; if we're not on TV, Hamilton will listen.
99gator writes:
i don't know how legit this is or not....
but reading the atlanta journal and constitution this week (fl-ga news)... tony barnhardt wrote that phil fulmer isn't going anywhere. we will see. i don't necessarily believe that. if tenn loses to ark, sc, and ky, i think he may be gone. i don't think tenn will drop all of those games.... but it is a possiblility. i don't think that will happen though.
asleep#212036 writes:
cgbtn,
I'm not sure how the revenue is shared for TV but in the SEC, at least for bowls, we probably have the most socialist rules in existence. More or less, the bowl revenue from any given bowl is divided as such: you take our your expenses, then whatever monies remain are divided into 15 shares, with the conference getting 2 shares, your school getting 2 shares, and all the other schools (not on probation) getting 1 share each. That's the way they used to do it and I suppose they still do. So a BCS bowl at 15 million net (after expenses) gets your team about 2 million but all the other teams about 1 million. For the bottom bowls, the payout may not even cover your expenses, which is why regional teams are usually the only takers (no plane trips, etc...). That is why that second BCS bowl is so important to the SEC - more money for the conference and all the teams shift up to higher paying bowls. I assume TV revenue is similarly done. Think about Notre Dame. They get ALL their TV money and bowl money. Makes sense why they can pay 4 M/year for their coach. Go Vols!!!
Colliervol writes:
Just don't know gator. If we end up 8 and 4, he probably saves his job one more year. Just ends up firing some assistants. Although I had heard that folks doubted Fulmer would do that if Hamilton demanded it. Too loyal to the folks he has on staff. That might be what would precipitate some action if he refused to fire staff.
Ralph_Crampton writes:
Spurrier the "ole Tennessee boy" shoud be the top prospect as coach for the Vols. He understands the south, the vol program..Dislike for Steve is "fan talk" He might just want to come back home! Just ask him..you never know?
TommyJack writes:
VolstuckInky: I support your position on Trooper.
Coaching takes more than high fives. Plus, the mere fact that TDTN supports Trooper makes me question his (Trooper's) worth.
asleep#212036 writes:
colliervol and gator,
If we go 8-4 (4th loss in Lexington) we end up 3rd in East behind Kentucky! OUCH! But we would be ahead of Georgia and USC, two popular preseason choices to challenge Florida for East supremacy. That still probably wouldn't get us a Jan 1 bowl even if UF got the second BCS slot. Alabama, at 8-4, Auburn, at 9-3, and Kentucky, even at 8-4 would all be more popular choices than our Vols, especially with all the blowouts we have been involved in. The only way we get a Jan 1 bowl is to win out and hope Florida and LSU both go BCS bowling AND the bowl committees don't want Kentucky instead of UT, even though we would have beaten them. Remember the Citrus/Peach controversy with UF a few years ago. It could, and probably would, happen to us again. And I don't really expect to win out, just so you all know. Go Vols!!!
1974Vol writes:
Fulmer was never a great game coach like say a Spurrier. He was the best recruiter in the country. The state of Tennessee produces maybe 2-3 four & five star D1 football recruits each year to Florida's 30-40, with California, & Texas right behind them. During the 90's when the Vols had their all-time greatest success they were sending 10 + players to the NFL every year with 2 or more in the first round. For most of the 00's the Vols have not had anywhere near that level of talent. I am not saying Fulmer is a bad coach. But he is not as good as Spurrier, Saban, Richt, and Meyer for sure and may not be as good as Miles; we'll see how good Miles is when he runs out of Saban recruits. The point I am making is unless Fulmer can get back to where he is out recruiting the other SEC top teams, Tennessee will be a 7-5 to a 9-4 type program. Because he can not out coach the top of this league.
gmccown007#392764 writes:
What if I were to GUARANTEE you that I can give all of you the name of the ONE and ONLY coach in the whole of America that can return Tennessee to ALL of its heartbreakingly long lost days of glory? Now, if I could "do" such a miraculous, seemingly impossible thing, would you immediately "sign up" and --- with all of your heart --- "get on board"? Or would you --- with the NEGATIVITY that has now engulfed the VOL NATION --- and indeed, is now threatening to DESTROY it --- INSTEAD join --- GLEEFULLY, no doubt --- in the FLOOD OF NEGATIVITY that would almost certainly follow an idea so "wild" and, no doubt, certain to be PERFECT? Perfect, that is, once all EMOTION is completely wiped away.
I have --- literally --- been sitting in that once hallowed stadium for OVER 55 YEARS!!! NO ONE'S blood runs any more orange than mine! NO ONE'S!!! Consequently, there is NO PRICE (other than my immortal soul) that I would not pay for a return to those once halcyon days of glory.
Want to return to such days of triumphant joy? Admittedly, now, only for a mere handful of remaining years? Or do all of you prefer to merely continue to endlessly, fruitlessly bicker? There is only the tiniest window of opportunity now left. But that window DOES exist. With no blasphemy whatsoever intended, there is a "savior" available to us. Incredibly, he is even a native son. Tennessee born and bred. Further, he is, regardless of one’s prejudices, the GREATEST football "genius" alive. WITHOUT QUESTION!
Now, mind you, we do not always see eye-to-eye. Collectively, or otherwise. But who cares? Particularly, for such a magnificent ultimate "prize"? I have sat around a hundred tables and heard it repeated a thousand times.
"Native son or not he would never take the job. Besides, there is no one alive who hates Tennessee any more than he does”.
I promise you, folks. Neither statement is true. Now, it IS true that out of high school, he “refused” our recruitment. But only because he was determined to remain a quarterback.(Tennessee still ran exclusively single wing and not being a Tim Tebow “type” (of that day or any other), he knew his running skills simply were not adaptable to U-T's offensive sets. And, mind you, he was more than "right".
Once he became a coach, though, he has been ready --- more than once --- to come back to Tennessee. Justifiably, though, he has never judged it "right" or "proper" to do the asking. And, indeed, why should he have?
Of whom are we speaking? Well, the one and only one man who can save the "train-wreck" that is now Tennessee football. Steve Spurrier.
By the way, time is running out. Like Lou Pinella with the Cubs, this would, guaranteed, be Spurrier’s last hurrah.
At this stage, it would probably call for one dollar more than Lou Saban. In case you have forgotten, the man who just handed us our a$$.
I don’t know about you but I will never forget that pain. Never.
I’m good for the first $100,000.00. Anybody got a dollar?
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