Posted by volwalk on April 21, 2008 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Scotty, you are going to have a great time wearing the orange. Can't wait to see you sign and make it official.

Posted by bshone on April 21, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I've been trying to find highlights to this game - apparently Hopson threw down a pretty nasty dunk on somebody. Anyone know where to look (other than the obvious youtube)?

Posted by ImAllVol on April 21, 2008 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

bflynn2. I have also heard that Pitino is making an 11th hour run at Hopson. Kind of makes me nervous.

Posted by Brama on April 21, 2008 at 10:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hope you stay longer than 1 yr. Might as well go to Juco if you are planning to stay for 1 yr.

Posted by billnewton on April 21, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

For some reason I've never felt like his commitment was firm. I know all the Big Orange fans are sitting with fingers crossed. He can make the difference for us next year. Please, Scotty...please don't fold under the pressure.

Posted by tennesseehurk on April 21, 2008 at 10:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Stop, Stop, Stop the crap!!!!!!! I heard Hopson is thinking about signing w/ Louisville. that is the real reason for the delayed signing and there are also reports that pitino has visited Hopson's house when he was in New york. Where are you getting all of your information bflynn2 dude? billnewton relax, the guy is tired, I've been there before. Mentally he needs to rest and sign on Wednesday as planned. Don't rush the guy, he won't put himself through another Miss State situation. Peace

Posted by BADGES0413 on April 21, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

How can he visit Hopson's house in New York when Hopson lives in Kentucky?

Posted by Basketball_Jones on April 21, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Panic has set in......I guess we'll see how good peoples source are come Wed?

Posted by bugman on April 21, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

buncha tards

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

bshone-

The dunk was nasty!! I can't remember who he threw it down on but he came in from the wing, got way up and took the contact from the defender across the face, and jammed it home with one hand with authority!

You also can't find a box score anywhere. I think Hopson was the second leading scorer and he only played what seemed like about 12 minutes. Demar Derozan, the USC commit, was getting all the minutes and he wasn't doing much with them.

Posted by UTfan4life on April 21, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Here is the real news, my dad's friend knows Tony Jones (assistant HC). Hopson's delay is cause of the trip to NY for the game. Pitino, has contacted Hopson, but according to my dad he has backed off a bit, Hopson, is commiting to UT, at 12:00 o clock.

Posted by UTfan4life on April 21, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

12:00 o'clock wednesday

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Box Score for the game.....took me a little bit but heres the link.

The Lousiville Rumor better just be that a rumor.

http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/classic...

Posted by Volchaz on April 21, 2008 at 12:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hopson is going to have a great opportunity to jack up lots of threes with lofton and Jajuan both gone, he'd be crazy not to wear Orange next fall...

Posted by yemmusdarb on April 21, 2008 at 1:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

UTfan4life: He committed weeks ago, you mean his is SIGNING.

Posted by johnlg00 on April 21, 2008 at 1:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Badge, I think it meant that Pitino visited Hopson's house in Kentucky while Hopson was in New York, talking to Scotty's parents. That's only a guess, and the only one that makes sense to me. I would be shocked if he backed out on his commitment to us after all this time, but, as I have said before, no one knows what goes on in the minds of teenage boys. I've got my fingers crossed!

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I heard somebody has been trying to talk some sense into him and get him to reconsider the Tenn. situation. Memphis's Tyreke Evans was the star of the game. We will probably get 2 more from that game, Ebanks and Witherspoon. Will be another great year for the Tigers.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 1:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knoxvegas-

Thanks for posting the box score. I was looking for that for a while and couldn't find it anywhere. I guess Hopson got a few more minutes than I originally thought.

Overated-

Hopson would've had a better stat line than Evans had he not played 7 fewer minutes. You should go share your Memphis enthusiasm with some other Tiger fans on one of their boards 'cause no one here gives a sh!t. It'll be another great win for the Vols when we beat ya'll in K-town this year.

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Actualy Evans and Hopson were and Scottie got 21 in 18 min and Evans had only 2 more in 25 min sounds like who was better?

"I don't care who memphis gets they will always now be the second best team in tennessee coached by the second best coach..."

call a time out calapari next time you idiot.....

BP VS JC
TENNESSEE 2 MEMPHIS 0
Next @ Tennessee

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

the only thing you heard markie was that vacant sucking sound from where your brain is supposed to be.hopson is coming and if he were to choose pitino, wich i have stated he would not go there because they are loaded at shooting guard, than so be it.but in all honesty i don't believe he would go to a school where it is possible for him to ride the pine and have to transfer mid season.

Posted by BADGES0413 on April 21, 2008 at 1:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We have had no problem beating Memphis the last 2 years with their supposed better talent. The next 2 years should be no prolbem with Willie Kemp and four freshman starting for them next year.

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Like I said, Evans was the best player out there. You can try to change it around all you want but it doesn't change anything. He was the MVP and your Hobson was not. Ha ha..you guys really make me laugh how you try to twist things around to make it better for the Vols. We are getting the top recruits in the nation and you aren't.
Move on to football. You do good there (with the exception of Florida always beating up on you) but leave the basketball to the Men (Memphis) and not your boys. We were in the national championship game this year. You weren't.

On your counts knoxvegas you have
tenn 2 and memphis 0

You only went back 2 years. Let's go 3.

Tenn. 2 Memphis 1

After this years game:
Tenn. 2 Memphis 2 So what then? You will have just lost your bragging rights. It will be even and we will have the better team and gone to the national champ. last year while you faded away to nothing.

After next years game, the following year.
Tenn. 2 and Memphis 3 oh no..

I don't see Tenn. winning again for many years. You better enjoy things while you can.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

oh and don't forget that hopson didn't even visit louisville like he was supposed to after coming and giving a verbal to tenn.seems to me he would at least visit an athletic dept. before signing.

Posted by wjackson on April 21, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Do they not like you on your own site overated??
You spend alot of time on here. It is funny that you gloat over one aspect of your school. You guys were number 2 in the final poll of mens basketball. We were #7, And our ladies were #1. Were were yours? And our football team ended at #14. Were were yours? ok. I guess you can keep talking about the only part of your school that is worth crap then. Should we come to your board and ask when the last time you have won a championship is. In anything. Maybe when you are older than 12, you will have some intelligent responses. You will not even acknowledge this post will you? Thought not.

Posted by GreerVol22 on April 21, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Pitino to Hopson's grandparents, "Come to Louisville and I will shower your family with love, affection, and gold jewelry. Cross me, I'll break every brittle bone on your Fin' body."
And after he leaves his assistant puts $5k on the coffee table and kills the dog. Batta Boom Batta bing!

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hopson shot a better percentage, scored more points per minute, had more rebounds per minute, and turned the ball over 5 less times than Tyreke, so all awards aside, Hopson did more to help his team win in the time he was on the court than Evans did. I'm sure if you asked Evans he would probably agree.

Posted by cjraney on April 21, 2008 at 1:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

overrated/Mark Ward-
Try to twist this: you lost 2 games this year, that colossal choke job in the Nat'l Championship, and to your big brother UT costing you the #1 ranking, on nat'l TV, on your home court. cough,cough. Tough to swallow huh?

Posted by VolGraduate on April 21, 2008 at 1:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There's a couple of articles about the game on espn.com...

I believe one is titled "Hopson (not Tyreke Evans)Powers Blue to Victory in Jordan Game"

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh yeah, that brings up another good point, Hopson's team actually won the game. Tyreke lost just like Memphis does when the go up against UT.

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I dont count the first year because BP didn't recruit them....

Calapari will never lead you to a championship because he can't handle the pressure of big game situations. He doesn't call a TO to set up the foul ok...but then not calling one after the 3 to set up a play and get it in to the hands of a shooter not dozier.

You class is not better then ours and it all depends on returning players. You lose CDR and your not as good, we lose T Smith and were not as good. If either of us keep them we are above the other.

END of 2009 season
TN 3 Memphis 1 Fine!!

Posted by BADGES0413 on April 21, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey Greer Vol, According to Marcus Camby Mr. Calapari uses similar tactics to get his recruits. Camby made more money at UMASS during the Calamari regime than he makes in Denver now.

Posted by Merv on April 21, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This is a young man with lots of opportunities, and he's had to endure a barrage of media pressure. It's probably best to wait to see what he does on Wednesday. ...

http://mvn.com/ncaa-mississippistate/...

Posted by tmccullo on April 21, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Does anyone know when the deadline to declare for the NBA draft is? Just wanting to know in regards to Tyler Smith.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

not to mention on top 10 plays where we all saw the scotty hopson dunk they even said "scotty hopson is going to play for bruce pearl and the vols".i hate when people start rumors.i have been to every newspaper and sports blog site for louisville and not one person or journalist is reporting any further recruitment of hopson by louisville or any team for that matter.

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 2:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

tmccullo after typing "deadline to declare for the NBA draft" into google April 27th pops up a few times. NBADRAFT.NET Has him 18th to Washington and he said he wanted to be a mid round 1 and BP said 15 or above, so hopefully he stays.

brownsvillevol: do you know where that video is? i wan't to see the dunk.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

no, all i saw was the top ten plays but i can tell you this it was an awsome display of athleticism.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

oh and i didn't see tyreka evans on there and from what i read on espn.com he was a ball hog and didn't look as good as scotty hopson.

Posted by dfreeman on April 21, 2008 at 2:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Overstated - you need to go home!! Your Tiggers have lost to us 2 of 3, and 12 of last 19! You need to go to a board and talk smack to a team you beat on a regular basis! Talking it here just shows lack of intelligence and or jealousy!!

Posted by dfreeman on April 21, 2008 at 3 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Overstated - not to mention you couldn't beat us this year WITH an NBA team. What makes you think it's going to happen without them?

Posted by volguy on April 21, 2008 at 3:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Tiger High "fans" are the worst.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

vegas been everywhere and can't find it.i'm going to e-mail espn and request that they should show case top 10 plays of the week on their site.wish you could have seen it and who knows maybe one of us will eventually find it.

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 3:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Whew..it really tears you boys up that Memphis has the better program. As I have said in the past. We'll give you football, no questions there. Will give you ladies basketball. Certainly no question about that and we'll give you badminton if you want it but the Memphis basketball progam has you. It's better ..always has been. Probably always will be.
Wow, so according to these posts Tyreke Evans just stunk in that game. Not a good word for him. Ha.. he was the mvp people..come on now.
I really don't see Tenn. beating Memphis again for a long long time. I mean two flukes is enough. This time they'll take the game serious and bye bye vols. Still, you might as well join in and root for us as we once again make a run for the national championship. Maybe with your 'star'? recruits you can get past the sweet 16 but i'm not betting on it. I think you will have a major drop off this year. Won't even be compettive in that exposed weak SEC conf. Wish we had more SEC teams on our schedule so we could pad our wins with those teams too. My prediction is that Tenn. will not see a win against memphis for the next 5 years we will become your football florida. Always better.

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

wow your an idiot.....enough said

Posted by knoxvegas75 on April 21, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

thanks i will continue to look.....i know they should post it it seams stupid to show only live.

Posted by bigbluevol on April 21, 2008 at 3:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knoxvegas, you're right. The fact that he has overated misspelled as his name should have been our first clue. The fact that he refers to our wins the last two years as flukes is the other. We blew Memphis away in K-town two years ago and played tougher in their own building this year. Let the troll come on here and spout his "wisdom." Meanwhile, reality shows that we have won 2 in a row and will make it 3 next year.

Posted by BADGES0413 on April 21, 2008 at 3:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I saw our schedule for next year and we play MTSU 2 days after Memphis. It is good to know that we can rest most or our top line players against Memphis to get ready for MTSU. They should be the 3rd best team in the state next year behind UT and Vandy.

Posted by IdahoVol on April 21, 2008 at 3:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

overrated - the name is appropriate to your team. You continue to post how Memphis State has always had the better program. I used to live in that rat hole and jumped at the chance to get out. I used to hear how great Memphis State was and how UT couldn't match up any time they played. And yet when I see the overall record as UT 12 wins, Memphis State 7 wins I just can't figure out your logic.

As a previous poster said, at the end of the day the Tiggers lost two games this year - one of those was to the Vols that you will have to live with forever! Keep bringing in these great players and we will continue to beat them with our mediocre ones!

Posted by IdahoVol on April 21, 2008 at 3:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

By the way, our football record against Memphis State is 20-1 and womens basketball is 26-1. We appreciate you conceding that we have the better teams in these two sports. I guess the Tigers losing 63% of the games played in men's basketball just doesn't allow you to concede that one yet.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 21, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

wjackson -if you were a Tiger High fan, would you like overrated? Somebody get this "boy" a fritter and sweeten his disposition.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 3:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

he was the mvp of the LOSING team not the game moron. you see you have to be on the winning side to be the game mvp and he wasn't and the only reason why hopson wasn't was because the kid that was broke the assits record with 14.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 4:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

this guy is hilarious and i find him rather amusing.markie i hope you come back everyday so that my life has some laughter in it.i have come to realize that you and the rest of your tigirls are just delerious and can not help the things you post.tell cdr good luck in europe for al us vol fans since he most likely will go in the second round with dorsey.you lose 50% of your offense and 100% of your defense and you have the audacity to tell us we will lose to you for the next 5 years................hilarious,delusional and hilarious.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 4:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I didn't see anyone posting on here that Tyreke "stunk it up" in the Jordan game. He just didn't out-perform Hopson given the fact that he got 7 more miutes of playing time and only outscored him by 2 with 2 more RBs and he wasn't on the winning team.

Overated-

Your posts are the same every time and so are our responses. You are a loser. I don't even think that you come across a lot of resistance when you argue that Memphis has historically had the better program, but yet you act as if none of us will "admit" it so you can continue to post your childish garbage. On the other hand, you can't cope with the fact that we beat you two years in a row and counting, we've got a 2 to 1 all time advatage and even though memphis has more "tradition" and has gone farther in tournament play, they don't get it done against the Vols. The best you can do is to count wins that your team hasn't gone out and earned yet. You can't talk sh!t for a game you haven't played yet; it's just that simple. I bet you were talking trash about the whuppin memphis was goning to put on us this past year right up until the game proved you wrong. Bottom line is that we don't care about your recruits. We don't care about your "tradition". We don't care about your success or lack thereof. I would imagine that most of us actually liked to see memphis succeed when they weren't playing the Vols before you started posting. I know I did. You're on our site trying to spark a rivalry where there isn't one. If you guys have so much tradition then why do you care so much about UT and what UT is doing? Bottom line, I've said it before and I'll say it again, you guys are second rate. You have a good basketball program and everything else about your school sucks. We know that you feel threatened by our newfound success and that's why you feel the need to come on our site and talk trash. it is your own insecurity that is talking the trash. If you guys win the NC next year and we get knocked out in the sweet 16 again, we will still have a million and one other reasons to be thankful that we are Vols and not Tigers.

Posted by DSaVol on April 21, 2008 at 4:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey ya'll - my wife's uncle graduated from KY and has a friend who lives in Knoxville but knows a secretary that works for Memphis that is married to a guy that went to Louisville who used to live about 6 miles from Pitino's house and had a cousin that drove by every day and the word is that Hopson was seen at a McDonald's last week sippin' a coke with two girls next to him that both had red shirts on and were talkin' to a dude that wore a Miss St hat but had a UT shirt on and orange laces in his shoes. So my wife's uncle by her third stepdad says that Miss St might be back in the picture but it could be that UT is still the choice unless, according to Hopson's niece who lives in Memphis, he can get to wear one of those white suits like Pitino has to his signing press conference and then he might surprise everyone and call it all off and go play in Europe for a year before coming back to the D-League if the NBA adds another year before guys are eligible for the draft. AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE GOD'S HONEST INSIDE SCOOP THAT I GOT FROM A FRIEND OF A UT USHER!!!!

Posted by jm318 on April 21, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Interesting article about Hopson recruitment here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008...

The most interesting part being that the UT coaches cried when Hopson committed.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

amen bleed

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 4:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

DSaVol-

I heard the same thing dude. It must be true!

Posted by DSaVol on April 21, 2008 at 4:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Uhhh...just for the record jm318 - I know for a fact that the UT coaches did NOT cry when Hopson committed. But I guess it makes for a nice story.

Posted by jm318 on April 21, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

DSaVol, im not calling you a liar, but unless you are one of UT's coaches, I don't think you can say that you know for a fact that they did not cry. I don't have any reason to believe that the AAU guy that is close to Hopson (the person quoted in the article) has any reason to make that up. Besides, he encouraged Hopson to commit to UT.

Posted by shocker0042 on April 21, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I keep reading over. talking about all this tradition at Memphis. What tradition would that be? Brawls at the plush club, beating up baby mama's, and weapons charges..... wow what a fine program.

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 4:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

OrangeBleeder..wow..impressive. Still, you are mistaken. I'm not trying to create a rivalry and feel free to support our Tigers. The reason I am here is due to what the Tenn. fans did on our site after the Tenn. Memphis game. You think i'm bad. Oh, i'm good. Those people.. all 200 or so talked really bad and most of their posts had to be removed and some were banned. It went for days... until you lost to Vandy and it stopped. Then evidently so many were just dying to go over and talk trash again but.. we kept winning and they couldn't Finally when we lost the national championship many came back... talking trash due to a national champ loss when you guys looked ugly in your two wins. Also, you state that nobody is denying that Memphis has had a better program/team.. Oh really now. Sure they are. Vol fans can't stand to admit that about memphis. So, it makes it a bit fun.
IdahoVol, you got out of rathole memphis and went all the way to wonderful Idaho. I wouldn't be talking about Memphis potato farmer.
BrownieVol, how about an ice cream sundae.
Thank goodness the Griz season is over. I couldn't stand the misery of that mess any longer. At least Gasol got his first playoff win over the weekend. Why did they trade him? Don't you think that was pretty ignorant ...trade your best player. That heisley.. have to wonder about him. Don't you.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Overated-

So some people talked trash on your board for a week. You've been here talking trash longer than I've been here posting, at least a good 4 months. That's a pretty grown up way to react to a group of childish losers, by being an even bigger more childish loser.

And if you'd rather be in Memphis then Idaho, you've probably never been to Idaho. It is beautiful country and memphis is pretty much a dump.

Posted by volguy on April 21, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Your star recruit Tyreke Evans should fit in well in Memphis, considering he's already been involved in one gang related drive-by shooting.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008...

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 4:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

you are stupid markie gasol was not playing hard and when you don't want to play for a team,you get traded. you don't understand nba basketball cause' you're stupid so i don't expect you too.and what about the ice creaam thing i mean do you really think you're hurting my feelings please.i make 250 grand a year and have a playboy type wife who is 9 years younger than me if i want to go to the dairy queen i will but if i want to go to europe i'll do that as well. you act like memphis is the best city in america.markie i wish i could i meet you so i could laugh in your face.

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 5:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You people hurt my feelings some time. You'd think you didn't want me here or something. You just want to over praise your vols. Doesn't it help build your love for your team by having a vol enemy here. Someone that just doesn't agree with all your love. You know..like point-counterpoint.
Still, if nobody appreciates the truth I'll leave. I had left once before very nicely. The trash posters around the time of the championship game came back to the memphis board and brought me out of retirement.
OrangeBleeder if you like Idaho so much why don't you head over that way. I think they have room for you. I don't think too many people live there. Wyoming might be good for you also and let's not forget the Dakota's. I'll take Memphis and it's elite basketball team any day. I try to stay away from the thug/dump redneck/hillbilly stuff but you guys always head back there. It's so hard to have a mature intellegent conversation on here. It's disappointing. Do you want me to leave??? I do enjoy dropping by to distrupt things and i'm only telling the truth. Never use bad language like some of you. Just pleasant truthful information and oh by the way...Memphis is better.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 21, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by DSaVol on April 21, 2008 at 4:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey ya'll - my wife's uncle graduated from KY and has a friend who lives in Knoxville but knows a secretary that works for Memphis that is married to a guy that went to Louisville who used to live about 6 miles from Pitino's house and had a cousin that drove by every day and the word is that Hopson was seen at a McDonald's last week sippin' a coke with two girls next to him that both had red shirts on and were talkin' to a dude that wore a Miss St hat but had a UT shirt on and orange laces in his shoes. So my wife's uncle by her third stepdad says that Miss St might be back in the picture but it could be that UT is still the choice unless, according to Hopson's niece who lives in Memphis, he can get to wear one of those white suits like Pitino has to his signing press conference and then he might surprise everyone and call it all off and go play in Europe for a year before coming back to the D-League if the NBA adds another year before guys are eligible for the draft. AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE GOD'S HONEST INSIDE SCOOP THAT I GOT FROM A FRIEND OF A UT USHER!!!!

Sir, is there any truth to these rumors?

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 5:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

volguy-

That's a low blow. Unless the article changed gears on the last page, it wasn't his fault that he was in that position. He's lucky to be alive.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

better at losing to tennessee than any other school( with the exception of florida)
mempiss tigirls 7 for 19 = 36%
TENNESSEE VOLS 12 FOR 19 = 63%

Posted by DadwasaVol on April 21, 2008 at 5:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I saw Scotty play on TV. He looked silky smooth, as advertised, and confident. Wow!

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 5:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

well bleed i can't say anything bad but do you really think him,his cousin and a mutual freind were on their way to eat some "fresh baked pie".

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Overated-

I do live "over that way". Also, I have family in Wyoming and used to have family in Idaho. That's the great thing about the internet. It works all over. As far as having a "Vol enemy" on here, we have plenty of them in the form of disgruntled ignorant fans who think they are better suited to coach our teams and run our athletic dept than the people on the UT payroll, so yes we would like you to leave. Trust me, you won't find me posting on the memphis boards. I could really care less about memphis anything.

Posted by General_Watermelon on April 21, 2008 at 5:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

overatedvols - are you really a Tiger High fan or just trying to look stu stu stupid?

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 21, 2008 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Seeing that his older brother is his guardian, I would doubt that his mother spent a whole lot of time baking pies for her boys. However, I would imagine that if you grow up in the projects it is very hard to fully remove yourself from the violence and negativity that surrounds you, especially those violent and negative influences that are related to you. Also, they were shot at first so had his cousin not had a gun to retaliate with one of them might have been the one who got killed and had the other guy been a better shot the murder charge would've been given to to the other party. I don't really think that a 1st degree murder charge should be given out if he was in fact shot at first.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 5:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

but that what the article wanted us to believe that those three were essentially good boys ie..the pie and not a product of their enviorment wich i agree is violent.thats why i say,i wasn't there and what i get from other articles is, it was just the four of them and one wound up dead.now i'm not saying tyreke is a bad kid but like i said he is a product of his enviorment.so it could be that they were all looking for trouble and maybe his cousin is just taking the rap for tyreke knowing that if he does tyreke would wind up making millions and he could serve his time and be a rich man too.just playing devil's advocate.

Posted by overatedvols on April 21, 2008 at 5:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

FritterVol you ask if i'm trying to be stupid and yet you ask the guy about his post and if it's true (DSavol). If you believe that junk then i've got a potato farm in idaho to sell you.
OrangeBleeder i've read the posts on this site and you are right you have a lot of very whiney people on here. They complain about everything. Very negative.

Posted by brownsvillevol on April 21, 2008 at 5:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

and mark thats what crazed fans do go to the site of the other team and gloat over victory. you guys have fans, and you're probably one,that would have done the same thing had you won.so at least admit that.

Posted by volwalk on April 21, 2008 at 6:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

overatedmark-
What a terrible fan you are---spend your time on the opposing team's site...If thats not bad enough--its the team that has kicked your favorite teams ace 12 out of 19. The reason it hurts you so bad is---Your team had its best year ever, except for the fact of getting spanked at home by your Big Brother UT VOLS. This shouldn't be such a shocker for you, since your team has lost 12 of 19 to the BIG ORANGE counting 2 in row and getting worse. Thanks in part to Mr. Scotty Hopson.

Posted by schymtz on April 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

overatedvol: Probably well before you were born there was a great rivaly between Louisville and Memphis. This never quite rose to the heights of the Cards vs Cincy, but the future of Memphis went down the tube with the Tiger's virtually held captive in a Conference that struggles to be more than a three school league. Beyond UAB and Houston, what'ch got? You best be grateful UT keeps you on the schedule or you would regularly sink below the radar one you entered conference play.

Posted by tmccullo on April 21, 2008 at 8:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knoxvegas, thanks for the info on the draft and T Smith. Appreciate it.

Posted by robvols on April 21, 2008 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Bouncer please for overatedvols!

Posted by jopad on April 21, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hillarious DSAVol

Posted by utchris2003 on April 21, 2008 at 9:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Everyone remember to watch Tiger highlights tonight. Tune your TV dial to A&E about 10 Eastern/9 central time for the First 48. I hear that Dozier will throw down a sick backhand to his baby momma and gets an and one when her new boo walks in unsuspectingly.

Posted by rwilli4 on April 21, 2008 at 9:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why even respond to over-inflated? He's proven he's a joke and you guys keep feeding him. Let him die all by him/herself PLEASE!

Posted by dqnapier on April 21, 2008 at 10:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My mom is friends with his aunt. Supposedly he is looking at Florida for the warmer weather.

Posted by itsme53792 on April 21, 2008 at 11:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Facts are stubborn. They don't go away. 38-2. Title game. 3 first round draft picks. Naismith Coach of the Year...for 2nd time, NBA coach. 3rd consecutive Elite 8. 2 #1 seeds and 1 #2 seed in 3 years. 2 Memphis assistants this year going on to be head coaches at Marist and UMass...following 2 others at Lamar and UTEP in 4 years. 5 5-star recruits coming in this year. Check the boards on 2009 recruits and their lists: Memphis on 16 of top 25 lists. FDX Forum. Top 35 media market. Memphis recruiting rejects wind up at ut and ole miss. 16 of 19 players that did NOT go pro GRADUATED...while the uthugs lost a scholarship due to NCAA Academic Performance Rate shortcomings (see Tennessean). The Memphis Law school first time bar pass rate is 20 percentage points higher that ut. FACTS, FACTS, FACTS. THEY JUST DON'T GO AWAY. VOLGIRLS ARE GREAT.

Posted by RichRollin on April 22, 2008 at 12:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I see a that every time we have news on B-ball, some memfuss dude starts talking. Did it hurt your little feelings that this news was on someone other than memfuss. Bet all them pro players from U.T. are glad they don't have to settle for a lawyers pay. Could go to U.T.'s killer forensics program and would have plenty of job security working in memfuss!! When was the last time memfuss made it out of their own city in a football bowl game,HA,HA,HA!! Go across the board, not just your law school or your B-ball team. You sound like a nerd with all this law school talk. Lots of us have college educations, and that has nothing to do with your tigers B-ball team getting rocked 2 yrs. in a row by a FOOTBALL school! Get your facts str8 itsme537924579. DAAAAA

Posted by King30 on April 22, 2008 at 1:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

For those of you who missed the game, it will be re-shown on ESPU on Wednesday at 5:30, Saturday at 10pm, and Sunday at 9:30pm.
The announcers were too busy making conversation than actually following the action, so be on the lookout for #30 on the blue team.
Go Vols and welcome to Big Orange Country Mr. Hopson!

Posted by King30 on April 22, 2008 at 1:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

CORRECTION:
It won't be re-shown on Saturday...just Wednesday and Sunday.

Posted by DSaVol on April 22, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

jm318...again I know it for a fact and I also know for a fact that the AAU guy wasn't even in the room when Hopson committed to coaches during his visit. But as most do here, believe whatever street crap you want.

As for the NY game, PLEASE just remember that it was nothing more than a pick-up game against some other HS guys - yeah, they are supposedly the top guys but it doesn't really matter when there is NO defense being played. I hope Hopson comes in and makes AA but I'm not getting excited about a HS version of the Rocky Top League.

Gen. Fritter - WHAT RUMORS MAN????? Can't you see from my post that I have ALL the connections covered on this????? Everybody needs to relax, the kid will sign tomorrow and the ink will be ORANGE.

Posted by IBleedOrange444 on April 22, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

DSaVol-

I believe you bro.

Posted by robvols on April 22, 2008 at 3:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

That's two for the bouncer to throw out.

Hey overatedvols and itsme, go back to the Appeal where someone would actually gives a d.

Posted by itsme53792 on April 22, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Facts are straight moron. Facts are stubborn in that they don't change. 2nd Tier schools such as the uthugs... have little to hang their hats upon..except that they have beaten an elite school 2 years in a row. No doubt, that IS significant. Facts are facts, they don't go away. Continuing, the uthugs and their "un-nerdy" fans (that's because there are no academic "trophies" in Knoxville) measure the strength of their program by one game: Memphis. Memphis, being an elite national program, measures its success by its national ranking, its RPI, and its advancement into the NCAAs. Since the uthugs cannot survive such measures, they must hang onto the 2 out of 3 wins over Memphis since Pearl arrived. Pearl himself said "always a bridesmaid, never a bride" regarding getting bounced out of the NCAA tourney....on the Final Four show. You little morons are betting your arguments that you will continue to beat Memphis...in spite on having ONE 5-star versus Memphis having 5 5-star recruits...to add to Dozier, Taggert, Anderson, Mack, Kemp and Robinson (all top 50 recruits). Facts. They are stubborn, and they don't go away. Like the fact that you acknowledge your law school is 3rd in TN though. Thanks. Facts.