Posted by TommyJack on January 7, 2008 at 8:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow

Posted by jevolball7 on January 7, 2008 at 8:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TJ;DITTO ......yawn.Why no b ball info ..EVER!!

Posted by KingsportVol on January 7, 2008 at 8:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I hope this isn't a sign.Thanks for the date in 2013 I will go ahead and clear my schedule.Go Big Orange!!!

Posted by ThurmondEppy on January 7, 2008 at 8:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well, they do have the coolest mascot in D-I.
See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_BYO_...

Posted by ONUV on January 7, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

at least they're not 1-aa

Posted by ut_volfan on January 7, 2008 at 9:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

UT is still the only SEC school not to schedule a team from Div 1 FCS! Way to go Vols! (that's the old D1-AA)

Posted by Hose68 on January 7, 2008 at 10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Please schedule my alma mater - Presbyterian College. That way I could see my two favorite football teams play at the same time.

But, they are 1-aa

Posted by chrisw2967 on January 7, 2008 at 11:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

maybe we can get some real power house such as Austin Peay or Carson Newmen.
Maybe Hamilton is trying to get Tenn in Div 2 , where we will have a chance.

Posted by budrhon on January 8, 2008 at 1:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

WHY?

Posted by budrhon on January 8, 2008 at 1:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Can someone tell me the last time UT played Clemson in a regular season game (minus the Bowl a few years back)? This school is close to us, has great tradition and I never hear anyone talk of a UT -v- Clemson series. UGA and USC play them. Just food for thought and conversation.

Posted by stevefrommemphis on January 8, 2008 at 1:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)

PATHETIC. If Tennessee is looking for an easy win, why can't Hamilton schedule one of the lower division Big Ten teams (Minnesota, Indiana, Northwestern for instance), Big 12 (Iowa State, Baylor), ACC (NC State, Duke), or PAC 10 (Stanford, Washington St)? Minnesota would be a good home and home for fans who have never ventured into that part of the country. How about one of our old rivals, Georgia Tech, even though it would be a possible loss? Eight home games for season ticket holders to pay for in 2009 - two of them vs Ohio and Western Kentucky. (At least the W Ky game is the first game of the season, and I will be able to find somebody to give the tickets to. If UT loses to Florida, nobody will take the free tickets vs Ohio the week following.) If UT is going to play a Sun Belt team, make it North Texas State - a rematch of one of the three biggest debacles in Tennessee football history. UT could invite Sears Woods (3 TD for the Mean Green, including game clinching kickoff return) as that week's "Legend of Neyland Stadium."

Posted by bigbluevol on January 8, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Western Kentucky's game vs. Florida was televised on Lincoln Financial, which is now Raycom. It doesn't ensure a pay-per-view game. Hamilton didn't want a home and home, obviously, or he would have contacted other conferences. He was trying to get enough home games for 2009 and 2013. As someone pointed out earlier, we still have not scheduled a 1-AA team. Auburn and Alabama are good for one of those a year, at least. Florida's home schedule included such giants as Troy and either Florida International or Florida Atlantic, I can't remember. Either way, Ohio and Western Kentucky are at least on par with those teams, if not better. All you guys who mock "Stay the course" obviously don't see the irony that you in fact are doing the same thing by constantly complaining and criticizing.

Posted by dgarland1 on January 8, 2008 at 10:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Another sorry-azz PPV game. I will never buy one.

Posted by bigbluevol on January 8, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Chad, you have no idea what next year will be like. You have no idea what will happen with TV in 2009. You can make all the snide comments you want, but you have no way of knowing that this game will be "sure fire PPV." I'm sure that Tebow starting in his first game was a factor, too. I'm sure that us being ranked so highly in 2005 is a large part of why our game with UAB was televised. However, since it's a year and a half away, I stand by the fact that there's no way to know what will happen. That's the point.

Posted by bigbluevol on January 8, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Chad, chad, chad...your failure to understand what I say is really incomprehensible. There was a lot of hype around Tebow, therefore, interest in seeing him play. Interest = ratings. As for our game with UAB and their game with Western Ky, the commonality lies in the fact that both were available to LF and they chose to air them. As I've said from the beginning, you don't know what the next year will hold or what will be going on around the program before 2009, despite how smart you think you are. This game isn't destined to be on PPV, as you believe. I know that it's an easy way to potentially hate on Fulmer and Hamilton, and it provides a way for you to try to look clever and hilarious, but your prediction isn't as certain as you think it is.