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Phillip Fulmer, former Tennessee Vols head football Coach, said he just played himself in The Blind Side, the new Tim McGraw/Sandra Bullock football flick.
"We didn't have to go in and learn 40 pages of lines or anything," Fulmer said. "I've been in front cameras enough over the years I think I was comfortable enough."
The movie is a true story of how the Memphis-based Tuohy family adopted NFL player Michael Oher when he was homeless teen. Oher's football skills made him a hot commodity among college recruiters, and Fulmer said he was one of many competing. Because that's what happened in real life, Fulmer said it made sense that he would be in the movie.
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NoMoreWooAfterGoodOleRockyTop writes:
"Blind" pretty much sums up his coaching style at UT for most of the past decade.
SmokeyHound writes:
i wish kiffin was in there.
TD_4_UT writes:
I don't understand how Philip continues to put a" I am great spin on losing". He lost out on recruiting great player's the past few years and also lost a lot of games too. He continues to live his life in the past.
WhitePineVol77 writes:
Guys...Coach Fulmer is gone from the TN football program, at least directly. Let's all find something else to rail on. BTW, he brought us a NC after a long drought, and when folks were tired of Coach Majors, his drinking and loss of players, CPF was the second coming for UT fans. Let it go.
CPF, you were and are still a great in the annals of UT football history. I am proud of what you once did everytime I walk down Phil Fulmer Way on the way to a game.
Is Sandra Bullock still a hottie in real life?
;-)
jake2583 writes:
He had the number 3 recruiting class in the nation when he was fired.
rocky_topper writes:
yeah, for sure! let's hope we never have to endure two 5-7 seasons in three years ever again and filling up our stadium with 55K fans for the games!
rocky_topper writes:
....And he had the 107th team in the nation in scoring offense!
FLAVOLS writes:
Up next at a Div. 2 school near you, the sequel - "Clappy Mc/ Strikes Again-The 6 Million Dollar Man Returns"
PennVol writes:
I hope he says "work like heck" in the movie.
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SavTnVol writes:
Oh come on now...leave the man alone...after all, he did give his all for Tennessee for a long time and I for one, appreciate it....Thats not to say that new blood wasn't needed and old blood stayed a little too long, but it's over now..Thanks CPF for all you did good and I'll try to forget the not so good that goes along with it...
gnm53108 writes:
By all accounts a very uplifting movie.
Glad Coach Fulmer added a Vol presence to this great story.
RollAFatty writes:
He is running the risk of becoming type-casted. He has been pretending to be a college football coach for over 5 years now.
CrankE writes:
mmmmSandra Bullock.
still hot...as heck!
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And to see how Fulmer really did in this movie, we'll have to watch the...film. It's like some sort of pun...or something.
volzcrushm writes:
Everybody is going to see UT in that movie through PF. Just more p.r. for the big orange. Maybe one day CLK will make his own movie about winning a half dozen Nat. championships!!!
AFVol423 writes:
Phil's problem was never recruiting. He had issues with offensive coordinators (the last one so bad it cost him his job) and some dicipline issues over the years. I always respected the fact that he tried to put the kids first.
gnm53108 writes:
Doesnt make much since does it?
With him having been a sucessfull oc himself.
gnm53108 writes:
Damn...I want a truck load of whatever you're having.
Seriously.
FLAVOLS writes:
Huh?! That walk on class is terrific! Wow.
spencer1989#206886 writes:
Some idiots do not realize they talk so stupid until after they open their mouths and insert both feet. The other ones never figure it out....In this case...It's the latter.
OTPVol writes:
Well, he found a screen he fit, now, sincerely, maybe he'll find a job he fits.
UrbanCryer writes:
maybe uf can hire him when cryer leaves for nd
shipperman#280095 writes:
Hmmm, let's see, how many of the coaching vacancies has he been up for, zero I think it is. I would love to see him coach at Vandy so we could kick his rear every year
Waldorf writes:
Great - so he's going to send Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw's careers straight down the toliet.
vol88 writes:
Well said.
Voluvr writes:
He was great and is a great man. However, the game did pass him by. He wasn't treated harshly, a lot better than his play on Johnny Majors.
Never go again? You're assessment doesn't match up with the opinions of those that make a living doing it, but thanks for playing.
VolFanFtl writes:
Here we go, another day and another comment from this idiotic UF fan that has no life - if he wasn't so pathetic, he would be funny.
I find it ironic that anyone that supports UF would question anyones integrity.
dthenc-why not take a look at the following web-site, which documents Saint Urbans pathological need to lie in just about every situation:
http://www.utefans.net/lies.php
Also, his pathological need to lie to recruits:
http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009...
ctownvol writes:
That's funny...
sampears writes:
I think his blind side is when he looks down...im just sayin....
stratocaster54 writes:
I noticed that he didn't get this recruit either... Kind of sums its up!
dwolfcreek#397971 writes:
WHY CAN'T FULLER JUST DISAPPEAR . HE SCR-WED JOHNNY MAJORS ,HE COULDN'T COACH A DOG TO PLAY DEAD WITH A SHOT GUN .
ctownvol writes:
Oooohhh...GoVOLSxtra is overrun with gator fans....They're also known as Richard Craniums
gnm53108 writes:
DN skcus...
Og yawa elitper.
ctownvol writes:
I can think of 6 million reasons why....
dwolfcreek#397971 writes:
DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK FULMER HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH US WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP ?
FearTheVols1252 writes:
Stand up guy?? I find that ironic coming from people (i.e. Florida fans) who were so quick to trash him when he was coaching at UT.
navarrebeachvol writes:
you continue to be the daily joke.
VolFanFtl writes:
reyem060809-no, what we have are trolls like you that have nothing more exciting going on in their lives than to troll another teams web-site.
I understand that you are a Gator fan, so try to keep up. I was responding to another sad, pathetic UF fan that finds it amusing to come on to a UT web-site and say something about our coach/team.
In case you didn't notice, there were two links referenced. I find it very ironic and comical that a gator fan would question the traditions of UT and ND. UF will never attain their level of tradition.
Also, if you didn't like the ND link about Saint Urban's integrity, how about this one from the Orlando Sentinel:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spor...
TommyJack writes:
It was rumored for years that CPF was a thespian.
tnvol27#546179 writes:
other teams have said publically that preparing for fulmers teams was easy.....they did the same thing over and over...he kept his butt to involved with the play calling....he was and is an ego maniac...stayed 5 yrs to long....and he looks like an inbred.
gnm53108 writes:
???
Wait a minute.A head coach doesnt have anything to do with a team winning but is responsable if they lose.
Wow.
navarrebeachvol writes:
wow, good one :-) The man gave his all for the Big Orange as a player, assistant and head coach. I'm not going to bash him unless he starts making comments about the current staff on his talking circuits again. It was time for him to go. He wouldnt go Voluntarily so he was fired. I never got over Majors coming off his death bed to knock us out of the first SEC Championship game in 92. Never got over Fulmer blowing the game against an 8-3 LSU team in the SEC Championship game in 2001. That was the highwater mark of the Fulmer regime. Let's honor his past accomplishments and get behind the future of UT football. It looks bright and the trolls know it. I doubt they are on UGA, Kys, USC or Vandy's site 24/7.
navarrebeachvol writes:
oh pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese. I am officially nominating you for Troll Arse-Clown of the year. Any seconds on my nomination?
gnm53108 writes:
I dunno...
Some days 987 and naffy would give him a run for his money.
cloudodust writes:
Fulmer did his stint. It was time for Tennessee to move beyond him. Coaches in this age of college ball that can survive 10+ years at the same program are becoming fewer and farther between. Yes, CPF did SOME good work we all appreciate MOST of it. The majority of us do wish him well...
VolunteerLifer writes:
You don't give a tinker's damn about Phil Fulmer. You only use him to try to denigrate UT's football program and the current coach. To say that he was mistreated in Knoxville is absolute BS. He made millions and millions of dollars - not to mention a parachute of 5 million - while performing at a mediocre - at best - level for the better part of a decade. If only someone would mistreat me that way.....
He is a decent guy and I like him, too. And I'm glad he got a chance to stretch a little in this movie role.
rocky_topper writes:
while he did recruit them, he certainly couldn't develop them! look how screwed-up JC was until this coaching staff finally got him going. the difference is as great as night and day. kiffin is relying on his development of these players this year.
fulmer left plenty of talent? lol this is why we have walk-ons who have started all season long! i honestly don't think you've watched any football for the past several years.
rocky_topper writes:
okay, you have proven that you didn't go to the games last year with that statement. otherwise, you would know just how ludicrous that comment was.
if you are a Gator fan, just STFU!
TommyJack writes:
He ain't no gator. A paid troll. Apparently paid by the word.
baldfan writes:
Was Vicky in the movie?
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