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Mike you make all volunteers proud...keep the FAITH WELL...Man you guys were my heroes growing up....You,Reggie White and Johnnie Jones....I lived in Tampa and seen all of you guys in your final game as a college player...The Tangerine Bowl against Maryland....Who had Boomer Esiason as there QB...what a game that pretty much towards the end of the game you couldve called it The Fog Bowl....! Hang in there big guy
in response to MR_VOL: I am in full agreement. I was at that game, and I can honestly say it was the absolute worst coached UT football game I have ever seen. The team certainly was not prepared and had only two offensive plays being “pound that rock” and “hail-mary.” “Third and Chavis” could not, would not, or simply did not know how to make an adjustment while “7 Points Sanders” [and Fulmer] tried and tried to pound that rock, but unfortunately on that night ran into a rock that simply would not bust. I honestly believe UT [coaches and players] felt by simply showing up, LSU would just roll over and surrender. There was as much disbelief in the coaches eyes as in the players eyes. Once the game was over, you could cut the disappointment with a knife. If I had to specifically pin-point the exact time when UT football started to decline, I would, without hesitation, say this game.
in response to MR_VOL:
I am in full agreement.
I was at that game, and I can honestly say it was the absolute worst coached UT football game I have ever seen. The team certainly was not prepared and had only two offensive plays being “pound that rock” and “hail-mary.” “Third and Chavis” could not, would not, or simply did not know how to make an adjustment while “7 Points Sanders” [and Fulmer] tried and tried to pound that rock, but unfortunately on that night ran into a rock that simply would not bust.
I honestly believe UT [coaches and players] felt by simply showing up, LSU would just roll over and surrender. There was as much disbelief in the coaches eyes as in the players eyes. Once the game was over, you could cut the disappointment with a knife.
If I had to specifically pin-point the exact time when UT football started to decline, I would, without hesitation, say this game.
You got to be kidding me....! This is the SEC....! If you know it....Then you know it well...! Playing that emotional game in Gainesville was like playing for and winning the SEC championship....! Then actually go and play the following weekend in the game against a team you had beaten earlier in the year.....This is the SEC....Beating an SEC opponent twice in the same year AND for the Title.....Come ON....! Yes I was also disappointed BUT I also wasn't surprised by the lost....AND I don't care what happened in the game....IT IS WHAT IT IS...! The SEC and College Football...You got to be Kidding...!!!
in response to MR_VOL: Walt, you said it yourself and I could not agree more, no adjustments made. In my world, no adjustments is no coaching. And as the head coach, it is your duty to keep the team pointed in a forward direction regardless of an emotional win [or loss] the previous week.
Walt, you said it yourself and I could not agree more, no adjustments made. In my world, no adjustments is no coaching. And as the head coach, it is your duty to keep the team pointed in a forward direction regardless of an emotional win [or loss] the previous week.
BS.....Sounds like to me since you seem to know sooooo much that you should've been the Head Coach Mr Vol.....And I'm sure you could've been the second most winningest coach in UTs history......Side NOTE....The most winningest TEAM in The Modern Day History of College Football....!!! Tennessee....!!!
in response to BruisedOrange: Comment on the PAST:The 2001 loss to LSU illustrates how critical game-planning is in top tier college football. We had more talent and experience than LSU, but we were prepared to beat their starters. After they lost their starting QB Davey--AND running back (Toefield?)--in the first half... they were no longer the team our guys had game-planned for. It's ironic. If LSU's starting RB had remained in the game, they would have had Mauck handing off to him instead of running himself, and we would have won. Comment on the FUTURE:According to the article "Fulmer hopes athletic director Dave Hart is addressing some of the institutional issues that likely contributed to UT’s decline." "Hopes... is" indicates he doesn't know if Hart is or not. Which means all these changes we've been reading about are evidently NOT (in Fulmer's mind) the critical ones. I think that's the real news in this article.
in response to BruisedOrange:
Comment on the PAST:The 2001 loss to LSU illustrates how critical game-planning is in top tier college football. We had more talent and experience than LSU, but we were prepared to beat their starters.
After they lost their starting QB Davey--AND running back (Toefield?)--in the first half... they were no longer the team our guys had game-planned for.
It's ironic. If LSU's starting RB had remained in the game, they would have had Mauck handing off to him instead of running himself, and we would have won.
Comment on the FUTURE:According to the article "Fulmer hopes athletic director Dave Hart is addressing some of the institutional issues that likely contributed to UT’s decline."
"Hopes... is" indicates he doesn't know if Hart is or not. Which means all these changes we've been reading about are evidently NOT (in Fulmer's mind) the critical ones.
I think that's the real news in this article.
Hit it right on the nails head....You nailed IT...! We need more UT fans like yourself....Well DONE
in response to iowa_vol: Congratulations David. Hope to have you back on The Hill after Dave Hart retires. This is a position well earned.
in response to iowa_vol:
Congratulations David. Hope to have you back on The Hill after Dave Hart retires. This is a position well earned.
Absolutely agree with you....also coach Fulmer made a great hire no doubt....! I will miss him.....but he will be hear in my hometown....If your right and he comes back as the AD....Then that will be a great story....!
Satan got the horns sounds about right....!
in response to rtrchatt: Yet you continue to hire a Alabama guy EVERY chance possible. Tryin to catch up with the CT, but to no avail. Copy the Saban model... how is that working out lol??????? 6 in a row and counting. Roll Tide
in response to rtrchatt:
Yet you continue to hire a Alabama guy EVERY chance possible. Tryin to catch up with the CT, but to no avail. Copy the Saban model... how is that working out lol??????? 6 in a row and counting. Roll Tide
Blow tide BLOW...! PUNK !!!
DaveanaTurD....! You don't have a clue what this means....! By The Way REAL UT Fans.....Another billboard is up right now I75 before xt81 for Lenior City.....If you don't know where this is....it's the last exit before getting on I40 to go to or come from Knoxville...! Coming south from Knoxville it's facing you from the north bound side and I think it's sitting at a angle where it can be seen from both sides.....Hey Turd recruiting is the life line of a college football program and were in a critical point in UT sports program as A College....! Period...! I will say this again people if you think that a poster or billboard of our Coach or UT sports would ever be seen in the state of Alaloooooserville....Wrong....! Will NEVER happen wake up people....I will Never Ever buy anything to do with Mayfield ice cream or go in or to Athens,TN....Matter of fact I was seriously thinking over the winter in checking out the tour to the Mayfield plant.....Guess what??? Wont happen NOW....! Get real people Why do you think that you want see our billboard in that state or coach holding the championship trophy....??? Get Real !!!
I'm not sure anyone mentioned this.....as I stated earlier in a post about the billboards....! I just came down i75 last night and guess what I saw facing me on the north bound side N O W....! Just before xt81 for Lenior City.....The exit before I40 to go or come from Knoxville!!! That's right another Exact sign of Satan....Like the ones down near Athens....!!! No Butch Jones signs or U T signs.....People if this doesnt piss you off then......You know nothing about football and recruiting....It's time to stop being so dam nice and polite....!!! These posters or billboards would NEVER....!!! Be up in Alalooooooserville......Boycott Mayfield milk and Athens,TN. And let them know it....! Are we Strong and are we ONE......!!! Do we allow this in our own back yard??? BS...! To these people posting its not that big of a deal Plzzzzzz....You don't a clue do you???.
I thought it was Brent Brewer that moved to lb.?
in response to UTMaster04: Why shouldn't Nick Saban speak in Athens? He owns Tennessee anyway.
in response to UTMaster04:
Why shouldn't Nick Saban speak in Athens? He owns Tennessee anyway.
When we catch up to Satan as we did with Spurrier at Florida...He will leave just like Spurrier did....!
in response to adimatteo#261830: I assume saban wont be talking about his great team,etc, but rather other topics.If so, what's the beef.Also, having Coach Jones speak nearby is fine too, part of me thinks it is good natured competition, nothing wrong with it, Im sure the coaches and schools keep it all in perspective, no need for folks to get crazy,
in response to adimatteo#261830:
I assume saban wont be talking about his great team,etc, but rather other topics.If so, what's the beef.Also, having Coach Jones speak nearby is fine too, part of me thinks it is good natured competition, nothing wrong with it, Im sure the coaches and schools keep it all in perspective, no need for folks to get crazy,
Then you don't know anything about recruiting....sorry but true....This is the SEC....This is Bama....This wouldn't be allowed in loooooserville....!!! We have got to stop being soooo dam polite and nice....! Bottom line this would NEVER happen on there soil....!
in response to rtrchatt: Refering to Coach as "Satan" shows your true colors skippy. I guess you have no idea who Satan truly is. Coach Saban could go anywhere in the US and draw this type of crowd because his message of success applies to all walks of life. Only Vol fans see this a some type of recruiting coup and off field competition. UT is nothing more than a gnat on the butt of an elephant to Alabama/CNS. You boys will do ANYTHING to talk about how good you will be but the numbres do not lie.... 28 wins last 5 yrs, Bama 61 wins last 5 yrs, 6 in a row by an average of 24 pts and Oct 23 will be no different. Roll Tide Knox County and the Bama Nation everywhere, Happy Easter.
Refering to Coach as "Satan" shows your true colors skippy. I guess you have no idea who Satan truly is. Coach Saban could go anywhere in the US and draw this type of crowd because his message of success applies to all walks of life. Only Vol fans see this a some type of recruiting coup and off field competition. UT is nothing more than a gnat on the butt of an elephant to Alabama/CNS. You boys will do ANYTHING to talk about how good you will be but the numbres do not lie.... 28 wins last 5 yrs, Bama 61 wins last 5 yrs, 6 in a row by an average of 24 pts and Oct 23 will be no different. Roll Tide Knox County and the Bama Nation everywhere, Happy Easter.
You're an idiot....as usual when it comes from Alaloooosers fans.....! I tell you what the next time we win the national title....Let's see a billboard go up on I20/59 in TuscaloooooserVille.....! In the springtime during crucial visits to get them interested in what you're trying to accomplish.....! Get real D.A.....
in response to dragon18: I'm going to disagree with you on this one. I drove to Chattanooga on business Monday and saw the Billboard in question. It is really in your face Alabama and the speaking event gets lost in the giant picture of Saban and the giant Alabama logo. Keep in mind that ANY RECRUIT driving from Knoxville to Georgia, or to Florida or to Alabama must pass this billboard. It's a pretty snarky thing to do. If the Athens Chamber authorized that billboard it should have been clear to them as it was to me that the layout was not about the speaking engagement but more about Alabama and Nick Saban. I'm just sayin'...
in response to dragon18:
I'm going to disagree with you on this one. I drove to Chattanooga on business Monday and saw the Billboard in question. It is really in your face Alabama and the speaking event gets lost in the giant picture of Saban and the giant Alabama logo. Keep in mind that ANY RECRUIT driving from Knoxville to Georgia, or to Florida or to Alabama must pass this billboard. It's a pretty snarky thing to do. If the Athens Chamber authorized that billboard it should have been clear to them as it was to me that the layout was not about the speaking engagement but more about Alabama and Nick Saban. I'm just sayin'...
You are dead on it....! This is what I stated earlier....Recruiting from the South comes straight up I75.....!!! Get Real People This DOES MATTER....!!!
in response to cheetah-vol: I don't live near or have seen the billboard, but I hope they take it down before somebody does something stupid to it and things get really ugly. It's justifiable to feel angry about this event, but CBJ is rising above it. We should, too. Stay classy Vol fans.
in response to cheetah-vol:
I don't live near or have seen the billboard, but I hope they take it down before somebody does something stupid to it and things get really ugly. It's justifiable to feel angry about this event, but CBJ is rising above it. We should, too. Stay classy Vol fans.
The problem is that the billboard has been up for awhile now....I wonder how long it stays up afterwards...??? Im gonna say it stays up awhile....you guys think this is fine then go try sticking one up in alaloooosers state...There is nothing classy about recruiting in this conference....! Staying classy in this conference.....gets you drilled....! You lose....VFL GBO
in response to frblalack: Athens Tennessee does NOT ROCK if you're a Tennessee Vol! Vols don't need that kind of "loyalty"...what a bunch of ill-conceived ideas from the Athens Chamber. They really should explain & apologize to Coach Butch Jones & his staff for inviting Saban to recruit. Pitiful!
in response to frblalack:
Athens Tennessee does NOT ROCK if you're a Tennessee Vol!
Vols don't need that kind of "loyalty"...what a bunch of ill-conceived ideas from the Athens Chamber. They really should explain & apologize to Coach Butch Jones & his staff for inviting Saban to recruit. Pitiful!
I think they already have...That's why CBJ is speaking before Satan...! But it's to late and they need to pay...! Inviting him is one thing....the billboards of SATAN and him holding the crystall ball out on the interstate that the recruits coming up here during spring practice and trying to get recruits is BS.....!!! Wake up people this is very big...!!!
in response to thevoice: Pretty classless move by the Athens Chamber. I know Jones will handle this with class; timing is terrible.
in response to thevoice:
Pretty classless move by the Athens Chamber. I know Jones will handle this with class; timing is terrible.
I agree and you are correct...The timing is bad...BUT the billboard is something they should be ashamed of....! I don't care how many fans they have in the area...This is Tennessee not Alabama....Do you think that they would ever allow a UT Coach and the crystall ball on a billboard in there Lousy state??? NEVER
Athens is home of Mayfield milk....Hit the town and area where it hurts...!!! Boycott Mayfield.....! The stuffs over priced and never understood why people couldn't live without it...?!!! Bluebell Ice cream is better in my opinion...And trust me when I say this because I'm a truck driver and go all over...Milk companies all over the states have just as good or in most cases better milk...plus with cheaper prices....!!! Mayfield doesn't try to compete or lower prices they just expect consumers to continue to pay outrageous prices....Everytime I look and checkout there prices I just shake my head and can't believe what people continue to take off of them....!...before I catch slack about this....NO I'm not frugal....! I eat out every day on the road....NOW.....!!! Here is what really pisses me OFF....! They have put up a billboard on the interstate with a pic of SATAN and him holding the crystal ball....!!! Do you think in the state of AlaLooooooSerS.....!!! Would they or anyone in that state be willing to put up a billboard of our coach holding the crystall ball...??? EVER...?!!! NO...WAY...! Get real people this isn't something to take lightly....Why do you think that CBJ is NOW gonna speak before SATAN...!....IF you want them and the rest off the state to wake up....Then you show them as fans...! Fans don't have to be diplomatic and polite...!!! That's the difference right now in our program and with our counterparts...We have got to stop being so polite and nice....We have the best fans out there but sometimes you got to say enough is enough....!!! Spread the word and get it out there and put the hurt on them...This will STOP!!! VFL GBO
I have a scrap book that was handed down to me as a boy by my dad....which covers all of the sec teams into one...the clippings of great players and teams are unbelievable....! This is a wonderful story that takes me back to when I could share these memories with my dad...My dad hasn't seen the scrap book in a very long time....I think it's time to pull it out and head to the mountain sooon.....and have some great memories relived.....What do you guys think? I would like to tell everyone I wouldn't be a UT fan if it wasn't for my dad....now going on my 41st year....let's just say I remember Bobby Scott,Condrege Holloway,Larry Seivers and Johnny comes marching home Majors....! GBO....VFL...!!!
J stands for jack and the A stands for arse....what do you got....? John Adams
in response to brandon4au: Unfortunately, my first post on this sight will be a response to your stupid comment. With that said, what exactly was the outcome for the last TWO meetings between Auburn and Tennessee? I seem to remember Tennessee coming into Jordan Hare and only scoring 7 points against a team that would finish 5-7 and fire its coach in 2008. I also remember Gene Chizik...yes, Gene Chizik...bringing a mediocre Auburn team into Neyland Stadium in 2009 that proceeded to systematically kick Tennessee up and down the field for the majority of a game that was so boring that my wife and I decided to go into another room and conceive our almost-three-year-old-son. Tennessee and Auburn are going through coaching transitions, but there is SO much more talent at Auburn than UT, talent coached by someone with a 2 year old national championship ring on his hand. The point is, while Auburn is indeed not back at the top of the mountaintop yet, don't try to ever compare Auburn with Vanderbilt and UK while trying to count your "sure wins". If Auburn doesn't walk out of a 3/4 empty Neyland Stadium and win by 3 TD's, I'll actually be surprised. The losing at Auburn lasted for one season and was corrected. Losing has become "business as usual" for Tennessee over the past 6 years. Looking down your noses at Auburn won't change that...
in response to brandon4au:
Unfortunately, my first post on this sight will be a response to your stupid comment. With that said, what exactly was the outcome for the last TWO meetings between Auburn and Tennessee? I seem to remember Tennessee coming into Jordan Hare and only scoring 7 points against a team that would finish 5-7 and fire its coach in 2008. I also remember Gene Chizik...yes, Gene Chizik...bringing a mediocre Auburn team into Neyland Stadium in 2009 that proceeded to systematically kick Tennessee up and down the field for the majority of a game that was so boring that my wife and I decided to go into another room and conceive our almost-three-year-old-son. Tennessee and Auburn are going through coaching transitions, but there is SO much more talent at Auburn than UT, talent coached by someone with a 2 year old national championship ring on his hand. The point is, while Auburn is indeed not back at the top of the mountaintop yet, don't try to ever compare Auburn with Vanderbilt and UK while trying to count your "sure wins". If Auburn doesn't walk out of a 3/4 empty Neyland Stadium and win by 3 TD's, I'll actually be surprised. The losing at Auburn lasted for one season and was corrected. Losing has become "business as usual" for Tennessee over the past 6 years. Looking down your noses at Auburn won't change that...
No wonder your precious little trees have been poisoned....! The BS flying from your mouth only deserves the shiart that only true Alabammers conceive....! Sooooo with that said the whole state of AlaLosserS deserve one another...! When the NCAA comes to your door...Look our way because we will be smiling at your BS....! :-)
Cleaning house for spring or for the NCAA...???
HOW....!!! Can they feel good about beating a team at HOME.....That lost to Vandy by....41 and Mizzou by 42...PLZZZZ....The PUPS only scored 31 and 36 points in those losses...!!! The Kittens gave up 55 points at HOME to these PUPS....Quote....dominated outmanned bulldogs...!!! BUT gave up 55 points...!!!
I guess that means he's proud of the school books being sold by the players...? LMAO
in response to GerryOP: What screen name did you go by before you adopted this one? All you do is get on here like a butt-hurt-little-kid and rant and whine about everything Vol. You're probably some dork that graduated number two in your class of two at East Fumbuck Hollar Middle School and you're all POed because UT won't let you set foot on campus unless you're wearing a janitor's uniform. YOU are an embarrassment to MY University. Just ... be ... freakin' ... gone.
in response to GerryOP:
What screen name did you go by before you adopted this one? All you do is get on here like a butt-hurt-little-kid and rant and whine about everything Vol. You're probably some dork that graduated number two in your class of two at East Fumbuck Hollar Middle School and you're all POed because UT won't let you set foot on campus unless you're wearing a janitor's uniform.
YOU are an embarrassment to MY University. Just ... be ... freakin' ... gone.
I'm sorry but besides how he worded it with it sounding in anger.....where is he wrong...? Pretty much straight on about what's being talked about....!
First TEE....NOW JAY....! If we're gonna bring up the black thing then we need to bring up the northern thing....! No More....! This is the SEC it's in the south and we mainly recruit the southern states we've got to stay somewhat southern....!!! Just venting....this pisses me off....!!! God I miss Fulmer days.... Off.line coach to off. Coordinator and recruiting coordinator....! Then head man....! Offensive lineman and then RB.s those were standard...! I'm not blaming CBJ....! But something stinks and I'm tired of the bad publicity.... I honestly think UT needs to bring Fulmer in as the AD....! Just like Dickey did after leaving coaching and became Fulmers AD...! This TEE and JAY thing is really stinking things up....!!! This team is about Family and bleeding Orange...! I just don't see it right now.....and it's in the administration and not what CBJ is doing....! We need a Dickey in Fulmer to be to CBJ as Dickey was with Fulmer....!!!
in response to 8inarow: Peyton? The guy who could never beat the Gators? The same guy who choked again in the playoffs? THAT Peyton?
in response to 8inarow:
Peyton? The guy who could never beat the Gators? The same guy who choked again in the playoffs? THAT Peyton?
Peyton didn't choke in the playoffs....the defensive staff and the players who let that throw up and prayer pass did....! Peyton's been in the league since 98'..... Ring a bell Mr8...!!! Peyton's not young anymore and that game got very cold late and it should've never happened in the first place...! Peyton had them in position to win the game and the D gave it up...! That's like seeing a Florida team playing in the north that late and cold....Plzzzzzzz I lived in Florida and I know what the record for Florida teams playing in the north in the cold...!
in response to Tau_of_Tennessee: Am I wrong in recalling that Dallas Thomas came to UT at about 260 pounds? Kinda calls out those who grade O-lineman based only on their weight. I might be wrong on that detail...regardless...best of luck to the hard working four year Vol, Mr. Thomas.
in response to Tau_of_Tennessee:
Am I wrong in recalling that Dallas Thomas came to UT at about 260 pounds? Kinda calls out those who grade O-lineman based only on their weight. I might be wrong on that detail...regardless...best of luck to the hard working four year Vol, Mr. Thomas.
You are correct....! Out Louisiana....and he was one of Fulmers last recruits
Jerk.....and SAban....! Bama fans can support him all they want...because they don't care about morals that much...As long as they win they would kiss a rattle snake on the mouth...! I'm so glad Kiffin got gone and now we have a man who gets it in Tennessee...! J. A. Why don't you and Peston jump on the plan with the snake charmer and head back back to loserrrrville....!
in response to VinylVols: I'm calling it right now. Our 3 biggest recruits from this class will be Jabo Lee, Riyahd Jones and Joshua Dobbs.
in response to VinylVols:
I'm calling it right now. Our 3 biggest recruits from this class will be Jabo Lee, Riyahd Jones and Joshua Dobbs.
M. North....Jabo Lee.....C. Vereen
Seeing you excited and happy at what your doing Butch really makes us fans....Happy for U....! Honestly I haven't felt this way since Fulmer left...!!! Bring back that honest and hard at work coaching back....!!! The Family atmosphere that once made ALL UT FANS PROUD...!!! Only Fulmer and Majors ever made me feel to be a UT FAN....In the same way that i see in you at presenting yourself and living your DREAM....!!!
Just for the record for the fans out there....I was hoping I was wrong worrying about Bray. With what i seen in those pics of him in high school....!!! He was a fan of Peyton's and was hoping for the best...But to own any of Peyton's records in my opinion and the character that he carried doesn't bold well based on his ability to be the QB....Leader of the TEAM....! I'm sorry to feel this way but he ended up proving it and I didnt want to end up feeling like this about the guy...!!!
Thanks Tyler ( don't throw the bottle ) Bray....!!! I wished you could've grown up and became a leader but you didn't....I seen in some of your pics that I came across while you were in high school.How you loved to party and the pics seem to show up....man you sure were thinking about college weren't you...?!!! A passer you maybe but your leader skills doesn't cut it....Sooooooo thank you for leaving early...!!!....LOL...One we have a young man coming in that doesn't like to lose or quit in ferguson....Two we have another young and brilliant young man coming in that's more mature than you are now in your life...!!! Both of them are leaders and don't like to lose...competitors....Sooooooo Thank......U...!!!
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I'm thinking that you sound like a PUP ....jealous and dreaming that you weren't rooting for a second tier team... LOL....Vandy will always be second in the stae of TENNESSEE....!!! LOL
Butch band this CLOWN....!
If your heart was Tennessee then at least why couldn't you make the phone call instead of your uncle on the day of...!!! Out of respect
I guess this momma wants a job in sunny Miami not in the backwoods of the ozarks....! LOL
Let's tell it like this..........1st - they were able to keep everyone that really needed to be kept together in this class and.....2nd - there were concerns to keep a couple good players of need in....J. Carr, C. Sutton well done....!.....3rd - they were able to keep top recruits still interested in UT....5 star players Lawson, D. Green and V bs Vonn well done...! As they also interested several high profile players that were 4 star also well done...!....4th - they were able to flip a few players away from other teams of need...Dobbs, M. Brown and to be honest WOW I like both these players potential plus I like J. Millers potential.....tweeners...! Well Done....!.......NOW for low down side of things - 1 - they came up short on the DL. And OL. One position each....but there could be possibilities still out there that haven't signed yet....who knows if they would or not..... - 2 - at least one LB. short... Seriously that's all that's missing....Besides missing on the high profile players....I think the truth of the matter is basically it comes down TWO very Important factors with the big recruits they missed on.... - 1 - coaches didn't have enough time with them to get completely comfortable with them.....basically NEW COACHES... NEW TEAM...!!! AND here is the most important factor that no one has really ever mention....I know this team played bad last year under Dooley.!!! But the defense has potential with this one thing that I think could've bothered these five star players is................THE Senior Class....5 DL.s, 2 DE.s, 4 LB.s, 2 CB.s, and 2 safeties...!!! All who are seniors who have played in the SEC for three or more years....ALL STAR KIDS think they should play right off the bat and most are promised this....but they aren't dummies they are looking at depth charts before they decide...! 14 Seniors on defense with all of that time in weight room and on the field aren't gonna give up there spots to some five star NEWBIES.....!..........next year there gonna have to go hard on the D side......recruit...! Recruit...! D....! DL. At least TWO... DE.s TWO....LB.s FOUR....DB.s.....and on the O...side really needs are a great RB...! Probably TWO good to great OL. And that's about it the offense is in better shape fo the future except what they may or want in there offensive scheme.....also one final note I think those TWO TE.s they chose are gonna be very good...! Both are very athletic just need some time in the program.... :-)
Welcome to you and your bright future...! VFL Bring it....!
I'm not sold on you yet Malik...".."..................................because I'm not sure if you remind me of a johnathon brown or a lenord little.....LOL....gotcha....! Welcome fellow Floridian ....and for the readers yes I know brown was from OK. and little is from NC.
Hey Vonn.....I guess the cold is less to bare than the SEC is to real winners....goodluck UT Fan.....NOT....The way I look at you never really were and I honestly think that with all the explayers sons getting all the hype for incoming class was beginning to still your THUNDER...! I figure you seen the writing on the wall about who would be getting all the news and publicity in the next few years...! Promised you right that they would play you huh??? To many seniors and early enrolls ahead of you in this class and depth chart...??? It was kinda in the back of my mind that concerned me that could effect a soooo called HS athlete to be worried about competition....goodluck with the NOT SEC team
in response to redskinvol1: You win with big recruits so I would say both.This class is only eleventh in the SEC.That is falling farther behind.i hope coach Jones gets things done but even Dooley had a better class his first year than this.Like I said maybe next years legacy class can get people excited.
in response to redskinvol1:
You win with big recruits so I would say both.This class is only eleventh in the SEC.That is falling farther behind.i hope coach Jones gets things done but even Dooley had a better class his first year than this.Like I said maybe next years legacy class can get people excited.
Dooley came in and a lot of the established in front of him with Kiffin n company....with te talks already established and the JR. Camps and hints like that...! Not to mention with all the hoop la that they had with there signing class built that foundation that Dooley received....but look where those two recruiting classes got us....! Not many are still around or got the program going nowhere....!
in response to MichiganVol247: It's not like the kid had a "T" tatooed on his arm and then decided to go to Florida! This stuff happens...you deal with it and move on. That's part of the problem with our fan base, you guys like to worry about a guy who doesn't commit, but how about we focus on the guys who actually want to be here. Bell would have been a great "Get", but maybe he just doesn't get what it means to be a VFL. The Big 10 will continue to play second fiddle to the SEC, the PAC 10, and hell maybe even the Big 12! 12-0 in the Big 10 is 10-2 in the SEC...I don't give credit to a conference that continues to get beat year-after-year in bowl games. And so what if Bell wants to play for U. Meyer, if things don't go right at OSU in the next couple years he might have medical issues again and have to "retire" from football for a while.
in response to MichiganVol247:
It's not like the kid had a "T" tatooed on his arm and then decided to go to Florida! This stuff happens...you deal with it and move on. That's part of the problem with our fan base, you guys like to worry about a guy who doesn't commit, but how about we focus on the guys who actually want to be here. Bell would have been a great "Get", but maybe he just doesn't get what it means to be a VFL.
The Big 10 will continue to play second fiddle to the SEC, the PAC 10, and hell maybe even the Big 12! 12-0 in the Big 10 is 10-2 in the SEC...I don't give credit to a conference that continues to get beat year-after-year in bowl games. And so what if Bell wants to play for U. Meyer, if things don't go right at OSU in the next couple years he might have medical issues again and have to "retire" from football for a while.
One....grew up a UT fan he went to the same school with Jacques Smith....! How in the helloooo can he gone thru being a fan and dealing with Meyer and Florida...! Then end up playing for the cry baby jerk and Ohio st....? Not his team he grew up as a fan with...? Money talks and bs walks....I can only hope that they get caught again and this time the death penalty....! TWO....this feels like the same thing that happened Terrell Pryor when he came out of HS. We get screwed they get all the publicity and we start hit rck bottom....! I know this isn't the end but I'm tired of these KIDS going other places...! But T.P. was there big down fall when they got him....of course thee punishment wasn't severe enough....considering what it began and caused UT in the long run...with recruiting and continued fighting for players and lose to them in recruits that cost us our coach and where we are NOW...!
Von Bell how in hell can you grow up a UT fan and during the Meyers sorry arse days at Florida....! Then go and be with him...? You can kiss all of UT fans arse because your not a true fan of UT or the sport by your showing....!!! Enjoy the cold weather your about to receive and the weird individuals that you will be around....! :-) I grew up in Florida and live in the choo choo...I drive a truck for a living sooooo just let you know this and others that read this...I kind know these things about the state of Ohio and the people from there...! ENJzoY...!!! :-)
I have been keeping up with recruiting back when all you had was a magazine and news paper write ups...! UT needs to get these players out of these certain areas....but it takes the coaches abilities to win over in these areas.... NC.,SC.,GA.,(Atlanta)area is vital and I'll throw in one more and that's VIrginia also....! Tennessee as always should be number one to start with...! Then go find them all over the country where the kid maybe interested in playing for UT...! That's the way it was built back in the 90's.....Fulmers days....! By the way Fulmer was the recruiting cordinator back in the day before he made head man...! This is the magic....the foundation you lay and this what Butch is doing right now...! Sit back and be amazed by the transformation that's coming our way....! VFL
The JR. Camps will begin the in state process....bringing back explayers and making them feel wanted was also important..! Butch and company getting out and mending fences with in state schools/coaches is huge....! They're doing all the right things in the beginning that we all should be proud of...! Now we need to act like fans that are 100 percent behind the coaches and team...! NO Negative post.....!!!
The foundation is being laid as we speak or....dream...! I explain this in a way I've had to with my wife who knows nothing about football. You got to plant the seed to begin the growth...! Butch is planting and mending fences....and I'm excited and feel proud with what he has started....Pride of the South UT football...! Taking back our state...! Positive attitudes from our coaches.....needs positive attitudes 100 percent from the FANS....! VFL GBO
I remember the most amassing punt that I have ever witness and it was live...Miami 2003 the game was a low scoring game where neither team could score when they moved the ball across the fifty....UT scored all there points in the first half and Miami seem to move the ball all thru the second half but only came up with a FG....score 10-6 late in the fourth UT continues to look lethargic and having to punt...you just had this feeling that Miami would pull it out....! With somewhere around 2-2.5 minutes left backed up on there side of the field.....Dustin punts the ball towards the Miami All American punt returner....The hang time on this punt seemed forever and the directional punt took the returner to the sideline....! He had nowhere to go and he still tried to catch the punt and do something with it.....But he had a problem.....with such a long kick that hung forever that carried him to the sideline.....yes he fumbled the ball and UT recovered it and held on to win....one of the most storied games in UT history...! Miami had the longest home win streak in the nation at the time...! This was the last year of the Orange Bowl Stadium being played in...! I think this was the first meeting between the two teams in Miami...! Dustin already had the directional kicking down pat as I witness it in Miami that day....He won this game by flipping the field possession after possession....in the end his left foot WON...! 10-6
Wow I think back knowing that I had the pleasure of watching everyone of them thru there college and pro careers
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