Comments by WetumpkaThumpa

Written on Ivy Renfroe provides relief for Lady Vols, 3-2 :

I would like to ask rtrchatt how the Gumps let the Vols beat them in the SEC All sports trophy though?

Written on Ivy Renfroe provides relief for Lady Vols, 3-2 :

I'm sure if we lost today, rtrchatt would be on here. I'm sure he's watching though.

Written on John Adams: Dave Hart ahead of schedule with hires:

in response to billythekid:

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A twelve year old kid that mommy and daddy let have too much computer time?

Written on Tennessee finishes 4th in SEC All-Sports Trophy ranking:

in response to billythekid:

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I guess they didn't count women's bowling? The bowling may have moved Vandy up a couple spots to eighth?

Written on Tennessee finishes 4th in SEC All-Sports Trophy ranking:

in response to ProfessionalHandicapper:

Look at the Big Three Mens Sports (basketball,football and baseball). UT has been horrible for the last few years. In the last 4 years Vandy finsihed 4th in the World Series, won the Mens SEC basketball Tourney, gone to two Bowls and just broke the all time SEC single season win total in baseball while ranked number 2 in the Nation.
In those same 4 years UT has won no Bowls, missed the SEC baseball Tourney every year, and been nothing but a second rate NIT team. Vandy had a number 4 ranked finish in the Nation while the last time UT finished in the Top 5 in those mens sports was 1998 under Fulmer. Vandy also just put three players in the Top 32 picks of the NBA, something UT has never done. In the Big Three mens sports Vandy has crushed UT in total wins for three straight years and finished second only to Florida two years ago. I know UT fans will talk about the old days while forgetting they fired away the old winners and now are the bottom of the SEC. There is new top dog in the state and its Vandy. We will see ya in the World Series in a few weeks.. GO DORES!!

It shouldn't take a Vanderbilt degree to realize that fourth is better than tenth. At least you can say the Dores were in the top ten.

Written on David Climer: Titles can't erase SEC football's weaknesses:

in response to MikeNPS:

You say you are not sure OU would have beaten UT last year? Did you see that UT team? Chuckey-Doake High could have beaten the Vols last year.

That would be Chuckey Doak idiot.

Written on Haslam Field turf replaced to stay green:

in response to Henley-Street-Bridge:

The Amount of money these guys spend when they're broke simply astonishes me.

Please do some research before you post in the future.

Written on Vols rally in ninth but fall to Georgia 8-7:

in response to PHAT_VOL:

How much longer can Serrano last?

Considering Tennessee has more freshmen on the roster than anybody else in college baseball, I would assume at least four or five more years. The Vols have 18 freshmen and 5 Sophomores on their 32 man roster. Not exactly the time to be calling for a coach to be fired.

Written on Texas A&M's stadium to exceed Neyland:

in response to RollTideJoe:

Live in TN. Read Sentinel. Didn't know time of day one reads a paper mattered! Apparently it bothers you. Repeat, you must be jealous. Article was about A&M, not Alabama, so here's my question: What does Alabama have to do with the article and why does it bother you!!!

Please leave TN. I'm not jealous of anybody from a school with a fan base that poisons trees and joins other school's websites to talk trash. Football just isn't as important to me as it is to people like yourself and Harvey Updyke. Grow up.

Written on Texas A&M's stadium to exceed Neyland:

in response to RollTideJoe:

Your jealousy precedes you!

I didn't mean to offend you, I guess I forgot that there would be Bammers on a Tennessee website? My jealousy precedes me haha? lol

Written on Parallel lines in two lawsuits against Tennessee:

Just another example of the mess that the UTK Administration has been for the last twenty years. Moshak even being allowed on campus is a joke, much less her signing her book there! Somebody other than a lawyer show some leadership at UTK for God's sake!

Written on Texas A&M's stadium to exceed Neyland:

in response to Orange_Beach:

I bet the Aggies can fill their stadium every Saturday.

Even the defending National Champ Gumps had trouble filling Bryant-Denny with Updikes every game last season, but everything is bigger in Texas. Maybe A&M will have better results in the age of HD television and more wins over Saban in their future?

Written on Tyler Bray's father says NFL draft was 'brutal':

Brutal was watching his son waste his talent for three years. The Bray's just don't get it. Dumb.

Written on Tyler Bray shut out at NFL draft, but Mychal Rivera lands with home-state team:

in response to BIVOLAR_BEARE:

Bray getting snubbed came as surprise to no one but him.

He could have been great at UT if he would have gotten his head out of his own arss. Wasted talent.

Written on Heather Mason relieved of duties as UT's associate strength and conditioning coach:

in response to gregorygovols:

She was not an assistant strength coach. A little over a year or two ago she was the head of the strength and conditioning for the women’s athletic department. When the men’s and women’s athletic departments became one, the head strength coach for football became the director of the strength and conditioning department and she became second in command. That is why she was making the amount that she was. N. Christopher is not the head men’s basketball strength coach. He is an assistant on the Olympic staff that is responsible for men’s basketball. His salary is acceptable for the program at a school whose men’s team is as successful (or not) as it is. He has done nothing to deserve more that what he is currently getting. She is complaining because before the two departments joined, she, as head of the women’s strength department was getting paid less than 100,000 and the head of the men’s strength department was getting paid 2.5 times as much. Whether it is right or wrong for her to file a case is irrelevant for this conversation. My point is that before someone comments on a subject, they need to know about the subject.

I don't care if she was the President of the United States! $100,000 bucks is a lot of cash to coach women on how to do sit ups. Women's sports usually cost the university money. I would have shut my mouth making that kind of cash in a non-revenue world. I guess she could go back to Cincy and make $25,000 a year? Good riddance!

Written on Heather Mason relieved of duties as UT's associate strength and conditioning coach:

in response to budd#207344:

No moral of the story is you don't fire somebody who is suing you unless got a realllllly good reason. If you don't have that reason then double the initial award your stupidity was going to bring to the plantiff.

Punctuation? A woman strength coach making 100,000 bucks a year that is complaining about a salary? Same school with a men's coach making $50,000 a year and he's not complaining? You look stupid, give it up title 9.

Written on Tennesse's Cordarrelle Patterson picked 29th by Vikings:

They got a steal.

Written on Heather Mason relieved of duties as UT's associate strength and conditioning coach:

in response to thevoice:

When women's sports start making money, so will it's employees.

Exactly, we have a women's assistant strength coach filing a complaint about a $100,000 salary! But our Head Men's Basketball strength coach makes $50,000 and hasn't complained? Nicodemus, call your lawyer!

Written on Heather Mason relieved of duties as UT's associate strength and conditioning coach:

$102,000 bucks as an assistant strength coach for women's sports! Nicodemus Christopher the men's basketball strength coach makes a little over $50,000! Where's the discrimination there? She should have kept her mouth shut and collected her nice salary.

Written on Order of protection was taken out against Yemi Makanjuola:

in response to 8inarow:

In more positive news, TitleTown put another trophy in its overloaded National Championship Case when the Gators Gymnastics Team won on Saturday in LA.

There are only 5 schools in the country who have won this title, 3-from the SEC. UF, bammer and ga. The others are Utah and ucla.

I know you all will send your congratulations to UF for another fine accomplishment.

This is the kind of guy that makes you wonder what is wrong with some people? Mentally unstable and needing attention. Scary world today.

Written on Vols officially open new indoor training facility:

in response to FWBVol:

I appreciate Charlie Anderson's generous gift to the athletic department, but this is just another example where high dollar donors can side step Tennessee having a dry campus.

I see a lot of people that "side step" UT's dry campus every home game Saturday in the Fall. I would venture to say that 95 percent of them aren't "high dollar donors." Pretty sure that the people that bring coolers full of beer into the baseball stadium and sit in The Porch seats aren't "high dollar donors" either.

Written on Jordan McRae still going through the 'process' of getting ready for NBA:

Very smart decision. I wonder if he got a call from Scotty Hopson?

Written on UT's coach the right man for Peyton Manning:

I Love Peyton Manning!

Written on Florida DL coach Bryant Young abruptly resigns:

I bet Opie Muschamp had a temper tantrum about something. Poor kid.

Written on Tennessee baseball gets pounded again; Dave Serrano apologizes:

in response to SilatGamecock:

Having attended many games at Lindsey Nelson while in grad school, I truly say, UT has the worse fans in the SEC. Glad they got beat as bad as they did today. Hate USC missed the record of 24 hits against UT in a game.

Talk about terrible fans, have you watched a Gamecock basketball game lately? The attendance is almost as big of a joke as your team.

Written on Tennessee baseball gets pounded again; Dave Serrano apologizes:

in response to SilatGamecock:

Having attended many games at Lindsey Nelson while in grad school, I truly say, UT has the worse fans in the SEC. Glad they got beat as bad as they did today. Hate USC missed the record of 24 hits against UT in a game.

Thanks for your opinion, please do not come back to Lindsey Nelson or this board.

Written on Peyton, Ashley Manning donate $500,000 to Pat Summitt Foundation:

in response to Banner:

Class act! Most former UT Athletes feel like UT owes them something. The greatest of them all shows us why he is the greatest. This guy is in a league of his own. Todd Helton and others take notes.

False. Most Auburn athletes feel like Auburn owes them something. I have yet to hear of any former UT athletes throwing their school under the bus.

Written on ESPN levels new set of allegations against already-embattled Auburn:

in response to thevoice:

The reporter was lied to regarding the lacrosse issue. I don't fault her for reporting what she was told. The interesting twists here include the facts that she's an Auburn alumnus and has multiple sources who happen to be former Auburn football players. Like everything else, guilty or not, all that matters is can it be proved?

P.S. Most reporters that are good at their jobs do not publish stories unless they have good, credible sources. She never has, perhaps that's why ESPN didn't renew her contract?

Written on ESPN levels new set of allegations against already-embattled Auburn:

in response to thevoice:

The reporter was lied to regarding the lacrosse issue. I don't fault her for reporting what she was told. The interesting twists here include the facts that she's an Auburn alumnus and has multiple sources who happen to be former Auburn football players. Like everything else, guilty or not, all that matters is can it be proved?

I guess she hasn't learned anything from being "lied" to the first time? Her source for her new story is a guy going on trial for felony armed robbery. He's a model citizen. She did what she was trying to do here, she's made a name for her new blog.

Written on ESPN levels new set of allegations against already-embattled Auburn:

in response to thevoice:

I think there is a little more to it than failed drug tests.

I'm a Tennessee fan, but says who? The "reporter" that had her contract dropped by ESPN and convicted the Duke Lacrosse players before the facts came out? The same "reporter" that just started her own website and is trying to make a name for it? The same "reporter" that got most of her info from a guy facing felony robbery charges? Real credible. The NCAA has already investigated Auburn for a lengthy period of time during the Cam deal and they found nothing. This is pile on Auburn week again. Happens everytime an anti-Saban story came out which happened two days before

Written on ESPN levels new set of allegations against already-embattled Auburn:

in response to Fall_Creek_Vols:

I think this is all a little more than "blah blah blah". Seems to me like a perfect storm is brewing in the "lovliest village on the plains".

How long do you think it will take the NCAA to do something this time?

It's not an NCAA violation to have football players fail drug tests. It happens all the time.

Written on Lack of big plays leaves Tennessee baseball stranded against Longwood:

Vols get stiffed by Longwood!?!?!

Written on Offseason could be time to evaluate Cuonzo Martin's contract:

in response to John_10065:

What theory?

They posted the story here on this very site when Hubbs signed!

Martin iced the deal by sending a handwritten cards to Hubbs' mom and his dad's mom wishing them a happy Mother's Day!

Pretty darn shrewd for a guy who can't recruit according to the "faithful".

Reported here September 18 2012. Look it up!

John,

With all do respect, my Hubbs post wasn't directed at you. Read the posts above to get a better understanding of who and what I was respnonding to.

Written on Offseason could be time to evaluate Cuonzo Martin's contract:

in response to 1vavolfan:

If Martin gets a pay raise he should give half of it to Jarnell's family. If Stokes doesn't fall into Martin's lap then UT is sub-500 this year. Martin got him because no one else had a scholarship available.

What's your theory on how and why he got Hubbs to sign? I'm interested to know?

Written on Offseason could be time to evaluate Cuonzo Martin's contract:

in response to tomkats3242:

Martin is over paid for no more than he gives to the University. He is at best a junion college coach and he cannot recruit quality players. What he has gotten to play for UT would not make a good junior college team. If Hart gives him a raise than the University President should fire Hart also. Enough giving large contracts for nobody coachs.

Stokes and Robert Hubbs aren't quality players? I guess Duke, Florida, Memphis, etc. only offered those two because they felt they would be good practice players?

Written on Alabama hires Bill Battle as athletic director:

Once a Gump, always a Gump I guess? Perhaps he can have Harvey Updike help him clear out his trees now? Stay classy Gumps!!!!!!!!!

Written on Approximately 5,000 tickets sold for first-round of NCAA women's tournament in Knoxville:

It's hard enough to sell football tickets these days, much less women's basketball tickets. It's pretty much Baylor and everybody else. Anybody that has a man on their team is going to win.

Written on Senior Eric Gordon not currently with Vols; timeline for return uncertain:

in response to eVOLved:

Without Gordon, who will give up the touchdowns.

Without Gordon, who will bail us out against Vanderbilt like he did in 2011 with the game clinching INT for a TD? Spew that nonsense elsewhere!

Written on Tennessee QB Nathan Peterman looking forward to 'open competition' for starting job:

Should be interesting! Not a single story on here about Lady Vols taking 2 of 3 from Gumps in softball?

Written on Skylar McBee goes from humble start to Senior Day:

This is a well written piece.

Written on Chairman hopes slimmed-down UT athletics board will be more relevant:

in response to OrangePride:

Board Agenda Items: 1. Putting reigns on coaching buyout agreements. 2. Putting rules in place to insure all parties operate INSIDE the budget and severly limit debt service costs (oh, send that memo to Washington while we're at it). 3) Put reigns on coaching buyouts. Yes....that's a good first day's work.

Mike Hamilton is no longer involved with contracting and more importantly the university. The new coaching contracts will be written by somebody with a decent amount of intelligence.

Written on Vols get needed win at Auburn, 82-75:

in response to notfunanymore:

Other than the Florida win, this season has been a joke. The coaches and the team are pathetic. How can Martin still have a job next year?

Yes, who do you really pull for? I hope not Bama, UK, UF, or Vandy, because the Vols beat all of those teams.

Written on Vols get needed win at Auburn, 82-75:

It's pretty obvious, Trae Golden makes us go!!!!!!!!

Written on Derek Dooley and fired assistants will cost UT an estimated $7.5 million:

in response to Orange_Beach:

Sunseri is a proven coach. Had he known the lack of players that could compete at the level he was hired to coach I doubt he would have taken the job. Now this Ansley guy, Tennessee took the bait, hook, line and sinker.

In that thumbnail pic of Sunseri above, he looks about as stupid as his defense looked on the field last season. Glad that he is gone.

Written on Mike Strange: Vols' tournament hopes derailed:

in response to Ringleader:

Georgia does not have a single highly recruited player on its entire roster. Fox has done an outstanding coaching job, they have lost three overtime SEC games. There was a mismatch, but it was the head coach where the mismatch was.

That's far from the truth! Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was the number 12 overall prospect, a McDonalds All-American and a consensus 5 star recruit. Do a little research before spewing nonsense, I you had ever watched a Georgia game then you would have known about KCP. I'm not sure you are qualified to give your opinion on our coach?

Written on Mark Wiedmer: Players, fans expecting victories now from Vols:

in response to 8inarow:

The best thing is, Gorbanzo will get a contract extension, keeping Pearl out.

Gators can't beat Martin or Pearl. Cuonzo is now 3-0 against Billy the Kid.

Written on It comes full circle as Elston Turner Jr. gets crack against Vols' team his father was slighted by:

in response to mocsandvolsfan:

Kid's good.
UT 75 Miss.St. 70

Rebounds!!! Lot's of rebounds. "Get some bounds man"!!!

Miss. St.? Huh. This cat plays for A&M who we play tomorrow.

Written on Auburn facing lots of unknowns at QB, elsewhere:

Right now, they can't outbid Bama. The Gumps are paying way more than the Barners at the moment. I wonder how long after a new NCAA czar is in place that both programs are hit with major sanctions? They can't stand the thought of each other so much that they cheat to stay ahead of one another.

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