Comments by arkyvol
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Posted on June 30 at 8:31 p.m.
sometimes i get the idea that the athletic departments of these schools have convinced themselves that there is no limit on what the long suffering fan will put up with. $25 a ticket, why not $35, $45, $55, aw hell, why not $100.00? the oil companies had the same delusion. yukon, escalade, hummer, anybody?
i've been a loyal vol fan since 1962, but i've had it. i'm trading in my yukon for something that gets 25+ mpg, and i'll be damned if i ever buy another game ticket that costs more than my registration fee my freshman year.
p.s.: yeah, i love latte's
Posted on June 24 at 9 a.m.
"i'm just glad he's dead" ????
i thought this site monitored comments for obscenity.
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Posted on June 23 at 1:20 p.m.
what's with all the comments removed? i know stories like this can bring the a-holes from beneath their rocks, but this many?
Posted on June 21 at 10:06 a.m.
i was in the army at the time after leaving U.T. in 66 and watched the game on t.v. i returned to go to law school in 69 and to watch the bill battle era come and go. my favorite game: the 72 penn state game (U.T. ran up 21 points before half and hung on for the win). those were the days.
Posted on May 31 at 10:24 a.m.
i've lived through the whole nutt saga at arkansas. my prediction: in three, maybe five years, he'll be history at ole miss. rah rah b.s. will only take you so far, then you've got to have that elusive something that seems to frequently drop in on coaches named bryant, paterno, mckay, and so on. i've never seen it in nutt.
Posted on May 31 at 8:34 a.m.
the hogs are just glad he didn't let the doorknob hit him in the you know where.
Posted on May 28 at 10:55 a.m.
i've lived in arkansas for thirty plus years and i'm tickled pink that the hogs are in the s.e.c. (i also happen to own two degrees from U.T.K.). i don't know what workinlikeheck has got against arkansas, but i think they've been a marvelous addition to the conference. i also seem to recall that since the hogs joined up, UT has enticed a fair number of good ballplayers from this supposed wasteland. get over it. the hogs are gonna be a major influence in the years to come.
Posted on May 25 at 9:39 a.m.
i've supported coach fulmer for years and i think he's been a credit to his profession.
however, if you were to divide his years as head coach into two parts, you could not help but be concerned. his first half would make you think hall of fame; the second would make you wonder how he keeps his job. i like fulmer and i hope he can get his career back into the early mode.
Posted on May 16 at 8:47 p.m.
i entered U.T. law school in 71. the football team that year was very good with one exception, it didn't have a q.b. worth a damn. it was exasperating, seeing a great defense and a less than mediocre offense. but, everybody was talking about this q.b. playing on the freshman team (freshmen were ineligible then). not a little of the talk was about the fact he was 'colored.' when i went home, i'd get ribbed about U.T.'s "ni**er quarterback". i fired back that i just wished the hell he were eligible right then. it still boggles my mind to think what the 71 team would have been with him. the rest is history. two games into the 72 season and nobody mentioned his color again, except to say that they were glad he was in orange. it was my pleasure to have watched one of the all time greats play for U.T. congratulations, connie!
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Posted on July 4 at 10:57 a.m.
i'm a supporter of phil fulmer, but i agree with the critics. these salaries are obscene. i appreciate the arguments that the athletic budget is separate, and that the department is a money maker, but it is the athletics-money scene that is turning me off. it may be that the typical season ticket holder is so well off that he doesn't notice how badly he is annually muclted, anymore than he feels a pinch in $4 per gallon gas. i'm happy for him, but i live in the real world, a world that seems to have less and less in common with big time athletics.
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