Comments by cltvol

Written on Fund established to help Michael Cofer with medical bills:

in response to lknvol:

This story makes me LIVID!!!!! That we even have to think about consulting a bloated, corrupt organization like the NCAA to be able to take care of one of our own is ABSURD!! It's time for the NCAA to go bye-bye. They have long outlived their usefulness and far overstepped their bounds. And their magnanimous jesture to approve contributions for medical expenses only is incredibly arrogant. Those guys make me SICK!!!!!!!!!

It's coming,,super confernces taking over with SEC leading the way. And you are right. Thats why I voted to take SEC football schedule to 10 games. Anything to neuter ncaa is a plus and if SEC went to 10 game football schedule it would be a nice punch in the gut

Written on Poll: How many league games should SEC football teams play?:

10. Go for the juglar. Blow up the current system the way SEC did with conf championship in 1992, which was the start of this domination. Take advantage of the popularity, the money, the TV fame. This would change the landscape and ultimately blow up the ncaa, which needs to be done anyway and replaced with a commissioner with power like all other professional sports, cause that's what this is. Not sarcasm, i'm as serious as all Tennessee 'gitout'

Written on Former Vol, Knoxville native Michael Cofer fights an incurable disease:

I remember auburn had a huge fullback close to 300 who was a good athlete, much more than a lug with speed. Mike Cofer met him full speed in the hole,,it was a struggle but Cofer lost no ground and took him down. Very impressive.

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

in response to SouthTexasVol:

Hey Tyler,I hear Mcdonalds is hiring in your home town. Just Saying.

Nice,,the tired, arrogant, insult the mcdonald's worker slander. You got no idea what really matters, do you? If you did you wouldn't look down your nose on anybody that puts in a days work or a particular role. You should take Vol out of your screen name.

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

in response to madrigal:

Jeff Bray did not teach his kid to be a grownup. He, and Tyler's coaches over the years, apparently thought talent was enough. Well, guess what.....it's not. You have to learn to be an adult, to take responsibility for yourself and for your behavior, and to deal with adversity in a positive manner. If and when Tyler learns these things, he will be a success in something, whether on or off the football field remains to be seen.

Lucky Mr. Bray. See all the blowhards trash his kid and then get some whistle blowing on his parenting penalties as well. Maybe madrigal can solve the Korean penninsula situation next or be a special envoy to cure the Syrian problem. I'm sure he stayed @ a Holiday Inn Express last night. Thanks to Tyler Bray and his family for efforts and support of UT vols.

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

in response to keithgibson:

almost all of you people ripped Foster when he did not get drafted, now you praise him. just wish the kid good luck and let it go.

well said

Written on Mike Strange: Tyler Bray can look to Warner, Moon, Romo for inspiration:

in response to John_10065:

The difference was when he got drafted to Pittsburg he never got to play a down in the training camp warming the bench behind three other QB coming out of Louisville who was a doormat to everyone including UT.

Yep, Johnny U. played against UT. The legend is that he was so exhausted at the end of the game that they had to cut his uniform off him because he couldn't raise his arms from exhaustion. He had 86% of U of L tackles, returned 6 kick offs, punted, rushed, passed and scored the only score for Louisville on a 28 yard QB keeper. It was said that even Neyland applauded him when he left the game in the 4th quarter after an injury.

I certainly hope the Unitas movie that is in production does him justice. From the time he was a boy until his death it was an incredible story.

Bray couldn't carry Unitas' jockstrap.

concur to all,,and I'm aware of the history. There are no other johnny U's, just would like to see TB raise his standards and work his tail off and it sure wouldn't hurt him or anyhone else to look as # 19 as inspiration w/out being beat down by the amateur, blow-hard self-appointed experts that seem to get a special thrill turning the screw over his current situation.

Written on Mike Strange: Tyler Bray can look to Warner, Moon, Romo for inspiration:

and the great John Constantine Unitas was technically drafted in the 9th round, cut befor playing a down (coach thought him too dumb), but then caught on with Colts the next year. Hang in and gut it out TB. You can make it!

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

Hope he does great as a KC Chief. We need another successful QB in NFL.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/28/...

Written on Which UT player drafted will make the most impact his rookie season?:

Cp cause the Vikes knocked on door last year, better offense, and fantastic runner AP

Written on Jarnell Stokes has a change of heart, will play junior season at UT:

in response to collegegrovebilly:

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May be true my friend. Just don't know. But I don't know that the NFL guys would pay attention to a blackball all the way up and down the line. Just don't see Dooley as having that much weight on this situation. Hopefully TB can get a good free agent deal and re-commit to improvement as a free agent same way best running back in AFC made it, Mr. Arian Foster.

Written on Vols tight end Mychal Rivera drafted by Oakland Raiders:

Awesome news for Mr. Rivera!!

Written on Former Vol Montori Hughes selected in 5th round of NFL draft:

good for hughes,,nice comeback story

Written on Jarnell Stokes staying for junior season at Tennessee:

Well good for him and even better for us Vol fans. And the blowhards that were name calling and making personal, low rent comments against this 20 year old in yesterday's postal posting can now go to another form of boorishness, buffonery, and bulldungery. And lastly, if he can get his FT per cent up to 75+ and keeps working his tail off to own every rebound mentally, he will be a lst rounder next year.

Written on Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes to announce intentions Saturday:

in response to born2ride:

See ya, traitor.

Nonsense,,,He's as loyal to UT as they would be to him. This is business.

Written on Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes to announce intentions Saturday:

Its a business,,there's money to be made. To quote Remo from Casino 'Why take the chance?"

Written on Grilled by Jon Gruden, UT's Tyler Bray says he needs to improve preparation in NFL:

I'm pullen' for the guy! Hope he does great!

Written on Poll: Did Tennessee deserve to make the NCAA tournament?:

Yes they did,but here's the real thing. With everyone so fired up for an ncaa football playoff, the bb playoffs have begun to be ludicrous with the 2nd rate teams and conferences that make it. Why does anyone think, over time, the football playoffs will make sense? Bottom line Ncaa not doing anything right in FB or BB at the high level.

Written on Jarnell Stokes burns midnight oil to shoot straight at free-throw line :

if he can get to 78% or better those 12 point games will be 24 pointers in playoffs..teams aren't afraid to foul him. If anybody remembers moses malone making 12-15 free throws a game they know what I'm talking about

Written on Tennessee spring football position-by-position previews: Looking at the offense:

all i know is i'm glad we got a coach with a darn flat top rather than the $ 100 politician trim the other guy had

Written on Butch Jones to be grand marshal of Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway:

in response to RedBankAlchovol:

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RedNeckAlchovol I'm guessing 5ity cent would disagree with you

Written on John Adams: Vols turn rivalry topsy-turvy :

in response to johnlg00:

Cal can put out the BS with the best of them, but he can also tell it like it is. It isn't easy to do what he does, trying to deal with a whole squad of highly-decorated would-be all-stars. He has to be as much a lion tamer as a coach. He tries to recruit guys he thinks will be receptive to coaching and willing to do things like share the ball and play defense that they mostly haven't had to do before, but it is hard to change a guy's mindset overnight. Not all teams of all-star freshmen fit together as well as last year's bunch. It may be that some of this year's crop came in thinking last year was just the way it ALWAYS is at UK, so all they had to do was hop on board and ride that championship train.

Strongly agree,,very well put, @ least 4 or 5 of the cats are projected for the nba draft again,,but they are not very good as a team. This year's KY group and last year'a group are the two ends of the spectrum. Same talent level probably but coachability and cohesion are very different.

Written on John Adams: Vols turn rivalry topsy-turvy :

So many haters of Coach Cal, but he calls it like it us. I think he said we would be very tuff to beat when the year started. Hoping we can keep our run going and prove him right

Written on No Noel alters dynamic of Tennessee-Kentucky game :

in response to SevenT:

There are no guarantees in life except Death, Taxes and Kentucky beating Tennessee

Just Saying

you suck,,just sayen'

Written on Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley confirms he is going to the Dallas Cowboys :

Hope he does well, can't think of a reason to dawg him or anybody else about, and I wish im the best personally, although I hate the cowboys.

But Jason Witten is a great player and person, so I pull for him individually.

Written on James Franklin apologizes for calling Saban 'Nicky Satan':

hey,,makes me kinda like the guy now

not for long though,,

Written on Former Vol R.A. Dickey fighting sex trade in India:

Good for R.A.,,sincerely mean it. But does the freakn' authorities in these places do anything about this stuff at all?

Written on Derek Dooley to offer recruiting commentary on ESPNU's National Signing Day coverage :

Good for him. In the wise words of Briscoe Darling, 'More Power to You'. Why would anybody begrudge it? Lots of bitterness here. Its not personal, its business. I'm glad he's gone as our coach, but got no reason to wish him poorly.

Written on Vols football records 2.49 GPA in fall semester :

this only means we've tightened up compliance...need to get better @ cheaten'

Written on Vanderbilt finishes season ranked for first time since 1948:

Makes sense. Saw a pig flying yesterday on a TV commercial about insurance. Skeptical about the insurance pitch, but the pig was real!.

Written on John Adams among 3 selected for induction into Tennessee Sports Writers Hall of Fame :

Well this is quite an honor and good for JA. There's no reason at all for people to blow this off or throw in the hate mail. The guy works hard and has performed for a lot of years. I respect that a lot.

Written on Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game:

I hate bama,,, Sad day for this old frustrated Vol fan. On the bright side more AL citizens will upgrade arithmetic skills slightly, since they now have a visual of what 2 in a row means.

Written on Mike Strange: Is Notre Dame the cure for SEC Fatigue? :

go domers,,we need our rivals to falter

Written on Quarterback Tyler Bray selects agent Don Yee :

in response to rockypop:

Tyler Bray and Tennessee has been an uncomfortable relationship from the get-go. He didn't get many big time offers out of high school, except maybe USC, where he would have been a third string QB. And, with Lane Kiffin as coach, UT seemed like a good choice.

His three years at Tennessee have been mercurial at best. He and Dooley obviously clashed, and there's no reason to think he would have enhanced his draft position under a new system if he had stayed.

The guy's no Peyton Manning, and for all his talent and accomplishments, he'll be leaving UT with little love lost among fans because of his immaturity, recklessness, and inconsistency. However, without him, it's hard to imagine how bad things could have been.

Because he's now a former Vol, I think all UT fans would wish him well, and hope that in his new career, he'll represent the university and himself with class and a passionate work ethic.

Well said, although if our defense was slightly above average, decent we would have had a great year in 2012. Hope he does great in NFL.

Written on 9-win season, top 15 recruiting class building Vanderbilt's optimism for 2013:

I loathe Vandy. Always will. Nothing personal, just the name, the unis's, and the gap between what they have really accomplished and their self delusional perspective of what they think they've accomplished. They remind me of how cocky Mussolini was when Italy allegedly 'conquered' an emaciated foe in Ethiopia and within 4 years his corpse was strung upside down by partisans being pelted by rotten maters. Those who can relate to the feelings of George Cafego RIP and Joe Thompson, wherever he is, know what I'm talking about. Franklin had a lucky year and things came together with predecessor Bobby whats his name's set up of overcoming the sludge and muck of only one bowl win since Sputnick. I-40 was not a viable route to Dud statium the last time the Peabody Aristocrats had a consistently competitive answer to the UT Vols. I expect that the next time the teachers' college has a consistently competive program i-40 will be oboslete, replaced by time travel or some other way of conquering space and time not known at this point.

Written on Vanderbilt wins Music City Bowl to cap 9-4 season:

I would like to, but I won't, congratulate Vandy on their first bowl win in the new technology age of televesion and jet flights across the continental U.S. On 2nd thought, I wouldn't even like to congratulate them

Written on John Adams: Fan mail contradicts negative posts :

I'm surprised that JA is publishing his opinion of the low rent posters. I know he is paid for his opinion, but does anybody care what he thinks of the folks that make generalized, unsubstantiated, personal attacks on him. Just doesn't seem like a place someone paid to write would go.

Written on Former Vols defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri hired by Florida State, but will still draw check from UT :

in response to GerryOP:

But they are getting paid! A few comments:

1) What is a free college education along with room, board, medical, training, exposure, etc, etc, etc in preparation for a job that will pay millions worth?

2) Without football, some of these guys would never see the inside of a college classroom.

3) These guys knew what they were signing up for and no one forced them to do it.

Really, it's not as bad as it appears.

Genreally agree,,But your 1) 2) and 3) have been constant for 50-60 years. And the money escalation has rocketed so much more over the past 10 years, particularly the past 5. The players deserve more and its there to distribute as proven by the coaching and admin salay escalation.

Written on Former Vols defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri hired by Florida State, but will still draw check from UT :

in response to GerryOP:

Move along folks, there's nothing to see here. Leave the past behind and look to the future. What's done is done.

Begging to differ with respect. It is news that Sal has a job. The bigger story is how the money grab in CFB has made it to most head coaches and some lucky assistants like Sal, but the players that produce the profits are not getting paid. They need to start paying the kids something. This is a for profit biz model in every sense of the phrase except the revenue generators aren't getting paid.

Written on Report: Tyler Bray to enter the NFL draft :

Hope he does great. I think he can do it. Best talent since Payton, maybe more raw talent. Just like to see him keep improving his focus and grind out the mental and emotional tenacity it takes to be a star in the NFL! I'm pulling for him.

Written on Tennessee's Stokely Athletics Center closing down :

boo'ed joe b hall like crazy in that building!!!

Written on Mike Strange: Butch Jones dreamed of a job like Tennessee :

in response to frblalack:

6 years, 4 conference titles!!! HOME RUN!!!

Welcome Coach Jones!

And for the record, the best sportswriter the KNS ever had was a guy named Al Dunning; the best sportscaster EVER was named John Ward!!! I suspect Coach Jones heard some of these guys growing up in Michigan.

I don't know about the rest of you true Vol fans, but I am FIRED UP!!! Loved Coach Fulmer annd Coach Dooley, but We've got to now support Coach Butch 100%!!! And at this point I have to retract my criticism of Coach Hart! I BELIEVE we've hit a GRAND SLAM!!!

All Vols - All the Time - Vol for Life

if you mean Al Browning I agree. He also wrote a very good back bout UT AL rivalry http://www.amazon.com/Third-Saturday-...

Written on New UT coach Butch Jones in Knoxville:

in response to edee:

Can he shows the Spirit on the sideline during a game that the Vandy coach does...never seen a coach so up-beat and involved with players coming off and going on the field...that's what it takes 100% involvement with the team...not just standing around...looking bored...Coach Jones watch the Vandy/Tn tape and see how a coach can get involved with his team on and off the field....if you can inspire the team everything else is moot. GOOD LUCK. Tennessee fans are tough....show us what ya got.....

Ever watch John Wooden?

Written on New UT coach Butch Jones in Knoxville:

he's 2-1 against charlie strong. The L was OT.

Decent wins last 3 years against Vandy last year- no OT needed; Pitt, Va tech; 1-1 against NC state; Ok just barely beat him.

So this is not Nick Rockne or Bear Neayland or Vince Belichek or Urban Spurrier- but he's moving up to a job he really wants with a quality performance record

Written on Names to watch: Tennessee coaching search Day 18 (updated Dec. 6):

arnold zandi that erstehile jack of all trades

Written on Phillip Fulmer had 'the right influences' on way to Hall of Fame :

This is a tremendous accomplishment and well-deserved. You can't take away such a prestigous award. I have posted about disappointing results in his latter years, but that does not take away his overall achievements and first ballot status for this honor.

Written on David Climer: Tennessee Vols coaching job lacks its previous glamour:

With all due respect, Climer's 'with all due respect' is the most superficial ' w/a/d/r' since Talledga Nights!

Written on Tennessee's coach search turns to Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy :

Good reporting is providing pertinent facts before others do so. If they back off the reporting, the outcry would be incredible, plus they would be fired. I'm glad they're out their hustling. The fact that Gundy and Hart met is very relevant news.

Written on Alabama holds off Georgia 32-28, advances to Miami:

in response to UTAlum88:

As much as I loath Bama, I gotta pull for them to bring home another NC to the SEC.

Each NC title makes our conference stronger as a whole. Although that's a bitter pill to swallow, it's the truth.

I don't get it. I oppose the collective good. SEC has too many brain-washed. We need our rivals to be weaker not stronger. I'm for each SEC opponent in upcoming bowl season. My misery needs some company and it needs to be w/in conference. I guarantee Tide fans pulled against us when we were competing for championships. I wholeheartedly stoop to that level.

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