Comments by imw8n4u

Written on Former Florida QB Leak returns as quality control coach:

in response to opvol:

The Erik Ainge show is the best on Knox radio in the AM no doubt for two main reasons: 1.He knows more than D/J/H put together....2. His station actually stays on the air for more than three minutes at a time! Example: Sports animal 9:00am-9:10am all commercials ...Return for two minutes to talk and play seven more minutes of commercials...Return and take ONE phone call for a total of two minutes then play seven more minutes of commercials. I timed them one morning and from 9am to 9:37am they were "on air" talking for TOTAL of six minutes.....That is why I stopped listening to those guys.....Besides the bore-fest they supply....(except for "NO YOU BACK UP!!" :)

104.5 the zone in Nashville is even worse. I used to listen to them on the way to work, but I was hearing 18 minutes of commercials on a 22 minute drive, and the 4 minutes of actual talk was pretty stupid.

Written on Mike Vollmar hired as UT's new senior associate AD for football:

Unites States Sports Academy, please tell me that's made up.

Written on NCAA director of enforcement headed to Auburn:

Looks like Aubie is going to try to keep the NCAA weak by hiring away all their staff into cush jobs in the athletic dept. Probably not a bad strategy given the potential of the death penalty if some of these accusations are true.

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

in response to Basketvol:

Why the Broncos, Peyton? Why? A true Vol for sure. It's just painful to see him in a Broncos uniform. Anyone but the Broncos.

The answer to this question is simple, an opportunity to win championships. He would have gotten a ring last year if their safety hadn't done the one thing you're not supposed to do in that situation.

Written on Mike Strange: Vols go slow now in order to play fast later:

Oops, just re-read the story, now I see the connection. I wouldn't count on this amounting to much though, it didn't involve free BBQ.

Written on Mike Strange: Vols go slow now in order to play fast later:

in response to TheRealDragonSlayer:

This is a bit off topic, but hot news nonetheless...Will Muschamp is probably being grilled by the media about this right now...it is a HUGE allegation...check it out:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/s...

If this goes south, it could even destroy the Gators season...you never know.

This is about Auburn and Gene Chizik, why would anyone be asking Muschamp about any of this?

Written on Happy for new start, Marques Pair gets work on starting line while Antonio "Tiny" Richardson's recovers from injury:

in response to bobe4544:

Oh no, I hope no one took pics at that BBQ.

ha - was Bruce Pearl there?

Written on Day 1 of practice under Butch Jones features sunny skies, music, intense coaches :

Does anyone know if Butch Jones has a different policy regarding press access to practice? I'd be nice to actually get some reports on how the team looks.

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

I haven't enjoyed a UT basketball game start to finish like that in a long time. Way to go team, now go and do the same thing to Florida!

Written on Behind the scenes with Butch Jones and UT's coaches: Jokes, stories and pronunciation work:

in response to MooseandSquirrelVol:

"I do hear that UT spent a lot of money on a football practice facility, but you don't hear much about that AND you don't see any good videos of what's inside. I heard that they were not showing much because not much is there. It seems they are afraid that the UT fans will go berserk when they discover that 40 million dollars was spent on a workout room and cheap offices."

There is a virtual tour of the new facility at UTSports.com. Try checking it out and stop spouting nonsense.

This would have been a better reply:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw4OdU...

Written on John Adams: Tough times ahead for UT football :

Forget the Seals, sounds to me like they need to bring in SouthPaVol to speak to the team.

Written on Nick Reveiz joins Carson-Newman as graduate assistant :

Too bad Monte didn't give him a shot with the Cowboys, he could have been another Bill Bates.

Written on Tennessee football support staff will make $1.425 million in combined salaries:

I don't see how 1 man is worth as much as everyone else combined, I don't care who he is.

Written on Cowboys hire Monte Kiffin to replace Rob Ryan:

Has this guy never heard of retirement?!?! Or maybe he realizes pretty soon he'll be supporting that son of his and his family, so better keep working.

Written on John Adams: Dual-threat quarterbacks helpful for duels in the SEC :

in response to SouthTexasVol:

No we don't. We need pro style, a GREAT one.

Okay - let's compare results. We had Peyton Manning, by any measure a GREAT pocket passer. 3 great seasons, 1 SEC Title and a blowout loss in a potential championship bowl game to, wait for it, a running QB. Then we had Tee Martin, a dual threat QB who could run when needed to get the first down. How did he do?

Written on John Adams: Time for 'serious' changes at Tennessee :

I'm pretty sure the fans with bags over their heads don't want their names called out over the PA System.

Written on John Adams: Avoiding Oregon would be worse than losing to it:

As far as I know, there has been no mention of trying to buy out of this game, so why even write this story? A couple of seasons ago we were completely dominating the Ducks until mother nature stepped in and gave them a chance to re-group. Yeah - in typical Dooley fashion the game got away from us in the 2nd half, but I fully expect to be competitive with them next year.

Written on SEC won't suspend Alabama's Dial for hit on Murray:

He should not only be suspended, but UA should have been fined for that hit.

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

What was up with that random "UT did not succeed in pursuit of Gruden" comment? Also, if this was such a dream job, why is it costing so much money to get him to take it?

Written on As Jon Gruden drama ends, focus shifts to other Tennessee candidates :

in response to Orangeblood64:

All right boys and girl, time to turn our attention to Jim Mora jr. right now he's taking is hanging with a highly talented Stanford...show him the $$$$

I wanted Mora 4 years ago and posted it twice on this board. Of course I was immediately branded a complete fool, who's right now???

Written on Status of Auburn coach Gene Chizik in limbo:

Not in limbo any more - just got fired.

Written on Tough to read Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray when it comes to his NFL plans :

Watching these interviews of Bray is like watching an interview of Bill Belichick, short, snippy responses with no real information. If he does come back, I hope it's an open competition that gives Worley a fair shot to win the job.

Written on Coaching Carousel: Day 1 of the search for Tennessee's new football coach :

in response to djohnnyg:

How about Bill Callahan?

Someone has forgotten the disaster that was Bill Callahan coaching Nebraska.

Written on Cutcliffe says he's staying at Duke in 2013:

Say what you want about Cut, but kudos to him for not just using the UT opening to get a pay increase from Duke. How many times did our beloved Pearl do that to us?

Written on Tennessee fires Derek Dooley:

Pretty funny they aren't even going to let him coach the KY game, so even if we win Dooley's record shows a winless SEC year. I think once Dooley realized his job was in jeopardy, he mailed it in. Why deal with this headache when you can get paid $100k per month for literally doing nothing??? That's what I really hate about these buyout deals, they are counter productive!

Written on FINAL: Tennessee loses to Vandy 41-18:

After the USC game today I was looking through my old posts, and sure enough, back in 2007 I posted that we should hire Jim Mora, Jr to replace Fulmer. Too bad I wasn't in charge, these past few years could have been a lot different.

Written on FINAL: Tennessee loses to Vandy 41-18:

Looks like Kiffin and crew might be available for hire. We could probably get that whole staff virtually free if they have contracts from USC that continue to pay the difference in salary.

Written on Kentucky fires football coach Joker Phillips:

in response to JBruce:

Actually, I think Tennessee will have to beat both Vandy and Missouri.. With the university's financial situation the way it is; they will want to give him another year. Big changes will come irregardless. I think Sunseri is gone and a new defensive coordinator should be brought in. Honestly, I'd love to see them throw alot of money at John Chavis. Can you imagine this offense paired with a John Chavis defense? It's enough to get me excited... But I know some Vols fans want the whole thing blown up... I just don't necessarily think that is the answer. But what do I know...

I love Chavis as much as anyone, but I had some serious deja vu last night during the LSU / AL game. LSU defense stuffed Ala all night, then when it mattered most they went prevent and gave up the winning drive. Sound familiar to anyone???

Written on Poor defense lets Troy down once again:

in response to Chope:

I sure am glad Patterson plays for us, can you imagine him running around in our secondary. On another note I can't believe people criticizing Chaney the team scored 55 points.

You can bet Sunday - Friday he's running through our defense like a greased pig.

Written on Poor defense lets Troy down once again:

I'm with everyone on the Defense, but we all should also agree that Cordarrelle Patterson put on a show today. As awful as this game was to watch, at least seeing the way that kid played was worth the price of admission. He would be a heisman candidate if this team was any good.

Written on Lattimore goes to hospital with likely knee injury:

I hope he had a good insurance policy, because that really looked like a devastating injury. Lattimore was obviously aware of the seriousness given his and the team's reaction.

Written on John Adams: Scoreboard not the only measuring stick for Derek Dooley against Alabama :

I'm starting to think the students have the right idea with their new alcohol ingestion technique. I may have to try that to withstand the beating we are going to take on Saturday night.

Written on Final: Mississippi State 41, Tennessee 31:

A few rambling thoughts:
1) Justin Hunter has been extremely dissapointing - no way he is the top NFL receiver prospect, I saw probably 10 receivers better than him today, including Patterson. His failure to go get the ball on that deep pass was a complete wuss out!!!
2) Our defense is just plain awful, new system or not, there's no excuse for that performance
3) Why we don't get the ball to Patterson on at least half the plays is unexplainable
4) We need to take the same approach Ala did with Saban with Pete Carroll, don't take no for an answer, just keep raising the bid until he has no choice but to say yes
5) Dooley is finished, at least he made enough $ to never have to work again in his life
6) Finally - Tequila numbs at least some of the pain

Written on Next challenge for Tennessee's Derrick Brodus is kicking on the road :

They play on asphalt in Athens?

Written on Missed extra point less scrutinized because of margin of loss :

in response to vegasvol:

Less scrutinized? I could tell a difference in the team, the crowd, the coaches and the FL team when he missed the extra point. When you go from a 2 score lead to a 1 score lead it cahnges the complexity of the game. It lost the game for us. Lay it on the shoulders of the kicker. 3 missed extra points in 3 games in Div. I football is unexseptible.

I agree with this. Not only that, after we fell behind by 2 TD's, did anyone really think that, even if we scored, we could successfully execute both extra points?

Written on Tennessee to retire Johnny Majors' No. 45 jersey before game :

This is surprising to me, is Phillip Fulmer's old number next?

Written on Evan Woodbery: Who has the advantage?:

Is TN really playing today? Been watching ESPN all day and haven't heard it mentioned even once. We have to make this a statement game and get relevant again!!! Go Vols!

Written on Mike Strange: One redshirt size does not fit all :

in response to TheVolSnake:

What I think is funny is the same people that wanted Bray to start the first game two years ago when he was 180 pounds (High side) true Freshman and bashed Dooley for not playing him till week 6 are now upset about Worley being used last year. We had the same back up/starting QB Simms in both cases.

What if we had the depth and could have red shirted Bray, Hunter and Rodger’s. What about Lane or some of our running backs (Young or Lane) everyone would have been screaming why we didn’t play them.

It wasn’t that long ago when True freshman couldn’t play at all.

Now all that being said we had to play True Freshman because of depth issues over the last two years and out of the 32 true Freshman that have played for the Vols was a point of necessity for the most part. We will see this year how the early playing time pans out.

We will have a great season and will be dramatically improved.

Maybe we will have the chance to red shirt some and develop them verses being forced to play them early.

These are totally different scenarios, one is saying a Freshman should play early in the season if he gives us a better chance to win. Dooley didn't blow Worley's redshirt until the final minutes of the 7th game of the season. A game, by the way, that was totally out of reach.
Of course Worley and Dooley are going to say it was good experience, but I tend to think another year of eligibility is worth more than the experience he got. That's water under the bridge now though, hopefully the QB next in line behind Worley will be good enough to make this a moot point.

Written on Mike Strange: One redshirt size does not fit all :

I still think it was the dumbest thing ever to stick Worley out there in mop up duty against Bama last year. I think Dooley will regret that next year when Worley could be a Soph instead of a Junior.

Written on Evan Woodbery's practice observations :

in response to FWBVol:

Even if we never run the wildcat the fact that it is being written about gives the other teams something to think about when preparing for us in the fall.

Here's the extent of the preparation other teams are having to do for this play.
Opponent Def Cord: "Listen up guys, if anyone besides the QB lines up to take a snap, it's a running play, got it? Good, let's move on."

Written on Evan Woodbery's practice observations :

Are we never going to learn that this "Wildcat" $#|~ never works for us. The only player we've ever had that could pull it off was Berry, and they wouldn't even let him throw it. Unless and until we THROW A PASS from this formation, we might as well just down it and start with 2nd and 12.

Written on 'All is good': Andre Lott out as Vol for Life coordinator :

I think Scott Galyon would be good for this role. I think he is still in East TN and does a lot with Fellowship of Christian athletes. A great Vol LB from the early 90's, also had a nice pro career.

Written on Top 20 salaries in the UT athletics department :

The #1 problem is that all this information is public. If it wasn't so easy for these agents to compare salaries, there wouldn't be this type of salary escalation. Everything about college athletics needs to be reset and they all need to take about a 50% cut across the board. We are talking about a bunch of people that are coaching a game here, and I can guarantee there's nothing magical going on that's worth this much money. There are high school staffs across the country coaching the exact same thing, and if you could blindly listen to just the sideline coaching, I'd bet you wouldn't be able to differentiate between what was HS and what was $5M worth of coaches.

Written on QB Phillip Sims transferring from Alabama to Virginia:

in response to BIVOLAR_BEARE:

This kid could have been a vol, but he was determined to play at bammer..How cavalier.

He'd have been in the same situation at UT sitting behind Bray.

Written on Phillip Fulmer denies contact from Arkansas :

in response to RockyTopRenegade:

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I agree 100%. I wish someone would hire Fulmer so we can once and for all close this horrible divide in our fan base.

Written on Chiefs' Eric Berry wonders about hit that left him hurt:

in response to SevenT:

EB was a nice college player, but crying to the media about being hit is over the top. Another season or two and the EB will be out of the NFL.

I see all the asylum inmates are taking advantage of their 30 mintues of computer time this morning.

Written on BCS buster: Alabama's crystal ball shattered:

The problem was the "written" instructions on how to use the adhesive gel. This being Alabama, they should have provided cartoon drawings illustrating the process. (sorry - had to say it)

Written on Mike Strange: It's an SEC world :

So why did we feel the need to add A&M and Missouri?

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