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Almost every UT fan hates having to play Memphis in football. We have nothing to gain but a boring rivalry?? and everything to lose. i guess I prefer the tigers though if the alternative is Buffalo or WKY.

The coaches are against playing nine game because they win 80% of the non-conference games but only 50% of the league games. So the additional conference opponent means records overall will be worse so coaches will get fired more often as they can't meet expectations realistic or otherwise.
Though getting fired at an SEC school means lifetime financial security!!

Florida, SC, and Ga have the disadvantage?? of having to play a decent in-state opponent each year which limits their ability to play additional meaningful opponents though UGA has done some of that recently.

I appreciate JA's point of view. There is so much sycophantsy about UT's AD that hearing an opposing point of view is refreshing and at times enlightening. Those that want to be spoon fed pablum don't have to read the column. The UT AD could use a lot more criticism as the past few years have demonstrated.
It is also one thing to simply disagree with a point of view and express your contrary opinion and quite another to disparage the writer. Coming up with multibple columns with fresh inciteful commentary is not easy and JA certainly fails at times though being a sportwriter has to be one of the best jobs in the world.

I am always amazed at the knuckleheads that hate John Adams. They must not have lives because they are always the first to comment on every column of his.
Their minds are so closed they can't rationally accept objective discussion of an issue unless it is completely in line with their thinking. They do have freedom of expression but their comments reveal more about themselves than about Adams and they are tiresome to the rest of us.

If we keep fumbling around Peyton will be retiring in about 3 more years and so will Saban.

I bet PM would give his eye teeth to coach at UT, maybe for free. He certainly won't need the money. He will need something foot ball related.
I think his reputation and sincerity would make him one of the greatest recruiters of all time.

the drop off stared in 2001 not 2008

Lets see, 2.5 mm saved from cutting 17 staff jobs. that averages out to about $150,000 per person for salary benefits and some overhead.

So all these high paid jobs were deemed non-essential? What were they doing before?

Who do you think recruited all that talent?
UT only got better under Majors when Phil came back and started doing the recruiting and they put Johnny in a broom closet.
His five year rebuilding plan that took 10 years would never have happened w/o Phil and he was about the only coach that did not have sense enough to move on in that tenure because he loved the school so much.

Fulmer was not a great coach. He was a terrific recruiter and a great person. the evidence of having generally the third most players in the NFL most of the time but rarely finishing in the top ten, being outcoached by Saint Steve (and others) repeatedly,and getting run over by physical teams from the Big Eight. (Yes we beat the Big Ten Michigan and OSU because they did not go to the Rose bowl).
Phil philosopy was put the best and most players on the field and eventually the other team will get tire and our athletes willl make something happen to win regardless of our simplistic offense and defense both playing not to lose.
Unfortunately, other schools got even better coaches and caught up in talent and it was time for a change.

While I hate to see people lose their jobs and I have been laid off myself I hope this is part of a shake up that the incestuous ADept has needed for a long time. Too many people getting too comfortable in too many jobs.
I hope Hart knows what he is doing.

Bama UT is in your mind but it hasn't been significant since Stallings left. We creamed them while they were on probation or the coaching carousel and they creamed us when they got off. As early as the game is the last time both team were undefeated going into the game was in the 70's. In those days we would won 4-5 in a row and then they would win 10-11 in a row.
As much as I love the game it is a mental thing an not reality. The colts, steelers and browns moved to the AFC and everybody except the ownere were worried about the impact on rivalries................

ask me in 4 years

I don't know the details of Shannon's buyout but is it not likely that he would be coaching here for free since he would have to offset DC salary against the buyout which is likely higher??

Some time next week The News Cynical will report that UT has hired Randy Shannon as Defensive Coordinator for over 1mm a year!!

This may be a very minor step but Hart needs to start bringing in some of his people while not taking apart the good parts of UTAD. We all know that it is a large bureaucracy and it needs some shaking up. Reading between the lines of the comment "one of he good people at Tennessee...." Hart has been saddled with inheriting head coaches i the major sports so he had to live with some one else's decision and will take the flack for that regardless.

We hope they work out but who knows and he does not have that many years left either.

We just have to hope for the best.

Majors first 7 years were much worse than Battle's. We always joked about him being inthe 7 year of his 5 year rebuilding program. Things only got better when Fulmer came, stayed and was in charge of recruiting. Majors was incredibly arrogant and if his personal life in those early years had the scrutiny of today's press he would have been long gone much earlier.

Bubba, "Just a Field Goal" from anywhere is no small requirement for this team.

I had a class with him. It was one of those they set up for athletes, either Jock Physics or Jock Math I forgot but he was a nut and came to class with a beatle wig on one time!!

Look at the bright side! We can still tell all those recruits "WE NEED HELP, QUICK!"
You will play next year!!

Ward might have been as good as Munson at BB but when it came to FB, Ward had enthusiasm but you never had a clue what was going on.
Caught.........and dropped.
The pass is in..................complete.
Finch trips over the 23 yard line and falls forward to the 47????
I have followed Munson since the late 50's and he was the best!!

I have been a colts fan since the first pro game I saw or at least remember was the OT game against the giants in the 50's. They used to call it the Unitas states of America.
I lost a bit of interest when they moved cause Irsay was such a jerk though I like Bert Jones.
Having Manning be their quarterback and them do so well was beyond my expectations.
So I hate to say it but he needs to retire while he is mostly fit and able. It was sad to see Johnny U hang on and eventually get traded.
It would be nice to win another SB but that isn't likely and just to hang around and put up meaningless statistic chasing Favre.....

Having been in CLT when KC was there it is hard to believe that he lasted as long as he has and has those statistics. He said an untoward thing to a teammate in a bar in CLT and got his jaw broken.
Let the young guy play, hope you finish 3-13, get Luck and start a new era!

So far Bray has rung up really big numbers against a lot of small time competition, last year and now this. The pudding will start to arrive this coming saturday. Then we will see about the proof!!

WE need a pastsy as every team can't win, so take Baylor to have a private school patsy in the West!!

Are you serious?
But then Buffalo adds the snow belt as a new and vibrant TV market also getting the vital southern Canada recruiting area. they are already on our schedule and now that we have found them, other SEC schools, notably Auburn, would have been rushing to schedule a new patsy as well.

I withdraw UTM and suggest MTSU to save on travek expenses now that we everyone will be going to Buffalo.

Where does Strange come up with the titles to his columns?
Like Serrano would say he in "not confident..."
Reminds me of another lame one last week by some one about some recruit who was "comfortable with his decision to committ to UT". if not why would he have done so? It was like we should be surprised?