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ALL IN THE GAME: Commodores have more talent than the Vols
By Jim Butler / Chronicle sportswriter

"With the up and down way that both teams have been playing, it’s hard to make a knowledgeable decision about who will win the big contest this weekend in Nashville. If you look at the talent on each side, the edge would have to go to Vanderbilt.

Clearly Chris Nickson is the better quarterback, especially with Erik Ainge being a little bit hobbled by bad ankles. Although Tennessee has much more depth at wide receiver, the two best in this game will be Earl Bennett and George Smith of the Commodores. At running back, I would take Cassen Jackson-Garrison over any of the Volunteer ball carriers. Neither offensive line has had an outstanding year but Nickson is a very mobile signal caller that will have to be reckoned with.

On the defensive side Commodore Jonathan Goff is as solid at linebacker as anyone in the league and Reshard Langford, though only a sophomore, is an excellent strong safety.

The Vols may have a slight edge in the kicking game with Wilhoit and Colquitt but that shouldn’t make a great deal of difference. There’s no comparison when it comes to the head coaches as Bobby Johnson has proven himself to be one of the best around, on and off the field. Fulmer’s record is certainly outstanding but he has taken some hits as of late.

Should the unthinkable happen and the Volunteers upset Vandy, I will have to take my punishment from Frank Gale and his band of merry men from the forested village of Lake Tansi. I’ll give them some forewarning, you don’t want me to win two in a row over the orange-clad young men from Knoxville.

I thought about going to the game but I’m afraid that I’d get in trouble if I did. I wouldn’t get angry at the Volunteer fans who root so hard for their team; rather, I would be somewhat put out by the artificial Vanderbilt fans who choose to leave before the contest is decided. They are so quiet that I’ve come to believe that they clap with just one hand.

Nay, I’ll be watching every play of this one from my recliner with my bottle of Dom Perignon and my caviar at the ready for the post-game celebration. At least I’ve learned to enjoy the finer things in life from my Vandy friends. Good luck Frank, Hoss, Joel, Tom, Virgil, Buck and Jack; you will need it. Woe be unto ye if it’s two in a row."



:lolabove: Somebody please tell me what this guy is smoking?!

Sure, Vandy has given more than one team problems this year. But this yahoo has basically already chalked up a "W".

I don't care how beat up and thin we are: I, for one- think that we are going to RACK those Commies!!! :spank:

GO VOLS
 
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George Smith? How does he find time to do reporting for ESPN and play wideout for Vanderbilt?
 
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How dare you belittle a piece by a writer from the media mecca known as Crossville, Tennessee.
 
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Now that, my friends is a real literary piece. . . .

Of crap.

Read it out loud at the pregame pep talk and let's drop a 50 on the 'Dores.
 
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That might be the single worst article that I have ever read. Anyone that lets something like that be printed in the newspaper should be taken out into the street and shot along with the moron that wrote it. I think my absolute favorite part was when he said that the two best receivers in the game will be playing for Vandy when we have a guy that may go pro after the season and could be drafted in the first round.
 
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No .. from my memory of growing up in Crossville ... Jim Butler writes for the Chronicle. It's real I guess. I can only imagine that this is a part of a larger, running joke.
 
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Meachem and Swain are 100 times better than Earl Bennett ever though about being. I've never heard of George Smith. Chris Nickson carries the ball with his pinky finger extended. I expect him to fumble the ball several times on saturday. The Dores have no linebacker that compares to any of our top 4 guys. Jackson-Garrison is merely some random Jeff County loser that can't hold a candle to Lamarcus Coker. I also fail to see how Bobby Johnson has managed to prove himself as one of the best coaches around. This is one of the most idiotic articles I have ever read.
 
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TennTradition said:
I can only imagine that this is a part of a larger, running joke.
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I think this hits it on the head. The writer may well be a Vandy fan/UT hater, but the whole thing is pretty obviously tongue in cheek. I mean, come on. "Should the unthinkable happen and the Volunteers upset Vandy..."? Caviar and Dom Perignon? He's not being serious.

I thought it was vaguely kinda funny. The kind of thing I would write if I were a Carson-Newman fan and they opened on the road at Michigan, for instance.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I think this hits it on the head. The writer may well be a Vandy fan/UT hater, but the whole thing is pretty obviously tongue in cheek. I mean, come on. "Should the unthinkable happen and the Volunteers upset Vandy..."? Caviar and Dom Perignon? He's not being serious.

I thought it was vaguely kinda funny. The kind of thing I would write if I were a Carson-Newman fan and they opened on the road at Michigan, for instance.
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Carson-Newman has a winning tradition. That's something Vandy hasn't had in my lifetime.
 
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utvol0427 said:
That might be the single worst article that I have ever read. Anyone that lets something like that be printed in the newspaper should be taken out into the street and shot along with the moron that wrote it. I think my absolute favorite part was when he said that the two best receivers in the game will be playing for Vandy when we have a guy that may go pro after the season and could be drafted in the first round.
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It looked like something someone would post in here or say on the "Animal" in the afternoons...no stats or anything...just I think the Dores are gonna win...how insightful.:detective:
 
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J.Quest said:
It looked like something someone would post in here or say on the "Animal" in the afternoons...no stats or anything...just I think the Dores are gonna win...how insightful.:detective:
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It's the Crossville Chronicle sports page. I'm pretty sure no one reads it unless they are looking for a laugh. I seem to remember previous Butler articles where he throws logic and reason out the window to write about the Dores. Hmm...maybe he asks his wife to write the articles? :)
 
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SmallMike said:
Thats why nobody reads the crossville paper...it is about as reliable as the national inquirer...
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That's why I said this sounded like a story out of a tabloid. There has to be a joke going on here.
 
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... or maybe he just painted his room and inhaled too many fumes =)
 
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