I hope Butch and staff knows how big Oct 25 is now

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Wylo said:
What if Phil takes the Vandy job?

How weird of an SEC would that be?
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I think Fulmer's days of coaching are done. He'll want the AD position of UT when it comes open.
Also, I think this is a publicity stunt for BAMA and the NCAA will NOW see how many rules Alabama have broken. Lame will make that clear.
Lame needs to stay out and far away from Knoxville that day. Or come in disguise. He's a chicken 💩 and he will and should be scared. Dang I hope and pray I can go to this game.
 
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So what kind of offense will Kiffin be running at bama. Any chance they'll change to uptempo spread, which Saban said they need to play faster few months back. Wonder if that's why Nussimeier (sp) was sent packing.
 
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mrorange211 said:
What world do you live in? The University had barely any coaching changes for thirty years, only to fire a national championship winning coach, who also played at said university, for an unproven coach from the West Coast that bolted after the first season. I have been watching $hit football for 4 years because of his antics.

Oct. 25 is when Kiffin comes to town. You can't honestly say that this game is not meaningful to this fan base or to a coach who must prove that he can field a team that can beat a national title competitor. It just is.
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Can't put it any better than this!!!
 
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vollygirl said:
I would give my season tickets this year for every belly sucking fan like you to put your breath into another team.

Go Vols.
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I don't see what's so terrible about being grounded in the reality that Bama is still miles ahead of us. Sure, it sucks, but it's where we are now. Barring some disaster where the recruiting class falls apart in the next month, which I doubt will happen, we're going to make up some ground on them this year from a talent perspective, but we haven't competed with them in 4 years, and won't have the roster to do it this coming fall either. Hopefully that'll start to change by 2015.
 
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mrorange211 said:
What world do you live in? The University had barely any coaching changes for thirty years, only to fire a national championship winning coach, who also played at said university, for an unproven coach from the West Coast that bolted after the first season. I have been watching $hit football for 4 years because of his antics.

Oct. 25 is when Kiffin comes to town. You can't honestly say that this game is not meaningful to this fan base or to a coach who must prove that he can field a team that can beat a national title competitor. It just is.
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I hate to tell you this, but we've been watching $hit football for the better part of 8 years. The schedule just wasn't as brutal in Fulmer's last years as it is now. His last few records and schedules were comparable to the last couple of years at Vanderbilt under Franklin.
 
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Poor Layla--and Lane: Back in the deep south. I think Lane liked coaching Tennessee, he has great respect for our program--but he didn't like living in Ktown or the South, having spent so much time in LA. Now the sucker is in the ultimate hick state! I suppose Arkansas would be worse, and maybe Mississippi--but not by much.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I don't see what's so terrible about being grounded in the reality that Bama is still miles ahead of us. Sure, it sucks, but it's where we are now. Barring some disaster where the recruiting class falls apart in the next month, which I doubt will happen, we're going to make up some ground on them this year from a talent perspective, but we haven't competed with them in 4 years, and won't have the roster to do it this coming fall either. Hopefully that'll start to change by 2015.
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We haven't competed with Alabama but one time (Kiffin 2009) since Saban arrived in 2007. That is 1 year out of 7 that we have been within less than 20 points of them.
 
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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
Can't wait to see the Chief make him pout and cry like a baby when they face LSU.
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Thanks for the reminder. I have never in my life cheered for LSU. First time for everything. When that day comes, I will be yelling "Geaux Tigers" while holding my nose with one hand and a bottle of Maalox in the other. Sorry, Chief, best I can do.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I don't see what's so terrible about being grounded in the reality that Bama is still miles ahead of us. Sure, it sucks, but it's where we are now. Barring some disaster where the recruiting class falls apart in the next month, which I doubt will happen, we're going to make up some ground on them this year from a talent perspective, but we haven't competed with them in 4 years, and won't have the roster to do it this coming fall either. Hopefully that'll start to change by 2015.
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The truth is a bit hard to stomach for some. You have to first admit that you have a problem, in order to fix it.
 
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UTProf said:
Let's go ahead and state it up front. Anyone who gets tix to this game and can't go: give those tix to a UT fan before you sell them to a Bammer. We need to make Lane feel at home in every way possible. :)
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AMEN! No true orange-blooded Vol
Fan will sell their tkts to a toothless inbred bummer fan! I'm sick of them having 15-20,000 people mucking up our stadium!
 
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1972 Grad said:
The truth is a bit hard to stomach for some. You have to first admit that you have a problem, in order to fix it.
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I don't think fans admitting the problem has any bearing. No matter how many fans think we can beat them, that doesn't change the massive talent gulf between the two teams. The only thing that does happen is a bunch of fans do these mental gymnastics and talk themselves into thinking we have a chance, and all that ends up happening is they get pissed at the coaches for losing a game they had almost no chance at competing in to begin with.
 
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rcvol said:
This thread is stupid. Bama was awesome way before Kiffin. When they beat the snot out of us again this year it won't have anything to do with him. This is just a lame attempt to add significance to this game. Kiffin is old news and he will be embarrassed simply due to the fact that he will come into our stadium as a lowly coordinator. That is humbling enough.
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Humbling enough for you maybe. However, the "welcome back" party he will receive will prove it isn't humbling enough for others. I am torn between buying tickets for that game, or staying the heck outta Knoxville that weekend. I fear this is gonna get real ugly.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I don't think fans admitting the problem has any bearing. No matter how many fans think we can beat them, that doesn't change the massive talent gulf between the two teams. The only thing that does happen is a bunch of fans do these mental gymnastics and talk themselves into thinking we have a chance, and all that ends up happening is they get pissed at the coaches for losing a game they had almost no chance at competing in to begin with.
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It's college football. I really don't get the "benefit" of laying down and saying "stomp on me cause you're better than me". Disgusting.

Actually, I think it's a pretty weak response.
 
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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
Can't wait to see the Chief make him pout and cry like a baby when they face LSU.
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Chief has really put the hurtin' on Saban in the past. 2 wins by a total of 7 points and 6 losses by a total of 89 points in the last 8 meetings. I bet Saban and Kiffin are losing sleep over Chief.
 
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TNnative said:
Thanks for the reminder. I have never in my life cheered for LSU. First time for everything. When that day comes, I will be yelling "Geaux Tigers" while holding my nose with one hand and a bottle of Maalox in the other. Sorry, Chief, best I can do.
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LMFnAO......I just keep :eek:lol: at that post.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I don't think fans admitting the problem has any bearing. No matter how many fans think we can beat them, that doesn't change the massive talent gulf between the two teams. The only thing that does happen is a bunch of fans do these mental gymnastics and talk themselves into thinking we have a chance, and all that ends up happening is they get pissed at the coaches for losing a game they had almost no chance at competing in to begin with.
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I am agreeing with you. Our fans are not reasonable. There is a huge gap right now between us and the really good teams. I am saying that a lot of fans refuse to admit that we have a problem in competing. If they would admit it, then they should not be as upset. It takes time.
 
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vollygirl said:
It's college football. I really don't get the "benefit" of laying down and saying "stomp on me cause you're better than me". Disgusting.

Actually, I think it's a pretty weak response.
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Nobody was saying they expected the players to lay down. Just that given where our roster is now, even on our best day, it would require Bama being way off their game for it to even be a contest. Fans expecting to win games like that serves no purpose, and just places unfair expectations on a coaching staff who is pretty much showing up to a nuclear war with a water pistol thanks to Dooley's pathetic job here.

In a year or two when Butch has a roster full of his own players, I fully hope we can go into big games thinking we'll win, but right now when our roster consists largely of sub-SEC level talent, it seems like madness to me.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Chief has really put the hurtin' on Saban in the past. 2 wins by a total of 7 points and 6 losses by a total of 89 points in the last 8 meetings. I bet Saban and Kiffin are losing sleep over Chief.
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So Chief needs to coach offense too :dunno:
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
Nobody was saying they expected the players to lay down. Just that given where our roster is now, even on our best day, it would require Bama being way off their game for it to even be a contest. Fans expecting to win games like that serves no purpose, and just places unfair expectations on a coaching staff who is pretty much showing up to a nuclear war with a water pistol thanks to Dooley's pathetic job here.

In a year or two when Butch has a roster full of his own players, I fully hope we can go into big games thinking we'll win, but right now when our roster consists largely of sub-SEC level talent, it seems like madness to me.
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Players laying down isn't in the discussion. The fans laying down is what makes me ill.
 
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vollygirl said:
It's college football. I really don't get the "benefit" of laying down and saying "stomp on me cause you're better than me". Disgusting.

Actually, I think it's a pretty weak response.
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Do you think so called fans hoping and praying a HC leaves so we may have a chance to beat that certain team is chicken $#!T?
 
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DERELICK_MY_VOLS said:
Do you think so called fans hoping and praying a HC leaves so we may have a chance to beat that certain team is chicken $#!T?
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Hell yes I do. Keep Franklin right where he is (and it just may happen if the board at Penn State has any sense at their meeting tomorrow) cause we need to put him back in his rightful place.
 
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