It's apparent after Bryce Brown's performance tonight...

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Spartacavolus said:
not sure about the work ethic deal. Don't recall that at all. He was behind an all-american, so he's not going to carry the workload in practice. And he won the Heisman in '88 of course and you don't win by being lazy.
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It wasn't laziness. I remember reading (from Barry himself) that he had not put in the proper training and was relying on his pure talent, and that the coaches felt he could work harder.

But hey, it's okay. That's what happens you get old sparty. You forget things! :)

JK BTW
 
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there's a prettttttty good chance that at least 1 heisman winner has been lazy as hell
 
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He's showing a little feed and alot of fumbling ability. Haven't seen a running back run through holes like that since Timmy Smith and the Washington Super Bowl win. Still thinking this first half is a fluke.
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Volosaurus rex said:
It can be argued that baseball is the only sport that got it right from the outset, i.e. through the creation of an extensive minor league system as a proving ground for wouldbe major leaguers. College football, however, predated the advent of pro football by decades and, indeed, was initially rooted in Ivy League schools. Hence, it was philosophically predicated upon the "student-athlete" concept.

Personally, I have great respect for an athlete who struggles mightily just to maintain a 2.0 GPA, but I have no respect whatsoever for athletes who refuse to exert themselves academically. As much as I love Tennessee football, I love the University of Tennessee, my alma mater, more. UT and all of her peer institutions exist, first and foremost, as institutions of higher learning.

Intercollegiate athletics, on the other hand, provide a host of benefits to society. General Douglas MacArthur astutely declared that "On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory," an observation that our own beloved General Neyland would undoubtedly second. In the greater scheme of things, provision of training for a possible career in the NFL, by contrast, is distinctly secondary to a university's primary mission.
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With that said, General Neyland said "I will give my all for Tennessee". While I like the concept, I sincerely doubt he was referring to Calculus.
 
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knoxvols1 said:
He's showing a little feed and alot of fumbling ability. Haven't seen a running back run through holes like that since Timmy Smith and the Washington Super Bowl win. Still thinking this first half is a fluke.
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Never figured out how Timmy had a SB ring one year and was booted out of the league the following year...Fat and happy I guess.
 
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picked up Brown wednesday in fantasy. 67 points tonight from he and Cam. I am down .1 with a miraculous comeback.
But now the fumble. If Carolina runs out the clock, I lose by .1
 
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Spartacavolus said:
picked up Brown wednesday in fantasy. 67 points tonight from he and Cam. I am down .1 with a miraculous comeback.
But now the fumble. If Carolina runs out the clock, I lose by .1
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unless Cam runs one of those plays...which the way they're running the ball, seems fairly likely


I presume you're a 10 yards = 1 point setup right?


Your concern's to get enough yards to make up for it Newton takes a knee
 
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PrattvilleVol said:
Never figured out how Timmy had a SB ring one year and was booted out of the league the following year...Fat and happy I guess.[/QU He was a total head case. Held out for large contract because of SB game but what they didn't realize is how big those holes were the (hogs) made that day.
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With that said, General Neyland said "I will give my all for Tennessee". While I like the concept, I sincerely doubt he was referring to Calculus.
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Perhaps not. Neyland, however, was no garden variety intellect as either an athlete, student or a coach. In fact, Neyland was not only a graduate of West Point but attended MIT as a post-grad to study mechanical and electrical engineering (http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/NASSH_Proceedings/NP1990/NP1990n.pdf ; Robert Neyland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). Although he undoubtedly had the football field most directly in mind when he said, "I will give my all for Tennessee," I imagine that he was rather competent in higher mathematics, given his academic resume.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Perhaps not. Neyland, however, was no garden variety intellect as either an athlete, student or a coach. In fact, Neyland was not only a graduate of West Point but attended MIT as a post-grad to study mechanical and electrical engineering (http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/NASSH_Proceedings/NP1990/NP1990n.pdf ; Robert Neyland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). Although he undoubtedly had the football field most directly in mind when he said, "I will give my all for Tennessee," I imagine that he was rather competent in higher mathematics, given his academic resume.
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Neyland performed on two fields...the battlefields of WWII and the football field. He didn't care about much beyond that or else it would be as well known.
 
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PrattvilleVol said:
At the direction of his handler he basically sandbagged his entire college career to avoid injury. How else do yo go from being the feature back at UT in year one and wind up being 4th string at KSU...then suddenly "Beast out" in the NFL? His "handler" robbed fans and Bryce himself of what could have been a stellar college career. One word "Greed"!!!
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best i can remember brown checked out when dooley checked in, there was a lot of drama involved but i think he wanted to play on a real team instead of a sinking ship, he probably wouldnt have even got drafted if he stayed here. ol dools would have probably had him on the bench or been calling plays where he was throwing blocks.
 
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