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swchandler1988 said:
I just remember standing in Dawg House on Demonbreon amongst UGA and Bama fans and them talking sooo much trash after Eason threw their last TD...then Dobbs throwing the Hail Mary. I about got hit by a car outside as i was sprinting up and down the street with my shirt off afterwards screaming and yelling lol i think i blacked out (from happiness and alcohol 😉)
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I think we saw you in that film, Old School?
 
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I want 9 SEC games a season, do away with the divisions, and have 4 permanent opponents. Rotate the other 5 teams. Permanent opponents of Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. 3rd Saturday in October is one of the most historic rivalries in America. Saban won't be there forever. This is a cyclical rivalry, and it wasn't that long ago that Fulmer was dominating the Gumps. I'm sure Vol fans back in the early 1900s felt the same way we do over a century later about the state of the rivalry. I know the Georgia pick is controversial, but that is all about recruiting. We still hold the all time lead in that series, and we have historically recruited very well in the state of GA, and especially around the Atlanta metro area.

I'm passing on Florida as a permanent opponent for a couple of reasons. First, the series only started getting heated in the 1990s. Doesn't have the same history Alabama has. While Florida is another key recruiting state, playing Georgia every year is important due to proximity. We don't have to play UF every year for us to go in there and recruit well.

I'd like Kentucky and Vanderbilt to be other permanent opponents. Kentucky, because that *should* be a game that we win, and the same thing with Vanderbilt (Plus there's lots of history there).
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
A bit off subject, and siap, but something I just noticed when looking at the new SEC HC hires, that Dan Mullen at UF is now the only HC in the East who comes from the offensive side of the ball. Pruitt, Smart, Muschamp, all ex Saban DCs, Mason, Stoops and Odom, are all former DCs. In the west, only Saban and Coach O are defensive guys, so 8 out of the 14 HCs in the league are defensive minds.

A common thought has always been, with obvious exceptions such as Saban, that DCs are too high strung and volatile to make good CEOs, but there seems to be a shift in that thinking, at least within the SEC, as we've seen with Saban, and Smart and Muschamp have enjoyed at least early successes, after WM's early fail at UF. But UK has improved under Stoops, and Vandy is better under Mason. Hard to tell yet about Odom, because the successes at Missouri have been on the offensive side of the ball, and can largely be attributed to Huepel's hurry up offense and Drew Lock. Heupel is gone now and Lock is a senior, so we will learn more about Odom starting next season. But his defenses haven't been as good as Pinkel's, so it is as yet to be determined if he can evaluate and develop talent like Pinkel.

But another thought I had is that Pruitt is the first defensive mind that UT has hired as a HC in at least the last 50 years. Butch, Dooley, Kiffin, Phil, Johhny, Battle, and Dickey were all offensive guys. I am not sure about any of the HCs between Neyland and Dickey.
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Defense wins championships.... good thoughts!
 
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Big Gucci Sosa said:
It feels slower around here compared to last year
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no coaching debates to devlove in to during every discussion.

the only two things that have even been in that ball park are the lebron arguments and the qb debates.

past that.................:)
 
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jakez4ut said:
no coaching debates to devlove in to during every discussion.

the only two things that have even been in that ball park are the lebron arguments and the qb debates.

past that.................:)
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Win loss ceiling floor? ELR sucks?
 
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