Spoke with 3 past UT football players yesterday

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There's NO DOUBT that Kiffin's team was a lot TOUGHER and more PHYSICAL than any team since...Good grief, we had a RB who ran for over 1400 yds behind two walk-on STARTING OL...

I, however, am glad that he is gone because he didn't respect UT's tradition or place in college football as one of the best programs--and he would have had us on probation for recruiting violations...

Also, most of his "star" recruits didn't really make it...

But, he DEFINITELY got the most out of the talent he had on the team. The ONLY bad game we had that year was the UCLA game...He definitely got out-coached that game....

I can still see our receiver DROP that bomb from Crompton in the Bowl game that would have put us right back in it against VA. Tech...

I would really like to see this OL get physical this Saturday and push some puppies around for a win!

GO VOLS!
 
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CountVolcula said:
He has since apologized and admitted that it was a dumb thing he said

That was after he spent some time away from the board and came back with a new name
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Hopefully he learned his lesson and I'm sure you guys gave him hell for saying that. Thanks and Semper Fi
 
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MikeVol44 said:
There's NO DOUBT that Kiffin's team was a lot TOUGHER and more PHYSICAL than any team since...Good grief, we had a RB who ran for over 1400 yds behind two walk-on STARTING OL...

I, however, am glad that he is gone because he didn't respect UT's tradition or place in college football as one of the best programs--and he would have had us on probation for recruiting violations...

Also, most of his "star" recruits didn't really make it...

But, he DEFINITELY got the most out of the talent he had on the team. The ONLY bad game we had that year was the UCLA game...He definitely got out-coached that game....

I can still see our receiver DROP that bomb from Crompton in the Bowl game that would have put us right back in it against VA. Tech...

I would really like to see this OL get physical this Saturday and push some puppies around for a win!

GO VOLS!
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Mike, don't you remember the Ole Miss massacre under Kiffin when McCluster ran rings around Monte's Tampa 2?
He did an excellent job, though, against Florida and Alabama by shortening the games to give us a chance to win.
 
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KBVol said:
I disagree on the last point. I thought his play calling and game mgmt kept us in the Florida and Alabama games. Just thought that outside of his crooked recruiting schemes, he had no idea how to or no intention of building the UT program.
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Actually Kiffin lost the UCLA game because of his horrible play calling. It does not make any difference how close we were to UF or Bama, we still lost both games.
 
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lilesrt said:
Ironically he took us to a bowl game, beat UGA and SC, and almost beat Alabama. What we'd all do for that back?
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Yeah, we beat Georgia in 2009 but so did Kentucky (in Athens)...Georgia went 8-5 that year with Joe Cox at QB and simply weren't very good. We did beat South Carolina as well but so did Connecticut in their bowl game. They went 7-6 that year with the worst offense of Spurrier's career. We did almost beat Alabama but Kiffie thought it wise to rest our hopes on the unlikely possibility that Daniel Lincoln might make a 47 yard field goal instead of trying to score a touchdown after we recovered the onside kick or at least advance the ball into better field position. He let 30 seconds run off the clock before that attempt and nobody ever called him out for that on here. If you want to give Kiffie credit for 'almost' beating Alabama in'09 then let's do the same for Doofey 'almost' beating LSU in '10
 
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tm3 said:
I'll see your 09 GA, and raise you a ...... 09 UCLA.

Busted.
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I would agree, except that UCLA was played before the UGA game. Obviously some improvements were made, esp. with Crompton, because he was night and day between those two games.
 
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volroadwarrior said:
Mike, don't you remember the Ole Miss massacre under Kiffin when McCluster ran rings around Monte's Tampa 2?
He did an excellent job, though, against Florida and Alabama by shortening the games to give us a chance to win.
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Sorry....I had forgotten about that game....We never set the edge on defense in that game either, even with EB...and I kept expectin' us to knock 22 out of the game...:salute:

However, I'd take a loss to Ole Miss any day and keep the Azz--whoopin we put on the puppies that year.....:salute:
 
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NEOCON said:
I got into a conversation yesterday with 3 past UT football who were Seniors under Kiffin. two of the players were starters and very well respected on here, the other was not in the rotation very often but seems like a hell of a guy. I wanted to give the cliff notes version of our conversation because I found it interesting.


1) Foster was a very weird dude. All 3 stated that multiple times. Went into detail how he would talk only to reporters in a Pterodactyl voice because he was pissed over being questioned regarding his fumbles. I had never heard of this so they told me to goodle it. Here it is Tennessee's Arian Foster Will Only Talk To People Who Speak In Pterodactyl | NCAAF | Tennessee Volunteers

2) Said that Fulmer was not driven at all by the time he was fired. Said he was done wrong though and that Karma is a *****.

3) Said they loved playing for Kiffin. Said Kiffin brought an energy that Fulmer hadn't. They would run from meeting to meeting and the Coaches would all be waiting in the room giving them high fives as they came in. Said it was awesome listening to rap music instead of the opposing teams song.

4) None were there under Dooley but had friends on the team. Said Dooley was a total jackass to players who weren't starters or the main guys but would give certain players anything they wanted and the whole team could see it. Said that no one liked him or respected him. Said even other coaches disliked him. Never lost control of the team because he never really had it. Had nothing on his resume to make any player believe in him when times got hard.

5) Said this team has no skill players right now. North and a few others will develop but this team is bare of field ready skill positions.

6) All 3 stated this Oline is extremely over rated. Great pass protectors but suck ass at running blocking. Said losing them will not effect the team nearly as much as people think because their run blocking is just not all there.


7) Said the players respect CBJ and that it is clear by watching the games he will get it turned around. Said people have no idea how far TN has fallen and how much he has to turn around. Said the players he has now are not mentally fit for his program and he will need his own style players to succeed.

8) Stated they have read Volnation but not that often. Said some players (and recruits) take Volnation more serious than others and yes it has been used as a told to both gain and lose recruits.

9) never asked them about the QBS.

10)This conversation was started because I was wearing my orange windbreaker into the gym and they walked up to me. Said it was nice to see Orange.
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The Saban way
 
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It doesn't take any inside information to see that the lack of talent and playmakers left by Dooley. Most also realize Butch has his hands full but is the man for the job. Also, anyone can see the QB play is pitiful. Hope for the future because this will be a long process.
 
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lilesrt said:
Ironically he took us to a bowl game, beat UGA and SC, and almost beat Alabama. What we'd all do for that back?
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Watching USC highlight reels and pictures of Reggie Bush in the UT Athletic Complex should be enough of a memory to eternally hate Lame IMHO....
 
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CountVolcula said:
He has since apologized and admitted that it was a dumb thing he said

That was after he spent some time away from the board and came back with a new name
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Name change,was,done as a joke. Dont live in ohio anymore so my hate has dwindled.

I never went away just hang out in other forums.

The story is true. They arent nflers...just vfls.
 
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Let me just say this...anyone on here who thinks I give two ****s whether im liked or not doesnt know me very well.

I passed the info on...simple as that.

Believe it. Dont believe it. Its all cool either way.
 
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