The Notes:ReboundWeek v.1

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Good Morning Nation!

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The Volunteers have a business trip to Arkansas(why else would one go there)...

The notes will be rather short today, because the reporters are pretty much only reporting on the reports of poor rapport among a few reportedly contrite representatives of the varsity football team...

tfpOnline:On the Goodfellas

"Several guys did a fantastic job of leaving, and other guys helping other guys to make sure they weren’t involved," Fulmer said.

According to the report, police arrived to find Foster "pushing, yelling and cursing another male." Foster told officers he had been drinking before entering the bar. He was detained at 2:58 a.m. inside the club.

"He should have left," Fulmer said. "It’s like they’re instructed to do. When issues begin, you get your buddies and leave. Wrong place, wrong time."

Fifteen minutes after Foster’s arrest, officers arrested Holbert after seeing him "attempting to engage in a fight with (Wardlow) by shoving, yelling and throwing punches." Holbert admitted to drinking inside the bar.

UT players are now banned from Goodfellas, according to Fulmer

Moving On....

tfpOnline:QB10 Not Sure About Ability To Play

Ainge didn’t practice Monday and couldn’t say for sure if he would return today. Fulmer said he hopes to settle on a first-team quarterback earlier than he did last week.

Those hints, along with Ainge’s lack of optimism, point to Crompton.

Erik Ainge is making no more promises.

Unlike last week’s buildup to LSU, Tennessee’s quarterback isn’t so sure his sprained right ankle will be ready Saturday at Arkansas.

"I’ve seen that I need to get a little more healthy than I thought I did," Ainge said.

Ainge aggravated the hurt ankle and twisted his left one when LSU’s Glenn Dorsey dove for his feet.
Soon after, Ainge's day was complete.

"They knew if they could put pressure on me," Ainge said, "I was going to struggle to move. You could tell by their demeanor what they were trying to get done. That was the goal, to put pressure on me."

"You never know until a guy takes it and does it, and he did it under very adverse conditions," UT coach Phillip Fulmer said of Crompton. "This coming Saturday will be just as tough if not tougher because (Arkansas is) a good defensive team, a very multiple defensive team, and you’ve got the road crowd and everything. It will be a big challenge for him and a big challenge for us."

Germantown, Md., defensive tackle Donald Langley donned an orange cap during a news conference Monday afternoon and smiled to greet the applause.

"It was a real tough decision," Langley said. "My parents and my family, we had to go through a lot of tough things. They liked Penn State. My coaches and I liked Tennessee."

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Darren McFadden doesn’t think various foot injuries sustained during a 219-yard outing at South Carolina on Saturday will keep him off the field against Tennessee. "I’ll be just fine," McFadden said Monday.

McFadden reported for treatment after the Razorbacks’ plane landed around 3 a.m. Sunday. He said that, during the fourth quarter, he hurt his foot and the same toe that required preseason surgery for a dislocation "got bent back pretty far."

Tennessee’s Nov. 18 game at Vanderbilt has been picked up for television by Lincoln Financial and will kick off at 12:30 p.m., which is 11:30 a.m. local time. It marks the Vols’ first appearance this season on the former Jefferson Pilot game.

Tennessean:A Couple fo Bits tfp Didn't have
More from Ainge...

"It's not about toughness," Ainge said. "It's not about going out there to prove anything. It's about winning football games. If I'm healthy enough that I can go out there and protect myself and put ourselves in the best position to win, then I'm going to be out there. But if I'm only able to do certain things, then it would be better to have me over there ready for a crucial third down and stuff like that."

Linebackers hurting: Senior middle linebacker Marvin Mitchell and sophomore weak side linebacker Jerod Mayo were held out of practice.
Mitchell injured his left shoulder against LSU and missed a large chunk of the second half. Mayo has been playing on a bad ankle and also hurt his hand against the Tigers. He was scheduled to have X-rays on his hand.
"We played a lot of snaps on Saturday," Mayo said of the Vols' defense. "I think they had the ball about 42 minutes. We just have to get healthy and get in the training room and get ready, because it doesn't get any easier."

Arkansas ranks fourth nationally in rushing offense. The Razorbacks are averaging 238.9 yards, which is nearly 75 yards more than the SEC's second-best rushing team, LSU.
"They have two great backs (Darren McFadden and Felix Jones) that can run the ball real hard," Tennessee linebacker Ryan Karl said. "It's not like they're going to try and run around you. They're going to try and run over you."

A business trip to Arkansas. If you're gonna go, you'd darn sure better close the deal....

Go Vols!!!!

 

[cd12]

Thanks 4 the scoop!

 

[OWB]

Yep thanks, and I went and voted at 6 this morning.. I love the smell of Diebold and Donuts in the morning..

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Yep thanks, and I went and voted at 6 this morning.. I love the smell of Diebold and Donuts in the morning..

kook.

 

[OWB]

kook.

As in Abraham Isaac?:question:

 

[cd12]

If we have done one thing right its the early voting process! I love it!

 

[cotton]

If you are an adult citizen of these United States please go and vote. It is the least demanding, and most important, part of this American experiment.

Only if you vote the same way I do; otherwise, I don't mind if you stay at home

Just kidding, of course.:tease2:

On the football front, it sounds suspiciously like we may get our second dose of Crompton this weekend. That is worrysome and exciting at the same time.

 

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Tennessee’s Nov. 18 game at Vanderbilt has been picked up for television by Lincoln Financial and will kick off at 12:30 p.m., which is 11:30 a.m. local time. It marks the Vols’ first appearance this season on the former Jefferson Pilot game.

Nice. Should be over by the time Michigan and Ohio State kick off! :rock2:

Really think they should just Ainge down and let him heal until the bowl game. Getting out and practicing an even playing on those ankles won't really help matters.

Also hope Mitchell and Mayo can bounce back quickly, defense needs'em.

Good work again, owh. :rock2:

 

[VOLracerx]

On the football front, it sounds suspiciously like we may get our second dose of Crompton this weekend. That is worrysome and exciting at the same time.

Yeah- but this week he should get the majority of snaps and won't be playing in a "what if" scenario.

 

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Yeah- but this week he should get the majority of snaps and won't be playing in a "what if" scenario.

I'm not sure Coach Cut knows exactly what to run with Jon yet. Cut made mention earlier this week(Sunday papers)that while nothing is necessarily out for Jon, he does try to call plays to his strengths.
Often a great deal of good can come out of a loss. If Cut understands better what Jon can do and is able to translate that to the field successfully on Saturday, then we are at least in one area, better for the bitter ending.