We were Warned….

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www.nytimes.com

How Rich Donors and Loose Rules Are Transforming College Sports

A shift that allows booster groups to employ student-athletes has upended the economics of college football and other sports while giving many donors a tax break.
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Hmm… Like so many of you, it was was certainly hard for me to watch our team squander a halftime lead in Tuscaloosa late Saturday. Watching several recaps of this weekend’s activities, came across two not so surprising articles (above) that didn’t quite sit right with me.

As an alumni, I will always support our VOLS…. kinda hard for me to grasp the “Soldier of Fortune“ mentality that certainly is becoming more pervasive in college athletics (the first article). Even more troubling is second article which basically tells our collegiate “gladiator’s” out there that if you aren’t on track for CFB playoff, it’s best that you hang up your cleats until combine/NFL draft.

Our team several more games ahead of them… including conference matchups with Kentucky, Georgia, Mizzou, and Vandy. I do hope our team can block-out the noise out there and finish strong in 2023!

The game of college football is about inches… grit… and the pursuit of excellence. Let’s all get behind our team for the rest of the season and hope against seemingly insurmountable odds that the game a lot of us have enjoyed for decades will ultimately favor those who give their all for a team and program whose history demands the same.

Go VOLS!
 
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I got much love for this team, but we have to learn how to keep that pedal to the floor for 60 minutes! Yeah, we had some bad calls from those Bama Zebras, but we lost because we became so conservative & spooked! There was absolutely NO FIRE IN THIS TEAM in the 2nd half! We knew that Bama was going to come out of halftime and sling it, & they did! That first td in the 2nd half left our db's just standing there looking at each other! We get pinned back at the 4 yd line & we run 3 straight times! Take a shot! We could not even score a fg in the second half! They had our dl jumping offsides! This 2nd half Bama game felt like the 1st half Florida game! We are spooked on the road! Heupel has got to develop that MEAN STREAK! Those coaches with those rings on their fingers ALL HAVE THAT MEAN STREAK in their blood! These 4 & 1 shotgun plays have got to stop! Put our BIG QB behind center & line up 2 of our Te's behind him for the push! We need to find a Fant 2.0 TE for the redzone! I think Fant gave us around 8 td's from the redzone last year! Our rb had a very weak tackle attempt on that Bama dl returning that fumble for a td! Heupel attack, attack, & attack! We got out coached in the Austin Peay, Florida, & 2nd half of this Bama game! Win, Lose, or Draw, let's just Attack, Attack, Attack!
 
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Discipline, I am really afraid that it left with CAG. I understand CJH is a players coach and that's fine but someone has to the the disciplinarian. If not then you have poor tackling, no stamina, quit when it's tough and just flat inconsistent play.
 
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Football teams take on the personality of their QB and Joe Milton is a scared rabbit playing football. End of story.
 
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They have not played 60 minutes yet. They seem to let off the gas when they get any lead (see AP, UTSA, and Bama games for more than enough proof). They're inconsistent in every sense of the word.

They seem immature to me (starting Qb standing on the sidelines pregame making gun motions towards the other team with his hands like he's hold a glock with an auto sear on it or some crap, on national TV nonetheless). Way too much crap talking for a team that's not wowing anyone right now. If they spent as much effort focusing on each play as they do talking smack to the other team, they might actually be pretty good.
 
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VOLfrombama said:
They have not played 60 minutes yet. They seem to let off the gas when they get any lead (see AP, UTSA, and Bama games for more than enough proof). They're inconsistent in every sense of the word.

They seem immature to me (starting Qb standing on the sidelines pregame making gun motions towards the other team with his hands like he's hold a glock with an auto sear on it or some crap, on national TV nonetheless). Way too much crap talking for a team that's not wowing anyone right now. If they spent as much effort focusing on each play as they do talking smack to the other team, they might actually be pretty good.
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They are pretty good. They aren't elite level good yet, however. Having said that, not a fan of talking smack, even if you can back it up. Also, agreed that we haven't seen Tennessee play a complete game yet. We get one of those against Georgia, in Neyland, and we win that game.
 
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