Published on: 26th October, 2009
Say you are SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. Your conference has won each of the past three national championships. You have five teams in the preseason Top 25, four of which are in the top 10. You just signed a $15 billion deal with “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” to carry ...Published on: 24th October, 2009
What a game! That's pretty much all a Tennessee fan can say at a time like this. To have a shot at the win against the No. 1 team in the land and lose is probably one of the most heartwrenching things a fan can experience. Especially the way that ...Published on: 23rd October, 2009
The Third Saturday in October Rivalry What a week this has been. I started off my 'Bama Week' series on Saturday night and received a great number of reads and comments. I followed that up with my 'More than an SEC rivalry' piece and recieved my first "Pick of the ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
It has been said that football is just a kid's game. It's foolish to spend time watching it; it's wasteful to spend money on it; and it's pointless to treat it like it's life or death. Judging by the billions of dollars spent to televise, cover, and support the sport ...Published on: 18th October, 2009
I'm not quite sure if we should be happy, scared, and downright depressed about the fact expressed in that headline, but nonetheless, it's finally upon us. As soon as the Vols were finished with their utter dismantling of the Georgia Bulldogs last weekend, I told myself that I was going to ...Published on: 15th October, 2009
College Football at the Half Well sadly we are at the halfway point in college football yet again. It has gone by far too fast for my liking, but thankfully it's been another awesome football season thus far. Usually at this point in the season I like to review some of ...Published on: 13th October, 2009
Eight years ago a new head coach came into Neyland Stadium for his first taste of the Tennessee-Georgia rivalry. Georgia had defeated Tennessee for the first time in a decade just the season before. This new Georgia coach, Mark Richt, wanted to build on that newfound success. He did just that ...Published on: 11th October, 2009
Finally, Vols' fans got their wish—Nick Stephens replaced Jonathan Crompton at quarterback! Of course, that change came after Crompton passed for 310 yards, a career-high, and threw four touchdowns to lead the Vols to a 45-19 lead in the fourth quarter. I had a wish fulfilled in that Tennessee absolutely crushed ...Published on: 8th October, 2009
Big Weekend in the SEC For the conference that has been called "The NFL of College Football" the time begins now. What time? Time for seperation. Time to show what your team has. Time to put up or shut up. Beginning this weekend there are games all over the south that ...Published on: 8th October, 2009
Imagine my chagrin as I read the following stat Monday morning: the last time the Vols and Bulldogs played when both were unranked, 1937. My first reaction was “Wow!” My second reaction was to e-mail all my friends that are fans of the respective teams so we could all weep together. ...