Published on: 22nd December, 2009
There is little to no doubt that Alabama is the best team in the nation in most people's eyes. Or, at the very least, deserve the ranking for now. The common observer of college football generally watches their own team and keeps up with everyone else via Sportscenter, newspaper, or ...Published on: 17th December, 2009
Before the season, if you'd walk up to any college football fan and said, "Putting aside your bias, Bama and Texas will play for the National Title this season.", they'd have shrugged their shoulders and said, "ok." Sure, there were some surprises along the way. Washington's early upset of USC was ...Published on: 13th December, 2009
Coaching changes happen all the time in big-time college football. The hours are long, the expectations are high and eventually, coaches either get burnt out or lose their job based on performance. Not every coach who goes to a big time program, however, becomes "part" of that program right away. Almost ...Published on: 8th November, 2009
When all the delusional Bama and Florida fans pick themselves up off the floor, we can begin. OK. Coming into his first college head coaching job, Lane Kiffin was left with a roster of what had played like inferior talent and what seemed to be babied egos. Tennessee went 5-7 in ...Published on: 30th October, 2009
It's a common joke amongst fans of many Southeastern Conference schools that SEC Commissioner Mike Slive is favorable to certain schools, namely Florida and Alabama. Some word it different ways, my personal favorite is in this story from Loserswithsocks.com. This joke is now taking on a notoriously solid form, and it's ...Published on: 27th October, 2009
Usually being 3-4 doesn't cause a fan base or a coach to gain confidence. It certainly doesn't give critics reason to stop being so critical, unless it's Lane Kiffin's critics. No matter how much "kool aid" you drank before the season started, there was early cause for concern. There were a ...Published on: 10th October, 2009
One word that has been used repeatedly by the Tennessee coaching staff regarding the offense is inconsistency. Lane Kiffin has repeatedly noted his team's inability to find consistency in practice and then again in games. Heading into today's game vs. SEC East rival Georgia, Tennessee's offense has been struggling to score ...Published on: 8th October, 2009
I would imagine it's easy to take the "just trust the coaches" or the "the coaches know more than you do" stance. It would probably be equally as easy to just blame everything on Fulmer. After all, Fulmer is responsible for the sub-par talent left at Tennessee, the lack of a ...Published on: 22nd September, 2009
Every coach in college football is measured by one thing: wins and losses. There are times, however, when coaches are hired to revive programs, where you can count other things as measuring points on the job coaches are doing. When Tennessee hired Lane Kiffin, the Vols were covered in mediocrity and ...Published on: 14th September, 2009
"I'm really looking forward to embracing some of the great traditions at the University of Tennessee. For instance: running through the 'T,' singing "Rocky Top" all night long after we beat Florida next year. It will be a blast." - Lane Kiffin, Dec. 1, 2008. When Lane Kiffin was hired at ...