Mr. College Football

By TNboy

September 13, 2007 8:13 AM | Link to this

Tony:

So blowing out Georgia at Sanford last year, beating supposedly Georgia’s best team in history two years prior (19-14), and beating LSU in Baton Rouge two years ago aren’t signature road wins? I’m not a complete Fulmer fan, but he wins more big games on the road than anyone. I just hope he can start winning the big games at home again.

By Roswell Ed

September 13, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

To set the record straight, yes I was raised in tucker but I was born outside of wedlock. I received my master’s in sociology from Auburn where I completed my dissertation on How Judy Garland became a Gay Icon. War Eagle, The 2004 People’s Choice National Champions!

By Randyt

September 13, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this

cont. (sorry, accidentally hit enter). He has to figure out how we keep gettting embarrassed in bowl games and end that NOW. He has to finish soon in the top 10 again.

Fulmer is a great recruiter, Cutcliffe is an outstanding quarterback and receiver coach. Chavez has fallen off some this last two years (serious injuries plagued us last year).

Is FL a key game, only if he loses to GA or AL and another bowl.

By Randyt

September 13, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Part of my previous blog comments got lost. My friends back in Knoxville, close to or in the athletic program, do say that patience is getting really thin for Fulmer. His inability to beat Spurrier until the end at FL caused some dismay, but was offset by the NC and the SEC championships, his inability to beat Richt until recently hurt him but the wins saved him. He can occasionally beat or almost beat Florida, but what has really put him on the hot seat is our pathetic bowl and SEC championship record. One more year of that, coupled with a mediocre season would bring his demise I think.

By Roswell Ed

September 13, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Damn I must really be good. I’ve got an internet stalker.

That makes me proud.

Maybe if you type that blog another 10 times it will eventually become funny.

Do you have any other ?JOKES? in your handbag besides the Sociology one.

That joke is practically stillborn.

I prefer GA’s own gay icons Stafford and Cox.

Have you seen the way those two dudes spoon each other?

Another great gay icon is Satan.

How bout all of the Bammer nation’s man crush on the anointed one?

I wonder how many Bammer sisters have complained to their Bammer brothers while they’re doing it,

“would you please stop calling out Satans name when we’re doing the nasty?

“Now make like the Tide and ROLL off of me and get me my meth pipe would you hun?

I actually wrote my dissertation on Bammer sex lives.

Highlights from my painful research.

You might be a Bammer if you think:

A menstrual cycle has three wheels.

Asphalt describes rectal problems.

Vagina is a medical term used to describe a Heart Attack.

A pubic hair is a wild rabbit.

KOTEX is a radio station in Houston.

Masturbate is used to catch large fish.

Fetus is a character on Gunsmoke.

An erection is when Japanese people vote.

Genitals are people of non-Jewish origin.

Roll Tide RedNeck

By Zebo

September 13, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

Big Phil isn’t in trouble … yet. As long as he can win 9 or more games, he’ll be fine. The question is, where is this program headed? [www.gatoralert.com]

By NRBQ

September 13, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

Is anybody at the AJC editing the blogs?

Please flush Roswell Ed’s sophomoric and offensive comments.

By tnlassie

September 13, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

Tony, you know better than to make that ridiculous statement about Fulmer on the road. The Vols are 6-4 in their last 10 games against Top 10 teams on the road, which dates back to the 1999 season. That road record (against top teams) stacks up against any coach in the country.

I agree with RandyT, it’s the home record against the top teams where we need serious improvement.

By azcat225

September 13, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

1. Fulmer is edging up to the desperation line as we speak.
2. You hit the nail on the head; Miles is bright enough to not talk about it until the end of the season. He’s got a great run going here—-why distract his team?
3. I assume there is no rule that the over/under can’t be three digits. If that’s the case, then 102.
4. It took a while, but the ACC has shown its true colors. It’s a basketball conference! Always has been, always will be.
5. From the admitted distance of a disinterested party, I have a difficult time understanding the Arkansas/Nutt situation. It always seemed to me like he was doing a good job there. There has to be something just below the surface that no one in the press has been able to dig up or substantiate yet.

By Chris

September 13, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

I agree with TN Boy. I’m not a Fulmer fan at all but calling him out for big road wins isn’t right. He beat UGA the last two times in Athens as previously mentioned along with the comeback against LSU. He’s also consistently beat Bama in Tuscaloosa. The problem he has is not putting it all together and winning the SEC East and playing for the championship. He’s had good seasons but not great ones lately, that’s what he needs to rectify.

By GT

September 13, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

The fact is the ACC is very weak this year. Miami is off the steroids and looking like the teams they had when they were independent years ago. N.C State is in transition but why would you hire someone from Boston College to recruit southern football players or to beat them. I think the mid majors have a recruiting advantage even above the SEC. Schools like CFU or South Florida, East Carolina. I think Vince sent his kid to La. Tech knowing the direction of recruiting. Their administrations wants a winner so bad, to put their name out there, that they will cut corners and hell they are probably cutting corners in general when you look at their size and wonder why all those people would want to go to school at a place no one has ever heard of. And the football player they recruit may never have heard of any college more less their college, so to him it is all the same anyway. Try listening to a few interviews from Florida International about the fight with Miami. I am surprise a producer of SNL hasn’t bought the rights. We now live in a country where all are entitled to a college education; whether you can read or act correctly you too can claim to be a college educated man or woman. Some don’t even have high school degrees but they have college degrees. It is the whole of society not just jocks, but I can tell you one entrance hurtle they have to jump; they have to be able to play football, that is never compromised.

By MC

September 13, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

I would almost have to say that Fulmer will beat Florida. It feels like its time. The only question is how. Well, my question is: How physical is Florida’s defensive line? The key to beating Florida is no mystery. Run over them. Do not try and figure them out—keep them off the field by running the ball and using up the clock. If their offense is not on the field they don’t score points. I think its simple-maybe too simple.

By Buford

September 13, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this

How badly does Reichs need to beat Florida?

By Mike

September 13, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

People are STARTING to question the ACC’s manhood? Nothing has happened so far this season that is anything new. The ACC always performs poorly out of conference. And it is always supposedly just around the corner from becoming a powerful conference, but it NEVER happens. The truth is the SEC is lightyears ahead of the ACC in talent and coaching, and that is the ACC’s chief out of conference competition. Even the Big East had a winning record vs. the ACC last year. The ACC is the worst BCS conference and some serious consideration should be given to the idea of giving its auto BCS bid to someone else. I can’t even remember the last time they won a BCS game so what’s the point anyway.

By Jay

September 13, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

As usual, Barnhart is clueless and living off his undeserved reputation of someone who knows college football. Tennessee was an underdog last year going into the uga game on the road and won. Tennessee was also road underdog against Lsu in ‘05. But let me guess, those dont count.

By crazy4gt

September 13, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

Jay - It’s not wether they are favored or not. Its the expectations of the fans. Tennessee expects to beat UGA, however they don’t expect to beat UF - so that would be an upset.

By KR

September 13, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

Most of the Tennessee fans I know were ready to punt Fulmer after dropping 2 in one season to Auburn. If anything, they feel even stronger about that 2 years later.

By Gen Neyland

September 13, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

Randyt

Chavis will tell his D, “To win this thing, it’ll be up to us.”…Ainge has had summer camp and two games to work with this batch of WR’s…Now’s the time to show it. Creer, Coker, Foster and Hardesty = ball control..? Chris Brown, TE…Hopefully, we’ll have some of that Gatorade on our sidelines, too…Go Vols

By War Eagle

September 13, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

The SEC is tough, so many good teams, with potential, to win conference games every Saturday. this includes Miss State(Florida and Bama). I thought Tenn was best in the East, but Florida shows TNT and talent. The only prediction solid is LSU and that could get twisted around? The top 5 LSU Auburn, Tenn. UGA , Florida has a change with Auburn and UGa being replaced with South Carolina, with Kentucky and Vandy winning big ames. Auburn has two seniors and the rest are freshman and sophomores on OL..only 12 seniors, so their is a Reconstruct Era which includes other SEC teams.

By 2N4YEARS

September 13, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this

crazy4gt TENN ‘expects’ to beat UGA?? That may have been the case in the ‘90’s, but Fulmer is 2-4 since Richt’s arrival in ‘01, and TENN has lost EVERY time they’ve played UGA in Knoxville this decade. I think it’s UGA that expects to beat TENN. Jay, you are right on w/ your assessment of Tony Barnhart. His self-appointed name of ‘Mr. College Football’ is laughable. While TENN does need this win (vs. FLA) it would be no more important than the LSU, UGA or Miami win. It would cool his seat off a little but won’t change the inevitable if he has another end-of-the-season slide.

By bobolink

September 13, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

What is with all ya’ll? Phil Fulmer is a loser and will always be a loser. I got a chance to see the classless Fulmer on a California TV channel before the TN v Cal game and I wish I had recorded it. He said things like: “We’re here to show Cal how football is played,” and we can’t wait to kick to their big time punt returner.” Fulmer reminds me of a man who has lost the tractor he loves. Perhaps he should buy a new one and give up football. He may be pushed into that after he’s lost to GA, KY, AL, Vandy, and Arkansas. On a second TN point: Did you know that Neyland refused to play black players when he coached at Knoxville so they named a stadium after him. What a disgrace to the conference.

By Randyt

September 13, 2007 3:24 PM | Link to this

@Gen Neyland

I agree. Actually I think TN will take both FL and (okay I’ll say it) GA. FL and GA, like it or not, are still playing with very young teams. Will FL and GA be as good as touted, probably…but not necessarily this season. At this point, Ainge is the most experienced QB, and every bit as good as Stafford and Tebow at least for now.

@boblink.

If Fulmer did indeed say those things, then I apologize for the Vols. Regarding your comments about Fulmer being a loser…well until Richt came along, he ruled GA, both here and in K-town. Richt is good, probably better than Fulmer, but in the SEC, all teams should remember the old adage…”people who live in glass houses, should not throw stones”…and that includes Dawg fans.

By ACC is fine with me

September 13, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

dogs only need to worry about one ACC team…the one that will beat them this year!

By Lee Curso

September 13, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Fat Fill needs the win bad. but he wont get it. the inept D of the vols will get rolled out of the swamp. it’s got to be the worst tackling vol team i’ve ever watched.

31-13 GayTurds!

if michigan ask Big Hat to come aboard, he’s gone.

if nutt wins this game you can bet he’ll choke on north texas or FIU

By Mark

September 13, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this

UT must put a hat on Tebow early and often. UT can score points but not enough to outshoot UF. Defense is the key. Go Eric Berry. Represent.

By Dexter Buchanan

September 13, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

When Fulmer lost that SEC Championship in ‘01 to LSU, that was it for me. How can you lose that game to a backup qb?

By volfan

September 13, 2007 9:22 PM | Link to this

Bobolink, don’t be an idiot. Fulmer stated they would punt away from Cal. So what if he said the other since we showed them exactly that last year in Neyland.

Also, Neyland stopped coaching in ‘52. How many NCAA teams had many black players prior to then.

Another p** off UGA fan. How’s it feel to have lost your last 5 in the SEC East?

By shane

September 14, 2007 12:58 AM | Link to this

the comment about neyland was way off the mark.no southern teams were allowed to recruit balcks in his day.the general did not”refuse”to play blacks,at that time blacks could not enroll at ut,or any other southern school.neyland wasn’t even coaching at the time of the”brown vs the board of education”ruling.listening to the rumblings amoung the ut fans fulmer must win SOMETHING this year,but i think how ut finishes the season is more important than what happens vs florida.there are some ark fans that want nutt gone,i think he will have to win the west for that to change.what would miles have to gain by talking?michigan has a coach,for miles to speak out now would make him seem low class.their will be plenty of time to talk if and when michigan makes a move.the acc is down no doubt,miami is not a power anymore,fsu has slipped despite spending big bucks for asst coaches,vt loses their bowl game to uga and then is humbled by lsu,maryland lost tonight,wake forest,the defending champs,lost to neb,and they are no longer the”big red”of past glory,duke and nc state are jokes,and unc has been weak for years.clemson,tech and bc look good.are the enough to carry a 12 team conference?as for kentucky-louisville,kentucky will make it intresting if they can find a defense,otherwise,louisville by twenty.

By Digger

September 14, 2007 4:59 AM | Link to this

As usual tony does not think much of UGA Tenn beating up on UGA last year on the road is not a signature win!

By leftwinger

September 14, 2007 6:26 AM | Link to this

TN had the first black football player in the SEC.

TN had the first black QB in the SEC.

By leftwingliberal

September 14, 2007 6:27 AM | Link to this

TN had the first black football player in the SEC.

TN had the first black QB in the SEC.

By RightWinger

September 14, 2007 8:05 AM | Link to this

Looks like Tennessee learned their lesson.

By Atlanta Gator

September 14, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this

Gen Neyland——How badly does Big Phil need a win? Well, like my folks, I think Phil probably would like to keep his job and paycheck, and I don’t think he is going to lose either over one more win or loss. That having been said, I keep hearing rumbling noises out of the hills of east Tennessee about great regional and national recruiting and under-performance by that talent. What’s your opinion on Phil’s likely future tenure? Is it time to follow Johnny Majors into retirement?

By 3inarowinNeyland

September 14, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

Well, couldn’t agree more with 2N4YEARS about crazy4gt’s comment. How in the world does Tenn expect to beat UGA when the dogs have won 3 in a row in Neyland and 5 of the last 7. This is not the 90’s anymore.

And everybody knows how many in a row against the gt’s.

To volfan, sorry but you guys have gone from perennial contender to perennially ok and with Carolina playing the way it is, the fourth best team in the east.

To answer your question, it hurts having lost the last 5 in the east. Thankfully we get the Vols in Knoxville for our next one and if past history tells us anything, the streak will SOON BE OVER.

By Randyt

September 14, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

I hate to burst your balloon Dawg fans, but Munson will not be making another “hob nailed boot” speech this year. Stafford is not David Greene, and your team will not be pulling another win out of its backside unless Ainge gets hurt. You talk about recent history, well if recent history prevails you could not score a touchdown against SC, so to think you can outscore hte Vols is a bit ludicrous at this point.

Nope, you need to get your crack pipe and crying towel out, you will need them when the Dawgs come to Neyland. However we will make it three in a row in Athens next year.

By GottaLoveIt

September 16, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

FIRE FULMER NOW FIRE TUBERVILLE NOW FIRE CARR NOW

I despise these 3 coaches. They all seem like snakes and finally there luck is running out, esp Tuberville who won 5 games last year by 7 or less. The schools pull the recruits not the coaching of these idiots.

By ksvnah64d

September 17, 2007 1:44 AM | Link to this

Why fire Fulmer? He’s a class act, good recruiter, does decently against most competition. I say, give him a lifelong, I don’t care how horrible we aree, contract.

ahem, by the way, Go Gators! Phil’s the best thing that’s happened to us in years.

By Mark

September 25, 2007 10:27 PM | Link to this

I recommend Ron Zook to replace Les Miles at LSU. What do you think?