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Tennessee races to huge early lead against Memphis, coasts to 56-28 win

posted by Joel about 3 hours ago

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Memphis Tigers: 2nd half game thread

posted by Joel about 4 hours ago

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Southeastern Conference Standings

(updated 11.1.2009 at 5:54 AM EDT)

East	Conf		Overall
	W	L	W	L
Florida Gators Alligator Army	6	0	8	0
South Carolina Gamecocks Garnet And Black Attack	3	3	6	3
Georgia Bulldogs Dawg Sports	3	3	4	4
Tennessee Volunteers Rocky Top Talk	2	3	4	4
Kentucky Wildcats A Sea Of Blue	1	4	4	4
Vanderbilt Commodores	0	5	2	7

West	Conf		Overall
	W	L	W	L
Alabama Crimson Tide Roll 'Bama Roll	5	0	8	0
LSU Tigers And The Valley Shook	4	1	7	1
Auburn Tigers Track Em Tigers	3	3	6	3
Mississippi Rebels Red Cup Rebellion	2	3	5	3
Mississippi St. Bulldogs For Whom the Cowbell Tolls	2	3	4	5
Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas Expats	1	4	4	4

Volunteers Football Schedule

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	Sat 09/05	W 63 - 7
UCLA Bruins Nation	Sat 09/12	L 15 - 19
@ Florida Alligator Army	Sat 09/19	L 13 - 23
Ohio	Sat 09/26	W 34 - 23
Auburn Track Em Tigers	Sat 10/03	L 22 - 26
Georgia Dawg Sports	Sat 10/10	W 45 - 19
@ Alabama Roll 'Bama Roll	Sat 10/24	L 10 - 12
South Carolina Garnet And Black Attack	Sat 10/31	W 31 - 13
Memphis	Sat 11/07	W 56 - 28
@ Mississippi Red Cup Rebellion	Sat 11/14	12:00 PM EST
Vanderbilt	Sat 11/21	TBA
@ Kentucky A Sea Of Blue	Sat 11/28	TBA

Final - 11.7.2009	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis Tigers	0	7	14	7	28
Tennessee Volunteers Rocky Top Talk	14	28	14	0	56

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Tennessee 56 Tiger High 28: Lane Kiffin does whatever he wants

by Will on Nov 7, 2009 10:56 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 5 comments

More photos » by Wade Payne - AP

Bryce Brown, with the return of the over-the-pile dive for six.

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If you didn't see it and you're only looking at the final or the box score, the real numbers aren't the double-up on the scoreboard, or the fact that Memphis gained 401 yards and scored more points against Tennessee's defense than anyone has all season. Any eyebrow-raising is reserved for next season.

Because the real story of this game was told in the first thirty minutes and the first two drives of the second half. Tennessee had eight possessions in that span, and scored touchdowns on seven of them. We still don't know if we can kick field goals, because Lane Kiffin and the Vols weren't playing that game tonight.

Instead of settling at any point in the first half, Kiffin and the Vols went for the throat from the first play. After David Oku set the tone with a 69 yard return on the opening kick, the Vols ran a trick play on their first snap, an incomplete halfback pass. No matter, the Vols scored five plays later, and we were off to the races.

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Tennessee races to huge early lead against Memphis, coasts to 56-28 win

by Joel on Nov 7, 2009 10:35 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 6 comments

Don't let the final score or total stats fool you. The Tennessee Volunteers 56-28 complete and utter beatdown of the Memphis Tigers was over long before the first half came to a close.

First half stats:

382 yards total offense
305 passing yards
5 touchdowns from Jonathan Crompton
18 first downs
Four trick plays, including a surprise onside kick that would have been successful if not for an offsides penalty
A 28-point second quarter
A 42-7 halftime lead

All of that allowed us Vol fans to see something we hadn't seen in years: an entire second half devoted to getting the backups real live reps, and a leisurely close to a game that had even the most knowledgeable of us crawling through the roster to see who was on the field. Just remind yourself that the buzz kill in the second half was because we are simply not used to being so far ahead that we burn game time preparing for next season.

And yes, it feels good.

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Memphis Tigers: 2nd half game thread

by Joel on Nov 7, 2009 8:45 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 266 comments


104	Net Yards	382
52	Rush Yards	77
52	Pass Yards	305
7	1st Downs	18
11:23	TOP	18:37
0/5	3rd downs	5/8
0/0	4td downs	2/3
1	INT thrown	0
1/4	Sacks/yards	2/16

So what do you do here? Put in Stephens or let Crompton try to make up for lost time with a 700 yard game? I say the latter. Sorry, Nick. See you next year.

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Memphis Tigers: open game thread

by Joel on Nov 7, 2009 6:00 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 336 comments

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Kickoff: 7 p.m. EST Television: ESPNU Eric Collins, Brock Huard Vol Network Radio: Free Audio \| Station List Bob Kesling, Tim Priest and Mike Stowell Live Video Streaming: ESPN360.com Satellite Radio: XM Radio: 199 \| Sirius Radio: 219 Live Stats: Gametracker Game Day Information Game Day Activities/Timing Schedule

Jackson the Mule says . . . . . . my father was a Tennessee Walking Mule.

VolnVA wins this week's Hail Mary Haiku with the following:

Memphis Tigers are
More like paper tigers, so
They will be shredded

Leave your pre-, in-, and post-game comments below.

Go Vols!

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ESPN College GameDay and early games open thread

by Joel on Nov 7, 2009 8:14 AM EST in College Football Comment 234 comments

With yet another night game for the Vols, there's a full day of football before things get serious against Memphis. Here's one recommended viewing schedule for Vol fans again:

Watch these live

South Carolina	@	Arkansas	12:21 p.m.	SECN
LSU	@	Alabama	3:30 p.m.	CBS
Memphis	@	Tennessee	7:00 p.m.	ESPNU

Flip between/DVR these

Ohio State	@	Penn State	3:30 p.m.	ABC
Vanderbilt	@	Florida	7:15 p.m.	ESPN2

All times EST

Of course, the day kicks off again with ESPN College GameDay, which starts at 10:00 and shoots live from. . . wha? . . . Colorado Springs for the Army-Air Force game. Huh. Comments on that?

Quick question, as a Vol fan, who are you rooting for in the LSU-Alabama game? LSU, because you hate Alabama, or Alabama, because that would be the first domino to fall in the unlikely scenario Tennessee finishes the season the third best team in the SEC?

Leave your comments on GameDay and/or the early games below.

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