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by CornFromAJar on Mar 4, 2007 5:16 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Well apparently, neither Joel nor myself have had time to post today, and I still don't have time right now. But I do have two quick challenges for y'all:

Take a look at the SEC Tournament bracket (.pdf). How far do you see UT going? Will they make it to Saturday? At the beginning of the season, a lot of folks would have had LSU (our first-round opponent) and Ole Miss (potential second-round match-up) switched. LSU has talent, which outside of their win over Florida, they've done a good job of hiding this season. Ole Miss is a team that Tennessee has already lost to. And then there is a possible rubber match with the Abomination. UT might have gotten the hardest draw in the tourney. What do you think?
The football Vols had a scrimmage Saturday which was reportedly dominated by defense and 45-mph winds . The starting line-ups looked like this:
Offensive Starters:
LT Chris Scott, LG, Ramon Foster, C Michael Frogg, RG Jacques McClendon, RT Steven Jones, WR Lucas Taylor, WR Austin Rogers, TE Chris Brown, TE Brad Cottam, QB Erik Ainge, TB Arian Foster.

Defensive Starters:
LE Xavier Mitchell, LT J.T. Mapu, RT Demonte' Bolden, RE Wes Brown, SLB Ryan Karl, MLB Ellix Wilson, WLB Rico McCoy, LCB Antonio Gaines, RCB Marsalous Johnson, FS Jonathan Hefney, SS Jarod Parrish.

Here's my question for you: How different will that line-up look when the Vols travel to California in September?

All for now. Go Vols!

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Off the cuff

My completely off the cuff responses:

The basketball Vols get bounced early, beating themselves with a below-par shooting percentage and a typical free throw percentage, and don't even get another shot at the Abomination. Which will be a shame.

No. 2, what's up with Josh McNeil? Are we still tinkering with lineups on the o-line? Okay, I know that spring is tinkering time, but I thought McNeil had the spot locked up. (Oh, answered my own question; he's out with an ankle injury.)

I'm a bit surprised at just how "new" these guys look to me. So I'm hoping the lineup will look different to me even if it's the same group of guys.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 4, 2007 5:45 PM EST reply actions

Here we go

I had some free time and created this; which lists all of my picks for the SEC Tourney this weekend. In short, I see us getting a pair of wins, but the Abomination is too much for us to handle on a neutral court. One other quick note is that I apparently have zero respect for the Western conference, by not predicting a single victory by them. But then again, as a whole, they haven't really given that much to boast about.

Onto football, I'm with Joel...the number of "new" guys are astounding. Something just scares me to death from the WR corps, if Taylor and Rodgers are 1-2 on the depth chart. I hope they've developed in the wakes of who they're replacing! At this time, I reserve my comment as to who we'll see in Berkley. I'll report back 4/1.

by Aerobab on Mar 4, 2007 8:19 PM EST reply actions