I was talking to a good buddy of mine about the Big Orange the other day and I brought up the subject of our defense for the upcoming season. Now, last season's defense was not bad, but still not on par with Chavis' normal caliber of defense. I talked about the usual issues of depth on the D-line and experience and the like. Well, apparently our guys are pretty pumped about the defense we could have. You see, my friend attends(and I used to) Baylor school in Chattanooga where Jacques McClendon played at. Who, by the way, just broke the UT bench press record at 555 lbs! Anyway, Jacques made the comment to my friend that the upcoming 2007 defense has the potential to be better than the 2005 defense. Yes...the defense that played during The Season of Which We Do Not Speak. As we painfully recall, that unit was the only reason we were even in half of the games. Of course, 'potential' is the operative word here. But, I am glad to hear that these guys are getting excited to see exactly how good they actually can be. 45 days, gentlemen.

Go Big Orange and beat Cal (and everyone else while you're at it)!!!