3 things I learned at lunch

by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 3, 2008 12:51 PM EST in Rocky Top Talking Points

Stuff I heard on my iPod while eating lunch in my car, vaguely half remembered, probably incorrectly, un- fact-checked or otherwise verified, and probably just made up in between sips of aspartame.

Lane Kiffin's pitch to Marlon Brown was very specific, as in "you're going to be catching fades first, then [something else], then post routes" etc. Hmm. Wonder how that plays with recruits.
Bruce Pearl and the rest of the coaching staff are not happy. They broke a recent practice a couple of times for "conditioning," a euphemism for "inducing vomiting through wind sprints." Apparently, they're getting tired of having to repeat themselves about certain things. Perhaps they can get the guys to get tired of them repeating themselves. Think Miracle. Again! Again! Again!
When pressed, a Tennessee assistant (Jason Shay, I think) said that he thought that Emmanuel Negedu was shaping up to be the best leader of the young bunch. He attributed it to Negedu's diverse cultural experience.

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No aspartame today

Just sweet tea with something called sugar in it,It’s supposed to the next big thing in sweetners !! We could really use a BIG TIME play maker so I hope Marlon comes onboard, now we need a BIG TIME QB.

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Dec 3, 2008 1:29 PM EST reply actions

Ah! Nothing more I appreciate than bringing little to no relevance about any particular topic in general.

However, it did make me laugh my butt off.

As for aspartame, were it not for this highly ‘corrosive to the joints’ non-saccharide sweetner, I would not have lost 70 pounds in eight months when I was 20 years old. I sucked down Diet Cokes like a crack addict. Thank you aspartame, thank you.

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 3, 2008 1:31 PM EST reply actions

Great job on the 70 pounds by the way !!

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Dec 3, 2008 1:57 PM EST up reply actions

How many languages does Negedu speak again?

I’ve heard something about it, but I forget….

by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2008 1:49 PM EST reply actions

I thank they said 5

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Dec 3, 2008 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

Is it 5?

I’m not sure if I heard that before.

by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2008 3:32 PM EST up reply actions

5 is what I've heard:

Most likely English, French, and 3 languages native to Nigeria.

by David Hooper on Dec 3, 2008 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

5 languages, huh?

You’d think they’d mention that more.

by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, then...

He could play football and serve as a representative to the UN.

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 3, 2008 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

I always get them mixed up

I think that it’s that Brian Williams has lost five pounds and that Negedu speaks 147 different languages.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 3, 2008 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

But is Negedu going to learn another 60 languages a year?

by Chris Pendley on Dec 3, 2008 6:21 PM EST up reply actions

Can he speak rebel?

When I was stationed it the army at Ft. Bliss, there were German soldiers who learned to speak english with a Texas drawl. Pretty funny.

by tennesseetarheel on Dec 4, 2008 7:23 AM EST up reply actions

I'm in sales so

This is the high-light of most of my days lately. I read about aspartame years ago and how the FDA almost did’nt pass it because of restrictions in blood vessels. So for Thanksgiving I drank 2% milk with my half of pecan pie and half of pumpkin pie. Mmm Mmm good !

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Dec 3, 2008 1:52 PM EST reply actions

LMAO!

If Thanksgiving is good for one thing, it’s an over consumption of food goods. ;-)

A buddy of mine (geez, how I hate stories that begin like this) had a relative who had horrible joint pain and was confined to a wheel chair. The patient provided the doctor with a list of things in the person’s diet. One by one, the doctor would make the patient eliminate certain items. When it came to eliminating items with aspartame, the pain (after time) had completely dissipated. Well, as I said, I was hooked on Diet Coke. I had pain in my knees and after my buddy told me that story I conducted my own experiment of non consumption of Diet Coke. Long story short…Pain free. Now look, I’m not saying that one is DIRECTLY linked to the other, I just find it strangely coincidental.

O.K., back to football talk.

" Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Dec 3, 2008 2:12 PM EST up reply actions

Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin already has a plan in place for top prospect Marlon Brown.

“He told me that when I came in at first, I’d be running fades and slants, then screens, then posts,” the 6-foot-5, 205-pound receiver from Harding Academy in Memphis said Tuesday. “That’s great to me.”

by rblakeh on Dec 3, 2008 1:59 PM EST reply actions