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Around SBN: The Gift Of The 2003 Tigers

From the RTT Archives: January 26

One year ago today: Vol football fans were enduring news of four arrests in three weeks, this time when Anthony Parker was hauled in for "waving his hands and yelling." On the basketball front, Ryan Childress was proposing to his girlfriend, and Chris Lofton was re-discovering his shot against Georgia, hitting 7-13 threes to lead the Vols to a 85-69 victory over the Bulldogs.

Two years ago today: Lofton was shedding his ankle boot and discovering some "nice discoloration," and at 10-7 overall and 2-3 in the SEC, the Vols' chances of making the Big Dance were dire. Oh, and coach Fulmer was, depending on your view, either observing or re-calibrating Vols' fans' expectations by saying that "Nine wins is okay at Tennessee. It's okay."

Three years ago today: Slacking off. Again.

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Geez.

Joel, did you do anything with your life in 2006?! Regardless, I’m glad that you no longer slack-off through life!

by Aerobab on Jan 26, 2009 5:03 PM EST reply actions  

Those arrests again!

I glossed right past that bullet point on my first read-through. Well, I think it was more likely that my optic nerves blocked the information out between my eyeballs and brain. That wasn’t the most pleasant of phases in Vol fandom.

by David Hooper on Jan 26, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions  

No

The worst, though, was where the pre-2005 season arrest-athon coincided with the genesis of the college football blogosphere.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 26, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

No

Despite my greatest efforts.

Well, asking him once anyway.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jan 26, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, last year ended with a fizzle for us.

And so far, we’re a giant blank. If things keep up like that (cross fingers, knock on wood) the name might become anachronistic just as fast as it became trendy.

by David Hooper on Jan 26, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm the only person that doesn't mind it, huh?

I’ll put it this way: Saban winning the Fulmer Cup last year was totally worth it.

Besides, it was the only championship they won, anyway. So really, when you think about it we’re being gracious to our neighbors from the south.

by Chris Pendley on Jan 28, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I appreciate the humor involved, for sure.

I get annoyed when people begin using things like that to caricature other people, and that’s been increasingly prevalent. It’s the same trend that happens in a lot of circumstances, though, so it’s really more a disappointment with the psychological process that drives the interest in the name “Fulmer Cup”. Fulmer wasn’t perfect, by any means, but it’s really unfair to paint him as this grand purveyor of felonious gentlemen.

by David Hooper on Jan 28, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions  

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