Talking Points: Lane Kiffin time-traveling through the bye week

by Joel Hollingsworth on Oct 16, 2009 6:50 AM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Lane Kiffin is using the bye week to wield his super powers and alter time:
It’s good to have this week of practice over, it’s good to let our guys get off a little bit and we’ll be able to start a day earlier. We’ll start our preparation just like we did for Western Kentucky one day early, so Monday is a Tuesday and we’ll be ahead of schedule and get two Thursdays at the end of the week to have our legs ready to go.
Translation? Toil toil boil and bubble. Two Thursdays. Legs.
Yes, there's a FanShot on this, but it bears repeating: Jonathan Crompton is this week's AT&T All-America Player of the Week. If the "America" qualifier doesn't do the job, yes, this is a national player of the week award. It's fan-voted at that, proving that the support is there for the taking if only the performance warrants it. Hearty congrats to Crompton.
Nick Reveiz has finally had his knee surgery, and it's been deemed a success. He's projected to be limited in spring and full go by next fall, but don't put it past Nick to be full go in spring and back to super mode by the fall.
Ron Higgins takes stock of the SEC at the mid-point of the season.
Bruceball is right around the corner. A preview:

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Is that video of Pearl funky for anyone else?

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Oct 16, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions

A little bit

Especially when you forget to pause the Sinatra playing over in itunes before you start watching. ;-)

I told you we would beat Georgia!! Now, as for those 9 wins in '09......
I got bored and made a blog!! SCS

by VolBrian on Oct 16, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Fly me to the moon and let dance among the stars............... ?

Phil,GO VOLS !!!

by bulldurham on Oct 16, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Close

Come Fly With Me. I apparently had it playing, so when I turned the volume up to hear Bruce, he was belting out some serious tunes.

I told you we would beat Georgia!! Now, as for those 9 wins in '09......
I got bored and made a blog!! SCS

by VolBrian on Oct 16, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Such a change in the basketball culture

My years in Knoxville were filled with Wade Houston ball.

The plan for a night of basketball was 1) get inebriated, and 2) go cheer for Allan Houston to put 45 on some team while the Vols lost by 18 points.

Then make the walk back to Hess Hall while wondering aloud when Stevie Hamer was going to realize his potential.

Ball, oskie, cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle... for this is the WINNING EDGE.

by pound the rock on Oct 16, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

Ah yes, the good ol days...

When Lang Wiseman would pull up from his hometown of Arlington on the map on the floor and drain threes, and we would’ve killed for the NIT.

I went to a couple of Wade’s basketball camps as a kid. The second year I don’t even think he showed up.

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by Will Shelton on Oct 16, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Lang's a lawyer now...

… in Memphis, I believe. That guy could jump like nobody’s business.

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Oct 16, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions

He's actually a Harvard Law grad doing personal injury in Memphis

Personal Injury Attorneys in Memphis, Tennessee
At the Memphis and Nashville law firm of Wiseman Bray PLLC, our team of personal injury lawyers is a dedicated group that uses a team approach to strive for full and fair compensation on behalf of victims of injury accidents.

Our personal injury practice is led by Harvard-educated attorney Lang Wiseman, who attended Harvard Law School after graduating from the University of Tennessee on a full basketball scholarship and began his legal practice representing insurance companies against claims by injured people.

Interesting that he started out working for the insurance co and then figured out there was more money on the other side of the street… (but that’s off topic and I don’t mean for us to get on a discussion about the readily apparent need for tort reform and the absurd power of the legal lobby).

by memphispete on Oct 16, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Pre-Kiffin, could you imagine anyone overshadowing the personality that is Bruce Pearl?

I love the transformation of Tennessee basketball under Pearl. We are recruiting and getting players with some serious numbers beside their names. We are even talking about more than one player with the potential to be drafted. And, we are not delusional when we talk about another SEC East or SEC championship and another NCAA bid.

I hope team chemistry (i.e. players ego mix) is better and we get back to Tennessee basketball this year.

Bruce and his staff have done a phenomenal job. How many of us watch every basketball game now? How many did that under Wade Houston?

by memphispete on Oct 16, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions

This story got completely overlooked during the post-UGA celebration

But not only did we get a player like Tobias Harris on campus for a visit, who might be the most heavily touted recruit to ever step foot in Knoxville…but our campus again showed their recruiting savvy and painted the rock for him, and it was freaking awesome. If you didn’t see it the weekend of the Georgia game, the Maryland blog on SBNation even covered it. Amazing how far things have come.

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by Will Shelton on Oct 16, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions