Kiffin's Tennessee train is already derailing - CBSSports.com News, Fantasy, Video

Let's collect all of these. Perhaps we can use them in a few years. Otherwise, we can just hit delete, you know?

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I read an article like this

And it reminds me of why I make more than (most) sportswriters. It at least reminds me of why I make more than this hack.

by kidbourbon on Feb 10, 2009 2:08 PM EST reply actions

I read an article like this

And it reminds me of peer edits we used to do in high school english classes where you’d wonder wow, is this kid serious?

Rural Kiffin… cute, maybe Sports Illustrated should stay to its title and just have pictures.

by Getoffmyvols on Feb 10, 2009 2:13 PM EST reply actions

My mistake

this is CBS sports, maybe I should be fired for making a false statement..

by Getoffmyvols on Feb 10, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

You know, if you're really into this stuff, people put it out for free.

They’re called bloggers.

Not all bloggers get into mudslinging (ahem), but enough do to whet your whistle if that’s what you’re into. It’s cheaper, it’s better-written, and bloggers usually write more frequently. And oddly enough, the commenters on blogs tend to write better on average.

Jussayin’

by David Hooper on Feb 10, 2009 2:31 PM EST reply actions

lol

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Feb 10, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions

Very

true, and not to mention they are far more knowledgeable and more connected to their teams and the various situations that involve them.

"All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." - Gordie Howe

by Bens4vcobra on Feb 11, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions

Florida grad

Enough said.

by rblakeh on Feb 10, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions

+1 for the avatar.

If more than one person knows a secret, it ain't a secret.

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 10, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions

Thought you were kidding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Doyel

nope.

by samhitch on Feb 11, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

The more I think about it

…the more brilliant I think all of this is. Lane Kiffin has robbed Florida fans of joy, which brings joy to me. They sound a little less like a fanbase that just won a second national title in four years, and a little more like… Georgia fans.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Feb 10, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions

Florida's Fans . . .

They were already ticked off about people saying Utah deserved the championship. I never met fans in my life with a national title with that big a chip on their shoulders. I just have to say “Utah” and the foam starts to fuh-ly.

So this only adds fuel to the fire. If they play this angry all next season though, look out; this guy’s story was right about one thing, Meyer loves this kind of motivation to feed his fire and move his guys. They could be really, really nasty next year. Like, really nasty.

by Aardvark on Feb 10, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry, I have a long-standing policy against

trusting grown-ass men who spell their names with extra consonants.

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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.

by Holly Anderson on Feb 10, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions

Tuesday Morning Quarterback thinks his name is tastefully spelled

and for that he must suffer pain beyond all understanding.

Oh, and there’s that article thing too.

by Chris Pendley on Feb 10, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

Love the Volunteers and I'm ready to see them back on top but...Lane,

Do what you do well – Recruit.
Get this team ready to do what we know it’s capable of doing – Playing SEC style football and winning.
And give us, the fans something to scream our heads off about – other than some ~~sports writer’s~~ malcontent’s flimsy attempts at trying to be informative and witty.

If more than one person knows a secret, it ain't a secret.

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 10, 2009 9:52 PM EST reply actions

Potentially thread-derailing aside

I know it’s the common usage, but I’ve always found “nip it in the bud” to be a grammatically problematic phrase.

A bud is a flower in early stages of development. The meaning of the phrase is to nip something while it’s in its early stages, before it’s had a chance to grow into something bigger that would be harder to nip. It’s impossible to nip something in the bud, because the bud is the entire object in an early state, not a part of an object.

The grammatically correct version of this phrase would be to say “nip it while it’s a bud.” My girlfriend and I use this phrase and frequently encounter puzzled looks for doing so.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Feb 11, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

Yay grammar!

The counterargument would be that the “in” in “in the bud” is not locational but developmental. For example, a blooming flower is “in bloom” as in: “that flower is currently in the stage of full bloom” rather than: “that flower is currently residing in the bloom”. In that form, the phrase “in the bud” then means “currently in the developmental stage of a bud”.

But I know those funny looks. I get them all the time for “I am well” rather than “I am good”.

/geek

(yeah, right. geek continues.)

by David Hooper on Feb 11, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions

I see you are also fun at parties

That is an interesting way to think of it, though I think “nip it in the bud” is a clumsy way to convey that meaning. You’d probably want to go with “nip it during the bud stage” or “nip it in bud” to avoid confusion.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Feb 11, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions