Rocky Top Tennessee 2010 Cover
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jun 18, 2010 12:01 PM EDT
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PrintWe have a cover, y'all:
The annual's off to the printer, and should be all warm and nestled on the shelves by July 13. You can go ahead and pre-order now, if getting out of the house is too much of an ordeal for you. Hey, I know. It's hot out there.
We'll say it again, your options for Tennessee football preseason magazines are limited to national-perspective publications that devote only a few measly pages to the only team you really care about or a magazine devoted half to Tennessee and half to whoever wanted to buy an ad. The Maple Street Press publication is 128-pages of nothing but articles and images relating to the Vols.
The 2010 edition includes:
- Why Alabama fans are worried about Derek Dooley
- An explanation of Justin Wilcox's multiple-40 defense
- A "zombie football apocalypse survival guide" for fans of a rebuilding program
- The 12 (+2) people UT fans most love to hate
- Unit previews, opponent previews, and features on the quarterbacks, Luke Stocker, Nick Reveiz, and Janzen Jackson
- And much more.
Pre-order now, or look for it on the bookshelves and magazine racks on July 13.
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great cover. that was a hell of a lick.
but Alabama fans are not worried about Dooley. That’s almost laughable. I don’t mean any disrespect. It’s just that the guy hasn’t coached a single year of big boy football yet, and the consensus is that UT is rebuilding. Long term, maybe he will turn UT around and do well. But all ’bama is worried about is repeating in the next couple of years if not this year.
I’m sure that article will sell a lot of copies though, so more power to ya.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Generalizing about fan bases is usually asking for trouble, but
Quote from that article:
When the Lane Kiffin era abruptly ended in Knoxville, several thoughts ran through this Alabama fan’s head. There was amusement, of course, and a very real sense of smug superiority. But delight wasn’t the only emotion felt here in Alabama. Two other seemingly incongruent feelings surrounded the news of Kiffin’s departure: worry, and dare I say it, sympathy. Worry, in that the Vols have essentially been a sleeping giant for the past decade just waiting for the right infusion of coaching to wake it up, and sympathy, in that it wasn’t so long ago that my own beloved Crimson Tide was in the same position. So it’s with no small amount of shame that I pen this article that will, at best, attempt to reassure a rival fan base of its new head coach, and, at worst, help them to relive some of the more embarrassing moments of Alabama’s recent history.
Author? Your very own Todd. Don’t hold it against him.
;-)
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jun 18, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
well, I'll have to forgive him considering all his sacrifices to the football gods which led to our 13th national championship.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
And that, my friends, is as close to an "I'm sorry" or "I was wrong" as you are going to get.
Hey, Joel, anytime you want to do some bass fishin’ out in West TN, just give us a call. You set the hook pretty good….
by memphispete on Jun 18, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Not quite sure I follow you. Who were you talking about?
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Uh, that'd be you. Zoltar
You made a snarky series of comment about the Bama worried about Dooley article – starting with a series of put-downs on our coach and our program and ending it with a “sell a lot of copies” crack. Turns out the extensive quotes that served as part of the foundation for the article came from a Bama fella like yourself.
Instead of admitting you were wrong for jumping on Joel’s “almost laughable” theme for the article after learning it came from a Bama fan, you merely pay tribute to the national championships for the team.
Joel knew Bama fans would jump on him for the article so he used a Baman’s own words against you. You took the bait. Hook. Line. And, Sinker.
by memphispete on Jun 20, 2010 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
you're delusional man. DELUSIONAL.
First off, I don’t have to apologize for anything. I was not putting down your coach or program. All I said was that Dooley hasn’t coached at a major D1 school and UT is rebuilding.
Just based on the quote from Todd that was given, there’s not much there to get excited about. All it basically says is that if UT gets the right coach, they might return to be a power. I wouldn’t call that insightful commentary. It’s basically a platitude. There’s nothing there actually supporting that Dooley is the coach that will bring UT back. And whatever Todd says in the rest of it, I don’t have to agree with him just because he’s a bama fan/blogger.
I’m sure Todd and/or the RTT writers can come up with some things to support a positive outlook on Dooley. I even said that he might do well. But I could come up with reasons to think Mike Shula could do well at Tennessee in the long run if I tried real hard. Saying that Dooley is feared is a huge stretch. “Should be concerned about Dooley” would be more realistic, but it wouldn’t sell copies as well. And I’m a capitalist. Nothing wrong with a little sensationalism to make some scratch.
But as to the validity of the title, I think I made a good argument to the contrary, which Joel seems to generally agree with.
Most of what you said is true, too. Dooley’s new, we’re rebuilding, and yeah, we’re talking long term here.
Like I said, Bama fans are not really worried about the long-term.
So what were you saying about me needing to admit to being wrong?
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Delusional!!!!
This from someone claiming 13 National Championships!!!!
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me.
me thinketh thou dost protest too much
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
Hey, Snarky
If you cannot recognize the site host’s gracious response as an attempt to find common ground and smooth things over, then you, sir, are the one who is delusional. You criticized your own Bama fan based on your a priori assumptions about the article, and I still find that funny.
Feel free to return to the Bama site as your earliest convenience and stop kicking Smokey while he’s down.
by memphispete on Jun 21, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Give him a minute......
He’s gotta put his shoes back on after counting up all those national championships. He’ll be on his way shortly…….
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me.
13th!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me.
oh please
The 67 championship Tennessee claims is just as bad as our most questionable title (1941).
9-2 with a loss in the Orange Bowl, and claiming the Litkenhous championship… yea, I don’t think you have any room to talk.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
I'm sorry, what was that?
I’m still laughing uncontrollably at you seriously claiming a 13th.
13!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me.
VolBrian, It's really pick a number between 6-18 for the Bama fans
Randomly generated claims about national championships emanate from the state just beneath us on the map.
Even the national media makes fun of them for it…
But
Most of what you said is true, too. Dooley’s new, we’re rebuilding, and yeah, we’re talking long term here.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jun 18, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
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