UT Players Thinking About Girls, Singing Them Songs

by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 18, 2010 7:36 AM EDT in Rocky Top Talking Points

I'm running late this morning, so pardon whatever typos and illogical statements might find their way into this morning's Talking Points. I have a good reason, by the way. I enjoyed this too much:

From It's Time to Give Him Time. Derek Dooley knows better than to believe in honeymoons for SEC coaches:

"Look, here's the reality," Dooley said. "Every coach has time until the first kickoff, not even the first game, but the first kickoff. Right when the ball goes 'boom' against UT-Martin, your time's over. "You've got no more time. You've got to win."

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"What's the whole 'Give him time' thing really mean?" Dooley said. "It doesn't mean I'm sitting here thinking, 'I've got time.' In my mind, I've got one year. I approach it that way every year. We've got to figure out how we're going to win as many games as we can win this year, and that's all I care about."

Reason #208 to give him some time anyway. Wes Rucker uncovers yet another new way of describing the problem: Tennessee's most experienced player is a fullback.

But we could win them all! John Adams has some fun with Mike Hamilton's decision to drop North Carolina for Bulls, suggesting the Vols also drop Cincinnati for Miami of Ohio and MTSU for another quick fling with Western Kentucky.

You don't say. With classes starting up, the players are thinking about girls. If they continue to come to practice with Dreamy Eyes, Dooley's threatened to get feisty on them ($?).

It's in syndication now. Hey, it's the return of the Linebackers Have Depth Because Linebackers Had Injuries story.

On why you wear pants and sleeves in the summer. VolQuest has a nice feature on strength coach Bennie Wylie.

All kinds of awesome:

Those are authentic UT checkerboard pants, shorts, and an even awesomer sports jacket from John Daly's Loudmouth golf apparel company. They're sold to golfers, so they're fairly expensive ($110 list for the pants), but I can get them if anyone's interested. Let me know below.

Videos:

Dooley Comments Aug. 17 | UT Sports TV
Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley comments for August 17, 2010.
Player Comments Aug. 17 | UT Sports TV
Tennessee football player post-practice comments for August 17, 2010.

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Reasons I'm not playing football:

I totally lol’d at the WoW joke.

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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.

by bobothevol on Aug 18, 2010 7:49 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I've never played WoW.

Care to fill me in?

;-)

by David Hooper on Aug 18, 2010 8:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

When they show the "Tauren"

picture next to Tauren. Tauren is a WoW species.

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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.

by bobothevol on Aug 18, 2010 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions

thx

;-)

by David Hooper on Aug 18, 2010 8:31 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Ahhhh

I was wondering.

I also lol’d at someone calling him “Torrearrian”

"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.

by VolBrian on Aug 18, 2010 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Tennessee Girls

I can’t really blame the players for getting, um, “distracted.” I’m sure I would have had a slightly higher GPA had our student body had the decency to be a touch uglier.

On a serious note: Those pants are AWESOME!

You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.

by kingofzachland on Aug 18, 2010 9:40 AM EDT reply actions

I'd curl in them

at some price less than that.

;-)

by David Hooper on Aug 18, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

The Girls or the Pants?

HEYY-OOO!

You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.

by kingofzachland on Aug 18, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I'll let my wife make that decision.

heh

;-)

by David Hooper on Aug 18, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions

The Pants...

are incredible, but I am definitely hesitant about spending 110 bucks on pants I’ll wear 7 days a year.

by Caban on Aug 18, 2010 12:41 PM EDT reply actions

oh come on!

you should wear those at least once a week – year round!

by golfballs03 on Aug 18, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I've seen them in person

friend of mine had them last year – very nice

Rocky Top Talk

by Will Shelton on Aug 18, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the props ...

Media day is probably one of my most favorite assignments all year. The players have come to expect that they can ham it up in front of my camera – and it just gets funnier each year.

I’m glad you all enjoy the montage I put together. Keep checking GoVolsXtra for more vids from Sunday. I usually release new ones every week throughout the season.

—Erin

by Erin Chapin on Aug 18, 2010 2:48 PM EDT reply actions

Heh.

That ‘extreme punk golfing’ is going to catch on anytime now.

I think your video series is one of the better things to happen for the players. Letting the hair down a little bit is a healthy thing, and it probably gives you one of the most fun jobs at any given practice.

So thank you. And thanks to the person who made your videos embeddable.

;-)

by David Hooper on Aug 18, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

You did that on purpose

“Letting the hair down a little bit is a health thing?”

Not if his perm is dripping.

;-)

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 18, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

We really appreciate what you do

It’s fun for us to get to see stuff like this.

Rocky Top Talk

by Will Shelton on Aug 18, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, thanks for stopping by

We absolutely love those things, and I spent the first 30 minutes of my morning responding to IMs from Spencer Hall, who I’m positive (although I couldn’t see or hear him) was cackling loud enough to annoy the neighbors the entire time.

We will definitely keep an eye out for all the stuff you do over there. Thanks for doing it, and, as Hooper said, thanks for making them embeddable.

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 18, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely

My most favorite Videos to see all season long — even moreso than the highlight reals UTSports.com puts together. Too often I think people forget that football players are, y’know, people and not just cyborgs running around to please the fan’s and only the fan’s desire for carnal victory of their army versus the other. It’s incredibly refreshing to see what these guys like to do in their free time, to get a very small peak into their personalities, and I really really really appreciate it.

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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.

by bobothevol on Aug 18, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions