Volunteers 27, Commodores 21: PostGame Celebration Thread
Feels good to catch a break. Celebrate here with fellow Vols compadres while we process the win.
Good job, seniors. Hope you enjoy the memories of this one.
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Woohoo!
Wait, a reply at the end of game that goes in our favor? HWHAT?
R.I.P. Atlanta Thrashers 1999-2011
is the new thread here?
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:38 PM EST reply actions
WOOOO!
Did I miss anything?
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Nov 19, 2011 10:39 PM EST reply actions
a fumble
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
We have a long way to go when we feel this good about a Vandy win
but F it – I do feel good about this one
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
My thoughts exactly.
The University of Tennessee: The only dry campus in the country whose most famous school song endorses the killing of federal agents for threatening their liquor.
by TwoStrangers on Nov 19, 2011 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
But their souls are crushed.
Close enough. Wake Forest isn’t a gimme. Pressure’s on them.
They are not the Tennessee state champs
We are
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
I hope Wake Forrest betas them
soundly. No bowl for diet Kiffin
or beats them
I guess they could pelt them with betas
yes
MOAR BLOOD FOR THE SUNSPHERE!
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
SUNSPHERE IS NOT JUST PRESIDENT
BUT ALSO CLIENT.
The University of Tennessee: The only dry campus in the country whose most famous school song endorses the killing of federal agents for threatening their liquor.
by TwoStrangers on Nov 19, 2011 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
Senior night.
I bet the seniors did it.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks Poole
But thank you Bray for bringing some confidence back into the offense, even if just a little bit more confidence. It was enough to beat Vandy.
Got to give it to Poole.
I wonder if there’s something to the Pistol formation.
Anyone watching the Oregon game
Worst hold ever
defense did their job the whole time
Vandy didn’t have a sustained scoring drive all night. good to see
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
get used to this feeling
Next year with Rogers & Hunter catching tandem, Bray chucking them down field: we should be phenomenal.
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." -John Heisman
"Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach". -Woody Hayes
by Joseph Stanley on Nov 19, 2011 10:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
After LSU and NC last year we are so conditioned to being screwed
Now we are off the snide
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
+1
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
I'M HAPPIER THAN YOU!

"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.
LO FU*KIN L
The Vols won, Oregon lost. Today was a good day. That last part is my deal, I know, but anyhow, yeah. Feelin good.
The good news about that review, btw.
Is that, rulebok be damned, it was the RIGHT thing to do. Gordon isn’t caught if there was or wasn’t a whistle.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
by bobothevol on Nov 19, 2011 10:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
At some point, the officials should have the ability to make the right call. It’s a scary, scary power, because they could really mess something up. But that was so blindingly obviously the right call.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
The whole point of review
was to stop premature whistles. You let the play go, and if review shows he was down, you call it back.
Yep.
Which is why I was SUPER pissed there thinking it wasn’t going to count.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
There definitely was a whistle.
I mean, there definitely was. By the rulebook the play can’t be challenged, which is why the head ref — after seeing the big replay and the obvious not-down, said specifically there wasn’t a whistle when he went to review it. It was the right call without being the correct one.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
I thought I saw the side judge waving his arms too.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
He was the one who blew the whistle.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
yup.
Man. That would have been a horrid call to uphold.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
in the replay it looked like and sounded like
he blew the whistle, marked the spot and then stopped waving his arms like he changed his mind.
Before the head guy announced review, he asked him if he blew the whistle and he said no. That guy’s screwed either way for premature whistling.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
he's going to be quietly handled by the SEC officials review.
No bowl game reffing for him.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
oh yeah.
please oh please don’t let him ref next week at UK
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
The whistle blew three times
If you were Franklin, how could you not argue that your defense heard the whistle and stopped pursuing the play? Based on the whistle-happy ref, that play should absolutely not have resulted in a TD for UT. I just knew the review would be waved off due to a dead-ball whistle and UT would start from the 25 at the other end of the field.
After 3 offensive plays, Palardy would trot out onto the field and produce another one of his classic line drive, knuckleball kicks that would carom off the back of an offensive lineman’s head and bounce forward before hitting the crossbar and somehow come to rest on top of it. How can one coach be involved in so much weirdness at the end of games?
by pound the rock on Nov 20, 2011 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Franklin should certainly argue that
but there was no way in God’s green earth that he was gonna catch him
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
All four of their fans
are pissed… trololol
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
harumph
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be furious if I was a Vandy fan.
TD shouldn’t have counted.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it SHOULD have counted.
Maybe if a Vandy guy gets within, I dunno, 20 yards of Gordon I’d understand. But there, that was the only call to make.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Cosmic justice and common sense says it should count.
The rule book doesn’t.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Technically...
the replay officials can overturn ANY “egregious error”. But typically the rule is that the ball would be dead on the whistle.
Franklin
Was certainly furious. I didn’t see him shake Dooley’s hand. Vandy’s players, though they had no chance to catch the guy with the ball, might have pulled up when they heard the whistle. After all the end of game shenanigans Dooley has been through, I find it hard to care much about winning despite questionable calls.
by pound the rock on Nov 20, 2011 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
Based on when the whistle happened
Even if Vandy players did pull up, it wouldn’t matter. Gordon was ten yards downfield at that time and had a posse of blockers behind him.
Per Rucker tweet
“SEC officials coordinator Steve Shaw released a statement confirming refs screwed up end of Vols-Vandy game. Shouldn’t have been reviewed.”
by pound the rock on Nov 20, 2011 1:03 AM EST up reply actions
second'd
If anybody has a link, please provide.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
I've turned on the radio.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Going over stats.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Looking at Anchor of Gold
They are not grumbling too much about the last play. They’re more ticked at the missed FGs and stupid clipping play.
I mean,ultimately the refs got the call right
the errant whistle shouldnt have been there anyway
Well, they are Vandy fans
They’d like to think they’re educated. Whether or not they truly are educated is up to them.
now
To root for Oregon to crush Kiffins black heart
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." -John Heisman
"Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach". -Woody Hayes
by Joseph Stanley on Nov 19, 2011 10:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Down 18, but the momentum
is definitely with Oregon
Oregon scored
38_27 USC in lead with 10+ left in the 4th and the Ducks are coming back strong
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." -John Heisman
"Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach". -Woody Hayes
by Joseph Stanley on Nov 19, 2011 10:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
OT
Blue Jackets beat Preds in Nashville for first time in 18 attempts.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:46 PM EST reply actions
damn Yankees
Heel for school, Vol for life!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:25 AM EST up reply actions
celebration

"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:47 PM EST reply actions
TD Oregon
and made it look easy. Chip says hi to Monte.
I root for the same things every year
Tennessee and hope that the BCS screws up horribly so we can move closer to a playoff.
Clay Travis kills me.
What a tool.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:51 PM EST reply actions
He is sharp dude and makes a lot of good points
But he has turned into a full-out troll
and he's popular enough to have a bunch of idiot cronies
i.e. Chris Vernon
What'd he say?
Just for the laugh.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
I had to unfollow and remove myself from him.
what a doucheburger.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
I had to do the same to We$ Rucker
Too much of a cocky douchebag for me to stomach.
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
Rucker was really good when he worked for tfp
He’s still a good writer, but he’s def cocky
ehh, I still like Rucker
he’s not as much of a troll antagonizer.
I understand the annoyance thought
I don't have a problem with Wes
yet…
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
I can see a bit of GVX influence on him, which is disappointing.
But he’s still better than the rest of ’em.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
John Adams's dourness, mostly.
GVX tends to get snipe-y, and it all starts from their chief editor type.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
I remember that ass...
is GVX part of the Sentinel?
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
not RTT's Finest
/brownnosing
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
I un-followed him just this week.
Just can’t take it anymore, and I can get all the news by following Gribble.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
by birdjam on Nov 19, 2011 11:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I just don't see that...
I really like Rucker. He always has good info, and I just don’t understand what you see as “cocky”.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
What's he said now
How does Tennessee suck according to him now?
just because Dooley said "he was proud of these guys more than any other time tonight"
Clay mocked him, because it was a win over Vandy
That's the one.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
what a Nardbagel.
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha! Nardbagel!
I like that one.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
stolen
TheOatmeal’d
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
That's like when a parent says "They are so proud of their son more than any other time"
It doesn’t really mean anything, because your law degree is from Vanderbilt?
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
He has a listenership to cater to.
His schtick works for him. It’s a bidness.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
trying to be Finnebaum.
But soo soo not.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
This is what happnes
when someone gets too popular. Happens time and time again.
by el phantasmo on Nov 19, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, yeah I know
people need not get so riled.
It is.
Doing a great job of it. Doesn’t mean I like it.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
I don't either.
But knowing what he’s doing makes it easier to ignore.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
Used to love his writing...
The Fulmer book was great, but he’s convinced himself he is a genius… even though the charm of his early work was in his everyman status.
So many people do that when they get a little notoriety.
For example:
If UT beats Kentucky for 27th straight year will Dool-Aid drinkers march to Neyland Stadium and tear down goalposts?
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
If somebody else does find a better link, post it.
But I’m staying here until then. (Same link as posted previously.)
His Inception level 3 ice stage performance apparel.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
If Kiffin does win
Matt Barkley better watch out when Lame Kitten shoves him over (cough cough Crompton).
lol
That’s still really funny.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Against Vandy on Senior night, no less.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
One of the few
Good Kiffin memories, pick six at the Vandy game
Woah.
LSU taking a knee with 5 minutes left in the game. That hurts worse than having them continue to run up the middle.
Could be worse...
They could punt it back on first down every possession.
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
Love $Wag's super louisiana way of saying "play"
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 10:56 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
HAIL ERIS!
ALL HAIL DISCORDIA!
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
That was dumb on UVA's part
facemask when you had them stopped on 4th down with the lead and 30 secs to go. Put FSU in field goal range
God bless Wes Brown and those knees.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
Was in the student section for that one.
It was fabulous.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Brandon Beachey...
is from Kokomo. Go Braves!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Ducks playing serious.
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:04 PM EST reply actions
Those pesky Hoos
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
This link may also be useful:
http://www.utsports.com/allaccess/?media=246452
It’s the link for the game audio, but they’re still going so they may carry postgame.
this
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
OMG
they overturn the call!
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
Vols 2-0 against Curses today.
Break the Second half drought …. with an AMAZING catch by Rogers. Break the end of game curse with Eric Freaking Gordon.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Dooley's first win as an underdog at Tennessee
against the same team against whom Fulmer got his last win as an underdog
Heel for school, Vol for life!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Someone said above
That the Vols ended up a favorite right before the game. Sure that depends on the service, though. ESPN mentioned UT as an Underdog.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
they're right
line moved three points this afternoon. Just checked SBR and the Vols closed -1.5. So I guess we still have to wait for that first underdog victory.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Bolts, Preds, Canes (childhood team, home state team, hometown team). Canes mini-STH. Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
Its nice to know that Tennessee is still Tennessee
and Vanderbilt is still Vanderbilt
If he doesn't head for greener pastures
this offseason
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
As much as I shouldn't care about Vandy football,
I kind of want to go to the Music City Bowl so I’m pulling for Wake next week.
No kidding.
There are more UT fans in Nashville than Vandy fans.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
I'll be curious to see how TSK spins this against UT.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
Tennessee needs OT to beat a 5-6 Vandy team. /sneeeeeeer.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
TeamSpeedKills.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
He's a really bright dude.
Just needs to focus.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
I miss Weezy.
If I hit a hole-in-one on this grand slam the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
"I want to ask YOU a question..."
Classic.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
how does it STAY THERE?
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
distim the frammisgoshes!
by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Dropping the WR U mantra.
Boom ;-)
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Make that 10 seconds I think?
I was looking at the play clock instead
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
So who gets the Player of the Game tonight?
Poole? Rodgers? Gordon?
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Gordon got it according to the TV people
but it seems everybody picks one. I’d go with Poole or Rodgers. They had very consistent games and we wouldn’t have won without them.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Give it to all of them.
BREADSTICKS FOR EVERYONE!!
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Breadsticks all around!!
YES!!
But a super awesome fresh outta the oven breadstick to Tauren, Austin Johnson, Da’Rick, P$wag, and Eric Gordon.
Okay, yeah, everybody!
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
LOL at Da'Rick with the Go Vols at the end
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:10 PM EST reply actions
If we get bowl eligible
I’m seriously, SERIOUSLY itching for a UT-UNC Music City Bowl rematch. That would be a minor bowl getting national coverage based on last year’s result. I want them again bad. I’m curious as to your thoughts about that, fellow readers.
Hahahaha.
“As I saw him running back I was just thinking ‘Pleeeaaaase don’t let them do us like they did LSU and UNC. And then when they did…”
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Just saw that Baylor highlight.
WHAT?!?!?!
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:12 PM EST reply actions
What what?
What happened?
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Pass tipped by intended receiver over middle sails 15 more yards downfield to next receiver who runs for TD.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
nope
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Anything that could end up screwing VaTech
makes me smile inside. Go Cavs!
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
So FSU loses to Virginia and Florida struggles with Furman.
Should make for a good game next week.
Er, a gg.
You know these upsets
Rather ruin my picks in the pool, but I really don’t care. I’m enjoying the Tennessee win and chaos in the BCS.
I'm toast too.
But that’s fine. It’s just a diversion to me.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
So Cal DERP
Ducks ball
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:16 PM EST reply actions
USC DERP!!!!!
Schadenfreude?
Schadenfreude.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:16 PM EST reply actions
Fulmer's Legacy
Just trolled Kiffin. Fumbles a handoff inside the Duck’s 15.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
GBO! VFL! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
They can’t take it back now can they?
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
"Drive the length of the field to take the lead."
Wasn’t it a 35-yard drive?
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I hate what Oregon did last year in Knoxville,
but they’re so fun to watch
Really are.
Love watching their offense.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
yup
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
Another well-spoken young man
Called out Dooley.
Didn't call him out. Bad choice of words on my part.
Told him Dooley was crazy for playing for OT.
Well, we all thought that too.
We’ve got his back. :-P
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
Calling your coach crazy...
probably won’t help him in practice this week. :p lol
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
I might have misheard him
I thought he said “I thought coach dooley was crazy not going for it”
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
no partying too hard-says he'd be in bed by midnight.
Aww, he loves state of TN.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
"I love the state of Tennessee
and all you’ve done for me."
and we love you too, Malik
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:35 AM EST up reply actions
Ducks making an interesting final act.
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"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:20 PM EST reply actions
love Chaos
furk Kiffs
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
I really want to hear the radio call there on the last play of the game.
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
I'd rather hear nails on a chalkboard than
hear anything Kesling says.
Kesling correctly had Gordon being ruled down
thus it’s incredibly anti-climactic
by Will Shelton on Nov 20, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
If any of y'all read Clay Travis' ridiculous column this week...
about how “James Franklin is Derek Dooley’s Worst Nightmare”, you can kinda understand why he’s being such a d-bag on Twitter now. He really thought Vandy would win (and really wanted them to). I know a lot of his schtick is to get hits and stir up stuff, but I really think he got burned by one of Dooley’s replies to a stupid question in a presser, and he’s had an agenda against him since then. It’s sad to see someone who could be a good writer be such a small minded spoiled baby.
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Oregon's offense goes soooooo fast when they want to.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:24 PM EST reply actions
POSTGAME SHOW IS ON NOW
Kicking for Chaos
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
poet-warrior
"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
You know.
Dooley probably doesn’t know that there was a definite whistle on there. He wouldn’t have heard it where we could.
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Totally.
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figgie good!
not so much
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"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:28 PM EST reply actions
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"sometimes i take humor seriously. sometimes i take seriousness humorously. either way, it is irrelevant." Mal-2
"if you can't get any enlightenment out of a situation, you might as well get some fun." Wiggs Dannyboy
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by thetennesseethumper on Nov 19, 2011 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Baylor still gotta hold on.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
Blood for the blood god.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:28 PM EST reply actions
So we are headed
For SEC West 1 2 3
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Not any longer.
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I want Cal to win.
That would probably put Boise back into a BCS bowl, which would help Wyoming get into a better one. :-D
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
I would be laughing like crazy.
That’d take: Bama losing to Auburn. LSU losing to Arky. Georgia winning SEC.
And I still don’t think it would knock out all three SEC teams.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
This is great:
Ahhhhhhhhhh! How ’bout my cheering!
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More from Rucker:
Bray: “The gloves felt weird, but the gloves didn’t throw two picks. I threw two picks. I’m not gonna blame gloves for that.”
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Good to hear that.
He needed to be honest about it.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
A lot of good stuff from Bray via Rucker.
Someone outside the locker room: “Enjoy tonight.” Bray, running in dress clothes to get his stuff: “Done.”
TBray: “A bunch of people told me not to play tonight, but those (senior) guys have been busting their asses for four years. I had to play.”
Vols QB Tyler Bray: I was awful, but “our defense played one hell of a game.”
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TD OU
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:32 PM EST reply actions
i agree. i hope arkansas beats LSU and houston goes undefeated and is the lone team which is unbeaten
They won’t get to play for all the marbles but another year of bitching about the BCS just makes me happy if those two things happen.
Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it. Tapology. Peace.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 20, 2011 4:50 AM EST up reply actions
So...
did Mr. Franklin skip the post-game handshake?
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On twitter, JaysonSwain says that there was one.
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
by RockyTopinKY on Nov 19, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
folks went back, said he did shake hands
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly.
There comes a point where no handshake is at least tolerable. Franklin seems like a great guy, but he’s in a tough situation of making his players play WAY over their heads AND play angry, while still disciplined. You don’t always walk that line.
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Of course, I say that aaannnddd...
via Rucker: UT OL coach Harry Hiestand separating James Franklin, UT QB coach Darin Hinshaw. RT @TheScarredFan: @wesrucker247 http://yfrog.com/o0ikbjbj
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Not going to read too much into that tonight.
As stressful as that was for us, it’s tenfold on coaches.
That, and you have to be a special kind of arrogance to believe you’ll turn Vandy into a winner. In that situation, that kind of trait is a benefit.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
I haven't kept up well enough.
I’ll defer.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
I think the one that comes to mind.
Is the Post-Georgia incident.
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Yeah
And, again, I kind of think Franklin’s in a no-win situation in the end. His team feeds off of his energy, you have to give him credit for that.
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It's certainly a position where you can't care what the other schools' coaches think.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
But as has been mentioned, it's a fine line
between being their Bruce Pearl or their Lane Kiffin.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Excellent point.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Saw that live, pic makes it look like that
But I don’t think that’s what’s actually happening.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Was thinking...
If we beat Florida next season, do the goalposts come down?
Would it be the biggest release of energy in Neyland history?
Can't think about that right now.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
Eh.
1998 was still more important because UF beat our best teams when we were good. Now they’ve mostly been either significantly better or the less mediocre. It would still be nice, but it’s nice that nice.
The University of Tennessee: The only dry campus in the country whose most famous school song endorses the killing of federal agents for threatening their liquor.
by TwoStrangers on Nov 19, 2011 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
98 was definitely more important...
but almost none of these students were even self aware when we won that game.
Just think we’ve got so much negative energy built up Knoxville would probably party for days if we won that game.
wesrucker247 Wes Rucker
UT OL coach Harry Hiestand separating James Franklin, UT QB coach Darin Hinshaw. RT @TheScarredFan: @wesrucker247 yfrog.com/o0ikbjbj
sweet. mother. of. breadsticks.
Baylor/OU is not over
and I think the Franklin/Hinshaw spat is getting blown out of proportion
yep
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
Looked to me like
it was two guys talking a a third guy moving in between.. No big deal IMO.
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
From Wes
WE HAVE A CONSENSUS!!! RT @camfondren: @wesrucker247 Heistand was trying to shake Franklin’s hand.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:44 PM EST reply actions
so long as our coach was being sportsmanlike
I’m willing to let somebody else debate it.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
TD OU
PAT or 2 pt?
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:47 PM EST reply actions
Watching football is so much more enjoyable
when you’ve already got your W.
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by TwoStrangers on Nov 19, 2011 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Baylor LB takes TO
Didn’t like something
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:50 PM EST reply actions
False start
… that should make the decision for them.
by VolfanatETSU on Nov 19, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
False start OU!
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:51 PM EST reply actions
I almost wonder if Baylor would have benefited more from a 2pt try.
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by TwoStrangers on Nov 19, 2011 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Alright RGIII
Do your thing, young man.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:52 PM EST reply actions
RGIII averaging 13.5 yards per pass attempt.
Sheesh.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:54 PM EST reply actions
LOL a kicker moving bike.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:56 PM EST reply actions
a touch more.
I thought he was further
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
TD BAYLOR!!!!!!!!
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 19, 2011 11:57 PM EST reply actions
For the record
EDSBS comments were more enraged than Anchor of Gold comments over the ending. I think some people don’t like us. It’s still good to know we’re hated. ;-)
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It is excellent.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Hit the back of his head on the turf when he landed.
Probably rung his bell a bit.
by David Hooper on Nov 19, 2011 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Wow what a weekend in NCAA Football
OK State
Oregon
Oklahoma
and Clemson go down
LSU , Bama and Arkansas will be 1 2 and 3.
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
OU's timeout wasn't a bad call.
Sometimes good decisions make for bad results. That timeout was a neutral decision.
LOL at Crutches field rusher
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 12:01 AM EST reply actions
Baylor's gotten to rush the field twice this year.
/Jealous
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 12:01 AM EST reply actions
Now if Arkansas beats LSU
the three SEC west teams will all be 10 and 1
and Houston will be the champion???
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Alright.
Night all.
Go big orange.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 12:04 AM EST reply actions
Double payoff to SEC teams?
YAIS.
Hey, if two SEC teams to go to the BCS game, would a third-ranked SEC team be shut out of a BCS bowl?
by David Hooper on Nov 20, 2011 12:07 AM EST up reply actions
As I understand it:
Not necessarilly.
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it's bad enough that ACC and Big Easy get auto bids
they might as well give a 3rd SEC team.
Rucker:
Bray on pick-6 penalty: “The 1st guy came and tried to hit me. And then the 2nd guy came, and I was like, ‘Uh, no, I’ll take the penalty.’”
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Boom. Here comes the Boom. Braydy or not. Here comes the boy from the West.
Running the BCS numbers...
assuming the computer polls perform as expected, VT will most likely still be behind OkState.
and Houston...
will gain quite a few points too.
They were averaging worse than #12.5 in the polls, should be up to #10. Which means their CPU ranking goes from .450 to ~.63
My best guess...
Based on using excel in a reckless manner
1-LSU
2-Bama
3-Arkansas
4-OkState
5a-Virginia Tech
5b-Stanford
7-Boise
8-Houston
9-Oregon
10-South Carolina
11-Oklahoma
12-Kansas State
13-Clemson
14-Michigan State
15-Georgia
SEC's Steve Shaw just released statement saying refs screwed up end of game.
Statement from Steve Shaw, SEC Coordinator of Officials concerning final play of Vanderbilt-Tennessee game
“On the last play of the Vanderbilt-Tennessee game, in overtime, the Tennessee defender intercepted the pass, his knee did not touch the ground and he returned the interception for a touchdown. During the play, the head linesman incorrectly ruled that the Tennessee player’s knee was down when he intercepted the pass by blowing his whistle and giving the dead ball signal. The play was reviewed as if there was no whistle on the field and as a result, overturned the incorrect ruling. By rule, if there was a whistle blown, the play is not reviewable.”
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 12:51 AM EST reply actions
but an outcome can also not be changed...
once declared final.
At least that’s what the rulebook says.
Won't be changed.
But the refs really screwed the pooch there.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
They tried the "2 wrongs make a right" approach
Nobody wants a game to end on something like that…but it did.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
It's okay with me.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Well, sure, you take the win
But you’d rather win straight up and not have to listen to somebody say, “Yeah, but, the refs!”
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
It's a shame
Because the ref made a horrible call to blow the whistle. You err on the side of “He wasn’t down” in those situations and, as replay showed, it wasn’t even that close. The ref was just guessing at that point and, repeat after me, the whistle didn’t change the outcome of the play at all. I feel like, had a Vanderbilt player gotten or been anywhere near that play, they don’t call it a Touchdown, but replay after replay shows that, when the whistle happened, there was 10 yards between Gordon and the nearest defender, and those 10 yards were filled with orange jerseys.
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Oh, I totally agree
But by the letter of the law, the play was over after the ref foolishly blew his whistle.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
hopping over to the Vandy SB site
they seem to be in agreement that the ref who ruled him down was 100% in error. And since all the players kept playing through the entire play, including the TD, i’m gooin got say… no harm no foul
Yeah.
Everyone can agree that it was a clean TD by Tennessee… just idiot ref almost screwed that up. What cost Vandy this game wasn’t the refs — it was the clipping, the too many slants, the Rodgers, the Poole.
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And I think most Vandy fans are aware of that
Anchor of Gold has some mentions of the refs, but it’s more a general condemnation of how bad they suck rather than around one particular play. Vandy played their worst game in a month a half and that’s why they lost.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
We remember the emotions at the end of games like that.
Anchor of Gold is handling thing extremely well.
by David Hooper on Nov 20, 2011 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
especially given the quality of a couple of our trolls this week
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
For what it's worth
Those were NOT regular AOG contributors.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
that is worth something
drive bys are almost always worse. I had to defend Raw Charge at Stanley Cup of Chowder in the ECF last year, because there were a few purported Bolts fans trolling over there that we’d never even seen before.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
How are you holding up, man?
That had to be a rough game for you.
by David Hooper on Nov 20, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
but we can also pick out things that screwed up UT
I always say that a single play does not win or lose a game, and we had our fair share of plays that should’ve lost if for UT.
And to VolnVA below me, if you look at their post-game thread, they specifically mention that play, and specifically mention that the ref was an idiot for calling it down.
Well sure, there were a couple comments
But it’s not a full on rager about it.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
of course not.
but there’s nobody saying that the play should’ve been called back, so it works for me.
Vols show up in number 1 and 2 on ESPN's top plays.
For all the good reasons :-)
(Gordon was #2 by himself, Rodger’s second catch was part of a collaboration of one-handed grabs.)
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That catch was sick nasty.
When dude is on, he’s scary.
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by jasonkylebates on Nov 20, 2011 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
He's proven he can be a #1 Receiver.
Which is scary, since he’s not our #1 Receiver.
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Looking back at it...
Via the highlights, the best thing about that pick-6 is some bearded Tennessee ballboy’s face as he sees the play happening.
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fraaaaaaaaaaaaak
doesn’t that clinch the South for UCLA now?
And so long hypothetical 2:1 bet on Arizona State to win the division. FIRE DENNIS ERICKSON NOW!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:24 AM EST up reply actions
who wins a 3 way tie? Utah or ASU?
not that ASU is beating Cal after losing three straight to bad teams
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:27 AM EST up reply actions
niiiiice
let’s go Trogans, Utes, and Sun Urbans!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:28 AM EST up reply actions
Just got back from this one
anybody still up?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:21 AM EST reply actions
Hanging around
Don’t really know why…I has a sleepy.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
how are you feeling about this one, with your partial loyalties?
I’m mad that you beat my ESPN doggerel. I was proud of myself. And at least hoping for novelty rec’s
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:26 AM EST up reply actions
Vandy really has nobody to blame but themselves
Not their best effort. I think I mentioned something earlier in the week about “bowl gameS,” so you can draw your own conclusions about my feelings around the outcome.
Tennessee fans roll their eyes when I talk about Vandy, Vandy fans become ill when I talk about Tennessee.
yeah, that was in a response to me. I remember
I actually thought Tennessee had nobody to blame but themselves for the game being close in the first place, but Vandy certainly had their chances.
That said, when it looked like Tennessee was going to pull away and make it the standard UT/Vandy game (which actually happened a couple times), Vandy stayed in it. Made plays even. That’s new.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
I'm still here.
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man, that was a hell of a game to be at
after Bray threw that INT, I just wanted to leave. it felt like all those 2nd halves all over again, despite the fact that we had the game firmly in hand. We kick the FG and take a 17-7 lead, and that’s insurmountable. Our defense didn’t allow anything all night. But wow, what a finish. And I didn’t even know about the whistle part until the radio on the ride home. Ain’t nobody hearing any whistles in that crowd.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
That's what I figured.
Apparently the ref who blew it told the head ref that he didn’t, in fact, blow the whistle. In the hubbub nobody heard it, but they mike the refs up so much, and those high-pitch sounds carry on speakers. Dooley, in the post-game, said he was REALLY confused as to why the play got called back because “nobody heard a whistle.”
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no
we’re gonna have LSU, Bama, and Arkansas in a three-way death match
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
So something like this?

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I don't even know what that means
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:35 AM EST up reply actions
So assuming LSU beats Arkansas and then UGA
It is going to be a LSU-Bama rematch, right? The other competitors have all done a marvelous job of crapping the bed.
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gotta be
but I’m still rooting for Arkansas over LSU, Oklahoma over OSU, and Clemson over Virginia Tech, leaving three one-loss teams, all in the SEC.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
Fun situation:
Arkansas beats LSU. Georgia beats Alabama in SEC-CG. Arkansas-LSU play for SEC-CG. ;-)
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that's my new favorite possibility
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
We should just institute an SEC playoff
And be done with the whole thing.
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Feelings Right Now
Of the eight home games this year I have been to, this was the BEST one. From my seat (section I covered) I seen the interception. Gordon’s knee never touched the ground, when he was past the last Vandy defender, I couldn’t hear a whistle for the crowd cheering. Because they knew the same thing I did, PICK 6 GAME OVER! Eat your heart out CLAYYYYYYY! Ima gonna hangup and listen.
GBO
by Master Jedi Starkiller on Nov 20, 2011 1:36 AM EST reply actions
I was at the game too
and my stream of consciousness went about like this.
Crap, they’re going to score. ERIC GORDON ERIC GORDON ERIC GORDON ERIC GORDON ERIC GORDON TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, what are the refs doing. No, this is not happening. No, not again. Seriously, three times in two years. What the hell are they calling? Oh, just calling him down. Well, we can kick a field goal and win. But he wasn’t down. Boooooooooooooooo. Why aren’t they reviewing it? Boooooooooooooooooooooo. Okay, now they’re reviewing it. Crap, given our luck, they’ll find that it wasn’t really an interception. Oh, they just showed it again on the JumboTron. Not a doubt. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
Vandy uses Slant! It's Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Vandy uses Slant! It’s Super Effective!
Tennessee uses P$wag!
Vandy uses Slant! But it hurt itself in it’s confusion.
Tennessee uses Gordon!
Vandy uses Slant! But it hurt itself in it’s confusion.
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by bobothevol on Nov 20, 2011 1:42 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Think I've got to call it a night
Glad that there’s a bit of optimism in the community and that you guys let me make it through the week without trolling me too hard :)
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night man
best of luck against Wake.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
So, on the subject of how snakebit we are as a fanbase
My Dad and I both called Bray’s pick six the play before it happened.
It got so bad that they started showing highlights of 1998 and I expected Tee Martin to throw an interception every play.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:47 AM EST reply actions
Yeah.
I kind of felt something bad coming right there. Granted, I expected a guy to miss a tackle and let Vandy score with 15 seconds left, too. WHEEE VICTORIES!!!!
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Brad said he called the Worley end zone pick against Carolina
I think we’re just to the point where we’re calling picks whenever we get inside the 10. I was literally thinking “okay, a field goal puts us up two scores, let’s just run, no need to be risky.”
One thing I hate about the pass-happy offense is what happens in the red zone. Passing is so much harder inside the five. Need a run game for those moments.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:52 AM EST up reply actions
Well.
Bray is pretty good in the redzone. I just don’t like spacing routes — which looked like the call, a bunch of short hooks. You hope someone is ignored. Throw fades, Rodgers is incredible at going up and gettin’ it.
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he's pretty good in the red zone
but passing in general is a lot harder. he’s only good at passing in the red zone because he’s fantastic at passing in general. And when you have a good run game, a mediocre play gets you 2 yards. A mediocre pass play gets you jack. So in short yardage situations, I prefer to be a running team. Of course, being a passing team pays off in long-yardage situations. But balance would be nice. Tonight was a start.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, I agree.
I’m just saying Bray’s job in the red zone and Worley/Simms is a big, big difference. Definitely need to be able to get those yards, or at least line up in a running formation in that situation, I feel like.
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it is a big difference
but that one play was terrible. All those terrible second halves flashing before my eyes in one moment. And we had pretty well controlled the third quarter to that point. Had they even had a first down?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 1:59 AM EST up reply actions
Bray's picks
When you throw the ball around it is bound to happen. He hustled to prevent the pick 6 on the one, hit him hard. The other one well we will just forget about it. Overall I think he played good considering he has a broken thumb and hasn’t played in a game in five weeks. He still threw hard and deep. Looking good for the future IMO.
GO BIG ORANGE
by Master Jedi Starkiller on Nov 20, 2011 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
he was basically responsible for 14 Vandy points (although he did make a nice tackle)
but he was also responsible for a couple nice touchdown drives and for giving the team general belief in their ability to win. And all that one game after missing a month with a broken thumb. Not terrible, on the whole.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
14 Vandy points
But didn’t feel great to see the team respond by keeping the fight for 60 minutes. Ooops I mean 60+. Pulling off the win.
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by Master Jedi Starkiller on Nov 20, 2011 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
yes, yes it did
remember the part where I said I was there? Can’t not love that
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
Dooley echoes this.
Says he’s never been prouder of a team because “We know how we’ve been playing in the second half.”
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Yes this and more.
For the first time in what seems like forever we managed to come out and play the second half. Super proud of the team, and Dooley and the rest of the coaching staff.
And more
I really liked the way Matt Simms came out FIRED UP!! and he wasn’t even starting.
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by Master Jedi Starkiller on Nov 20, 2011 3:02 AM EST up reply actions
I think the 5 week thing
And some unusual schemes by Vandy were the bigger culprit. But he definitely didn’t play bad. Not Brayesque, but not bad.
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goes without saying
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
No kidding. Awesome games, too.
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reading through the game thread
and shake my fist at people complaining about the third and one pass play early in the third quarter. That was a brilliant play call—we got the WR five yards behind the defense. Just a really bad pass.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:02 AM EST reply actions
disagree...
we’d been able to get a yard when needed up to that point, and had 9 yards rushing the previous 2 plays. Also didn’t like going to Neal, who doesn’t have particularly good hands. Even with a perfect pass I think he’s 50/50 to catch it.
Had been down 2/1 in TOP too, it appeared at the time that we needed a rest.
was also concerned because it was the opening drive...
felt like we needed to establish our offense there, and we coulda nearly put it away if we got real momentum.
there were so many places where we could've put it away if we'd gotten momentum
Vandy didn’t have a sustained scoring drive all game, and our offense was just clicking down the field with very little resistance when they got in a groove.
It was a little surprising how close the yardage totals were, but I think it’s because Vandy usually got 20-30 yards and then punted or turned it over, whereas Tennessee either had 80 or 0. It evens out, but ours is the model that wins games.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:23 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, we had
but we had a play call that should’ve gotten us a bazillion passing yards. He had miles and miles of space. I couldn’t see that it was intended for Neal—I’d thought it was Rogers. So that is a fair point.
But we schemed a guy wide open. I can’t fault a play call when you scheme a guy wide open.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:21 AM EST up reply actions
most annoying play of the game to me...
was when Rogers got hit in the back by a pass with nobody behind him.
Thisclose to a 93 yard TD.
yeah, that was really irritating as well
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
I don't recall that play looking that wide open.
The camera angles in the game were horrible. I’m not sure if it was so it’d be great for both the people watching in 3D, or if it was to tell all of us how bad things can be if we don’t get 3D.
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I was in the North end zone corner
and that play was in the South end zone in the other corner. So take it with a grain of salt. It wasn’t one of those throws that my 15 year old sister can make, but he had 2-3 steps on the DB. A good throw and he’s off to the races.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:26 AM EST up reply actions
think stupid ESPN
was using our game as a bit of a test for 3D, and using angles that are great when you actually have depth perception… but suck in 2d.
Watching the Bray presser
(here), he gave a great interview. From a little Cobra dance when nobody wanted to ask a question to a “It is hot in here. Pant pant.” to Malik…
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He also did a great job fessing up.
“It wasn’t rust, it was just a mistake.” “The gloves don’t throw, I do.” Really love this guy.
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They have a play named "sucker" and a play named "soccer"?
That’s not very bright, pronunciation-wise.
by David Hooper on Nov 20, 2011 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
Dooley says they 'don't' have a play named Sucker.
But it’s what Bray called ;-)
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Dooley on reviewing the last play:
“They’re all trying to tell me what to do. And that’s not [southern twang] their job. A’ight? Instead of worrying of what’s coming next. Everyone wants me to challenge it and they don’t know it’s not a challenge-able play. So I had to go educate a hundred-and-five people on the sideline that I can’t challenge it. And I probably should have gotten a microphone in the stadium for all the fans who were mad for not challenging it.”
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That is fantastic...
we really did catch a break with the officials screwing up their screw up.
That play never should have been reviewed.
SUCH a weird play. But the right call got called eventually.
The ref NEVER should have blown his whistle. And, let’s be honest. They don’t give Gordon that TD and Tennessee ends up losing, and that ref doesn’t leave that stadium alive. ;-)
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to be fair, we 90% likely would've won anyways
but they definitely made counteracting mistakes. If that had been the third time in two years (and the worst one by far). . . I just don’t even know what to say
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 2:24 AM EST up reply actions
You can talk about Dooley being too hard on his guys when he loses, btw.
But he’s the biggest cheerleader when they play really hard. I feel like criticism and compliments from this guy are earned, which must make hearing him heaping praise on so many people (sans the FG team. “That wasn’t a block, that was a kick up the center’s tail..”) so great for the guys.
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he's simply honest
Which is a lot more reassuring as an employee(of sorts) when you know where things stand.
Wishy washy people make bad managers… hence guys like Neuheisel losing their teams after a few years.
SBNation rules...
So much schadenfreude this week on the Oklahoma, OkState, Oregon, Clemson, and ASU blogs
TeamSpeedKills...
asking who got screwed more in the game today.
I’d say nobody got screwed, thank god.
According to A Sea of Baww...
Tennessee and Kentucky are comparable teams.
Tennessee should seriously beat Kentucky by at least 3 TDs considering the gap between Tyler Bray and Maxwell Smith. Their #118 offense is significantly worse than our offense when Bray is playing.
aSoLOL
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"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I didn't see the whole UK-UGA game,
but what I saw was a Murray who couldn’t throw accurately to save his life. So many passes floating above the receivers. Something had to be wrong with that kid.
If he was his normal self — nothing special, just normal — that game would not have been anywhere close.
by David Hooper on Nov 20, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
...this is a thing?
Like, a real thing?
I mean, I guess you could say my Skyrim character is comparable to a giant, in that you can compare the two if you’d like.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
by Chris Pendley on Nov 20, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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Man
What a celebration thread. The only thing keeping me from regretting I missed it is that I celebrated by singing rocky top and the alma mater for about 20 minutes in the stadium after the game.
What a game.
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Nov 20, 2011 11:10 AM EST reply actions
I was standing and swaying to the Tennessee Waltz
I know the feeling
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Last night was so crazy, I forgot about the Tennessee Waltz
"Do the Titans have a miracle left in them in what has been a magical season to this point? If they do, they need it now. Christie kicks it high and short. Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25; he dishes it back to Wycheck; he throws it across the field to Dyson. 30, 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, endzone...touchdown, Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle! A miracle for the Titans!"
by TennesseeTyrants on Nov 20, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
watching CDD show
Antonio Richardson is part of our heavy package.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:16 AM EST reply actions
In hindsight, leaving might not have been my best idea.
I had something else I had committed to last night, so I stopped watching right after Bray’s pick-six. I wasn’t too concerned, though; it’s something about the helmets and the jerseys.
Glad to see that we scored in the second half. Glad to see that we’ve now raised our record to 1-2 in games that were decided after the final whistle. Glad for the seniors. Glad we can still have a chance to play in a bowl.
Glad to see that we faced the same thing we’ve faced most weeks and didn’t fold. The best way to break a mental habit is to just break it.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
I wanted to leave at that point too
but I’m the kind of person that just can’t do that.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
I felt bad about turning the game off then.
Circumstances are circumstances, though. Were I there, no way I would’ve left.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
by Chris Pendley on Nov 20, 2011 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, sometimes it happens
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Also watching CDD show
Brian Randolph missed most of that game
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by Incipient_Senescence on Nov 20, 2011 11:17 AM EST reply actions

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