RTT Podcast Tonight at 9:00 ET with Will West
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jul 27, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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PrintTonight's guest on the RTT Podcast is Will West of the Sports Animal's excellent Sports 180 mid-day radio show. Will did the scouting legwork for us in this year's annual, bringing us all up to speed on Tennessee's 2011 opponents. He also did the 5 Goals for 2011 in the High Fives section.
Hope to see you on the podcast tonight. Here's the pertinent info for that:
- Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
- Call ID: 61505
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You can listen live by clicking the sometimes magic orange widget below. Or you can wait, download it later, and listen to it in your car on the way to work tomorrow.
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Not trying to start early
But it’s the highest post up here, so ESPN and SBNation are showing the firing of Butch Davis. Maybe something to touch on in the podcast, unless you make a separate post on RTT where comments can be made. I’m sure glad we didn’t lose a coach at this point in the “season”, ugh, right before fall practice. They’ve certainly been talking about it on the sports shows here in Raleigh. What a downer, but I have a hard time feeling too sorry for UNC after than game we won against them in December.
you're in the Triangle too?
didn’t know that. I haven’t been listening to the local sports shows, but I’m sure that’s getting a ton of play. I still can’t imagine what’s behind this, because it has to be either a horrific discovery in the NCAA investigation or criminal idiocy on the parts of the UNC administration. And Virginia Tech is now an even bigger favorite in the Coastal.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The first time Virginia Tech will be an underdog
will be in the ACC title game against Florida State
by Will Shelton on Jul 27, 2011 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
they're having bonus coverage, Incipient
On 99.9 The Fan, apparently it’s a big deal in the Triangle, don’t know why. In fact they need more SEC coverage, I complained to the local CBS station once (heh heh) when they were showing the ACC game of the week instead of Tennessee’s noon CBS game. Wolfpack fans are cheering in the streets, probably. REALLY bad timing on UNC’s part, the week before fall practice.
doesn't Florida have serious O-line woes?
in addition to their question marks regarding the offensive system?
regardless, Carolina, LSU, Bama, and Florida State look like losses from here, and UT and UGA will have a shot.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah
They lost four starters, I think. Although one of them was a Pouncey, which could be an improvement. Assuming the new guy can snap.
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by Joel Hollingsworth on Jul 27, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll go ahead and say right now
I don’t want Richt with his back against the wall against Tennessee. Fulmer saved his job against Georgia (possibly more than once), and I saw last year what happens when Georgia thinks Richt is gone with a loss.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
Having a team in the corner
Is never a good idea. Would prefer a beatdown rather than a Hobnail Boot game. In fact, I could tolerate a beatdown of it meant keeping Richt’s incompetence for a few more years. That statement sounds like some of UT’s opponents at the end of Fulmer’s time.
maybeso
but we need some wins against someone to give Dooley some momentum, and Georgia is as good a candidate as any. Perhaps South Carolina too, even though they’re better. I think we might matchup better with them.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I was always root for a Tennessee win
But if we have to lose, I’d like to keep the bad coaches on other teams where they are.
I don't know why
But the past few days, I’ve been really in the mood to see a Tennessee-Texas football game. The Real UT vs. The Secondary UT (that wants to use their their network to recruit high schoolers, much to A&M’s anger). Sometimes, I’m just amazed at the seeming cockiness of some Longhorn fans, their school can’t be that amazing? (The realignment discussions on their SBNation affiliates [Texas, A&M, Oklahoma] has been fun to watch.)
by VolfromBYU on Jul 27, 2011 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Seven games
6 within one score (don’t ask the exception)
2 in overtime
2 more decided in the last 15 seconds
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:29 PM EDT reply actions
also
6 of the 7 either had 4th quarter ties or lead changes (2001 regular season game is the exception)
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
looking at the Butch Davis stuff
saw Incipient on Carolina March. NC State (Backing the Pack) is in celebration at their blog. Carolina March is sad, but with little comments. 2 comments so far, 1 from incipient. Sad when one UT fan constitutes half the comments on UNC’s blog over Butch firing. Good job for representing Incipient.
lol, thanks
that’s a pretty slow blog. I’m not sure where all the UNC fans on the internet go, but I guess it’s just not SBNation
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
find it funny
That two people in the Triangle are listening to the RTT podcast live, yet no one in Tennessee except those in the call itself are on it, though it’s perfectly fine if other fans listen later.
nice call on Carolina's schedule
I didn’t realize it before, but they are definitely favorites in 11 games (and only @UGA and @MSU will have short lines).
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
also good call on the bye
that’s really frustrating, because I otherwise think we could’ve pulled the upset
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
additionally (re: Arky)
Ryan Mallett’s horrendous interception to end the Sugar Bowl. They were in position to win.
And a couple really terrible calls against Auburn (one gave AU a TD, one negated an Arky TD).
They could’ve easily been 12-0 last year.
But I think they’ll win at least 9 games, regardless of the schedule. They have a good team, and Petrino will always have a good QB.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
I went to college in Due West, SC
the nearest Taco Bell was 30 minutes away. The nearest BK was 15. I don’t know where the nearest McD’s was
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
nearest one to me right now is 40 minutes
by Will Shelton on Jul 27, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
oh right
you’re more in the middle of nowhere than I ever was.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
McDonalds was a 5 min walk from my place in college
I lived like right next to a Del Taco out there, loved Tuesday taco night. And of course after I graduate, they got an In-N-Out, I was ticked.
did you ever go to the Red Iguana?
so awesome
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it just me
Or does Tennessee’s SEC West schedule always seem to end up against the tougher teams out there. When they play us they’re good (or at least better than usual), they are worse when we aren’t playing them (or just stay good for the most part, aka Bama).
at least recently
we got Ole Miss when they had a good team in ‘09, we got Arkansas for two consecutive McFadden years, missed them in Petrino’s year one, and get them again now that they’re good. We played Auburn in their 14-0 year, although we did also get them in the season that got Tuberville fired.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I hate that. Seems we’ve been in a bad cycle for some time. Need to bang the machine or something.
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by Joel Hollingsworth on Jul 27, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
don't bet against Kentucky's bowl streak!
or Tennessee’s win streak!
lol
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:44 PM EDT reply actions
over under is 6.5
and the bets are pouring in on Tennessee, as it’s gone from -115 each way to -135 over and +105 under.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
so, we need now
a Montana blog and an MTSU blog to talk to during the season
didn't Kelly Holcombe have a crazy awesome year for the Browns one time
that got them to the playoffs? and then they sucked again last year and Butch Davis got fired?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
wiki says no "e"
and I remember a really high-scoring playoff game against the Steelers where he was QB. and then the Browns sucked again, and their offense went down the tubes. That’s when I kinda paid attention to the NFL.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
ah
wikipedia says he threw for 429 yards in that game, which was a playoff record
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Troy has won (or tied for winning) the Sun Belt 5 years straight
I don’t know if MTSU ever has
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:56 PM EDT reply actions
I'm amazed
How long it was before it seemed we got a ND blog on SBNation., you’d think they’d be there soon
definitely
and you never answered my Red Iguana question
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
huh
I thought it was kinda a place that everybody went if they happened to be in Utah, but maybe you didn’t make it into SLC enough. I have no idea how far it is from Provo.
But it’s probably the best Mexican food I’ve had (not that TN is known for good Mexican).
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Provo
is about 30-40 minute car ride south of SLC. Salt Lake is up where the U of U was (boo!).
I knew UU was there
But I just thought everything in Utah was really close together because of all the desert.
I was up in the area this winter, skiing at Alta (which was pretty awesome, even though it made me feel like a novice looking at all the regulars).
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
funny enough
Not much of a skier/snowboarder, though I was this close for 4 years. Ironically, not everything is close together. Though like 10-20 miles south of Provo, the buildup ends and it becomes open land for miles and miles.
ate me some Bojangles tonight
Man, I wish they had a Krystal in the Triangle. Put that next to a college campus, like the one on the strip in Knoxville, they’d do well, plus I really miss eating those things.
I'm missing my favorite joint from my first grad school days
Carl’s Steak and Burrito. They had the best cheese steaks I have ever had, and it’s not close. The smalls had 1 lb of meat and the larges had more, and they were piled high with cheese, and I’m making myself hungry. . .
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I lived there for a minute a couple years ago...
…and you’re correct. The absence of Kystals is criminal
Ridgewood >
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
that's not long to live somewhere
thought for a second we’d completed our Triangle triangle
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
how bout you incipient
you think they should get a krystal? But, at least they have Goodberry’s in the Triangle, wow, their custard is amazing!!
krystal is actually not part of my childhood memories
I’m from Upper East Tennessee, where we have Pal’s. and Pal’s trumps all other fast food, so the rate of Krystal-obsession is much lower
And they shouldn’t get a Pal’s here, because I gain too much weight whenever I visit home already. lol
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
as someone from Knoxville and a little Chattanooga
Krystal is in there good form my childhood. When I’d fly home to RDU, I’d hope I’d go through Atlanta because they had a Krystal in the airport, yum. Was always ticked when I missed it or didn’t have time.
sad that you missed Pal's
they’re actually not so well known for their burgers, but their fries and tea. . . yeah. awesome. but the farthest southwest they ever spread was Morristown
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, grew up in Knoxville
didn’t venture too far from there, except that occasional fun jaunt to the mountains or of course, Dollywood.
I love the subtle switch
From Tennessee football to reminiscing about good food, always fun to see where these podcasts lead. Thanks Will, Joel, will, and Incipient (and any others).
alright, well I'm heading back to my book
night, all. it’s been fun.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Jul 27, 2011 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
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