Interesting Comments From Lane Kiffin Regarding Time At Tennessee
Kiffin dishes on the Vols' loss to Kentucky, how he handled things in Knoxville and his relationship with Urban Meyer.
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Nice little insight. I think Kiffin acted in good faith while he was at UT
He really did energize the fan base and tried to make UT better.
But he fails to mention that there is some basis for people to hate him: the fact that he left after just a year.
I still despise him
Still hate you, Kiffin.
"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 Feb 21, 2012 1:01 PM EST reply actions
I saw that this morning, the author was just serving up the slow hanging pitches.
Instead of asking:
Where are all the recruits you brought in? You know, the all-star recruiting staff getting it done?
Why were you and Eddie trying to lure players/recruits away from Tennessee after you left by telling them not to go to class after they already enrolled?
What is the deal with Willie Mack Garza? Do you honestly think the NCAA would have taken it lightly on Tennessee’s football program if you were still there?
I could go on and on. This is a worthless article just meant to troll like the Alabama one yesterday.
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This word "troll"
You throw it around a lot. Who exactly is “trolling” with this? The AJC for printing it? Kiffin for talking to them? Brad for posting it?
I found the article pretty interesting. Maybe I just don’t understand what you mean when you accuse people of “trolling.”
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I would say the author and the AJC were trolling
because they wanted to put something provocative (to many) out there without really thinking it through or
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Well, I don't regularly read the AJC so I can't comment on their history
But as I said before, I found this article interesting. I agree that I would have liked to have heard his responses to some harder-hitting questions, but that obviously wasn’t the tone of the piece. Those questions would have been appropriate the night he left when our local media (under strict orders from Bud Ford) shamefully catered to Kiffin’s every whim on his way out the door.
I’m not aware of a lot of pieces where Kiffin has commented on his time at Tennessee since he left, so I found this interesting.
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I used to work at the AJC
So beware : )
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by Brad Shepard on Feb 21, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Who else have I accused of being a troll?
Please, do tell.
Joel called the al.com article as trolling yesterday, I call this one the same.
Who else and I’ll enlighten you.
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I don't need to list your attacks on other commenters whose opinions dared differ slightly from yours, Brian
That’s not the issue here. I merely asked what you mean by “trolling”.
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Actually, you claimed I throw the word around a lot and
wanted to:
understand what you mean when you accuse people of "trolling."
So, please do tell who I have been calling a troll. Do you have any examples or did you just feel like being an ass again?
I “attack” people who make moronic comments about a team I like so much. The “attack” you are obviously referring to regards an idea that it’s best for Tennessee to implode next season. That’s not a small difference of opinion. It’s idiotic. Not really concerned if that offends you tbh but I would love to know who I have called a troll.
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Sure , that was your only attack on a fellow Vols fan... this week. (until just now, of course)
Not what I was referring to, but again, not the issue. Thank you for calling me an ass again. Feel free to tell me what you mean by “trolling” sometime like I asked. Or attack me again. Either way.
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You're welcome.
I would be happy to answer your quesiton in a similarly patronizing tone just as soon as you provide me some examples of where I’ve been throwing that word around so I can explain the context to you. Otherwise you just might not understand you see?
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Oh, you want examples? My bad.
How about here? http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/2/21/2814382/interesting-comments-from-lane-kiffin-regarding-time-at-tennessee#92630487
That is a specific example for which I would like you to define the term. Thanks.
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Good deal
Any examples of a specific person or were you done?
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So you are using the generic Wikipedia definition?
Cool, thanks. I’ll try again: How exactly does that apply to this article in which the AJC asked Lane Kiffin about his time at Tennessee?
(That is the specific person I was asking about, Brian. I apologize that I worded it so confusingly to you, but when I asked “Who exactly is "trolling" with this? The AJC for printing it? Kiffin for talking to them? Brad for posting it?” what I really meant was: Who exactly is "trolling" with this? The AJC for printing it? Kiffin for talking to them? Brad for posting it?) Thanks again.
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Forget this?
Maybe I just don’t understand what you mean when you accuse people of "trolling."
I bolded this important part to help jog your memory.
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I know you love to argue with me
But why can’t you just answer the question I asked you? Really, Brian. This is ridiculous.
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I'll answer the statement you just made for you.
I actually don’t even like speaking (or typing words I guess) to you at all tbh. I do a pretty good job ignoring your comments until you just irreverently claim that I’m calling everyone a troll. Other than that, I can usually just skim past.
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Can we start over?
Forget everything you and I have said in these comments so far. In fact, forget it is me who is asking this. Pretend it is a brand-new commenter who just joined the site.
This is a worthless article just meant to troll like the Alabama one yesterday.
Those were your words above in response to the AJC article about Kiffin and his time at Tennessee. Please explain what you meant by your statement that this article was “just meant to troll”. Who do you feel was trolling? And how?
That is all I want to know.
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by birdjam on Feb 21, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Density man, amazing.
I guess I’ll play along:
My comment was an obvious (or at least I thought) reference to Joel’s front page comment of:
I was initially very interested in reading this article on Dave Hart from al.com, but I was too surprised and distracted by the stink of troll breath to enjoy it. Like chocolate and garlic, I enjoy both fan perspective media and objective mainstream media, but it’s best if they don’t pass my palate at the same time.
IN which Joel asserts, correctly, that an article was written to troll the Tennessee fan base based on said fan base’s hatred for Alabama. My own apparently obtuse reference to his original comment was meant to compare the ajc article in like fashion in that it was published to rile the Tennessee fan base based on said fan base’s hatred for Lane Kiffin.
Does that help? Succint enough? I could do a pie chart if need I suppose.
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So you thought the sole purpose of this article published by an Atlanta newspaper was to rile up UT fans?
There, was that so difficult?
I disagree with you, but thank you for explaining.
Another nice personal attack on me though (“density”). Nice one. You zinged me.
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Nope, missed it again.
Once more, I was only making reference to a previously stated idea.
As for the zinger, I calls ’em like I see ’em.
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Well, since you finally at least acknowledged my question, I'll answer yours from above
A quick search of the site shows that since the beginning of this year, before this post, you have used the term “troll” in three comments:
Jan. 4: http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/1/4/2680654/tennessee-memphis-ii-this-time-its-personal#87549921 (Mike Griffith “trolled” Will)
Jan. 13: http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/1/13/2704638/tennessee-volunteers-nab-alabama-assistant-sal-sunseri-for-new#88549946 (Dave Hooker “trolling”)
Jan. 31: http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/1/31/2761912/bad-news-starts-early-peters-to-arkansas#90373634 (John Adams the biggest “troll” this side of Clay Travis)
One fanshot:
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/1/16/2711300/question-for-rtt-regulars-ive-been-trolling-vn-since-the-dc-thing (you have apparently been “trolling”, yourself?)
And one fanpost:
http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2012/1/28/2754259/state-of-the-class (You say you know how to “troll” around for info.)
I was not just making it up that you use this term fairly frequently. Nor did I feel I was being an ass. I wanted to know what you meant by your use of it in this specific instance.
Always fun, Brian. Have a good day.
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I certainly can't vouch for this, and I'm not defending the rag the AJC has become, but...
The way I envisioned this going down was at some big media gathering where the AJC — which tries to be a regional paper — was allowed to ask several questions along with everybody else. The reporter chose to ask some UT stuff to try and get a rile from Kiffin. He answered the way he did.
As I said, I don’t know. That’s how it sounded to me. I don’t see any reason why the AJC would call up Kiffin to talk to him solely about Tennessee, but maybe I’m wrong.
I just thought his answers were interesting, so I thought I’d share. I’m not trolling, and I know it’s been said nobody was accusing me as such. Just wanted to pass it along.
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by Brad Shepard on Feb 21, 2012 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Not press conference ...
Teleconference.
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by Brad Shepard on Feb 21, 2012 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was pretty obivious I was making the connection between
The article linked by Joel and this one. Maybe I should have used all caps or something I don’t know…..
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Ha.
I missed the article Joel linked. I find this discussion entertaining to say the least.
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by Brad Shepard on Feb 21, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
It was from the post two below yours:
I was initially very interested in reading this article on Dave Hart from al.com, but I was too surprised and distracted by the stink of troll breath to enjoy it. Like chocolate and garlic, I enjoy both fan perspective media and objective mainstream media, but it’s best if they don’t pass my palate at the same time.
I assumed people would make the connection to the word Joel used to describe that article and the word I used to describe this one but I suppose that was asking too much of some.
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I found the article interesting and appreciate you linking it
Apparently anything with he-who-shall-not-be-named in it gets stamped “TROLL!” in bright red letters, but I would not have seen this otherwise and thank you for posting it.
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I was not meaning you when I said author btw
I meant author of the article
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i mean it is not just TN fans who hated him
pretty much all fans in the SEC did
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I agree with everything you say. I don’t think he tried to do well at UT. Look at what happened to his recruiting class after he left and look at what is going on at USC. He isn’t losing recruits hand over fist. He isn’t on the hook for major recruiting violations. His press conferences aren’t like episodes of Kids Say the Darndest Things. He isn’t an embarrassment to the program the way he was here. He isn’t about to hold a 9 p.m. press conference about leaving USC and let his players find out from the ticker on ESPN.
Whatever he says about trying to do right by UT you can just look at what he’s done at USC and know it isn’t true.
sure sucked that he got Tyler Bray and Ju'Wuan James to come here
I don’t like Kiffin, but that’s a far cry from believing he wasn’t trying
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
I believe he was certainly trying
And might have had success in the long run, but he most certainly did not leave Tennessee better than he found it (his words numerous times) and I have trouble envisioning a team with Tyler Bray and Ju’Wuan James but without Da’Rick Rogers, Justin Hunter, James Stone, or Raijon Neal right now. Maybe Kiffin would have ended up closing that class with other star players in that last month we’ll never know I guess.
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That’s because he’s a self promoter and recruiting good players served his own end goals. His career would have been over if he had just shut it down and lost every game. To the extent that his personal objectives and the University’s crossed paths yeah you bet he tried.
Now look at the means by which he did it and the means by which he does it now.
When he was at UT he gave us a black eye. He was our representative to the nation, and he was the court jester of the SEC.
Now he’s at USC and you never hear about him saying Washington State players end up pumping gas. You never hear him saying that Steve Sarkisian cheated. He doesn’t do these things because it’s no longer just about him.
or because people already know who he is
Kiffin trolled the SEC to build his brand. He’s successfully built it, so he stops trolling
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think that statement does anything to disprove my point.
If that kind of behavior was “doing things the right way” or good for the University, there would be no reason to stop at all.
I don’t appreciate the University being made a joke of for the clowning coach anymore than I do for losing to Kentucky. Actually less so since the clowning is a lot easier to control.
He used UT to further his own ambitions and didn’t really give care about what happened if it didn’t affect his personal goals. To me, that doesn’t jive with what he said about leaving it better than he found it or making a good faith effort to do so.
I wasn't necessarily disagreeing with everything you said
just the part about how he’s doing it better at SoCal because he has more attachment to them
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
And by more, you mean any at all.
That’s why it was a tenuous marriage at best.
Formerly 'snail. You get used to it after a while.
by Chris Pendley on Feb 21, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
I just wish he would go away
If he could just muster a “no comment” any time somebody brings up his time at UT it would make me happy. Do we deserve an apology? Probably. Not for leaving but for acting like such a fool and then leaving the way he did. But I won’t worry about that if he would just stop talking about us.
He’s acting like an ex who can’t help but get the last jab in. He never bought in, he never understood us, he never bled orange and now he just won’t go away
by JustaStudent on Feb 21, 2012 2:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Troll Media
I believe the internet, social media, blogs, internet advertising, and ESPN have created a sports media environment where real journalism is being replaced by this type of sensationalism.
Why go out and do research to create well reasoned, quality commentary/journalism when you can manufacture headlines or state some ignorant, inflammatory opinion and get at least as many clicks and ad revenue when people retweet it or post it to their blogs?
If you’re smart, you can write something respectable like RTT. If you’re talented you can write something witty like Spencer does at EDSBS. You’ll get clicks it if it’s good.
If you’re a no talent clown, who has managed to get a press pass you can generate clicks by being present when some coach jumps the script after the 14th rendition of the same pointed question. Some people will read it because its sensational.
If you’re a no talent clown who has been shamed out of the press room for having a mouth full of marbles, you can still generate clicks by just making stuff up, and saying things like “UT is trying to become Alabama’s JV squad.” Some people will read it because they can’t wait to say you’re wrong.
I consider these last two to be trolling. Putting in a minimum of effort to generate a maximum of clicks.
Most of what comes from major sources like ESPN and big city papers is this sensationalist or media-manufactured trash. Using the word troll to refer to it isn’t wholly inappropriate and using it frequently doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a less accurate label since it seems to happen more and more lately.
I understand all of that
But I did not read this particular piece as falling into that category. This was a journalist asking a coach about his time at his previous school, questions that he hadn’t really spoken much about. Nothing was made up or inflammatory, at least not in my opinion.
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I understand all of that
Oh, so you did know what I meant after all and you were just patronizing me……again. Or, GASP, dare I say it, trolling me?
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Where he was actually explaining what he meant by "troll media"?
Yeah, he explained it well. I understood it. And I didn’t even have to ask him to explain it… over… and over… and over…. before he explained it.
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I think that’s a reasonable opinion.
I also think it’s reasonable to think that they went in with the agenda of asking him about UT’s crappy season and getting a little gold nugget comment.
Personally, I tend towards the latter because that is the sole subject of the article, and Kiffin has a reputation for delivering such nuggets.
"Most" is really extreme...
There are plenty of John Adams style writers out there, but the vast majority of journalists try really hard to put out good work… It just so happens that people read and discuss the “trollish” editorials over and over while just glancing over the other dozen articles in the same section, so a perception develops.
And honestly, if you are a good writer some folks will always believe you are trolling as sometimes the truth isn’t what people want to hear.
...
&^$&^$! &$^ Kiffin &#$@&!^! Oregon, Orgeron, Oregano, Noreiga #%$^#* USC %#&#@^%!*! KIFFIN
"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
Are all the games televised like this?
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any home games that aren't on regular TV will be
the upcoming Houston College Classic with Houston, Rice and Texas will be on ESPN3.
Sweet
I’ll try to watch some of these. Love me some baseball but never really followed the Vol team tbh.
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awesome...
We’ve got some real pitching talent, but not much depth.
And Drew Steckenreider is just nuts… our #1 pitcher and #1 DH, guy is batting .600 right now and has a 0.00 ERA and is allowing ~.5 hits per inning.
and if we manage to drop this one...
Don’t be too concerned, midweek pitchers are generally outside the regular rotation and just getting a look from the coaches.
Unfortunately, some of the mid-major teams will pitch their aces in midweek games.
How do you think they'll do this season?
Like, what should my expectations be?
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A top 10 SEC finish...
gets them into the SEC Tournament.
I think a good goal would be to finish ~.500 in the SEC, and get 25-30 wins. That would probably get them into the NCAA Regionals too.
Reigning SEC player of the week, Drew Steckenreider
hit another home run, and is 1-2 today with a walk and a HBP.
and word is he'll get the start on Friday
vs. Seton Hall
The Pirates are 2-2 after the Big East/Big Ten Challenge(which is something the SEC needs to do with the ACC). They beat Penn State and Northwestern, they lost to Michigan and Ohio State.
we're losing to Western?
please tell me their baseball team is a lot better than their football team
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
although the stats I'm seeing...
had 7/9 starters batting better than .300 in the opening series vs. Toledo.
did the feed just go out for anyone else?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:05 PM EST reply actions
yeah...
I’m on the liveblog and watching the GameTracker now. Wondering if the UT tech guys didn’t throttle them down again, wouldn’t surprise me considering how broken the chain of communication tends to be at UT.
Didn’t see this, but the reason we’re down is ugly. In the 7th inning we brought in Freshman Connor Stevens to throw, and he gave up a homer on his first batter… then we had two errors and a wild pitch. Pulled Stevens for Carter Watson, and then ANOTHER throwing error scored a run. But Carter then got us out of the jam.
it's back down
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
back up I mean
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
MEN ON FIRST AND THIRD, one out
Steckenreider at the plate
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
they're not pitching to him
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
there is no reason to have that kind of lead on first though in this situation
too much to lose, not enough to gain
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
twas a massive derp...
gotta figure we were just trying to avoid a double play and setting up a hit and run.
But he was already close to getting picked off once, doesn’t seem to have good awareness.
what the heck just happened?
did we just have a guy get caught in a rundown and the other team think they tagged him when they didn’t?
also, why the heck get in a rundown at this point in the game? the guy on first doesn’t matter if the guy on 3rd can’t score
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:18 PM EST reply actions
bases loaded, one out
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:19 PM EST reply actions
okay, we just pinch-ran for Stecks
why? the man on first doesn’t matter at all. he can just chill on first. if the two guys in front of him score, we win. if the guy on third doesn’t, we lose
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:22 PM EST reply actions
fair enough
but the guy on first doesn’t affect the ability to turn a double play nearly as much as the guy at the plate
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
TIE GAME!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:24 PM EST reply actions
we're going to extras
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:26 PM EST reply actions
(wish we hadn't pulled Steckenrider)
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
oh good, bunt single for WKU
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 6:29 PM EST reply actions
Wormsley on first...
I’d have him steal, need to get him in scoring position at all costs. And an out really doesn’t hurt that much.
HOLY WHUT
“threw out” the lead runner at 3rd on a bunt.
He definitely looked safe to me, but heck of a play either way.
crap...
Dalton Saberhagen… yes he is Brett Saberhagen’s son… just walked in a run after almost getting us out of the jam.
Base hit, Whoo!
Tying run on first, 2 outs
by VolfanatETSU on Feb 21, 2012 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
WOOOO! Pinch hit RBI single!!!!
Vols tie it up 7-7 bottom of the 12th!!!
by VolfanatETSU on Feb 21, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
my hard drive crashed in the middle of the 10th
now at the apple store on their computers while they have a look
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 7:42 PM EST reply actions
and this Dalton Saberhagen kid...
looks REALLY good on the mound. Yeah, he walked in a run but he was put in a really difficult spot.
good to hear
wow, this is a long one. hope we can finish it off (by winning) before I get back home
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
derp
Maddux pops up a bunt. Looked like we were trying some smart small ball. Scratch that, we need a hit now.
sure wish we had some Steckenrider about now
/JayneCobb
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
runners at the corners
1 out.
RF error on a line drive after a hit and run. If he’d caught it we’d have been doubled up easy.
I'll take it
now SCORE
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
really questioning the wisdom of the WKU pitcher...
keeps throwing to first. One bad throw and it’s game
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Go BaseVols!
by VolfanatETSU on Feb 21, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
we won! wooooooooo!
now crossing fingers for my laptop verdict
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
laptop is okay!
it was a connecting cable and not the drive itself
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Thats good to hear, replacing the drive would have been expensive
especially on a mac :p
by VolfanatETSU on Feb 21, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
actually would've been free
but a headache for other reasons.
Macs may break at similar rates to PCs, but their three-year parts and labor warrantee is gold, and their customer support is by and large pretty good
also, while I was there, I asked them to look at my CD drive and figure out why it wasn’t working. my Dad’s business card was stuffed in there. no idea how that one happened
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
yep...
I personally prefer PCs, but a computer is a computer when it comes to hardware failures.
Any fanboy of either system who claims otherwise doesn’t know much at all about computers.
true on all counts
I don’t remember how much I paid for the three-year AppleCare plan, but I will say that it’s saved me several hundred dollars already. and my sister was able to get a brand new hard drive a couple weeks before hers expired
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
so basically
it’s not about whether it will break but about whether they’ll fix it
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 21, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Right.
And about whether or not you want to pay for that extended protection, in some cases.
"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 Feb 22, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
I'd advise to never get an extended warranty...
at least for PCs. There just aren’t any individual parts that are valuable enough to justify the cost most of the time. And if the motherboard itself is going to fail it’s typically because of a manufacturing error and will go out within a few weeks.
On the rare occasion where I’ve helped someone who is nervous about working inside the case, they are always shocked at how easy it is to replace hardware. Seriously, unless you are afraid of voiding a warranty there is nothing that your average user couldn’t replace inside of five minutes and it will typically save you at least a hundred bucks in labor.
Heck, I could build someone an entire working PC if I had the right components inside of fifteen minutes. And I could show anyone else to in an afternoon.
/boughtanHP
//motherboardfriedat18months
///boughtaMac
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 22, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
oof
Yeah, that’s definitely the worst case scenario. Replacing a motherboard is a beeeeeeeeeeyotch, and if another piece of hardware caused it to fry you may not even know until you break a second one.
the worst part was when I bought it into the store
and they’re like. . . “yeah, that HP model tends to fry the motherboard at 18 months.”
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 22, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
sounds like a mismatched...
power supply or they are using cheap capacitors on the board.
Disappointing that they’d continue to sell those if there was a problem.
HP has been headed in the wrong direction for a few years, best I can tell.
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by TennesseeTyrants on Feb 22, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions
this was 2-3 years ago
roughly 18 months after they made the laptop that every college student in the world owned (which was roughly 2-3 years after Dell made the laptop that every college student in the world owned)
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 22, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, my desire to fix my own stuff is why I never buy extended warranties.
And also part of the reason I’ve never bought a Mac (though only a small part of the reason).
I’ve seen a lot of macs break down, and the people who have had the apple care were taken care of, but the people who didn’t were in just as much trouble as the rest of us, haha.
"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 Feb 22, 2012 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
buying a Mac without Apple Care is a terrible idea
unless you really know your Mac-fixing. Apple Care lasts three years. Let’s not pretend you’re not going to need it in three years (unless, as you say, you can do it yourself)
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by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 22, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
That's a huge win.
Doesn’t matter who you’re playing, that’s a helluva boost to win like that with comebacks and drama and coming out on top at the end.
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Yep...
and that’s going to be pretty big for our RPI.
Yeah, we play like 52 games… but we need to keep the home losses to mid-majors to a minimum if we want to get the benefit of the doubt.
and this is the sort of game...
that we’d have likely lost 12-5 in 9 last season, after giving up the lead in the 7th.
Good for publicity too
the drama of this one will help them a little
by Will Shelton on Feb 21, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Line drive gets dropped
runners on 1st and 3rd. WOOO
by VolfanatETSU on Feb 21, 2012 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Final Stats...
1B – Davis Morgan – 0/1 with 1 RBI. Game winning sacrifice fly in the 13th.
1B – Drew Steckenreider – 1/2 with 1 HR, 1 RBI and 2 BB.
3B – Zach Luther – 1/7. Scored the game tying run in the 12th inning.
C – Ethan Bennett – 2/4 with 2 RBIs.
PH/C – Wes Walker – 1/1 with 1 RBI. Hit the game tying RBI in the 12th.
DH – Steve Weaver – 1/3 with 2 BB.
RF – Chris Pierce – 1/4 with 1 RBI, 2 runs and 1 BB.
SP – David Horne – 2IP, 1 ER, 4.50 ERA, 1K and 1BB
RP – Nick Williams – 3IP, 0 ER, 0.00 ERA, 3K and 3 hits
RP – Nick Blount – 2IP, 0 ER, 0.00 ERA, 2K and 0 hits
RP – Robbie Kidd – 2IP, 0 ER, 0.00 ERA, 1K and 2 hits
RP – Carter Watson – 2IP, 1 ER, 4.50 ERA, 1K, 1 BB and 2 hits
RP – Conner Stevens – 0IP, 1 ER, 3R, 1 hit and ∞ ERA
RP – Samuel Davis – 0IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 HBP and ∞ ERA
CP – Dalton Saberhagen – 2IP, 0ER, 0.00 ERA, 2K, 2BB and 0 hits. Winning pitcher.
Thinking Saberhagen gets player of the game
Overall that's some pretty good pitching over such a long game.
Yeah, we gave up 7, but over 13 innings and by 8 pitchers, not bad at all. Lots of pretty decent showings.
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Yep...
So far Steckenreider, Nick Blount and Zack Godley have all looked like really good pitchers. Obviously this can change once they start running into top shelf hitters, but it’s a far cry from last season’s pitching. And we’re not even really making any strategic effort right now… we’re treating these like preseason games by limiting our pitchers to a handful of innings and getting everyone involved.
Last season we had guys going 6-7 innings early in the season if they did well, but you have to figure the experience we’re getting everyone will pay dividends… particularly in the midweek games where we aren’t putting our rotation out there.
And Dalton Saberhagen looked like a total lock down closer tonight. I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t become our #1 closer or #1 middle reliever, really not sure how good his endurance is.
In the land of silly things, our RPI is currently tied for #83. This is behind quite a few winless teams. It will sort itself out once everyone has played a handful of series, but seeing UL-Monroe ranked #1 is kind of funny.
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