Hey guys I'm new to this bloggging thing, but not to UT Sports.  I'm on here because I've got to get this off my chest, it's driving me crazy!  My son and I try to go to every home game we can, when he's home from school.  He attends school in another state that I won't mention here.  In his defense he is still Big Orange thru and thru.  Anyway, there we were, Saturday night, Neyland Stadium, what could be better?....Nothing.   We had good tickets this week, Sec. B Row 36.  Sec B, as you know, is right next to the opposing teams fans.  We've sat in the area a couple times before, and never had a problem.  Besides it was Vandy, they've always been civil, even in Nashville.  And for the most part they were good fans on Saturday night, with the exception of one.  Now I say this guy was Adams' father just because he was around 50ish, and had on a #9 jersey.  We were 2 or 3 spots over and about 6 rows back of him, so I had a good view of his reactions.  He was mostly well behaved, until late in the game.  We had Vandy pinned deep, and it was 3rd and long.  Adams' drops back to throw, and is immediately mugged by Big Dan, Wes Brown, and Chris Walker.  He gets rif of the ball as he's going down.  Well apparently this old gentleman, and he was old, said something about Adams', cause his dad jumps across the aisle, and shoves his finger in the poor guys face, and proceeds to let him have it.  I heard some of it, "shut the f*** up, or I'll shut you up", was one thing I heard.  So the usher comes down to see what's going on, he decides it's too much for him, so he goes and gets a cop.  This is where it gets weird, the cop comes, and is met by 3 or 4 Vandy fans, who are giving him their version of what happened, while Adams' just sat there staring straight ahead.  I guess the cop finally decided to let him stay.  My problem with this is that Neyland is our house!  So there's nothing the old guy could have said that warranted him being verbally assaulted.  Also, we have a set of parents at UT who must have heard everything imaginable said about their son, from his own fans, and sat there, and took it all.  So I think it's disgraceful, for somebody else to come in our house, and disrespect our fans that way!  Anyway, that's all I got.

Right now I'm watching Vandy losing by 12 to Cincinnati... but with all these tournaments and other non-conference games going on, I thought that I would highlight a few notable games to watch the upcoming week - all of which include upcoming opponents of ours.  I don't know if Joel does this for basketball like he does for football, but for those interested:

Monday - 8:30 - Tennessee vs. Purdue - SportsSouth/FCS
Tuesday - 7pm - Florida State vs. Florida - FSN
Wednesday - 7pm - LSU vs. UConn - ESPN2
Thursday - 6:30 - Alabama vs. Baylor - ESPN2
Friday - 7pm - Charleston vs. Tennessee - CSS - or better yet, watch it live at TBA!

Top ten below. Complete standings here.

I've heard from 3 people that Lil Wayne (who famously smokes weed and talks s*** like Lane Kiffin) is in Neyland right now and was just signing autographs before returning to his seat, high fiving fans on his way.....anybody know if there's truth to this?Personally, I don't see why he would go to such a crappy game. You'd think he'd go to a game...you know, not invovling a 2-9 team and a 5-5 team.

• Week 11 bracket, plus explanation of the system, here.
  

(1) 10-0 Florida Gators (SEC Champion) vs (16) 7-3 Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Champion)

(8) 9-1 Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East At-Large) vs (9) 9-2 Ohio State Buckeyes (Big 10 Champion)

(4) 10-0 TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Champion) vs (13)7-3 Virginia Tech Hokies (ACC At-Large)

(5) 10-0 Cincinnati Bearcats (Big East Champion) vs (12) 9-2 Iowa Hawkeyes (Big 10 At-Large)

(6) 10-0 Boise State Broncos (WAC Champion) vs (11) 8-2 Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12 At-Large)

(3) 10-0 Texas Longhorns (Big-12 Champion) vs (14) 8-2 CMU Chippewas (MAC Champion)

(7) 10-1 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets (ACC Champion) vs (10) 8-2 Oregon Punchers Ducks (Pac-10 Champion)

(2) 10-0 Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC At-Large) vs (15) 6-4 SMU Mustangs (C-USA Champion)

Changes:

• The only changes to the top 8 was (formerly #8 seed) Southern California dropping out of the polls completely to be replaced by the Pittsburg Panthers. Apparently an overtime win over the-team-which-cannot-be-defeated-which-has-now-been-doubly-defeated for Ohio State last week wasn't as impressive as the Panthers survival narrow victory win beatdown!!!! of Notre Dame. Iowa only dropped 3 seeding spots after the loss. Dang expectations, and living up to them!
  
• #10 Oregon is only up 2 spots after an easy win over Arizona State. Next week's game against Arizona is big, if the 'Cats win out, they will be the Pac-10 champion. That's easier said than done, the Wildcats have to win home against Oregon and at USC, as well as a trip to Sun Devil Stadium.
• Virginia Tech replaced formerly #13 Miami Hurricanes this week in the "last team in" spot, Penn State and LSU were both overlooked for the "only two teams per conference" rule. I really don't get how the ACC has two teams here, for that matter. Really, I'm somewhat surprised that the Pac-10 doesn't have two in there.
• If Nevada defeats Boise State on November 17th, they would seal up a spot in the system. That game is, now, the "conference championship" of the WAC. Nevada is 7-3 (6-0). Man, though, it's a shame a playoff system would mean that each game doesn't matter -- tell that to Houston, Southern California, and Miami who all dropped out of the playoffs. Oh, and Temple is also undefeated in the MAC, so they could squeak in here.

Yeah, losing to ole miss sucks, and like many other vols fans the mccluster-monster will haunt me in my dreams for years to come.  Truly, the team really did play a bad game.  But you know what?? Thats all that was.  Just a bad game.  Nothin more and nothin less.  We'll put it together and get a W next week.

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Top ten below. Complete standings here.

After reading this piece from the Miami Herald, I sat in disbelief that someone could be that ridiculous. I guess one can never let journalism and common sense get in the way of pleasing the hometown crowd. After reading the article, I felt compelled to write the author a little note. Here is what I sent:

Mr. Goodman,

Your article entitled, "Vols' arrests should haunt Tennessee's Lane Kiffin" read exclusively as nothing more that a hit piece by someone who has a very clear axe to grind. I am well aware that it is an opinion piece and that you are conveying your own opinion. However, you seem to have let your hatred of Lane Kiffin cloud even very basic common sense.

To assert that Lane Kiffin could have prevented this is just lunacy. Look at every other university and you will find players making extremely poor decisions no matter who the coach is. To say that Kiffin's actions thus far set the bad example that led these student-athletes to commit this crime is equally as laughable. Why don't you wait and see the reaction to the situation by Kiffin and his staff before making your snap judgments. Have you, in kind, written such pieces in response to Florida's troubles with the law? Did you blame Urban Meyer? Lane Kiffin has dismissed several players for misconduct so far. Urban Meyer's disciplinary practices are suspect at best. Suspending a player for one half against Vandy for eye-gouging? Really? Meyer's track record is much more suspect.

If you really think that Kiffin is responsible for this, I cannot help you. Apparently, your vitriol has clouded your judgement so far that you just could not wait to be able to jump up and down and scream, "I told you so!!!" Newsflash: You look ridiculous. Tennessee fans remain firmly behind this coaching staff. I'm sure you'll continue your rants and raves down there in Miami where they tolerate your tripe. For the rest of the country, you are a silly man.

Ok, had to share that. Everyone continue enjoying your day. /trying to come down off high horse.