Several people reporting this including Clay Travis, Friends of the Program and Joe Schad of ESPN

Not really a normal Link but considering how much of us get information from him regarding the Vols and the job he does I thought it worth mentioning. Beth is asking folks to call in to his radio show today. Number at the link!

Expat in need:
Ya'll see that Smokey magnet? That was taken this morning before I left my house. Sadly it was pilfered while at a gas station enroute to work today.

If anyone in the TN area can get one, I will happily pay shipping and purchase cost UP FRONT to receive a replacement.

I can find Power T magnets online all day long but Smokey magnets are few and far between. That one was part of a matched set so its dear to my little heart. Drop me a line, please!

Not surprisingly it's all about Ohio State and Alabama. However the fact that we don't even grace a mention in *any* catagory is...shall we use the word sobering? I prefer annoyance myself but then I bleed orange and white as many of you do. Still a interesting read just the same.

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"The speech is somewhat infamous at this point. In Derek Dooley's first team meeting, he told his players he didn't expect them to trust him, as trust is earned, not given. The players probably didn't even hear that statement; they were probably just trying to figure out who the heck Derek Dooley was. The truth is that, football aside, there's no simple way to earn one's trust. So how is it that Dooley will lead a team onto the field Saturday night that he now has trusting his every word?"

Pure, unadulterated, gorgeousness.

Derek Dooley on depth, running through the T for the first time and... Swiperboy