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2008 Senior Day Tribute: Arian Foster
Arian Foster Why. There were two good things about The Season of Which We Do Not Speak: (1) the Rally in the Valley, and (2) Arian Foster taking over the role of starting running back halfway through the season. Foster played in 11 games and started the last five after fellow RB Gerald Riggs...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Ellix Wilson
Ellix Wilson Why. You know some days I think that John Chavis could even turn me into an NFL linebacker. I mean, I'm practically a linebacker already except without the height, build, muscles, endurance, athletic ability, or football knowledge, but under John Chavis' direction, I'm gold. If you...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Josh Briscoe
Josh Briscoe Why. Well whaddaya know? A receiver who didn't redshirt? Unheard of! Josh Briscoe not only didn't redshirt, he played in double digit games as a freshman in 2005. He went on to play in 13 games the following year, and in 2007, he started five games and played in all 14. He finished...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Robert Ayers
Robert Ayers Why. After redshirting in 2004, Robert Ayers played in nine games in 2005. In 2006, he had two starts and played in 13 games, and he played in all 14 games in 2007. His best game prior to this year came in 2007 against Arkansas State when he led the team with six tackles, including...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Lucas Taylor
Lucas Taylor Why. Lucas Taylor broke into Volunteers like he does most things: quietly and well. In 2005, Taylor played in nine games, mostly on special teams as a kick and punt returner. In 2006, he graduated from special teams to receiver and caught at least one pass in 11 different games. The...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Adam Myers-White
Adam Myers-White Why. Myers-White played in seven games in 2005 and 13 each in 2006 and 2007. So far in 2008, he's played in 11 games and started four of them. Dude's not been shirking in the classroom, either, as he was SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll in 2005 and Academic All-SEC in both 2006...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Anthony Parker and Ramon Foster
Anthony Parker and Ramon Foster Offensive linemen really have a thankless job. No highlights for the hippo-ballerinas. Unless, of course, you catch a glimpse of them as a running back is praised by the commentators for running through that massive hole that the o-lineman has opened or unless it's...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Britton Colquitt
Britton Colquitt Back in 2006, a bunch of us bloggers voted weekly in something we called the Maxwell Pundit, a sort of blogger's Player of the Year Award. On September 26 of that year, I risked getting kicked (heh!) out of the voting pool on my first attempt by casting a vote for a punter: As I...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Demonte' Bolden
Why. Demonte' Bolden Mr. Emotion. Mystery Motion. Whichever you like best, use, because they both apply to Demonte' Bolden. Bolden played in only one game in The Season of Which We Do Not Speak, so don't blame him for that one. In 2006, Bolden played in 12 games and averaged three tackles per...
2008 Senior Day Tribute: Walter Fisher
Why. Walter Fisher Walter Fisher is a junior college transfer who's played in 33 games for the Vols at this point. In 2006, he missed four games, but played in eight. His best game that season came against Arkansas, at which he had three tackles. In 2007, Fisher played in all 14 games and had...
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