erik ainge Stories - Rocky Top Talk
Inexperienced QBs at Tennessee: Feast and Famine
With Nick Stephens leaving the program, the Vols will start a brand new face at quarterback this fall for the first time since 2004, when true freshmen Erik Ainge and Brent Schaeffer split snaps against UNLV. And whether it's Matt Simms or Tyler Bray, Tennessee will go with a guy who's never...
Tennessee Moments of the Decade #7: The 2004 Football Season
Change was in the air as the 2004 season approached. The Casey Clausen era was over, and the Vols had four different options in fall camp to replace him. Florida was entering year three of the Ron Zook era, but the Vols had missed their opportunity to capitalize on the Gators' slide, as Georgia...
Tennessee Football All-Decade QB: Casey Clausen vs. Erik Ainge
First, an honorable mention to Jonathan Crompton's play over the last two months. Crompton's transformation is a great story, and his numbers for the 2009 season (with 2,565 yards) do give him the 9th best passing total in UT football history. However, four of the eight seasons above Crompton's...
The 50 Best Games of the Fulmer Era: 45-41
We continue our look at the most memorable wins from Phillip Fulmer's seventeen year career in Knoxville, still working through them five at a time until we get closer to the top. As before, we invite your memories as well - each game on the countdown will hopefully bring more and more good times...
Question of the day: Ainge and the Clawfense or Cutcliffe and Crompton
Which of the following two scenarios would have improved this Season of Constant Sorrow more and why? Erik Ainge returns for another year of eligibility and runs the Clawfense under Dave Clawson. David Cutcliffe returns for another year and runs the same offense as last year with this year's...
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