fulmer's belly Stories - Rocky Top Talk
Record of Wrongs: the Vanderbilt Commodore file
Totally true Last year about this time, Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings called Bruce Pearl an "idiot a------." He apparently didn't like the whole shirtless, paint-your-chest thing. As I mentioned in the totally serious game preview, last year the Commodores stole the Vols' only No. 1 ranking in...
Talking points: Sasquatch, Yeti, UFOs, and Mike Leach
An ongoing debate: is the Tennessee head coaching job attractive or isn't it? Hot dogs? I'm sorry. I don't know where you can find the hot dogs. Fulmer's Belly calculates that it will be 27 years before Tennessee sees the financial benefit of depriving its ushers of their free hot dog and...
Talking points: Tennessee's search for a new head coach
Fulmer's Belly's actual nightmare. Butch Davis, running the Clawfense in a bathroom with a basketball goal. Here you go, guys. Hey, have heard we're looking for a head football coach? It could be Mike Leach if Tennessee's history of replacing coaches with their polar opposites holds. Hey, folks...
Roundup of the Tennessee blogosphere's reactions to Phillip Fulmer's departure
Reactions to Fulmer's departure from around the Tennessee blogosphere: The absolute must-read of the day comes from Will at SouthEastern Sports Blog, who looks at the Four Horsemen of Forced Resignation and concludes: Fulmer is leaving for a program's decline and a refusal to settle for...
Talking points: Saturday was a swift kick in the secrets edition
A quick roundup of what the Volunteer blogosphere is saying about the latest chapter in our season-long nightmare. Fulmer's Belly calls the Tennessee-Alabama game a swift kick in the secrets, and suggests that Eric Berry just go ahead and play both ways "because he still is a kid and excitable...
Talking points: "thud" is a funny word edition
"Thud" Practices are all the rage! For some! Tennessee's new "thud" practices (make your own joke here!) are getting a lot of play from Knoxville media. Demonte Bolden decleated Nick Stephens yesterday, but Nick just thought it was funny. Robert Ayers said something really interesting about...
Talking points: consternation on the web
Look! It's the return of Talking Points! Beating a MAC school by four points? Downright embarrassing, says Volball. Coming to the "self-realization that we have to play well to beat MAC teams now," says Clay Travis. Right on. Meanwhile, Fulmer's Belly is doing the really smart thing and...
Talking Points: the orange 'sphere edition
Just a few quick links this morning: Gate 21 is infiltrating the enemy. He's been captured, but, surprisingly, he's being treated very well. The BruceBall Blog found treasure in his attic while moving. Nothing in my attic but empty boxes. What's in yours? 3rd Saturday in Blogtober takes a...












