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20 Losses in 20 Years #6 - Crimson Tied*
The highest scoring offense in Tennessee Football history wasn't led by Peyton Manning, but Heath Shuler: the 1993 Vols averaged 42.8 points per game, and Shuler would become just another Vol who finished second in the Heisman Trophy vote. You want balance? The '93 offense averaged 238 yards...
Tennessee in the NFL Draft - Top 10 Selections
Tomorrow night, Eric Berry and Dan Williams have a chance to join an elite group at the University of Tennessee: only 12 Vols have ever been taken in the Top 10 picks of the NFL Draft. Berry should be a lock to go in the first ten picks, while Williams has been rapidly moving up the board and...
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...
The 50 Best Games of the Fulmer Era - #9: In The Downpour
I've heard younger Vol fans compare the dismissal of Phillip Fulmer to the dismissal of Johnny Majors without clearly understanding the circumstances surrounding the latter. Fulmer wasn't retained in the 2008 season, among other reasons, because the program had been in a state of decline for...
The Pendulum Swing of Heath Shuler
On the 15th Anniversary of the Washington Redskins selecting Tennessee QB Heath Shuler with the #3 overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft, we look back at his career and his legacy, on and off the field. To fully understand and appreciate Heath Shuler's career at Tennessee, you have to remember the...
The 50 Best Games of the Fulmer Era - #23: The Shape of Things to Come
Change was in the air in 1992. The SEC had expanded from 10 teams to 12, adding Arkansas and South Carolina to the fold, and creating the East and West Divisional format and a championship game, the first conference to do so. Before 92, Tennessee's schedule looked fairly different than it does...
Redskins: Today's Links
Redskins re-sign cornerback Byron Westrbook (redskins.com) Heath Shuler Gets Pwned by Congress (fanhouse) Shuler has been vocally against the stimulus plan, blasting Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid for not being bipartisan. That prompted Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley to mockingly offer this:...
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...
Redskins with 3 of the worst draft busts in history
At least that's the word per ESPN (hat tip: Cincy Jungle). And they are: 4. QB Heath Shuler (Tennessee) Drafted by: Redskins, first round, No. 3 overall, 1994Shuler started eight games as a rookie and certainly didn't look like an immediate bust, throwing 10 TDs and 11 interceptions. However,...
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