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Tennessee Volunteers: Best plays of 2006 tournament

By Joel Hollingsworth

SEC Media days are this week, and practice is just around the corner, but we still have a bit of time to kill, so we're kicking off a Best Plays of 2006 bracket-ish tournament.

Starting today, we'll pit four of last season's plays against each other each day, two in the morning, and two later in the day. With each post, all y'all can vote for whichever play you think is better. To vote, you'll need to click on the "Entry Link" link at the bottom of each post. Voting for each match up will remain open until it's time for the winner's next match. Here's the plan:

Best Plays of 2006 Bracket
1 Cal: Hardesty 43-yard rush for a TD              

Florida: Taylor 48 yard pass to Coker for TD 1
  ___           ___  
4 Georgia: Coker 40 yard kickoff return              

South Carolina: Hefney 65 yard punt return 4
    ___       ___    
3 LSU: Morley INT and 31 yard return for TD              

South Carolina: M. Mitchell INT and 17 yard return for TD 3
  ___           ___  
2 Vanderbilt: Coker 87 yard rush for TD     ___        

LSU:. . . Crompton 54 yard pass to Meachem for TD 2
        ___        
1 Air Force: X. Mitchell TFL to win game         ___    

Georgia: Wardlow blocked punt and recovery for TD 1
  ___           ___  
4 Georgia: Stewart INT              

Alabama: Hefney 32 yard punt return for first possession of the game 4
    ___       ___    
3 Memphis: Ainge 84 yard pass to Meachem for TD              

South Carolina: Colquitt 57 yard punt out of bounds at the one yard line 3
  ___           ___  
2 Marshall: Coker 89-yard rush for TD              

Cal: Ainge 80-yard pass to Meachem for a TD 2
                 

We'll start with the upper left corner of the bracket and work our way around clockwise. The first post will be up as soon as the highlights are finished encoding, and the posts will continue through Tuesday of next week (minus the weekend, unless you think it should continue through the weekend -- let me know), at which time the final two plays will be compete for the designation of RTT's Best Play of 2006.

For anyone who's wondering, the following plays failed to make the final 16:

  • Florida: Wade INT and 20 yard return
  • Marshall: X. Mitchell, McGlothlin safety
  • Alabama: Ainge 39 yard pass to B. Smith
  • Cal: Ainge 50-yard pass to Swain for a TD
  • Marshall: Ainge 47 yard pass to Swain for TD
  • South Carolina: Wade INT in end zone
  • South Carolina: Ainge 5 yard tipped pass to B. Smith for TD
  • Memphis: Ainge 51 yard pass to Swain for TD
  • Georgia: Wade INT
  • Alabama: Hefney 40 yard punt return
  • South Carolina: Ainge 62 yard pass to Meachem
  • LSU: Crompton 37 yard pass to Meachem for TD
  • Cal: Ainge 42 yard pass to Meachem for a TD
  • Marshall: Hardesty 20 yard rush for TD
  • Marshall: Colquitt 59 yard punt, downed at 2
  • Georgia: Ainge 16 yard pass to B. Smith for TD
  • Georgia: Ainge 15 yard pass to Meachem for TD
  • Alabama: Reynolds sack with time winding down
  • Alabama: Mayo sack with time winding down
  • South Carolina: Ainge 12 yard pass to B. Smith for TD
  • South Carolina: Morley INT to win the game
  • LSU: Wade forced fumble, recovered by Karl, immediately followed by . . .
  • Arkansas: Crompton 27 yard pass to Meachem for TD
  • Arkansas: Crompton 39 yard pass to B. Smith for TD
  • Kentucky: Ainge 15 yard pass to Meachem for TD

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