Meanwhile at Tennessee ...

[AlaskaGuy]

Tennessee coach sends player to locker room for refusing to enter game

 

[bocomo007]

 

[Chewbaccer]

Jeremy Pruitt's personality isn't gonna work on a team that doesn't have a history with him, and even then, it wears on people. Mark Richt, who is the nicest guy in the history of college football hates Jeremy Pruitt for his off the field actions as UGA's DC, and that says something.

He's not gonna win over kids that were recruited by and coached by Butch Jones. It's too far of a contrast in personality and style.

And if they keep losing, he is going to have some epic press conference rants this season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got physical with a reporter before the season is out.

 

[bocomo007]

Jeremy Pruitt's personality isn't gonna work on a team that doesn't have a history with him, and even then, it wears on people. Mark Richt, who is the nicest guy in the history of college football hates Jeremy Pruitt for his off the field actions as UGA's DC, and that says something.

He's not gonna win over kids that were recruited by and coached by Butch Jones. It's too far of a contrast in personality and style.

And if they keep losing, he is going to have some epic press conference rants this season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got physical with a reporter before the season is out.

I look forward to some outstanding memes

 

[Wild Turkey]

Jeremy Pruitt's personality isn't gonna work on a team that doesn't have a history with him, and even then, it wears on people. Mark Richt, who is the nicest guy in the history of college football hates Jeremy Pruitt for his off the field actions as UGA's DC, and that says something.

He's not gonna win over kids that were recruited by and coached by Butch Jones. It's too far of a contrast in personality and style.

And if they keep losing, he is going to have some epic press conference rants this season, and I wouldn't be surprised if he got physical with a reporter before the season is out.

I knew this guy when he was the DC of Hoover High School and he is both an idiot and a douche.

 

[cheerupcharlie]

Maybe they can talk Peyton Manning into stop doing his idiot commercials about “getting the band back together” and come coach some Vols football.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

It's amazing that Tennessee has been doing this for like 18 years. The state of Tennessee produces more than enough talent for a team with the background of that one to be good. They haven't reached 10 wins since 2007?! I just don't get it.

 

[Chewbaccer]

It's amazing that Tennessee has been doing this for like 18 years. The state of Tennessee produces more than enough talent for a team with the background of that one to be good. They haven't reached 10 wins since 2007?! I just don't get it.

There was a 5 star o-line recruit in Knoxville who's father played for Phil Fulmer at Tennessee last year.

Cade Mays plays for Georgia.

There's enough talent in Tennessee for them to be relevant, but the trouble is getting the talent to go there instead of Bama, UGA or Clemson.

And when Tennessee was at their top, they were killing it in the Atlanta area. It's a harder sell these days with UGA, Bama and Auburn going after the same recruits.

 

[GoldRusher]

Calhoun say, he don't WONT the ball....

 

[Rolltide94]

He's not gonna win over kids that were recruited by and coached by Butch Jones. It's too far of a contrast in personality and style.

To be fair, I'm not sure I would be worried about winning over any of Butch's Life Champions....

 

[Chewbaccer]

To be fair, I'm not sure I would be worried about winning over any of Butch's Life Champions....

It's gonna take some time to rebuild the culture at Tennessee, much less the product on the field.

 

[cmc_rebar]

It's gonna take some time to rebuild the culture at Tennessee, much less the product on the field.

Since all the late wife’s family is in Tennessee and all of them die/hard Vol fans, I take great joy in seeing them sink to the bottom of the conference.

May they rest there eternally with the Commodores becoming the best SEC team in that state

 

[Chewbaccer]

Since all the late wife’s family is in Tennessee and all of them die/hard Vol fans, I take great joy in seeing them sink to the bottom of the conference.

May they rest there eternally with the Commodores becoming the best SEC team in that state

I don't know, I'm pretty much an eternal pessimist when it comes to sports teams. I'm always more nervous about playing a team like Tennessee than I am for playing a team like Bama.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Since all the late wife’s family is in Tennessee and all of them die/hard Vol fans, I take great joy in seeing them sink to the bottom of the conference.

May they rest there eternally with the Commodores becoming the best SEC team in that state

And I don't mean to get personal, but wasn't your wife a poster here?

 

[cmc_rebar]

I don't know, I'm pretty much an eternal pessimist when it comes to sports teams. I'm always more nervous about playing a team like Tennessee than I am for playing a team like Bama.

You and I both.. I can never just relax and enjoy the game as I have seen it too many times in the last 38 years where they are the “better” team and yet end up getting the butts kicked

Others in my pickems group make fun of me never putting them higher than a 3, and more often than not a 1

 

[cmc_rebar]

And I don't mean to get personal, but wasn't your wife a poster here?

Yes, she went by the name Sallynemo

She had Huntington’s Disease,

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Since all the late wife’s family is in Tennessee and all of them die/hard Vol fans, I take great joy in seeing them sink to the bottom of the conference.

May they rest there eternally with the Commodores becoming the best SEC team in that state

Me and you, baybay

 

[Chewbaccer]

You and I both.. I can never just relax and enjoy the game as I have seen it too many times in the last 38 years where they are the “better” team and yet end up getting the butts kicked

Others in my pickems group make fun of me never putting them higher than a 3, and more often than not a 1

Honestly during last year's run, I was least nervous for the NCG, Rose Bowl and SECCG. I spent the entire regular season waiting for it to all fall apart.

 

[Wild Turkey]

It's amazing that Tennessee has been doing this for like 18 years. The state of Tennessee produces more than enough talent for a team with the background of that one to be good. They haven't reached 10 wins since 2007?! I just don't get it.

There really isn't. The talent in the South East is in Georgia and Florida. Alabama over produces when you consider the population but both Auburn and Alabama have more than half their kids from other states.

Tennessee has to recruit out of state.

LSU locks down the LA talent and lives off it but still has to dip into other states as well. Tenn can't do it on state talent alone.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Tenn can't do it on state talent alone.

Back when they were still competing for championships, they could get the best kids from Kentucky, NC, SC, and northern Georgia to come to UT without having to work too hard. Especially when the schools in those states were sucking at football