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The armada of orange-clad vehicles on the way to the game. The meeting with old friends. The tailgate. The bus ride. The walk down Peyton Manning Pass and into the stadium. The blue sky and 106,650 fans. The crowd cheering every movement of the band. The run through the big "T". The game. The post game dinner. The visit with parents and family.
The ride back home.A great time is had by all thanks to "football"! |
| Date | Opponent | Site | Network | Central Time | Score |
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| Sept. 1st | UCLA | Pasadena | ESPN | 7:00 PM | UCLA 27 Vols 24 L |
| Sept. 13th | UAB | Knoxville | Raycom | 11:30 AM | TENNESSEE 35 UAB 3 W |
| Sept. 20th | Florida | Knoxville | CBS | 2:30 PM | Florida 30 Vols 6 L |
| Sept. 27th | Auburn | Auburn | CBS | 2:30 PM | Auburn 14 Vols 12 L |
| Oct. 4th | Nothern Illinois | Knoxville | TBA | 6:00 PM | TENNESSEE 13 Nothern Illinois 9 W |
| Oct. 11th | Georgia | Athens | CBS | 2:30 PM | Georgia 26 Vols 14 L |
| Oct. 18th | Mississippi State | Knoxville | PPV | 6:00 PM | TENNESSEE 34 Mississippi State 3 W |
| Oct. 25th | Alabama | Knoxville | ESPN | 6:45 PM | Alabama 29 Vols 9 L |
| Nov. 1st | South Carolina | Columbia | ESPN2 | 6:00 PM | South Carolina 27 Vols 6 L |
| Nov. 8th | Wyoming (HC) | Knoxville | PPV | Noon | Wyoming 13 Vols 7 L |
| Nov. 22nd | Vanderbilt | Nashville | Raycom | 11:30 AM | TENNESSEE 20 Vanderbilt 10 W |
| Nov. 26th | Kentucky | Knoxville | ESPN2 | 5:30 PM | TENNESSEE 28 Kentucky 10 W |
| SEC CHAMPIONSHIP, Dec. 6th in the GEORGIA DOME,Atlanta, GA. 4:00 PM, CBS; Florida 31 Alabama 20. | |||||
| NO BOWL GAME THIS YEAR. | |||||
| Last Bowl: Jan. 1, 2008 | Wisconsin | Tampa | ESPN | 11:00 AM EST | TENNESSEE 21 Wisconsin 17. |
Preseason:
It is time for the Vols to return to the glory years. The University of Tennessee will run an exciting offense with an impregnable defence and be the National Champions this year!Tues. Sept 2, 2008 after the UCLA loss:
Once again we start off in the hole! Last year proved we can get to the SEC Championship after losing that first game. But we have got to play a lot better than we did Monday night.Sun. Sept 14, 2008 after the UAB win:
That was a lot better for sure. Next week will be a real test against Florida.Sun. Sept 21, 2008 after the Florida beating:
I listened to this game on the radio on the way back from the Mountain View Reunion. It sounded very bad. I asked my wife if the Vols should fire the coach and get somebody in there that could win. She said maybe he just needed better players. Maybe she is right. Mistake after mistake after mistake. Why?Sun. Sept 28, 2008 after the Auburn game:
I paid off a Buster Burger bet on the last Vol defeat at the hands of Auburn and was really looking forward to collecting this year. But, alas, now I owe a meal at Toots to the catwoman. Come on vols, don't be so boneheaded. You have to play very very well to win these games. That means not hitting players out of bounds and not being sloppy with handoffs!Sun. Oct. 5, 2008 after the Northern Illinois game:
I listened to bits and peices of this game as I was watching Vanderbilt go 5-0 while beating Auburn 14-13. Northern Illinois may be a good team but they better watch out next week. I think every team that has beaten the Vols has lost the next week. But wait, it was a victory, wasn't it? Maybe we've got the GA Bulldogs set up just where we want them, coming off an embarassment at the hands of Alabama on national TV and a week off to get all over confident about the inept UT team coming into Athens. Heck, maybe the stradegy will work. It did two years ago.Sun. Oct. 12, 2008 after the defeat in Athens:
I think the Vols played better. This game turned before the end of the first half when we let them out of the hole on third down and then literally gave them a 97 yard touchdown drive. I know people will be saying the Vols should run the ball more. I don't think they can. They are not opening holes or blocking anyone. We've got to do better against Mississippi State.Sun. Oct. 19, 2008 after beating Mississippi State:
Well, that was more like it. I may ever watch the taped highlights to actually see what happened. Next week, lets lay a licking on Alabama and things will look a whole lot better.Sun. Oct. 26, 2008 after the Alabama game:
Heck, I thought we should have beaten them! We just made too many bonehead penalties that killed our scoring opportunities.Sun. Nov. 2, 2008 after the defeat at Columbia, SC:
I am just speechless this morning. What can be so complicated about blocking a few people?Sun. Nov. 9, 2008 after we couldn't beat Wyoming on Homecoming:
Coach Fulmer will be gone at the end of the season and I am sad about it. I have never seen an offense get worse with each game. I wonder what my Dad would have said about all of this if he had not died six years ago tomorrow. The last words I said to him were, "Miami 10, Tennessee 3".Sun. Nov. 23, 2008 after the win over Vanderbilt:
Finally, the players woke up and made a few holes in the line. I am glad they won this one for Coach Fulmer. I hope next week, they can send him off with a nice victory over Kentucky in Knoxville.Sun. Nov. 30, 2008 after the win over Kentucky and Fullmer's final walk off Shields Watkins Field as head coach of Tennessee.:
I certainly wish Coach Fulmer the best in whatever he choses to do. I would not be surprised to see him have another team close to a national championship before the University of Tennessee football team gets there again. We will see.
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UT'S COLORS?
Why are UT's colors orange and white? Where did UT get their particular shade of pale orange? The story goes that back in the days when the stadium was open on the end, the hill with Ayers Hall on top was covered with spectacular orange and white Daisies in full view of the fans. They decided to take orange and white for the school colors. The pale center of the Daisy became their orange and the white of the petals became their white.
The 1998 National Championship Season
Salute to the 13-0, 1998 National Champs led by quarterback, Tee Martin.TENNESSEE 34 Syracuse 33
TENNESSEE 20 Florida 17 in OT
TENNESSEE 42 Houston 7
TENNESSEE 17 Auburn 9
TENNESSEE 22 Georgia 3
TENNESSEE 35 Alabama 18
TENNESSEE 49 South Carolina 14
TENNESSEE 37 Alabama (Bir.) 13
TENNESSEE 28 Arkansas 24
TENNESSEE 59 Kentucky 21
TENNESSEE 41 Vanderbilt 0
TENNESSEE 24 Mississippi St. 14
TENNESSEE 23 Florida State 16
The Changing of the Stepping Stones
On the left, are the stones as they appeared before the game.
On the right, the stones are in the position honoring the University of Georgia for their defeat of the Vols in 2008.
As everyone knows I am a die-hard Vol fan. I lived in Georgia for the past several years and have one daughter who gradutated from UT and one who graduated from UGA.
I have a stepping stone for each school. I decided to use these stones to honor the winner of the game each year. So after the game, I perform the ritual of changing the stones when the other team wins.
Here are the results of the past nine games. The Bulldogs broke the little jinx the Vos have had for the past two years.
Georgia 26-14 on Oct 11, 2008, in Athens
Tennessee 35 Georgia 14 on Oct 6, 2007, in Knoxville
Tennessee 51 Georgia 33 on Oct 7, 2006, in Athens
Georgia 27-14 on Oct 8, 2005, in Knoxville
Tennessee 19 Georgia 14 on Oct 9, 2004, in Athens
Georgia 41-14 on Oct 11, 2003, in Knoxville
Georgia 18-13 on Oct 12, 2002, in Athens
Georgia 26-24 on Oct 6, 2001, in Knoxville
Georgia 21-10 on Oct 7, 2000, in Athens
Conference Comparisons
We, in the South, always assert that the SEC is the strongest conference in the Nation. However, other conferences may have good reasons to claim that they are the best. After the bowl season, I have my own method for determining the strongest conference.Here are the 2008/2009 bowl games involving SEC teams. I will post the results as the games are played.
BOWL LOCATION Date/Time/Network SEC TEAM OPPONENT SCORE WINNING CONF Music City Bowl Nashville, TN Dec 31/2:30 PM/ESPN Vanderbilt Boston College VU 16 BC 14 SEC vs ACC, SEC 1-0 Chick Fil-A Atlanta, GA Dec 31/6:30 PM/ESPN LSU Georgia Tech LSU 38 GT 3 SEC vs ACC SEC 2-0 Outback Tampa, FL Jan 1/10 AM/ESPN South Carolina Iowa IA 31 SC 101 SEC vs B10 SEC 2-1 Capital One Orlando, FL Jan 1/Noon/ABC Georgia Michigan State GA 24 MS 12 SEC vsB10 SEC 3-1 Cotton Dallas, TX Jan 2/1:00 PM/FOX Mississippi Texas Tech UM 47 TT 34 SEC vs B12 SEC 4-1 Liberty Memphis, TN Jan 2/4:00 PM/ESPN Kentucky East Carolina UK 25 EC 19 SEC vs BE, SEC 5-1 Sugar New Orleans, LA Jan 2/7:00 PM/FOX Alabama Utah UU 31 UA 17 SEC vs MW, SEC 5-2 College Super Bowl Miami, FL Jan 8/ 7:00 PM/ FOX Florida Oklahoma UF 24 OU 14 SEC vs B12, SEC 6-2 Here are my ratings for the past few seasons.
CONFERENCE RANKINGS
RANK 2008/2009
Conf,Points2007/2008
Conf,Points2006/2007
Conf,Points2005/2006
Conf,Points2004/2005
Conf,Points1 Big 12, 74 SEC, 85 SEC, 79 SEC, 77 SEC, 71 2 SEC, 70 Big 12, 79 Big 10, 63 Big 10, 56 Big 12, 58 3 PAC 10, 47 Tie, PAC 10, 37 Big East, 55 PAC 10, 52 PAC 10, 53 4 Mtn West, 44 Tie, Big 10, 37 PAC 10, 38 ACC, 44 ACC, 48 5 Big 10, 43 Tie, ACC, 37 Big 12, 28 Big 12, 38 Big 10, 37 6 ACC, 20 Big East, 29 WAC, 22 Big East, 26 Mtn West, 20 7 WAC, 15 Mtn West, 12 ACC, 17 Mtn West, 17 WAC, 17 8 Big East, 12 WAC, 7 Mtn West, 16 Ind, 15 Conf USA, 16 9 - - Ind, 7 - Big East, 5 According to my analysis, the Big 12 has beaten out the SEC for the number one conference ranking! Using the same point system that has had the SEC on top in past years, the Big 12 nosed them out this year. The Big 12 wins because of their depth having five teams in the top 25 while the SEC had only four. One other interesting note is that the Mountain West has moved up ahead of the Big 10, Big East and ACC which means to me that they should become a BCS conference.
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