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OK, I’m a little early, but... 35 years ago on New Year’s night, this happened.
For
#Vols
fans over 40, this might be the most memorable Tennessee football play of their lifetimes.
Gets my vote.
A toast to the Sugar Bowl Vols!
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Grant Williams with a shout out to Tony White and the folks in Alabama hit by tornadoes. CLASS... ACT.
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@TheBrodyFile
@WhiteHouse
@PressSec
@Acosta
@BrianKarem
@CNN
@MSNBC
@realDonaldTrump
So, by your literal interpretation, the Colonists should have just obeyed King George, huh?
Rats.
Our whole country was founded on a sin.
I never knew that. Thanks for enlightening this minister’s son.
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#Tennessee
fans, some of your footballers are showing support for a local student who'd been bullied at school. Big applause for these guys. And we can ALL make this world better by showing a bit more kindness every day. Props,
#Vols
.
We going to the middle school next Tuesday show young Man some love we will also TWITTER LIVE some of it so everyone can show there love and support
#vols
#StopBullying
@cboystunna3
@BroadwayJay2
@JKShuttlesworth
@smithtrey98
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Barnes staying with the
#Vols
is a heckuva statement for UT basketball.
UCLA just came for UT’s coach... and he said no.
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Just spoke with
#Vols
ath dept sources. A Purdue ath dept employee just congratulated them via text on hire of Brohm.
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Big. Time.
Barnes falling into the
#Vols
’ lap was a great stroke of luck. Lotta folks didn’t want him. Man, has he done some great things in four years?
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I don’t believe the
#Vols
are “cursed.” We all know that’s silly talk.
But losing both your QB/heart-of-the-team and your PG/heart-of-the-team to non-contact knee injuries in their next-to-last regular-season games?
Yeah, that’s a special kind of suck.
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John Ward was a one-of-a-kind voice and mind. Blessed with a vocabulary that could not be matched, he worked in an age pre-cable/satellite tv glut.
#Vols
fans NEEDED him to deliver their UT action every week... and that helped create a unique bond. There will never be another.
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If people don’t like games being cancelled every Winter they should get the vaccine and the booster.
If our parents and grandparents hadn’t trusted doctors and scientists decades ago, we’d be cancelling games due to Polio outbreaks.
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Hearing/seeing some
#Vols
fans saying they only want Chaney if he brings Pittman. (Messageboards rock!)
This is akin to someone crawling thru the desert and then turning down water because there’s no lemon on the rim of the glass.
Don’t be that person.
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Really pulling for this guy. Class act. Never barked (even when he & his family took guff they didn’t fully deserve). Loud applause for ETSU!
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That might have been the worst call I’ve ever seen in an SEC basketball game.
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For all the moaning,
#Vols
have gone 22-8 in last 30 games. That's 73% and their best 30-game stretch since 23-7 from 2003 to start of 2005.
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One thing became clear today: Anyone who over the last 5 years told you “Gruden is a done deal” or “Gruden is flying in” or “Gruden has picked his staff...” is either a complete liar, a total fool, or a ratings- & click-starved huckster. You know who they are. They played you.
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I've never seen a national writer so personally invested in getting a coach fired. Not saying right or wrong, just relentless.
#HeHateButch
It's 8:04, and Butch Jones is still Tennessee's coach. Call that an upset, because he needs to go now.
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If there’s ANY truth to rumors Pruitt’s participation in CFP is an issue,
#Vols
need to punt & let him coach. Fulmer can recruit. Bigger exposure for UT if Pruitt is getting the cameras on him for 2 CFP games. If Fulmer believes he’s THE GUY, then he’s worth more than 1 class.
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Helluva comeback by the
#Vols
. Grant Williams won this one by his lonesome. 23 of 23 from the line? Incredible.
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America needs more people who identify as AMERICAN and fewer who identify as Democrat or Republican.
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For those who are going to get mad at me because I dared to point out that we as a nation don't care enough about school shootings to ever DO anything about them... how 'bout ya use that energy to tell Congress to fix this... one way or another? It's time for a dialogue.
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She was the right hire for a million good reasons. But it didn’t work. Sometimes that happens.
Warlick gave decades to UT. She deserves respect on the way out the door.
Tennessee has parted ways with women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick, source told
@stadium
. Went to the NCAA tourney in all seven seasons after taking over for Pat Summitt, but was unable to get the Vols to a Final Four.
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If Vickers/Kirkland aren't back for SC,
#Vols
will start 4th/5th DTs and 5th/6th LBs. UT still 5-2 through it all. That's an accomplishment.
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Oh, please, Football Gods, let Mississippi State chase and hire Mike Leach.
A Leach/Kiffin Magnolia State rivalry would be year-round fun for the whole family.
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On that Cade Mays video, thank heavens there was no such thing as social media available to me when I was 18.
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#Vols
going for the jugular. That first-down pass was part of the longest rooe-a-dope in sports history:
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, PASS!!!
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I’m sure this will draw negative remarks, but I’ll take Todd Blackledge as the color analyst on any college football game I watch. Some real good ones out there, but Blackledge is tops in my book. Sharp, decisive, not too jokey, not afraid to criticize, etc.
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2. Why no Lane Kiffin? He left the
#Vols
after 1 year, 2 weeks til Signing Day. His signing class had more busts than a playmate convention. He tried to lure early-enrollees to USC. He left UT on probation. He left Oak, UT, USC & Ala on bad terms. Oops, I’m running out of room.
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I would LOVE to see Mark
#Richt
when a national crown at Miami. That would be some cosmic justice.
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Boy, let the
#Vols
lose a game - ONE game out of seven - and the crazy bubbles over. How folks can bitch about this one is beyond me.
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From the Vols having to switch colors (due to a Univ. of Texas lawsuit) to the Reds moving to a dome in E TN, Bob Kesling was the master of the April Fools TV joke. I worked at WBIR back then... the phone calls we would get from folks taking things seriously. Props to him.
Enjoy this old April Fool's prank that caught many off guard about 30 years ago.
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John Fulkerson with a game he’ll never forget.
#Vols
with a classic win vs college hoops royalty.
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Not to get into the details, but positive health news for this guy!
#VFL
Bobby Scott's family appreciates all the prayers.
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As a college football viewer, I have one hope for the
#Vols
2018 football season. Just one. That
@phillipfulmer
&
@CoachJPruitt
will put but the 1998 Power T back on the helmets in place of the smaller 2017 Power T. (Nike also tweaked the T itself, but first things first...)
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The Chaney hire is a big step in the right direction. He does a great job of game-planning & is a QB maestro. This is great news for Guarantano. To land a proven coach & take him from the East’s best team (at the moment) is a great way for the
#Vols
to end a long, wacky search.
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Parents and coaches - if they had any sense - would tell kids they are toying with the lives and emotions of coaches when they do that. I’ve hated that punkish stuff for years. Maybe NFL teams on draft day should have some fun, too. “We select Quay... nah, Steve Jones!”
Five-star LB Quay Walker flips from Alabama to Georgia, picking the Bulldogs over the
#Vols
. First grabbed UT hat, started to put it on, then pitched it to the side.
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A group of Tennesseans go to Texas. Casualties galore. Lost the battle... but they darn sure showed they might win the war. Hmmm.
#Vols
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I know folks who know Schiano. They like him. He did wonders at Rutgers. Allegations have been denied by himself & by Bradley (in testimony). But the backlash is going to be SO brutal I can’t believe Currie is going to make the hire. Hard to imagine success with no support.
#Vols
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That Jordan Bone pass was an all-timer. Man, he is reaching some incredible heights as a point guard.
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No one fired.
A Top 3 hoops team rolling.
A Top-13 football signing class.
This is the first truly MERRY Christmas
#Vols
fans have had in years!
Join us at 11am on WATE-TV 6 as we cover UT, hand out gifts to Pruitt and Barnes, welcome the Ghost of Christmas Future and more!
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On the ref with the LSU t-shirt story, IF TRUE:
1. He should be fired. Not because he “cheated,” only grading of multiple game films would tell that. But because he is dumb enough to put his own integrity in question.
2. I’m amazed leagues don’t have “no social media” policies.
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Age has nothing to do with being an “adult.”
After his coaches tore chairs up and kicked trash cans over, University of Houston’s Jamal Shead stopped and picked up the trash after an emotional loss to Alabama Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
I’m a huge fan of this young man!
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All of us at The Sports Source send our thoughts & prayers to the family of WNML's Jeff Jacoby. His positive attitude was an inspiration!
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So the new
#Vols
AD is running a rather silent search.
Folks are trying to track airplanes and lots of us are making guesses.
But there have been no public offers or turndowns. No one, even in the UTAD, seems to know his plans.
Good.
A big step in the right direction.
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Lots of impressive stats for the
#Vols
today, but the one that drops my jaw?
350+ yards passing.
No one had ANY clue what UT would get from the QB spot today. And they get 350?
Remarkable.
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McBride looks more decisive and quicker than the two QBs who started ahead of him this year.
#Vols
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I’m not shocked that Heupel’s offense has started to click. We knew his track record.
I AM surprised by Banks’ defense. Considering the roster issues, he and the rest of the defensive staff have done really good work so far.
Think back to the moaning about the
#Vols
DC search
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I’m never big on quickly ripping coaches who inherit crap.
But a loss today by the
#Vols
should result in a serious discussion of what UT has bought with all its money.
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Today is a PERFECT example of why a better bowl solution is needed. Leaks, reports, backtracking, politics behind the scenes and fans buying tickets based on a changing landscape.
Ever happen with the NCAA Tourney? Nope.
Let bowls pick teams live on TV. Period. Full stop.
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Terrific win for the
#Vols
.
Pruitt beats his second Top 25 team. Get to spoil some of Kentucky’s one-in-a-million season, too.
Big win with lots of GOOD THINGS to discuss tomorrow at 11am on WATE-TV 6.
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#Vols
’ Pruitt in presser points out he could’ve burned more clock before punting at the end of the 1st half... with 20 fewer seconds, WVU might not have added FG.
1st-year coach issue. Expected.
I was impressed he caught it, identified it & pointed it out. Aware & accountable.
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The last undefeated team in D-1 college basketball was Indiana in 75-76. They finished 32-0.
This
#Vols
team is 23-1.
Appreciate every frickin’ moment of this, folks.
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Perfect column.
My take? Fire the President, the AD and the Coach.
The player and the scrub patting him down should be ashamed.
So, too, should the adults who cheered them on.
Hard to think of any SEC school embarrassing itself worse than this.
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#Vols
HC Josh Heupel has yet to hire a D-coordinator.
This is driving some people insane. They believe he should rush the hire in order to... uh, what? It's 10 months til the Early Signing Period.
If Heupel is taking his time to find the RIGHT guy and not just A guy, excellent!
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A TERRIFIC job Randy Sanders.
ETSU to face Jacksonville State in first round of FCS Playoffs
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Just me, but Pearl to UCLA would be much more of a fit than Barnes to UCLA.
Pearl would wear himself out running from one LA television camera to another.
And he and UCLA come from the same side of the NCAA tracks.
Would be akin to Kentucky’s Calipari hire.
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Nice win by the
#Vols
on the road. Crowd was into it. Good tourney-type victory. As we said Sunday - No need to panic.
Sidenote: I’ll bet no one has a problem with a foul called in the final second tonight.
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Not easy to win on the road in college hoops. The fact that UT plays well away from home is the most positive sign - in my opinion - for the
#Vols
moving forward.
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Hey,
@ATT
, apparently it's not bad enough that you're ruining DirecTV by dumping channels while still raising rates.
But now I can't get to my email and your solution is to go to a forum that lists 40 possible fixes and try 'em all.
What a terrible company you are.
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Just learned that the man who has cut my hair for years has passed away of COVID. Healthy guy, no underlying conditions, in his 50s.
Be safe, folks.
And don’t let some idiot or some conspiracy-believing politician tell you this is a hoax.
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Texas’ loss doesn’t help the anti-Barnes narrative of some
#Vols
fans.
The Longhorns fired Barnes, spent big money to replace him with the hottest name in the country... and over the last 6 years have had less success than Barnes.
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Henry To'oto'o a great pickup for the
#Vols
. Also helps to shoot down the silly "Pruitt can't close" talk that popped up last year (after he'd been on the job for a month).
Who knows how any of these kids will turn out, but a very nice step in the right direction in February!
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Lobo is right. Players don’t need to talk about staff changes. Ever. Anywhere.
'Holly Warlick has given 38 years of her life to that program. I thought she deserved a little bit more.'
Rebecca Lobo finds player's comments on Lady Vols coach to be out of bounds.
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#Vols
fans had a big need for something positive... huge win for Rick Barnes’ bunch over Top 20 Purdue.
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1. Seems pretty clear the
#Vols
job wasn't the more desirable gig available. 2. The Mullen-haters better hope they were right since he's likely to be at Florida. 3. At least everyone now knows the people who told you Gruden was a coming are liars. 4. I can't believe it's Schiano.
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If Barnes leaves the
#Vols
& it’s at all related to commitment/money directed toward basketball, Fulmer will have a MASSIVE sales job trying to land a new coach.
Many will see him as a “Football Guy” who couldn’t work it out with a nice guy/National Coach of the Year.
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Sad news.
He was a beloved player - reaching that rare Peyton Manning level of popularity long before Manning. Later he left a loaded Pitt team just after its national title win to return home and rebuild his alma mater.
He deserves nothing but respect from
#Vols
fans.
Legendary coach John Majors passed away Wednesday morning at 85. Great coach, great player, great story teller. Here is a statement from the Majors' family: …asses-away-at-85/
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While Stidham gave up 3 turnovers, Guarantano was having a great day. But don’t just look at the 316 passing yards... the key number might be ZERO picks in 30 attempts.
Kid typically takes a beating, but still takes care of the football. That’s rare.
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If I were UT, I’d ask the coaching staff - and the AD - to give back this month’s paychecks.
Worst
#Vols
loss in decades barring a miracle turnaround.
As of now (35-23), I think we’ll be calling down the thunder tomorrow at 11am on WATE-TV 6 and Facebook Live.
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This is terrific. (As is everything from the VFL Films crew. Best in the nation.)
Schofield has a better delivery than half the TV anchors I’ve worked with over the last 20 years (me, too).
No knock on them; impressed by him. Kid’s got a future away from hoops if he wants it!
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Bruce Pearl was a good UT coach until he cheated, lied & tried to orchestrate a cover-up.
But as I see folks saying how much better he is than Barnes because he made an E8, I wanted to point out:
He lost in 2d Rd as a
#2
Got upset in a S16
Lost in another S16
Lost in 2 1st Rds
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A man of high class and kindness. Calling Matt a “good man” might seem a tad simplistic, but he absolutely defines the term.
Meteorologist Matt Hinkin retires after 31 years at WATE 6 On Your Side
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Dan Mullen is playing banged-up backup QBs, his O-line is awful and yet he’s about to go to 16-3 since arriving at Florida.
#Vols
should’ve offered him the damn moon. The fact some fans and boosters didn’t grasp what winning at MSU means is embarrassing... for them.
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Yes, indeed. And it could also be said that John is just flat fantistic. His hundreds of friends know he’s much more than just VERY professional voice on the radio. He’s what parents want their kids to be - a good, good, good person.
Tennessee Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer with some high praise for Vol baseball PBP voice John Wilkerson during the broadcast and it’s all well deserved. John is fantastic at what he does.
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Wonder if there are any folks out there starting to regret all the bitching they did about Josh Dobbs.
#Vols
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Just my take, But I don’t think Rick Barnes has done anything that should cause “outrage.”
Coaches flirt with schools. They all do. That’s how their business works.
He was also honest about it.
Those angry with him were likely those who didn’t like him BEFORE all this either.
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Right now over Jellico. (You really think
#Gruden
would land in a plane and walk through a terminal? Use your heads!)
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Barnes has had a great year and has done a tremendous job since taking over the
#Vols
program.
Today? This is on him. If he doesn’t tell them to knock off the 3-ball crap, no one else to blame.
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Bad break that the Vols - as the 5th overall seed - were “rewarded” with the Midwest.
If they’d been sent West on a true S-curve, they might have made their first Final Four.
Not to be.
Heckuva year, good run.
SEC champs, Elite 8.
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Both coaches have plenty of room tk cry about officiating. This is ridiculous.
The only time I have complaints about officials is when they take over a game. Like this mess.
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Major props to Kirby Smart. He took the blame after the first half and then flipped the script completely. Pretty impressive coaching job to orchestrate that comeback on that stage.
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Two words for that
#Vols
’ win today:
MUCH and NEEDED.
Gets them a bye, but flipping a 14-point deficit and getting a strong effort from some guys who’ve been struggling? That should - SHOULD - provide some confidence heading into the tournaments.
Good showing.
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