re: We are closing in on the 20 year anniversary for Tennessee's last championship

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Auburn has won one title since 1957.



not even close to being true.

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It's absolutely true, and Cam Newton was paid for.

Auburn's last championship was 2013...........and half of bama's team is paid for.

Who was the SEC Champion in 2013 then?

You need to do that....this thread is about the last Championship, of any kind, UT has won.

ETA nothing has been mentioned about NC.....except by you gumps.

My point is.....Auburn has won quite a few Championships since 1957. No saving face. It's you gumps who are acting like tools..............you know, because Conference Championships aren't really Championships, right?

Wow! It really has been a long time, hasn't it?

Unfortunately I think they have a very good shot at getting Chip after he gets fired by the 49ers next year. Pretty much all of the top programs are locked in with coaches for the next couple years. Maybe Texas A&M gets rid of Sumlin but he has a huge buyout. That probably buys him a few more years at least.

I don't see Chip coaching in the SEC. He may one day, but he has no ties to this part of the country. I think if he goes back to the college game, it will be at a Pac school.

A genuinely quality troll, imo. tRant could us more on this level even though I'm a bit confused as to why Aubie of all schools would be behind it and prefer not to be the subject matter.

To answer your question as honestly as I know how... Of course fans think it's a damn shame it's been that long and would've like to have seen something wayyy earlier. At the same time we've also had a bad run in general and one that's been an anomaly when the totality of UT football is looked at. Back to back to back to back bad coaches have that effect and those asshats have accounted for at least half the time in question. Our AD hasn't been decent/competent the entire time (well at least since 02). We dearly miss Doug Dickey.

And we've done no better in hiring ADs (If you take a real look at UT - football is not the only thing that's suffered in this time frame). Not by a long shot.

I think we'd go a long damn way towards righting things if we hire Blackburn as AD. This dry spell has corresponded with a dearth of Tennessee people at Tennessee as well as folks with strong ties (we went from decades of UT people in charge in some manner or another to running away from a formula that worked -- hell even the non-Tennesseans were immersed enough to where they might as well have been Tennesseans/those with prior familiarity) and Blackburn would go a long way towards helping fixing that too.

That said, UT fans are always restless. Always.

The topic should be more about, which program, UT or AU, will win their 3rd national title first?

If history had been different, Tennessee would be rightful national champions in 1938, 1940, 1950.

For Auburn: 1983, 1993, 2004.

This would still put both at a tie with 5 each.

Both are championship deprived. Auburn is the better program at present. Tennessee is the better program historically. Both are due, even though Auburn was close in 2013.