re: 22nd anniversary of 1999 Fiesta Bowl. Tennessee football 13-0

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Not bad...you beat FSU's 3rd string freshman QB that was one year removed from running the wishbone in high school.

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He was a redshirt sophomore.

Could woulda shoulda.................

You know..........

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FSU with Weinkie probably would have stolen Tennessee's lunch money.

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Possibly. Do we get Jamal Lewis back for the game? Obviously we didn’t need him against UGA, Henry and Stephens were more than enough that afternoon, but against a fully healthy FSU we’d probably need him.

Ohio State was the best team in the country that year but lost to a Saban coached Michigan State team at home that cost them a shot at the National title. Tennessee has the GOAT to thank for snapping their national championship drought.

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How can a man that pushed all the right buttons for a few years end up pushing all the wrong ones for the last 15?

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He was HC coach at UT for 16 years. Eight of those he had David Cutcliffe as his OC and the other eight he did not.

With Cutcliffe: 81-19
Without him: 64-33

Now it’s not as simple as just having Cut or not, but that’s the glaring difference in Fulmer’s career. Other things that attributed to his downfall were the resignation of Strength and Conditioning coach John Stuckey, really poor assistant coach hires, lackadaisical recruiting, and as OE pointed out, Spurrier leaving UF.

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No. Outzen was playing QB. FSU was actually favored by nearly a TD

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Thanks, I wonder which game I am thinking about?

It was the lesser of two evils.

Saban and LSU later took it all away in 2001. They never recovered. I remember all of the UT fans brought roses to the game because they were so confident a 4 loss LSU team didn’t stand a chance and this was just a formality before the NC game.