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re: Tennessee fans - when do you expect to get back to winning championships?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:34 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:34 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
They're not even the best program in their own state
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Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:41 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
Honest answer: I don't know if CBJ will ever get there. We came close to beating BAMA in '15 but that's about it.
Saban is a generational coach who few have beaten and most that have can cite a metric ton of luck. Like Bear never beat Neyland ("Thank God the Old guy finally quit" was what he said when Neyland retired) we may have to wait things out.
Also, what worries me about coaching is that we've always had our best success under Tennessee guys. If CBJ were fired, I'd push for Tee Martin HARD.
Saban is a generational coach who few have beaten and most that have can cite a metric ton of luck. Like Bear never beat Neyland ("Thank God the Old guy finally quit" was what he said when Neyland retired) we may have to wait things out.
Also, what worries me about coaching is that we've always had our best success under Tennessee guys. If CBJ were fired, I'd push for Tee Martin HARD.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:42 am to MizzouTrue
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They're not even the best program in their own state
For years Mizzou blocked lowly Springfield from becoming Missouri State because the didn't want competition. 
I was born in MO and lived there for half my life, don't pull that bullshite.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:43 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
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Makes me want to play Baldur's Gate...damn you!
Elder Scrolls, ftw.
<----Long time Morrowind/TES fan.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:45 am to Prof
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Also, what worries me about coaching is that we've always had our best success under Tennessee guys. If CBJ were fired, I'd push for Tee Martin HARD.
Not sure I agree on Tee, but in this day and age, it isn't about "who coached here" I think that time may be past, but who knows, I am no expert.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:45 am to The Mad Fratter
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Damn mizzou put up 63 on UT last year? The vols are so irrelevant they haven't even been getting trolled by that
No we put up 63. You're showing that 'Sip education.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:48 am to Prof
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No we put up 63. You're showing that 'Sip education.
They have a Nutt problem and a NCAA problem, it's understandable.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:48 am to DoUrden
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Not sure I agree on Tee, but in this day and age, it isn't about "who coached here" I think that time may be past, but who knows, I am no expert.
Understand but Tee is a rising star right now. He's OC'ing the USC Trojans and is gonna be a HC very soon.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:52 am to Prof
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Understand but Tee is a rising star right now. He's OC'ing the USC Trojans and is gonna be a HC very soon.
While I will always think Al deserves the statue, I am not opposed to him coaching here, but there is some bad blood to be put to pasture from what I remember.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 12:53 am
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:57 am to DoUrden
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Wile I will alwasy think Al deserves the statue I am not opposed to him coaching here, but there is some bad blood to be put to pasture from what I remember.
You talking my man Al Wilson? I'd give anything to see him play college ball again.
The bad blood is mostly fans not understanding that the media put both CBJ and Tee on the spot when Jones was hired. Tee was respectful of our wishes and came in for an interview but he'd just moved to So. Cal. No way he was going to pick up and leave for the same position here. If we'd sweetened the pot it would've been different.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 12:59 am to Prof
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You talking my man Al Wilson? I'd give anything to see him play college ball again.
The bad blood is mostly fans not understanding that the media put both CBJ and Tee on the spot when Jones was hired. Tee was respectful of our wishes and came in for an interview but he'd just moved to So. Cal. No way he was going to pick up and leave for the same position here. If we'd sweetened the pot it would've been different.
Al is my favorite play I have seen play at Tennessee! If Tee's heart is really in it, then I am all for him coming home.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:07 am to DoUrden
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Al is my favorite play I have seen play at Tennessee! If Tee's heart is really in it, then I am all for him coming home.
Agree on both counts. Al Wilson - lawd have mercy. I've never seen a player who could literally will his team to victory the way he did. He was simply amazing.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:10 am to Prof
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Al Wilson - lawd have mercy. I've never seen a player who could literally will his team to victory the way he did. He was simply amazing.
And off the field he was so subdued. Get the man between the hash marks and it was GAME ON!
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:11 am to DoUrden
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And off the field he was so subdued. Get the man between the hash marks and it was GAME ON!
Haha. No doubt. Were you at UT back then? Cuz I was.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:13 am to Prof
No I wasn't, I am envious!!!
FTR I applied to UT and got accepted in 1987, but due to my father being in the military and moved from Nashville to MO the out of state tuition was a no go, but I can tell you I pissed a lot of people off posting UT's record on my Mizzou dorm room grease board.
Ended up with a hard shel degree from Maryland, but my blood has been Orange since I discovered college football.
FTR I applied to UT and got accepted in 1987, but due to my father being in the military and moved from Nashville to MO the out of state tuition was a no go, but I can tell you I pissed a lot of people off posting UT's record on my Mizzou dorm room grease board.
Ended up with a hard shel degree from Maryland, but my blood has been Orange since I discovered college football.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 1:16 am
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:21 am to DoUrden
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No I wasn't, I am envious!!!
FTR I applied to UT and got accepted in 1987, but due to my father being in the military and moved from Nashville to MO the out of state tuition was a no go, but I can tell you I pissed a lot of people off posting UT's record on my Mizzou dorm room grease board.
Ended up with a hard shel degree from Maryland, but my blood has been Orange since I discovered college football.
I'm one of the luckiest UT fans ever. I was there with both Peyton and Tee. Hell even Holdsclaw was there back then and I knew a few of them (had class with Holdsclaw and it shocked the shite out of me when she had a violent episode, girl was shy and sweet as hell when I knew her) -- not well but enough to know their personalities. That was an era where we were giants at everything.
Out of state tuition is crazy. I can understand why it was a no go.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 1:25 am
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:28 am to DoUrden
Niiice. You still out of state?
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:32 am to Prof
In shitty Oklahoma, no elevation here and too far from the sugar sand of the redneck riviera! I am here because I want to be near my parents lost my father a few months ago. I will end up on a beach one day though.
Posted on 7/13/17 at 1:33 am to DoUrden
Understand that completely. We moved to a shitty county to be close to ailing parents as well. But time is precious and I wouldn't trade time with a loved one for the world.
This post was edited on 7/13/17 at 1:35 am
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