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Another RCR History Lesson: Archie Who?

The Ghost of Jay Cutler — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:20:19 -0000

So where does this song come from, again?

Among the Mannings, David Cutcliffe, Ed Orgeron, and (somehow) Brent Schaeffer, the Rebels have plenty of ties to the Tennessee Volunteers. These ties are so strong, in fact, that the Volunteers are the 4th most common played Rebel opponent after Mississippi State, LSU, and Vanderbilt.

Yes, you read that right; we've played Tennessee more times than we've played Alabama, Arkansas, or Auburn.

Being as that the Rebels have played the Volunteers so often, there are certainly many memorable moments and games in the series. But perhaps the most memorable game in the longstanding tradition of the Ole Miss vs. Tennessee game came exactly 40 seasons ago with what some folks have dubbed "The Hee Haw Game."

The Rebels, led by Archie Manning, would win this game in an absolute blowout. But there is much more to the story, especially with regards to old-fashioned SEC trash talkin', which was captured by the November 24, 1969 issue of Sports Illustrated. Some excerpts from that piece follow.

You'd have thought those folks from Tennessee would have known better, being neighbors and all. Shoot, any 10-year-old kid who ever got his button nose past the cover of a history book can tell you it doesn't take all that much to rile Mississippians.

In Tennessee, where everybody was feeling good about being unbeaten in seven games and being ranked No. 3 in the nation, they laughed and started handing out ARCHIE WHO? buttons.

All this, of course, was greeted with secret delight by Johnny Vaught, the Ole Miss coach and a man who would welcome a Greek bearing gifts, just as long as they could be used as psychological weapons.

Early in the third quarter, all hope of a Tennessee recovery died when Reed went a yard for a touchdown, making it, after the kick, 31-0. That's the same score the Vols beat Ole Miss by last year. No longer was anyone in orange clothing yelling "Archie who?" The last score, a one-yard dive by Bowen in the fourth quarter, just rubbed it in a bit.

Let's hope that, 40 years after the cries of Archie Who were silenced in Jackson, the Rebels will be able to quell Tennessee once more.

Tennessee-Georgia: This Week in History

Will — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:00:32 -0000

Because when you're playing Georgia, it's always fun to remember the past:

5 Years Ago: After freshmen Erik Ainge and Brent Schaeffer helped the Vols stun Florida 30-28 in Knoxville, they were ambushed by what would become the undefeated Auburn juggernaut 34-10. The very next week brought the Vols to Athens, where Georgia was fresh off a 45-16 rout of defending national champion LSU, and carried a #3 ranking and were giving 12 points in Vegas. It would become one of Phillip Fulmer's greatest upsets, as Ainge fired a touchdown pass on the opening drive en route to a 13-7 halftime lead, then added another to put the Vols ahead 19-7 in the 4th quarter. Georgia cut the lead to 19-14 and David Greene was on his way to leading another heartbreaking final drive, but it ended at the UT 19 with an incomplete pass in the end zone, and the Vols locked up the SEC East 19-14. It's #11 in the 50 Best Games of the Fulmer Era. This was UT's first win over Georgia since...

10 Years Ago: The Vols were defending National Champions but Georgia was undefeated coming into Neyland Stadium, both teams in the top ten. But as they did so often to the Dawgs during the late 90s, Tennessee jumped out in front and never looked back. Behind three touchdown runs from Tee Martin, the Vols led 30-7 before Georgia tried to mount a comeback. Two scores cut the lead to 30-20 in the 4th quarter, but Leonard Scott ran the ensuing kickoff back 100 yards to seal it, 37-20. The Vols sacked Quincy Carter six times and scored their final victory in a nine game win streak over Georgia.

15 Years Ago: Definitive proof that you can still play well when your quarterback is a liability: Todd Helton lined up under center in Athens in his first career start, and the #19 Vols made a point to run, run, and run some more against #23 Georgia. The bulk of the work was done by James "Little Man" Stewart, who ripped Georgia for 211 yards and 4 touchdowns, tying a UT record for touchdowns by a back in one game. Stewart's performance included a 71 yard touchdown run with six broken tackles that is still one of the best I've ever seen. Tennessee rolled 41-23 in Helton's one and only win as a starting quarterback.

20 Years Ago: The final performance of the CobbWebb attack came in Neyland Stadium, as the 4-0 Vols were 6th in the country and would use the arm of Andy Kelly and the legs of Sterling Henton at quarterback to jump to a 17-6 lead, and an opportunistic defense would make it stand up in a 17-14 win. It was Tennessee's 10th in a row dating back to the previous season, and their first in the eventual nine game win streak over Georgia. Cobb would be dismissed from the team the following week for failing a drug test. And we've got a Bill Goldberg sighting in the highlights:

ATVSQBPI: Past is Prologue

Richard Pittman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:30:14 -0000

Former Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodson put on his old jersey and celebrated his pretty good ATVSQBPI from 2007.

You wanted more information about the And The Valley Shook Quarterback Productivity Index, and I am here to give it to you. I have the data going back three years in the SEC. The first year can be found here, and we will reproduce it for this post.

Again, reminding you that the formula is as follows:

ATVSQBPI = (yards passing + yards rushing - yards lost by sack + 20*Number of Touchdowns - 30*Number of Interceptions)/(Number of pass attempts + rush attempts).

The explanation for why we use this particular formula is found here, but realize we are not using the complete formula because First Down stats are not quite as readily available, and it should pretty much wash out anyway. Plus, we've all gotten used to the scale this particular metric gives us.

Would you like to see 2006 and 2007? How about after the jump?

2008:

Quarterback	ATVSQBPI (y/play)
Tim Tebow, Florida	8.73
Matthew Stafford, Georgia	8.49
Jevan Snead, Ole Miss	7.84
John Parker Wilson, Bama	5.87
Casey Dick, Arkansas	5.68
Jarrett Lee, LSU	5.56
Chris Smelley, South Carolina	5.12
Jordan Jefferson, LSU	5.11
Nick Stephens, Tennessee	5.10
Kodi Burns, Auburn	5.02
Chris Nickson, Vandy	5.01
Stephen Garcia, South Carolina	4.95
Tyson Lee, Mississippi State	4.86
Mike Hartline, Kentucky	4.77
Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee	4.34
Mackenzi Adams, Vandy	4.03
Chris Todd, Auburn	4.02
Wesley Carroll, Mississippi State	2.85

Alright, we've been through those numbers once before. Let's take a look at 2007:

Quarterback	ATVSQBPI (y/play)
Tim Tebow, Florida	9.11
Ryan Perrilloux, LSU	8.20
Erik Ainge, Tennessee	7.12
Andre Woodson, Kentucky	6.89
Matthew Stafford, Georgia	6.78
Casey Dick, Arkansas	6.15
Matt Flynn, LSU	6.08
Blake Mitchell, South Carolina	5.81
Chris Smelley, South Carolina	5.69
John Parker Wilson, Bama	5.62
Mackenzi Adams, Vandy	5.16
Seth Adams, Ole Miss	5.03
Brandon Cox, Auburn	5.00
Wesley Carroll, Mississippi State	4.73

What are my take-away messages from this?:

Numbers were generally better in 2007 than they were in 2008.
Wesley Carroll was the worst starting QB in the SEC in both 2008 and 2007.
Tebow was a little better in his Heisman year than in his junior year. Or at least, he was a little more productive.
You really can win with average QB play, if you consider that LSU won the national championship with middle of the pack quarterback play in 2007, while Auburn was a pretty decent team with one of the least effective QBs in the conference. It sure makes it easier, though, if you're really good.
Just look at Ryan Perrilloux. That's what we didn't have in 2008. Well, that and a defense.
Andre Woodson was held back by his awful rushing numbers (not shown).

Let's move on to 2006, in which I lift the numbers straight from my old website:

Quarterback	ATVSQBPI (y/play)
Jamarcus Russell, LSU	9.16
Blake Mitchell, South Carolina	8.26
Erik Ainge, Tennessee	8.07
Andre Woodson, Kentucky	7.79
Chris Leak, Florida	7.02
Syvelle Newton, South Carolina	7.00
Casey Dick, Arkansas	6.99
Chris Nickson, Vandy	6.55
Brandon Cox, Auburn	6.37
John Parker Wilson, Bama	6.14
Omarr Conner, Mississippi State	6.13
Michael Henig, Mississippi State	5.82
Matthew Stafford, UGA	5.78
Mitch Mustain, Arkansas	5.68
Brent Schaeffer, Ole Miss	4.27

What are my take-home messages from 2006?:

Jamarcus Russell had the best ATVSQBPI of any quarterback between the years 2006 and 2008.
But on the other hand, numbers in general declined steadily in those years. Just look at John Parker Wilson. His ATVSQBPI actually fell each year he was a starter, but his ranking increased. Some of the worst QBs in the league in 2006 would have been pretty average in 2008 with the same production. Look at where Omarr Conner and Michael Henig would have ranked in 2008? Does this mean that Michael Henig was as good a quarterback in 2006 as John Parker Wilson was in 2008? Heck no. The steady decline of the mean from year to year, and the reduction in production of John Parker Wilson as he went from sophomore to senior, suggest the reduction is due mostly to better defenses.
Look at the steady progression of Matthew Stafford.
What the heck happened to Blake Mitchell?

If you have any additional thoughts, I welcome you sharing them.

The 50 Best Games of the Fulmer Era - #11: 12-Point UnderDawgs

Will — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:22:00 -0000

Freshmen quarterbacks will make mistakes. That's just a given in college football, and especially in the SEC. Fans generally accept learning curves, and at Tennessee are accustomed to seeing great success from sophomores: two of the best Vol teams of the Fulmer Era were led by sophomore quarterbacks who matured after starting as freshmen, Peyton Manning in 1995 and Casey Clausen in 2001.

So when Phillip Fulmer announced that the mantle was being passed to incoming freshmen Erik Ainge and Brent Schaeffer during fall camp in 2004, fans were both excited and understandably nervous. Ainge and Schaeffer were given instant opportunity over CJ Leak and Rick Clausen, both with some game experience. We knew there would be a learning curve, but were also excited - the 2004 season opener against UNLV remains the 4th highest attended game in Tennessee Football history, just for the chance to see Ainge and Schaeffer in their first action.

Beating UNLV was no surprise. But what the duo did in leading the Vols to victory against Florida - still to come on our countdown - broke the perception that it was going to take time. When Tennessee beat the Gators 30-28 behind a combined 19 of 28 for 232 yards and 3 TDs from the two freshmen, the talk on campus the very next Monday was about how we could possibly keep two quarterbacks both destined to win the Heisman Trophy happy on the same team at the same time.

Two weeks later, Ainge and Schaeffer proved they were still freshmen after all.

Against what would become the undefeated Auburn juggernaut, the Vols were ambushed 34-10 at Neyland Stadium - 31-3 at halftime - and watched Ainge turn the ball over five times and Schaeffer go 1 for 5 with an additional INT. In the blink of an eye, the Vols went from frontrunners to a team with a shaky defense (400 yards for the Tiger offense) and two suddenly shaky freshmen quarterbacks.

But what Auburn did to Tennessee wasn't the biggest statement in the SEC on October 2.

About three hours earlier and four hours down the road, Georgia met defending National Champion LSU. And in what might be the most impressive win in Mark Richt's career, the Dawgs decimated the Tigers 45-16 between the hedges. Georgia rolled up 430 yards of offense, David Greene threw five touchdown passes and Danny Ware ran for over 100 yards.

So while the Vols were coming back down to reality, Georgia skyrocketed to #3 in the polls, and with Tennessee having beaten Florida and then having been exposed by Auburn, there appeared to be no question as to who the best team in the SEC East was, and the Dawgs had an inside track on what would've been their third straight division title. What's more, Georgia had beaten the Vols four years in a row and were coming off a landmark blowout victory in Neyland Stadium from the previous year. All signs pointed to another Georgia victory and another Georgia appearance in the SEC Championship Game. Vegas declared the Dawgs 12 point favorites playing between the hedges, and Tennessee's two freshmen quarterbacks had to pick up the pieces in the least likely environment, in their first road game ever.

The Vols may have won a couple games where they were greater underdogs, but in terms of anyone - media, fans, anyone - actually believing or giving them a chance to win, I'm not sure there's ever been a greater difference in the Fulmer Era between what everyone thought was going to happen and what actually took place on the field than on this day in Athens, October 9, 2004.

11. 2004: #17 Tennessee 19 - #3 Georgia 14 (Athens)

The student ticket lottery for away games still hates me to this day. Every year on campus I came with my student ID and my hopes, and every year I was turned away every single time. I never hit the lottery - I was never even an alternate. But I had lots of friends who didn't care about football as much as I did.

So I'd been to Athens twice before. In 2000 I sat on the front row and almost got to watch the goalposts come down, but my friend and I ran for our lives just beforehand. In 2002 I sat high above the earth and watched a valiant effort from a defense trying to support CJ Leak and James Banks at quarterback fall just short. Both times, the Georgia fans I encountered cemented their reputation with me as my least favorite fanbase to deal with. To me, Georgia has always been the little kid at the adult table - since the SEC expanded in 1992, four of us have won National Championships and Auburn has had a pair of undefeated seasons with no trophy to show for it. The Dawgs can claim neither, but they always wanted to believe they belonged in the same sentence with Alabama, Florida, LSU and Tennessee. Now that we've sent our head coach packing and our own status at the adult table is in question, the joke isn't so funny.

So someone else hits the lottery in 2004 and I gladly accept the tickets, and then have to tell just about everyone I know that yes, I'm still going even after the events of the Saturday before. In every way, you can tell that no one is giving us a chance, including 99.9% of the Tennessee fans. Until the events of 2008, this was the lowest turnout from Tennessee fans I've ever seen at an away game, ever. This time we're on the second row with red arrogance all around us and four years of frustration behind us, huddled together like a band of brothers hoping for the impossible. Because it's always more dramatic when you're actually there.

The opening drive sets the tone. The Vols get the kickoff and face 3rd and 13 and a semi-deafening roar. Ainge hits Derrick Tinsley down the sideline for a first down. Then they face 4th and 1 at the Georgia 33. Ainge hits Cory Anderson for a first down. Then it's 3rd and 9 three plays later. Ainge hits Bret Smith for a touchdown.

If Georgia gets a stop on any of those plays, I think they win this game. But as they didn't, the Vols scored a dramatic first blow...and that was enough to make the Vols and everyone wearing orange believe they could get the job done. And at this point, Ainge is in the driver's seat.

The Tennessee defense responds with a three and out, and the offense responds with three points and a stunning 10-0 lead after two drives. The Vols may not have had the horses to run away from Georgia, but the Tennessee defense made sure that the Dawgs were going to earn everything they got. David Greene had been sacked four times in four games coming into this one. The Vols got him four times in one afternoon.

The UGA offense was so stagnant that DJ Shockley was called on to give them some life, and he did, making a great throw for a touchdown to make it 10-7. James Wilhoit would answer with a 51 yard field goal that had room from about 60 to make it 13-7 at the half, which helped make up for the fact that Wilhoit missed two shorter first half attempts that could've given the Vols more room to breathe.

In the third quarter, the Tennessee defense kept refuting the notion that Georgia was just going to flip a switch and pull away. When Gerald Riggs fumbled at the UT 13, it looked like that was getting ready to happen. Instead, the defense surrendered just one yard, and then Andy Bailey shanked a 29 yarder to keep it at 13-7. The defense played the entire third quarter just one play away from giving up the lead, but never did. Greene would finish the day just 15 of 34 for 163 yards. This is also the definitive Jesse Maholena game at Tennessee. The Hawaiian DT was at his best here, with two sacks and a forced intentional grounding.

Looking for another spark, late in the third quarter Richt called for the fake punt (in the postgame, Richt said "I never should've done that.") and the Vols were all over it, with Kevin Burnett reading it cold and stuffing it. From there, Ainge put Tennessee in position as the game moved to the 4th quarter, and found Chris Hannon for the score, giving Tennessee a 19-7 lead. Ainge on the day was brilliant for a freshman in his first hostile environment: 12 of 21, 150 yards, 2 TDs, no mistakes. A large portion of his responsibilty was handing off to Gerald Riggs, who ran for 102.

When the Dawgs were stopped 3 and out again and punted the ball back to the Vols with under 11:00 to play, the impossible seemed destined to happen. Tennessee drove into Georgia territory...but Wilhoit missed his third field goal of the day, keeping the score at 19-7 with seven minutes and change remaining.

Finally, the Dawgs woke up. Georgia went 13 plays and 66 yards to the end zone, Danny Ware on a bruising run to the corner, to make it 19-14. Tennessee needed first downs to run out the clock, but were stopped three and out when Fulmer refused to go for it on 4th and 1 near midfield.

So the Dawgs get it back at their own 13 yard line with 2:20 on the clock. And as the senior Greene came back onto the field, everyone wearing orange is thinking of the freshman Greene, who broke Vol hearts in 2001 with much less time to work with on the game's final drive. It would take a touchdown again here to do it.

And Greene appeared up to the task. He moved Georgia into Tennessee territory and used his final timeout, then hit Fred Gibson on a wild play to the UT 19, with Gibson diving out of bounds (and it's very questionable if he even got out of bounds) with :01 on the clock. One last play, one last chance to break Vol hearts and erase the upset.

As they had done all day, the Vols got great pressure from just the front four, and Greene had to throw off his back foot. To this day I'm not sure who he was throwing to - the ball made it to the end zone but the three nearest players were all wearing white. Jason Mitchell batted it down, there were no flags on the field...and the impossible was reality. 12-point underdogs, the Vols won 19-14 and erased four years of misery in one glorious afternoon.

Georgia fans were stunned. The small gathering of Tennessee faithful waited patiently for them to make their exit, with plenty of friendly exchange between the two sides. And it took a few minutes to realize this, lost in the celebration of having beaten the #3 team in the country on their home field and having ended Georgia's winning streak. But then when you remembered that the Vols had now beaten both Florida and Georgia...the Vols had done more than just get an upset. They had locked up the Eastern Division.

My favorite part of the day came driving home and listening to the Georgia postgame show on the radio. They play their lead-in music and the studio host says his introductory comments, and then they're gonna throw it to Hap Hines, who is the only former kicker I know of who is now a lead analyst. Hap, your thoughts?

"When I woke up today, it felt like Christmas morning. Everything was right, everything was great, things were going to go our way. This was our year. And now, Tennessee comes in, and not only have they stolen all of our presents, but they stole the #*&@ tree!"

Getting to Know Tennessee Quarterback Nick Stephens

Hooper — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:31:41 -0000

Little has to be said of the season to understand why Nick Stephens is being given a shot as QB this Saturday against Northern Illinois. We all hoped - make that assumed - that Crompton would work out as the next hot QB to come through the UT system. Unfortunately, the seemingly flaky player we've seen this year doesn't seem to be the same player that we learned to love during the pinch-hit against LSU. Much has been written on Crompton, from cold-blooded analysis, to anger, to frustration. Yet, we haven't really heard a whole lot on Nick Stephens, other than (a) he's a sophomore, (b) he's a Vol, and (c) he's the main contender to Crompton for the starting QB job.

Oops. I had the wrong guy pictured. Moving right along, nothing to see here. [Note by hooper, 10/01/08 4:16 PM EDT ]

It's time we learned a little more about our new gametime QB:

High School History

Nick Stephens graduated from Flower Mound High School in Dallas, Texas in 2006. However, he did not start at Flower Mound initially. He transferred from Marcus High to Flower Mound due to a family move; however, he was rendered ineligible to play during his junior year because Marcus high would not release his eligibility. (Gee, does that sound familiar?) That was the only year he was not a starting player from 7th grad ethrough high school graduation. But the lack of a junior year didn't stop him from attending football camps and keeping his skills sharp; in his senior year, he passed for 2604 yards and 24 TDs. He was rated as a 3-star (and the 15th-best Pro-Style QB in his class) by Rivals. Meanwhile, Scout saw him as a 4-star and the 11th-best Pro-Style in the nation.

Much of his high school eligibility issues can be heard straight from Stephens in this viddy:

With the QB controversy that has blossomed, Stephens has seen a lot of camera time recently. In both the preceding and anteceding videos, you get a sense of his rawness in the spotlight, but you also get a sense of a well-mannered guy with a good sense of perspective.

College Recruiting

Unsurprising for a highly-rated QB, Stephens was recruited by several major programs. The list included Michigan, Tennessee, Ole Miss (the Orgeron years), Colorado, Illinois, and Oklahoma State (the MAN years). If you watched the preceding videos, you already know that Stephens initially verbally committed to Ole Miss. However, Brent Schaeffer's departure from UT to Ole Miss encouraged Stephens to decommit and hitch his wagon to the Big Orange. (Oh, delicious irony. But seriously, this might end up working well for both UT and Ole Miss. Schaeffer has been a tremendous asset for a reeling Rebel program, and Stephens might indeed be the answer at UT. Let's not overhype it this time, though. Yet.) At any rate, we know that Stephens ended up in Knoxville to play QB for the good guys.

Reputation

The skinny on Stephens (mostly based on his skills at the time of high school graduation):

Strong Arm Stephens earned his high rating mostly on the distance and speed of his throws. His ability to make the long pass is unquestioned.
Quick Release For anybody who doubts the importance of a quick release, let me simply say: Jay Cutler. Pay objective attention; if Cutler's release was any slower, this pass would have been intercepted.

2005 Vanderbilt Football - Top Plays #1 (via vucommodores)

Distance Accuracy The local radio stations have been noting that Stephens can hit a long throw with very good consistency, though they felt his medium-range passes needed to be dialed in a bit. I've always felt that it's easier to learn touch than power, so this is an overall plus for a relatively untested college QB.
Big Hands The guy can really wrap his mitts around a football. If you click here, you'll see a photo of him in a practice session during the Spring. (I'd post it directly, but the photo is copyrighted.)
Decision Making The biggest reason Stephens was never seen as a threat to Crompton's job was that the game was still moving too fast for him. As with most QBs, taking the step to the next level of competition necessitates a learning curve to deal with the suddenly faster defenses. (E.g. any rookie NFL QB.) Stephens openly admits this as well, and seems intent on working on his mental game speed.
Deceptive Speed, (or not) Stephens ran a 4.90 40 coming out of high school, which was one of the slowest times of the top 50 QBs in his class. Don't look for Stephens to be a scrambler. That's not too bad though; it's not like UT is in a QB controversy over the QB's feet. (Incidentally, Crompton also ran a 4.90 40 coming out of high school. Let's call this a wash.)

Odds and Ends

Ranking as #11 in his recruiting class isn't any small feat. The 2006 recruiting class according to Scout breaks down like this (ignoring JUCO transfers [cough, cough, Schaeffer, cough, cough]):

Mitch Mustain - Arkansas / USC
Matthew Stafford - Georgia
Tim Tebow - Florida
Pat Devlin - Penn State
Isiah (Juice) Williams - Illinois
Jevan Snead - Texas
Jake Locker - Washington
Alex Cate - Oklahoma State
Zach Frazer - Notre Dame
Neil Caudle - Auburn
Nick Stephens - Tennessee
Sherrod Harris - Texas
Antonio Henton - Ohio State
Taylor Potts - Texas Tech
Josh Freeman - Kansas State
James Lark - BYU
Sam Bradford - Oklahoma (!!)
Kevin Riley - California
Justin Burke - North Carolina State
Christian Ponder - Florida State

As you can see, most of the top 20 QBs of 2006 have seen significant action and many are starters. (Trivia: Cody Hawkins (Colorado) was #21, which is a high enough ranking to suggest that his commit wasn't necessarily entirely nepotism. FWIW.) If you compare that list to the top 20 in 2005, you'll see that things have worked out a little better for the younger class so far.

ENTRANCE MUSIC!

Oh, come on. You know you're just dying to build up hype and anticipation for the new kid. It's what we Vols fans do. Look at the hype we gave this year before the games started. Look at how everybody felt about UT's turnaround when Cutcliffe came back. It's in our blood.

If there's one thing you can bank on in a YouTube highlight video, it's rap music. Every cut-rate highlight compiler is obsessed with some rap soundtrack with just enough F-bombs (i.e. more than zero) that prevent me from using them in posts. (Except for BloodSpite, of course.) So let's beat the punch and think up some music for him. Just to start the thoughts, let me suggest something by this guy.

THIS KID NEEDS A 'NICK'NAME!

Hey, we've been in the business of nicknames for a while now. If you're one to believe in jinxes, then stay away from this topic; we've had the Clawfense (more accurately, we hope to have it someday), the Mountain Cannon, the Mustang (Sally) defense, the G-Gun (more like the G-Run), and even Eric Berry (whose name is a nickname, thank you very much). So why not find a nickname for Nick? I propose that we reserve the obvious - St. Nick - until after we see how he does. If he does well as the Vols QB, we can bestow St. Nick upon him. After all, that's about all we can give him, what with NCAA regs and all that. Besides, if Stephens does work out, you'd love to buy a Vols version of this.