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C-TFP: Wiedmer: Wayne Chism won't soon be forgotten by Tennessee fans

"It was great playing on this team," [Wayne] said. "All I can say about making history at this school ... it was great taking this school to places it had never been. I was in a great position when I got here, thrown into the mix as a freshman. And Coach Pearl really helped me and everybody on this team helped me. And this team really helped Coach Pearl in Knoxville get to a place it had never been."

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSss

by bobo_the_vol on Mar 26, 2010 9:14 PM EDT on Rocky Top Talk

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BREAKING NEWS: Caliperi Breaking Major NCAA Rules!

To quote the Sea of Blue article where I got this from:

This is bad, real bad.

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Two OSU Perspectives on Tennessee

The main link is from OSU blog The Silver Bullet who has a good look at what Tennessee actually does well instead of "OMG PRESz!!11" What I liked from the story:

Let me start by saying that Bruce Pearl is one of the most annoying coaches in college basketball. Any coach that 1) shows up shirtless with a painted body to a women's basketball game, 2) is caught hitting on college girls, and 3) wears a bright orange jacket on the sideline won't get my vote. Despite his obnoxious personality and love of coeds, the guy can flat coach. If there was ever proof of that, it has been this season. After the marijuana debacle (that led to the departure of T. Smith), most every coach in the country would have lost this squad. Instead the Volunteers, under Pearl, have played inspired basketball.

Then there's blog Eleven Warriors which has two pieces concerning this weekend. In one they rank the 16 teams left, placing Tennessee at #7 overall, and in another more Tennessee-directed one they have a great picture and a somewhat critical and dismissive perspective, but he is a Buckeye fan so we can only rationally expect a small level of intelligence.

To the Vols’ credit, despite an influx of walk ons beginning to pick up some of the end of the rotation minutes, UT bounced right back and beat then #1 KU at home the very next weekend (though Northern Iowa’s neutral court heroics have somewhat diminished the returns on that puppy). The Vols put together a great rest of the year, really only stumbling against top tier tournament worthy SEC teams, one outlier loss on the road to Mark Fox’ Georgia Bulldogs aside. UT also holds one of just two victories over the prohibitive favorite amongst the remaining teams to go all the way, John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats (no word on whether Tennessee will garner an extra win in 2014 or not; stay tuned).

Both of these links were found by following the "Other Buckeye Blogs" section on SBNation's Ohio State blog The Buckeye Battle Cry.

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There is absolutely no reason to believe Nash Armstrong can succeed as a Journalist at Tennessee.

by bobo_the_vol on Mar 22, 2010 10:05 PM EDT on Rocky Top Talk

Chest-bumped to the front from the FanPosts, bobo_the_vol-style. I don't know Nash Armstrong, and normally I wouldn't want to call him out, but from all indications that is exactly what he wanted. Shoot, he even got GVX to mention the thing in this article and to ask Scotty Hopson himself what he thought about it. So, Mr. Armstrong, is this what you asked for?

-- Joel

And this I mean with the utmost honesty, if you'll forgive me for only taking one article into account: this one. The article is one published by a certain "Nash Armstrong" who I can only assume is a "journalist" at the University of Tennessee, working for the Daily Beacon. His second most recent article? One explaining why Ohio never should have played Georgetown: because Georgetown is better. Apparently getting rid of automatic bids would fix the NCAA Tournament. Who knew it'd be that easy?!

Anyways, let's take a look at some of the "highlights" of this article, shall we?

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Mike DeCourcy Says Vols weakest team standing

15. Michigan State. We saw what the Spartans looked like without Kalin Lucas in early February, and it wasn't pretty. If the Spartans were in one piece they'd have had a solid chance at stealing Tom Izzo's sixth Final Four berth.

16. Tennessee. Ohio did the Vols the favor of chasing Georgetown out of the tournament and then performing as though that had been enough. Tennessee made some big shots in that game and the opener against San Diego State and is proud to have come so far given its midseason tumult.

"It's pretty big," Vols center Wayne Chism said after reaching the Sweet 16. "I've been there twice already and came up short twice. I'm happy to be back on that stage again, and I just can't wait to get there and be prepared to play the next team."

So -- let me get this straight -- Tennessee being proud of where they've come from to get here makes them the worst? It wasn't like Ohio wasn't trying in that game, either; Tennessee played great defense and used their size and athleticism to stifle a red-hot, guard-heavy team. Sound familiar?

Granted, this guy also has Ohio State ranked ahead of Syracuse in the pecking order -- because beating a 10th seeded Georgia Tech team by, what, 9 was obviously more impressive than Syracuse's 22 point win over 8 seeded Gonzaga, right?

Seriously, though, someone send Bobby Maze this link.

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You know that this is coming out.

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Paging Doug Gottlieb

by bobo_the_vol on Mar 4, 2010 6:04 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

So ESPN released their weekly Power Rankings and the Vols are right now ranked at 15th, up 8 spots from last week's 23 after wins over Kentucky and Arkansas, which I think is plenty fair. The ten voters of the power poll voted the following: 13, 13, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 18. You'll notice that's only 9 votes. Where's the tenth? Your guess is as good as mine. Doug Gottlieb, listed as an "ESPN Analyst" doesn't have the Vols ranked at all in his top-25 power poll ballot. My thoughts: really??!! A team with wins over the #2 and #3 ranked teams, according to the power poll, plus a solid resume with a few bad losses but plenty of good wins doesn't even rank in the top 25? He's apparently of the opinion that the Vols are completely garbage, too -- or he's just not paying attention. He didn't have the Vols ranked after their victory over Kansas, either.

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Watching Bobby Maze and Melvin Goins play the most ridiculous HORSE game in history. Hopson beat McBee in round 1.

Twitter: Wes Rucker

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MBB: Top 25 Week 10

by bobo_the_vol on Jan 20, 2010 5:55 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

Because I got bored, and have no life, I decided to make my own top 25 Men's College Basketball ballot. Any thoughts on my picks? I personally feel that Tennessee is maybe a spot too high, all things considered, and maybe Syracuse and Kansas should be flopped. But, hey, I've written it up and I ain't changing, and this is more awesome anyways.

1. Kentucky (18-0) - no question about it, the Wildcats are the nation's last unbeaten team so they have to go here. Two nice wins against then top 25 foes in UNC and UConn are nice, but what does concern me is that neither of those games were true road games (UNC was played at Rupp - and we've all seen UNC's recent road woes, and UConn was in Madison Square.) and the Huskies have struggled mightily of late as well, so we'll see if the young Wildcats will be able to consistently produce in really hostile situations. Of course, March Madness doesn't have true road games, so ....

2. Kansas (16-1) - Of all the 1-loss teams, I rank Kansas up here for two reasons: one, they lost to the best team of the bunch in Tennessee, the game was an emotionally-charged game, and we've seen Tennessee increase their play since the ... whateverthisoneis-gate. How has Kansas responded to the loss? A 12 point win at Nebraska and a 20+ point win at home against Texas Tech.

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Coverage of Lane Kiffin's Leaving

by bobo_the_vol on Jan 13, 2010 5:22 AM EST on Rocky Top Talk

Shout-outs to all the people who are keeping themselves in Orange. I love all of you, and I love this team. That being said, I'm going to try to post what links I can find about this whole debacle. This sucks. I have hated putting it together, which is just a wee bit different than what I felt with the Kansas round-up. Someone should do a case study on us Vols fans, because this is willing torture. I told my girlfriend when I heard about this: why do I care? But we all do, don't we? Hope this helps with some of the links, though most of them are from more primary sources. Fox Sports has become favorited for their front page, though.

FOX: Kiffin Weasels out of Tennessee, Lands in Hollywood.

In the Rocky Top hills of Tennessee, though, it’s a horror flick; a slasher film. A man (perhaps "boy" would be the better word choice) comes riding into town, muddies a long-standing tradition with brash un-Fulmer-like bravado, fields a team of criminals, and then deserts the premises for greener pastures when a better opportunity presents itself.

If Pete Carroll left USC in a state of uncertainty, Lane Kiffin is leaving Tennessee in a state of rubble and shrapnel. And if Carroll’s a "worm" for leaving the Trojans high and dry, Lane Kiffin’s a snake of the highest order. As of Tuesday night, that snake was on a plane to La La Land.

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"I'm like any Vol and as disappointed and PO'd as anybody else at what's happened," said Fulmer, who was fired after the 2008 season, paving the way for Kiffin's hiring.

ESPN: Fulmer Not Happy.

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National Coverage of UT's Big Win:

by bobo_the_vol on Jan 11, 2010 4:55 AM EST on Rocky Top Talk

First off, I'd like to give a big shout-out to the Lady Vols, who -- lost in all the justified hooplah -- pounded Mississippi State 75-48 on the road before the men's game got underway. Glory Johnson scored a double-double before halftime and finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds, and the Bjorkbomb connected on 4-9 from ICBM range, as usual, to finish with 16 as well. Strickland had a great stat line with 9 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 Turnovers. ESPN Boxscore, Govols Recap, UTSports.com Highlights.

However, we all know why you're reading this. Mississippi State is not the #1 team in the nation, the Lady Vols were not underdogs of an epic scale, and Pat Summit has already established her place as the greatest coach alive. Bruce Pearl still has work to do. I'll consider Sunday a "step in the right direction" to say the least. Rather than post a bajillion fan-shots, I figured I'd try to post one page with all the links to stories about this game that I could find.

Wes Rucker: Jayhawks shocked: Tennessee pulls upset over top-ranked Kansas.

Bruce ball is back.

Govols: Rock Shock Jayhawks: Vols upset No. 1 Kansas.

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I never saw this here last month, so I'm putting it up here now. Renaldo Woolridge aka Swiperboy made his presence felt on the Summit against the Top on Sunday, but he's already made an amazing impact on Tennessee with his beats and his lines. I love this guy.

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Beautiful.

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This Week's SEC MBB Action

by bobo_the_vol on Jan 10, 2010 2:15 AM EST on Rocky Top Talk

Sunday: The marquee match up for the conference takes place, as we all know, when the #1 undefeated Kansas Jayhawks head to Knoxville to take on a Volunteer squad that has lost four scholarship players, including their do-it-all forward Tyler Smith. Tennessee goes into this match-up #15 in the nation at 11-2 and hoping for some of that Thompson-Bolling/Bruce Pearl magic. The game can be seen at 4:30pm on CBS.

Tuesday: #3 undefeated Kentucky travels to Gainsville to take on the 11-4 Gators, who are coming off a disappointing road loss to Vanderbilt. After opening the season 8-0, Florida lost 3 consecutive games against Syracuse, Richmond, and Southern Alabama. The Gators responded to a 62-61 victory at NC State with the 95-87 loss to the Commodores. The game can be seen at 9:00pm on ESPN.

Wendesday: #16 Mississippi (12-3) at Georgia (8-6), 8:00pm ESPN360.

LSU (9-6) at South Carolina (10-5), 8:00pm ESPN360.

Vanderbilt (12-3) at Alabama (11-4), 9:00pm ESPN360.

Thursday: Auburn (9-7) at #15 Tennessee (11-2), 7:00pm ESPN2.

Arkansas (7-8) at Mississippi State (13-3), 7:00pm ESPNU.

Saturday: #16 Mississippi (12-3) at #15 Tennessee (11-2), 1:30pm ESPN 360.

Alabama (11-4) at Auburn (9-7), 1:30pm ESPN 360.

Georgia (9-6) at Mississippi State (13-3), 3:00pm ESPN 360.

#3 Kentucky (16-0) at Auburn (9-7), 4:00pm ESPN 360.

Vanderbilt (12-3) at South Carolina (10-5), 6:00pm ESPN 360.

LSU (9-6) at Florida (11-4), 8:00pm.

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Alabama Claims 16th National Championship

"Saban spoke at a news conference on Friday, sitting alongside four trophies crowning Alabama as the national champion following a 37-21 victory over Texas.

The Associated Press trophy honored the Crimson Tide for being voted No. 1 at season's end. The others were from the National Football Foundation, the Football Writers Association and the crystal BCS trophy he received on the field Thursday night."

I'm pretty sure this means that 75% of Alabama fans will count each trophy as a National Championship ;-)

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Rich Brooks steps down as Head Coach

(HT @ TeamSpeedKills)
Though he never was able to get rid of the big mean monster in the basement (translation: us) I have to tip my hat to a guy who stuck around at Kentucky and did a might fine job. Brooks ended his career at Kentucky with a loss to Clemson, but he'll be remembered for so much more, none moreso than the fact that he got to retire at Kentucky after a bowl game.

"When he first arrived in 2003, the Wildcats were hindered by NCAA probation that limited scholarships to 70 (maximum is 85). The team finished 4-8. The program won the Music City Bowl in 2006 and ’07 and the 2008 Liberty Bowl. It finished with a winning record in each of Brooks final four seasons. The highlight of his tenure was a triple-overtime 43-37 upset of top-ranked Louisiana State in October 2007."

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GVX: Berry to go Pro

Eric Berry did not break the NCAA career interception return yardage record, unfortunately, though I can't think of anybody who deserved it more. He was, is, and always will be remembered as an amazing volunteer, the first consensus All-American Volunteer since 1990 -- and he did it twice, winning the Jim Thorpe award as the best DB in the nation this year and earning runner-up last year in the same award.

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By leading the Classic City Canines to victory in four of their last five outings, Coach Richt carded his 90th victory in the final game of his ninth season. I don’t have a degree from a vocational school across the street from the Varsity or anything, but I believe that averages out to ten wins a year. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that ain’t bad. (Also, I’d be willing to bet that Mark Richt doesn’t use questions about his cardiovascular fitness as an excuse for playing April Fool’s Day jokes on his wife and children at Christmas, either.)

The Mark Richt Victory Watch -- ZING

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TSN: Urban Meyers Detirement

But one other group of people needs to quickly know what Meyer's going to do: His family. I hate even going in that direction; far be it from me to advise another man how to deal with his family. (Though even a single man like myself knows making your wife look either clueless or like a liar probably isn't a good idea.) But I can't ignore what Meyer's father said Saturday: He doesn't want to die because he wants to raise his family. That is presumably still true. So are the stories of one of his daughters being happy to have her father back. Meyer's statements that he's going to have to figure out how to prioritize all that ring hollow.

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Should He Stay or Should He Go?

by bobo_the_vol on Dec 28, 2009 4:04 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

In an attempt to flex my puny writing muscles, I'm going to be going back and looking at several topics throughout the last season, from Coach Fulmer's firing / Lane Kiffin's Hiring, the Recruiting Wars of the off-season, the Nuke & Run incident, several of the games, the Kiffin - Meyer War, and at the end my overall impressions of all the coaches. Joel, Hoop, Will, I hope this isn't a problem or anything, if you've got your takes waiting in the wing just lemme know and I'll scratch something for the list till the offseason! ;-)

Now, one thing that I do want to examine is the question: should Eric Berry go pro or return for his 4th, and Senior, season at the University of Tennessee? I'll try to look at both sides, though I'm sure we all know the answer to this already from a logical, non-fan-biased standpoint.

Eric Berry, as we all well know, is certainly one of the best players to ever come through the University of Tennessee, which is certainly saying something. In my 20 years of living and just over 10 years of watching the Volunteers, he is without a doubt the best player I have seen at Tennessee -- I remember just one game of Manning's, so there. His ability to cause momentum-shifting plays on defense was unparalleled in the NCAA for his Freshman and Sophmore campaigns, where -- in those two years -- he set UT and SEC records for return yards off of interceptions and was just 17 yards shy of the national record.

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18 Bowl Games in 20 Days

This guy is my new hero.

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New York Times sports reporter Pete Thamel "broke" the story of the NCAA’s investigation into Tennessee’s football recruiting practices. After inititial investigation into his story, there seems to be a stink arising from little Pahokee, Fla., which drifts over to Gainesville and all the way north to a couple of offices in mid-town Manhattan.

The Players -

* Pete Thamel – College sports reporter for the New York Times
* Connor Ennis – Sports department staff editor, New York Times
* Chris Dunkley – Pahokee football prospect being recruited by Tennessee and Florida
* Ariel Alejo - Pahokee principal, Florida Alum, Gators fan
* Urban Meyer – Head coach, University of Florida

Lets start with a flashback to 1998. In the first game of Tennessee’s national championship run, the Vols narrowly defeated the Donovan McNabb led Syracuse Orangemen. A Tennessee loss looked eminent until a fourth down pass interference call allowed the Vols to move within range for a last second field goal for the win. The pass interference call led to a fervent outcry of SEC referee bias by the Syracuse area media. Conner Enis and Pete Thamel were both Syracuse students and writing for the Syracuse Post Standard and The Daily Orange at the time. Getting Interesting?

13psi: Something Stinks in Pahokee

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If Bobo Were In Charge Of the Postseason...

by bobo_the_vol on Dec 7, 2009 4:07 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

(1) Alabama (SEC Champions) vs Troy (Sun Belt Champions)

(8) Ohio State (Big 10 Champions) vs Georgia Tech (ACC Champions)

(4) TCU (Mountain West Champions) vs West Virginia (Big-East At-Large)

(5) Florida (SEC At-Large) vs BYU (Mountain West At-Large)

(6) Boise State (WAC Champions) vs Virginia Tech (ACC At-Large)

(3) Cincinnati (Big East Champions) vs Central Michigan (MAC Champsions)

(7) Oregon (Pac-10 Champions) vs Iowa (Big 10 At-Large)

(2) Texas (Big 12 Champions) vs East Carolina (C-USA Champions)

Leading to: Alabama vs Georgia Tech ; TCU vs Florida ; Virginia Tech vs Cincinnati ; Oregon vs Texas

Leading to: Alabama vs Florida (!) ; Cincinnati vs Texas

Leading to: .... ?

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So, I'll admit I was wrong.

by bobo_the_vol on Dec 7, 2009 2:53 PM EST on Roll 'Bama Roll

I really didn't expect it. I said several times that, while I wanted Alabama to beat Florida because of the insufferableness of our SEC East rival if they won two straight national championships, I expected Florida to win. While I never got around to actually getting a fanpost up, the general reason was that I thought Florida's defense was better, would shut down a less effecient and more prone to "oops" Alabama offense and, really, that Tim Tebow would be Tim Tebow and win the game like Tim Tebows do.

I was, quite obviously, very much wrong.

I was impressed with Alabama very, very much -- as I'm sure most anybody was. When Florida showed life, Alabama responded immediately. When Florida tried to rally his troops, Alabama stiffled the Gators. And, in the end, Alabama just played better in every aspect of the field.

So, well done, Alabama, and good luck in Pasadena beating the hell out of the Longhorns. And color me impressed and, finally, convinced that Alabama is the best team in SEC, and in the Nation. Now don't make me wrong again come next month.

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Bobo's Playoff System (Week 12)

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 16, 2009 3:40 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

Week 11 bracket, plus explanation of the system, here.

(1) 10-0 Florida Gators (SEC Champion) vs (16) 7-3 Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Champion)

(8) 9-1 Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East At-Large) vs (9) 9-2 Ohio State Buckeyes (Big 10 Champion)

(4) 10-0 TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Champion) vs (13)7-3 Virginia Tech Hokies (ACC At-Large)

(5) 10-0 Cincinnati Bearcats (Big East Champion) vs (12) 9-2 Iowa Hawkeyes (Big 10 At-Large)

(6) 10-0 Boise State Broncos (WAC Champion) vs (11) 8-2 Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12 At-Large)

(3) 10-0 Texas Longhorns (Big-12 Champion) vs (14) 8-2 CMU Chippewas (MAC Champion)

(7) 10-1 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets (ACC Champion) vs (10) 8-2 Oregon ~~Punchers~~ Ducks (Pac-10 Champion)

(2) 10-0 Alabama Crimson Tide (SEC At-Large) vs (15) 6-4 SMU Mustangs (C-USA Champion)

Changes:

The only changes to the top 8 was (formerly #8 seed) Southern California dropping out of the polls completely to be replaced by the Pittsburg Panthers. Apparently an overtime win over the-team-which-cannot-be-defeated-which-has-now-been-doubly-defeated for Ohio State last week wasn't as impressive as the Panthers ~~survival~~ ~~narrow~~ ~~victory~~ ~~win~~ beatdown!!!! of Notre Dame. Iowa only dropped 3 seeding spots after the loss. Dang expectations, and living up to them!
#10 Oregon is only up 2 spots after an easy win over Arizona State. Next week's game against Arizona is big, if the 'Cats win out, they will be the Pac-10 champion. That's easier said than done, the Wildcats have to win home against Oregon and at USC, as well as a trip to Sun Devil Stadium.
Virginia Tech replaced formerly #13 Miami Hurricanes this week in the "last team in" spot, Penn State and LSU were both overlooked for the "only two teams per conference" rule. I really don't get how the ACC has two teams here, for that matter. Really, I'm somewhat surprised that the Pac-10 doesn't have two in there.
If Nevada defeats Boise State on November 17th, they would seal up a spot in the system. That game is, now, the "conference championship" of the WAC. Nevada is 7-3 (6-0). Man, though, it's a shame a playoff system would mean that each game doesn't matter -- tell that to Houston, Southern California, and Miami who all dropped out of the playoffs. Oh, and Temple is also undefeated in the MAC, so they could squeak in here.

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Bobo's Playoff System:

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 11, 2009 4:57 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

Because everyone else is doing it, and I want to be like the cool cats, I decided that I would finally put my ideas for a college football playoff down on paper, and I will admit that the system looks a lot like the FCS system for determining who plays. I am an Appalachian State fan along with my love of UT-K, and I think that the FCS system is pretty dang good.

So, with that being said, here is how I would pick the field of 16:

11 Conference Winners, these winners coming from the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big 10, Conference USA, Mid-American (MAC), Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, and the WAC. Sorry Notre Dame, Navy, and Army, you'll have to hope for an at-large berth because, quite frankly, you should be in a conference. That's how this stuff works. All NCAA FBS conferences would get an automatic qualifier in the tournament because, quite bluntly, that is fair. Enough with this BCS conference crap, that just creates pre-season boundaries that "inferior teams" cannot crack, which is the problem to begin with, isn't it?
5 At-Large Teams that would be the top 5 non-conference champions based off of a take-your-pick poll. The BCS poll could be used in deciding this, and I'll use it later on to show the seedings as they would stand right now. There would be a limit of 2 teams from one conference in the tournament, so sorry LSU.

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Of ESPN and Pat Forde

by bobo_the_vol on Nov 4, 2009 12:09 PM EST on Rocky Top Talk

That was ESPN's College Football frontpage as of Wednesday 11:40 am, a picture highlighting Pat Forde's weekly "40-yard dash" feature on College Football. First and foremost, this: Florida is number 1 in the BCS, AP, and Coaches poll. Alabama and LSU are gearing up for a massive battle on Saturday. And yet it's Tennessee on the front page. Actually, it's not even just Tennessee's uni's being on the front cover, it's the text accompanying it:

Mess With Your Uniform Month featured some misses. Urban Meyer just plain missed. But November has some games not to miss. The Dash passes judgment on it all.

Hold up, say it ain't so. ESPN thrashing Urban Meyer? The Golden Boy, Boy Wonder? Yep. Which all leads me to point at one thing: Lane Kiffin is winning at the SEC Football season, and that spells wonderful things for Tennessee's program. The link to the article can be found here, and I'd just like to comment a bit more on it.

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Trick or Treat: What Do We Make of the New Jonathan Crompton?

Cocknfire has a good review of Tennessee's improvement from this year to the last. I can't help but believe that he set out to try to prove that Crompton wasn't that much better, but he does a good job showing that Crompton is an above average QB.

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