UT-Alabama football rivalry to continue

dmiles — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:05:44 -0000

UT-Alabama football rivalry to continue

SEC to keep 6-1-1 format for football for 2013 and beyond, plans to revisit around four years

Phillip Fulmer selected to College Football Hall of Fame

dmiles — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:46:00 -0000

Phillip Fulmer selected to College Football Hall of Fame

D.J. Cooper alleges Bruce Pearl tried to poach him from Ohio

dmiles — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:05:57 -0000

D.J. Cooper alleges Bruce Pearl tried to poach him from Ohio

Alleges Pearl was "aggressive" in trying to get him to transfer, which is an NCAA violation. Pearl issues statement denying any contact at all.

Da'Rick Rogers "technically not part of the team"

dmiles — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:46:45 -0000

Da'Rick Rogers "technically not part of the team"

University has not confirmed. The reason for the move is not reported. Supposedly Rogers is suspended through Spring Practice

I will give my all for Tennessee today

dmiles — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:07:01 -0000

I am a fan. I cheer and root for my team each game day. If you cut me, I bleed orange. That means that every week I make a huge emotional investment in a game of which I have zero control over the outcome. I don't have the ability to go down on the field and play. I can't coach the players or create schemes and draw up plays to outmaneuver the opposing team. I don't have the athletic ability or the knowledge or experience to do any of those things. Every time they take the field, I entrust my emotional well-being to a group of 80 college students and their teachers.

Except when I am there in person in the stadium. At that moment, I have the ability to make my presence known. I realize that this is usually a very negligible effect. Many times the teams are used to the noise and hostility that comes with playing in a large stadium on the road. But we've all been there when the team we are playing gets affected by the noise and gets confused and loses a play or a series. Or when our teams gets energized by a big play and the fans screaming. Whatever small power I have on those days, its the most control I have.

This Saturday the team ranked #1 in the nation comes to Neyland Stadium to play and I have a ticket. There is every reason to think the game might not be close. Our starting quarterback is out. Our top wide receiver is out. Our starting running back is injured. We have issues on offense, defense, and special teams. But no matter what happens, win or lose, ahead or behind, I will do everything I can to make that visiting team as unwelcome and uncomfortable in that stadium as I possibly can. Whatever power or control I may have, I will use it. I will scream and stomp. I will clap and cheer. I will sing. I will boo the opposing team. I will not walk out of that stadium until the clock says 0:00 (and sometimes not even then as I learned at the Music City Bowl last year). I don't care if the score is within one point or one hundred. I have never left a UT football game with my voice intact.

Even worse than losing, I hate the feeling when it is perceived that the players or the coaches quit. I will not quit on them. I will not leave or stop yelling. I will give my all for Tennessee.

Brent Brewer agrees to plea deal, reinstated to football team

dmiles — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:43:09 -0000

Brent Brewer agrees to plea deal, reinstated to football team

Just in time for spring practice.

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UT-Alabama football rivalry to continue