SB Nation User Blog: rustytanton

Football, dogfighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker

rustytanton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:22 -0000

Football, dogfighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker

I'm not saying you have to quit watching football or anything, but you should read this.

Alabama’s Terrence Cody blocked a Tennessee field goal as time expired and in the wild celebration t...

rustytanton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:13 -0000

Alabama’s Terrence Cody blocked a Tennessee field goal as time expired and in the wild celebration that followed the big guy took off his helmet. Gary Danielson, who covered the game for CBS, wondered if it should have been an unsportsmanlike violation because it happened while the ball was still live. Kiffin was convinced that it was and said publicly that the refs had missed it.

Well, the refs didn’t miss it. The way the rule is written, even if a penalty had been called (which it shouldn’t be in that situation), it would have been marked off on the next play and not the previous play. The ball belonged to Alabama after the blocked kick.

"That’s a case where the rule is pretty clear," said [SEC supervisor of football officials Rogers] Redding. "Even if there had been time left on the clock, the ball would have belonged to Alabama. And if a penalty had been called, it would still be Alabama’s ball after the penalty was enforced."

It looks like Coach Kiffin is wrong about this one.

Time for conferences to get out of the officiating business | Mr. College Football

Tom Mattingly calls T. Kyle King a whiner who can't write in KNS

rustytanton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:04:21 -0000

Tom Mattingly calls T. Kyle King a whiner who can't write in KNS

I generally like and respect Kyle's writing, but he's been off base writing about the Vols on several occasions this season and past off season. Mattingly's tone here is ungracious, but then again, so was Kyle's in the post Mattingly references. Decide for yourself whether two wrongs makes a right.

I am, how you say, an ar-teest. Credit for the idea goes to Pete by way of Holly on Twitter.

rustytanton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:22:07 -0000

I am, how you say, an ar-teest.

Credit for the idea goes to Pete by way of Holly on Twitter.

The two schools were in the same district, just about 40 miles apart. [Trooper] Taylor and [Willie...

rustytanton — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:14:28 -0000

The two schools were in the same district, just about 40 miles apart. [Trooper] Taylor and [Willie Mack] Garza knew each other off the field as well. Garza would sometimes go to rodeos in Cuero. Taylor was a teenage bull rider.

Can we please find a way to hire him back the next time there's an opening on the offensive staff??

Assistants Garza, Taylor go way back " GoVolsXtra

Tennessee football: we’re back, baby! " Get The Picture

rustytanton — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:22:07 -0000

Tennessee football: we’re back, baby! " Get The Picture

Jump on in, the pee keeps the pool plenty warm.

"I think in a lot of ways Phil Fulmer was guilty of one thing, and that was hanging around and...

rustytanton — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:38:15 -0000

"I think in a lot of ways Phil Fulmer was guilty of one thing, and that was hanging around and being successful for a long period of time," Brando said on Thursday. "When you do that, you have a tendency of saying some of the same things in the preseason and during the season. And in my estimation, the thing Lane Kiffin, to this point, has done is energize the base, which right now in this economy is what big-time business and big-time college football is about.

"It’s sort of what Sarah Palin did for the Republican ticket. Maybe not get more votes, but energize the base of the Republican party. It doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily going to be successful, but if that’s what (Tennessee) wanted to do when they hired Kiffin, that’s what he was able to accomplish in the offseason. Now we’ll see how much staying power he has, and how successful he can be. He’s got a long way to go, in my view, to be as successful as Phil Fulmer."

Fulmer: Kiffin needs to back up offseason talk | GatorSports.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL

(Posted without commentary. I suggest reading and keeping political opinions to yourself, as that never, ever ends well on a sports blog.)

JasonPye.com: Talking football with Dawg Sports

rustytanton — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:04:56 -0000

JasonPye.com: Talking football with Dawg Sports

Jason is a friend of mine whom I disagree with about nearly everything. But he's good people, and his interview with Kyle is worth a read to get an idea about where a couple of knowledgeable Bulldog fans think their team is.

I still think Kyle is smoking light bulbs if he really thinks UGA is going to beat Florida this year.

Even though it may cost Hardesty some carries, he's relieved that practice performances are paying...

rustytanton — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:14:55 -0000

Even though it may cost Hardesty some carries, he's relieved that practice performances are paying off.

"I like it because there's competition all across the board," he said. "I've seen in the past where there were guys that probably could play that didn't get a chance."

Hardesty, upperclassmen see positives in playing freshmen " GoVolsXtra

Best hotel in Gainesville for a game?

rustytanton — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:25:05 -0000

Hello hated rivals. I am Tennessee alum, and apparently a masochist because I'm contemplating making the trip down to Gainesville Sept. 19 to watch the Gators (probably, but hopefully not) smack my Vols around.

I've never visited your city, and am looking for hotel suggestions. Ideally this would be a somewhere I could walk to bars from after the game, and walk/catch a shuttle to the game from.

Any suggestions (along with suggestions for bars to drink away my misery/bask in the glow of moral victory) would be greatly appreciated.