This is something of a petty post. But I’ll come right out and admit it: the feelings I have regarding Lane Kiffin and the Vols have been pretty petty ever since they hired a guy with a track record near-identical to Gene Chizik’s and got praised for their bold, high-risk-high-reward, forward-thinking move while Auburn hired […]
Tennessee
The Tennessee recap: charting and analysis
For what we’re doing here, click here. The final Tennessee drive was academic and not charted. THE NUMBERS Offense: Tate +8, Adams +6, “Line” +5, McCalebb +3, Burns +2, Todd +2, Trott +2, Zachery +2, Smith +1, Fannin +1. Defense: Bynes +4, Blanc +2, Stevens +2, Coleman +2, Fairley +2, Thorpe +2, Ricks +2, “Cover” […]
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Goin’ bowlin’. The big news around SEC country is the shake-up in the league’s bowl tie-ins that broke yesterday–the Gator Bowl will now play host to yet another SEC-Big 10 matchup. Rather than try to finagle yet another SEC team into eligibility (I’m not sure the math would even make it possible) a year after […]
Tennessee recap, half the second
THIRD QUARTER — Tate returns the second-half kickoff 35 yards out to Auburn’s 39. I’m waiting for the flag … waiting … waiting … no flag? No flag! Ah, the march of progress: we’ve gone from short returns to long returns with flags to now long returns with no flags. Next step is paydirt, baby. […]
The Chizik Hire-archy
Magruder’s spread sheets are back to let you know: Chizik’s Tigers bellow on his behalf.