Thursday’s circus at SEC Media Days turned out to be more of a lesson on attorneys and law rather than football. When all was said and done, I sat back and realized I hadn’t heard a word of what coach Fulmer said about the team. The only quotes I could recall were regarding the subpoena.

With Hillary conceding and McCain desperately reshaping his image to appeal to the more conservative members of the Republican Party, one idea will permeate the airwaves and the public discussion. In the coming weeks “party unity” will be a political buzz word thrown around in both democratic and republican circles. In many ways the upcoming 2008 campaign for Jonathan Crompton is no different.

Two more former Vols were selected on the second day of the 2008 NFL Draft on Sunday raising the final tally to three. Tight end Brad Cottam was taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round with the 76th overall selection and quarterback Erik Ainge was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round with the 162nd overall pick.

So far this spring the offense, and more specifically the quarterback play has been the story. Speculation about the new system continues to run rampant with the Tennessee faithful. In my attempt to understand the west coast offense, I have thoroughly researched its philosophy. As most of you know there are several variations of the west coast out there, but they all have one thing in common. They all use the passing game to set up the run.

It’s always disturbing to see an upperclassmen suffer a serious injury that results in missing significant playing time. That’s exactly what happened to senior Brad Cottam when he injured his wrist in August and learned he would miss 2-3 months of the season.

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Fall practice has started! Can you feel it? Did you wake up this morning and feel a bit different? It was only the first practice and their were no pads but it’s exciting none the less.

Wolf, Olasimbo and Barnes. Those were the big names from Tennessee’s annual spring scrimmage on Saturday in which the White team scored late to earn the 16-13 victory over the Orange.