Phil's not on your Christmas list is he?Give Fulmer's name to the Body Farm. He killed our program and and buried it. Of course this could only happen with Dr. Bass' permission. On second thought, Phil's name doesn't even deserve to hang over there. Maybe the pathology department can name a disease after him...one that causes a slow death to occur.
I have been ready for a change. However like most UT fans the news conference made me feel awful at least until the Wyoming game.
I think the fans and University should honor Fulmer for what he has done for UT football. What do you think?
Fulmer has a street named after him in front of the stadium, and thats more than most. I don't see a Majors, Battle, Dickey or Joe Johnson anywhere, shouldnt they be given respect to? Fulmer was fired, you don't fire someone and then name the stadium after him.
I have been ready for a change. However like most UT fans the news conference made me feel awful at least until the Wyoming game.
I think the fans and University should honor Fulmer for what he has done for UT football. What do you think?
Why is there a chunck of our fanbase that hates Fulmer? I dont get it. And no Im not saying you hate if you dont want his name on the stadium. The stadium should and will most likely always remain just simply Neyland Stadium
I have been ready for a change. However like most UT fans the news conference made me feel awful at least until the Wyoming game.
I think the fans and University should honor Fulmer for what he has done for UT football. What do you think?
You lost me at Floridas. Maybe FSU, but not the Gators. You surely didnt mean to include the Gators as elite historical programs. Everything else in your post is bunk until this is clarified. Sorry.8 Coaches in the modern era have won multiple National Titles. Not that it is always a fair deck, but those 8 are ahead of Philip in history. He is probably a Top 20 coach in history. If you take the history of a school in mind, etc., it might be a little higher. Tennessee is a notch below the Ohio State's, Michigan's, Alabama's, Florida's, Miami's, Texas's, USC's, Oklahoma's and Nebraska's just to name a few. Several coaches at those schools have won big. Next level is the Tennessee's, Georgia's, Auburn's, UCLA's, Penn State's, Clemson's and schools like that.
There are about 40 college football programs today that break even or make a profit. Here are just what 15 of them? Even if you take the top 65 of the Power 5 conferences, not all of those schools make money in football. College football is very much a regional sport. It appeals to the Southeast and few pockets elsewhere.
Most schools erect statues of their National Championships coaches. Tennessee has one for that guy that won in 1951. Oh yea, he played no team in the final Top 25 and won the title. Then they played the only team ranked at the end in the Bowl and lost to #3 Maryland 28-13. They played Duke ranked #16 at the time and Kentucky ranked #9 at the time. (Correction: Kentucky finished ranked #15 and the only team on Tennessee's schedule ranked at the end of the year). They would have been laughed at in the modern era. They did play Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Washington and Lee and North Carolina. That team would have been lucky to make a Citrus Bowl.