Some VolNation Myths That Need to be Busted

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1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
 
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This is just too much. Reminds me of when my mom told me about Santa Claus.
 
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Chris fowler now reporting that this thread is going to cause a trailer park frenzy in Tennessee.





Yeah, ESPN doesn't hate us at all.
 
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"whup dezz azzzz" .. I think that's it aint it? I like it however it's spelled.:pepper:
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
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C'mon man, can't we have a little fun? We get to post about Fulmer's donuts, Cheeks boogers, Dooley's showers, Konzo's enthusiasm, and Butch's clichés. We have sunshine pumpers, negavols, jokers and trolls all in one place. We should celebrate. :rock::clapping::yahoo::pepper:
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
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Disagree #2 remember albert means ? Cheating is in alabubba's DNA, to date the only school to be named by the 2A as a chronic violator .
 
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Hey, did you know the movie The Replacements is about Tony Robinson's life? Yep, its true. I read it right here. ha ha
 
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VolFan4Life87 said:
Chris fowler now reporting that this thread is going to cause a trailer park frenzy in Tennessee.





Yeah, ESPN doesn't hate us at all.
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No way, OP is absolutely correct! It is completely impossible that a northern fan of northern conferences, could ever get upset with a southern team that upset that agenda. Add in that small "beef" growing through media... That kind of thing could never happen in the good ole U.S. lol. Also, implying that any school that continually breaks recruiting records (while being scolded for playing players) may actually still have players being payed, well that is also just down right conspiracy theorist insanity!

Just because we live in a society where money and power have total rule, ( not complaining, that is the entire point of capitalism) that doesn't give us the right to suspect that either could EVER come into play in one of the largest income producing industries of the modern era! Lol
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.
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I'm worried for you. This is not proper spelling or English and it certainly isn't how the rest of the world writes that. Proper English would be, "We're going to whip their ass." Technically you can't even use the word "gonna" as it is not a formal English word.
 
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Sorry OP, but you left out the most asinine myth of all:

Negative posts about the program, coach, or players hurts recruiting
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
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Regarding #3....please make it go away. Gave a like to the post tho.
 
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Sorry OP, but you left out the most asinine myth of all:

Negative posts about the program, coach, or players hurts recruiting
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Lol, right!
If that were true our team would be a constant, never ending, dumpster fire.
 
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your post was ok, OP till i read this part

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English.

it should be We Gonna Wup Dey Ass

that is correct :)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
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... On the other hand, entities like ESPN, USATODAY or Coach's polls are composed of individuals, who come from specific places and schools and have their individual biases. There are probably more Michigan, Syracuse and Penn State fans in those places than Vol fans, and they have no love for us. Nor do I for them. :shades:
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
1. ESPN does not tell pollsters how they want them to vote. Imagine, if you will, some producer at ESPN calling up Frank Beamer: "Hello, Frank? Joe here, from ESPN. We'd like you to put NC State in the Top 25 this week. We're asking all the voters in the Coaches' Poll to do the same. Trying to hype up the NC-State Clemson game some." *click* "Frank, you there?" "Frank?" Even crazier to think ESPN would call their competitors at the Associated Press, CBS, the New York Times, etc., all the places whose employees have sportswriters or sportscasters with votes in the Writer's Poll. Bottom line is, ESPN may love it when two ranked teams are playing, but they have no (none zero, zilch, the big goose-egg) influence over making that come true. ESPN the organization doesn't even overtly influence its own employees who have votes; it "allows them to follow their personal professional assessments and instincts" (translation: they get to make their own crap up).

2. Alabama (insert Auburn, Florida, Georgia instead, if you wish) does not pay all their players to play, in violation of NCAA rules. Just a few of them.

3. "We gone whup they azz" is not actually English. I know some of you who have been here eight or nine years have seen it written that way hundreds of times, therefore it MUST be true, but it's really just a feature of VN. The rest of the world instead writes it, "we gone get ur azzes whupped by Tennessee." That's the proper spelling, for the vast majority of the world.

4. You can't solve the world's problems on a college football message board/forum. Yes, world peace, perfect police forces, perfect gentlemen and ladies throughout the Tennessee campus, 100% honest lawyers, an end to jokes denigrating lawyers, and so forth are all worthy goals. But the solution will not emerge here. Consider taking a poly sci course at your local community college instead, the discussion might be more invigorating and on-topic.

5. ESPN does not love us. They don't hate us, either. They like the fact that Tennessee fans significantly out-perform their demographics (just like bowl committees like that Tennessee fans travel so well). But that's just a financial assessment, and involves no feelings of love or hate. Only a few isolated azzhats who work for ESPN hate us, and that's because we hated them first for being such Big 10 homers at a crucial point in the late 1990s. Yes, I'm talking about Fowler and Corso.
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I know its just May is this all you can come up with and @itch about, This is FOOTBALL man take a chill pill and chill September will be here in 4 months hang in there man.:thud:
 
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You forgot the majority of posters after a loss are drunk and angry! Oh wait, never mind.
 
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