Coach Majors Appreciation thread

#126
#126
ajvol01 said:
Can't argue with that, but Majors' Tennessee teams still only had to play Bama once a year.

Not sure what Bama's dominance had to do with

4-7
5-5-1
7-5
5-6
8-4

Other than 0-1 in each of those years.

Heck even when he finally beat the Bear, we still end up 6-5-1.
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Any year we beat Bama is a great year.
 
#127
#127
Majors was my favorite coach. His spirit and enthusiasm were contagious. I always thought we were going to win every game despite the odds. Of course, we didn't. But his spirited attitude made me think we would.

Maybe it's because I was in the prime of life and had more vim and vigor myself. :) But I enjoyed the Majors years so much and many of his players rank among my favorites too.

Thanks Coach Majors for some exciting years of Volunteer football.
 
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#128
#128
Jax_Vol said:
Back in the old days, a good quick kick on third down could really swing the momentum of a tight game. If you had someone who could kick a low line drive with a lot of roll on it. The game was more based on defense and the scores were much lower.

That said, those days have long passed.
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Employed the quick kick several times in my football-playing days. We had a good offense, but, our defense was extemely good. A quick change of field position won several games for us. If a current team has an overpowering defense, there's no reason it would not work today, provided the punter knows how to drill it and get that good roll.... plus fast coverage.
 
#129
#129
Slydell said:
Johnny's teams gave us some good thrillers.
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Yeah 25-25 vs Army, 26-26 vs UCLA, 24-24 vs Duke. North Texas State. What are a Rutgers. They don't necessarily offset the wins over Notre Dame twice and Miami in the Sugar Bowl and the 4 in a row against Bama from 82-85, but the SEC record from 77-92 speaks for itself.

Coach Majors was engaging and entertaining and a CEO type of head coach. Like everybody that thought Fulmer had sort of run his course after 16 years, that was a common denominator with Coach Majors too.
 
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#131
ksgovols said:
Yeah 25-25 vs Army, 26-26 vs UCLA, 24-24 vs Duke. North Texas State. What are a Rutgers. They don't necessarily offset the wins over Notre Dame twice and Miami in the Sugar Bowl and the 4 in a row against Bama from 82-85, but the SEC record from 77-92 speaks for itself.

Coach Majors was engaging and entertaining and a CEO type of head coach. Like everybody that thought Fulmer had sort of run his course after 16 years, that was a common denominator with Coach Majors too.
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North Texas State?
 
#132
#132
Listening to him on Sport Talk right now. Great story teller. Love his commentary on last season.
 
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