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cbcollins said:
Couple of thoughts on the Jermaine Burton situation:

1.) I lived in Alabama for 15 years and as a result have lots of friends who are Alabama friends (I know, I know. Consider it my outreach). Every single one of them believes no one should storm the field ever in any situation. That's what is driving their current narrative of don't blame the player, blame the fan. While I don't agree with this sentiment, for some reason they all hold to that belief. For whatever reason, they all have the same belief that storming the field is beneath them and their program and all big time programs shouldn't do it. Whatever. It shouldn't have to be in their program's history for other fans in other program's to enjoy it. Which brings me to point #2...

2.) Love it or hate it, fans rushing the field to celebrate with the players has been around since the 1940s at a minimum (that's a quick google). I would guess it goes back much further than that but I am too lazy to research it. In 80 years of fans rushing the field, there have been very few altercations of fans/players violence. There is very little cause for any players to be afraid in that situation...just get off the field. I don't buy the BS narrative Burton was afraid. Which brings me to point #3...

3.) You want to give the visiting players a reason to be afraid? Allow them to start assaulting fans with no recourse. Burton is frankly lucky some other fans did not notice this situation and retaliate. It really could have gotten ugly because HE unnecessarily escalated the situation. A classic "play stupid games and win stupid prizes" moment.

4.) I truly hope the entire football team is aware of this situation and that we get to face Alabama again. I can't imagine more motivating bulletin board material than a player from the opposing team hitting one of your fans that was celebrating.

Sorry for the long rant.
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I can think of many, many more motivating factors.

Like the opportunity to play for a NC.

If the team was distracted by a situation that doesn’t even affect themselves, then we’d be in big trouble. This is the stuff of fans, not players.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
TN beating Alabama is actually an insurance policy. I know it's extremely unlikely but the SEC could potentially get 3 teams in. Also, if we lose to GA and GA throttles Bama there's a chance the vols get in. If Bama beat the vols and they lose to GA, then both Bama and GA get in "irregardless " of the winner.
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How is Bama going to play both UT and UGA in this scenario? You got me all confused.
 
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TechnoVol said:
I ordered two Kentucky tickets on StubHub on 9/12. This is the first time for me to use StubHub. I still haven't had my tickets transferred to me. Is this common? Something to worry about? Thanks!
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Yes. Literally just went through this for King Gizzard tix. I didn't get them transferred until just days before the concert. Luckily just enough time to resell them and they sold in 10 minutes this afternoon. Far better than my experience on TicketMaster.

You should be able to log on/use access code as a guest and see when they'll be transferred to you.
 
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thistime said:
If we can keep up the momentum and keep our heads in the coming weeks, this could be a VERY special season. We can not afford to overlook anyone and I hope the players understand that simple fact.
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I feel like the whole team is not overly concerned about being 7-0. They are just taking the season one step at a time and that chill focus starts with Heuple and the coaches. They are calm and under control and so the players are following their lead. A refreshing change of pace from previous coaching regimes.
 
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MarcoVol said:
I can think of many, many more motivating factors.

Like the opportunity to play for a NC.

If the team was distracted by a situation that doesn’t even affect themselves, then we’d be in big trouble. This is the stuff of fans, not players.
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You are correct, this whole situation is more or less just fodder for the fans. That being said, if we play them in SECCG it means we have likely beat Georgia and are undefeated. In that scenario we are in the playoffs regardless and winning or losing the SECCG for us wouldn't mean too much (maybe with seeding). However dealing Alabama a second loss would eliminate them from the playoff picture. Dealing the knockout blow to the red team in light of this whole situation would would be extremely satisfying. .
 
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SpringBokVol said:
Same. I was like he gone!

Then I was shocked he got caught.

Maybe he isn’t actually that fast.
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Maybe not, but then again Hyatt didn't look that fast either at times the last couple of years...until he did.

Maybe that kid that caught him is just really fast himself..sometimes kids fall through the cracks..🤷‍♂️
 
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SoilVol said:
I think they're trash but also care what they say because they're the largest college sports media conglomerate and recruits pay attention. I worry how much bias they spew affects the perspectives on young athletes and CFP voters.
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Well, considering that that's their intention in doing it, it would be naive or cowardly not to notice.

We just have to hope our team tunes it out or or uses it as even more reason to stay focused in practice all week and on Saturday.

Dark mode for Halloween, beotches! LFG! 🍊
 
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