My theory on the "announcement" . . .
- Half-time of SEC Championship game, CBS cuts to a special news conference at UT. The anticipation in the room is palpable, as no sources have confirmed or denied anything to this point.
- Dave Hart walks out, says a few words, and then introduces . . .
PHIL F'IN FULMER!
- The media is stunned, Rucker giggles with glee, Ainge has an aneurysm. The smell of burning serta emanates from the strip
- Then Fulmer says a few brief words about what a great job Tennessee is, blah blah blah, then proceeds to introduce . . . .
- JON FREAKING GRUDEN! And the haze from the once riotous, but now celebratory mattress burnings lingers over Knoxville for days, like a shawl of glorious velvet draped over the shoulders of George Costanza