Recent content by blurbman

The obvious weak spot on defense will be linebacker--not a good thing. Mayo seems to have promise but wasn't he hurt most of last year? So he's not very experienced. Ryan Karl: haven't seen him much, but I know that on two occasions when he was in last year he got burned for long...

get his act together in a hurry or the Vols could be in long-term trouble, IMO. You can have one poor recruiting year--but if UT doesn't perform lots better on the field next year and then has another weak recruiting year, then the program has serious issues. florida, georgia, south...

If you wanna bring Kippy Brown back--and I'm all for it--it has to be as the HEAD COACH. He's not returning to the college ranks to be an assistant, I wouldn't think, unless he's desperate. Hire him to replace Fulmer--would be OK with me.

Vols = Hapless Fans = Helpless

The fact is, the offense has been pretty ugle for large chunks of the past 5 years. It's gone downhill--and quite noticeably. Is it all Sanders' fault? No: UT's talent is down some--but lots of teams with less talent than the Vols have offenses that are more productive, more...

Fulmer has let things slide badly on the offense and special teams over the last five years. To a large extent, he's been oblivious to the problems--partly because he's managed to grease out SEVERAL very UGLY wins in recent years and partly because Fulmer never wants to face the idea...

First, perhaps you haven't been reading--but plenty of criticism is being heaped on Fulmer and position coaches, in addition to Sanders, and rightly so. Fulmer is responsible for this mess ultimately--and let's remember that special teams have cost UT two games this year--and been...

Ainge is NOT a good QB by any stretch right now. Cutcliffe himself said he makes a lot of bad decisions--and that when passing either gives up on plays too soon or waits far too long to get rid of the ball. On most pass plays, he doesn't look very confident--no sense of purpose with the...

Fulmer is probably going to hire someone who likes to run the ball, first and foremost--and I wouldn't be unhappy with such a choice--so long as he is smart enough and experienced enought to have a sharp passing game as well. I don't want UT brining in other Urbie, frankly--and I doubt...

Wow: If Foster doesn't play, then the Vols will have lost the ONLY decent skill player on the team. Could be VERY ugly on Saturday unless the defense decides to let it all hang out one more time--but I worry that the defense may be losing a bit of its enthusiasm. The lack of offense, the...

Guys, Guys: With all his NFL experience, Kippy is qualified to be a college head coach---not an assistant or coordinator--and I strongly suspect that's the way he feels! He's been an OC in the NFL, so taking the same job at a college is a major step BACKWARDS. I don't know too...

There has been confusion on offense for four years. Ainge has had opportunites; he hasn't produced--and neither has Clausen. They have been bad, the WRs have been bad, the coaches are a joke--everything about UT except the D is pathetic.

UT series? Is he OK? I thought the Vols were, as usual, STUPID on their last drive. There was PLENTY of time to get in FG range or even score--so there was no need to throw on every down--which is what usc was no doubt expecting, especially given how bad the passing attack is. I don't think...

The offensive problems have been apparent and building for years. Fulmer has chosen to ignore them, partly because he's managed to pull a few SEC victories out of his butt in recent years in games where the offense was bad and UT may not have deserved to win--take the most recent south...

You can't compare fsu's teams in the 1990s with UT. If anything, I contend that fsu over the last 15 or so years has /underachieved./ hell, they were a very good team playing in a very weak conference. I don't think they lost but 1 or 2 acc games in, like, they're first 10 years...