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It can be both. It could have been in the works for a while (broad term), and they can still be way behind (which they are). The two ideas aren't mutually exclusive. Tony has been adamant that Barnes was extremely disappointed/frustrated this summer, with Tennessee's lack of preparation with...

I made a post about it last week (then deleted it). FWIW, Basilio reported on this story, last week. But what could he possibly know about Tennessee and NIL?

It was literally impossible for Tillman to be a bust. He was #1677 nationally. He was either going to overachieve, or he was going to be nothing, just like analysts expected with his ranking.

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John Ward was a paid employee of the university to be a homer, not an ESPN or Fox Sports broadcaster whose aim should be neutrality. Tennessee fans tuned in to hear him be pro-Tennessee. Same way Larry Munson was unapologetically pro-Georgia, or Eli Gold is pro-Alabama. Not really an apples...

It was meant as a comparison of the quality of broadcasters and production you see from an ESPN broadcast for a sizable OOC matchup involving a top-15 team as opposed to the poor quality of each that Fox Sports put out there. Like Hamer, or not, a game like that on ESPN is out of his league...

Ehh, probably not. Hasn't stopped NFLers from making some dumb mistakes that cost them a ton of money. See: Henry Ruggs

Don’t take it so literal with regards to any sentiment of Hamer. It wasn’t a slam on him.

[VIDEO=] Have you checked UTMBB official Twitter account? Not certain if one is there, or not, but probably a good place to start.

To be clear, I was responding to the idea that Ergen "doesn't have a ton of money because he gives a lot of it away", not the belief that he SHOULD give away 90% of his money.

Come on...he has a net worth of $10 billion. Even if he gave away 90% of his money/assets, he's still a billionaire.

I do expect it to be a de-facto home game for Tennessee, as there are clearly more Tennessee fans in the mid-state than Memphis fans. Plus, I expect our local fans to travel much better. That should only help to work in our favor.

I figured as much given that the Pac12 and Fox Sports have a contract together. Still, it seemed like the kind of low-rent homer broadcast analysis that we'd get from Steve Hamer and Vincent Yarbrough in a Tennessee vs UT-Martin type matchup. It gives me a greater appreciation of the SEC...

1. Officials were awfully inconsistent and simply wrong on a couple calls. 2. Announcers were clearly pro-Colorado/pro-Pac12. Glad we don't play any games on that sorry Fox network.