Recent content by Herman Hickman

Yep. I know. The reference was in terms of growth and development. Not in terms of career length. I could have also referenced Harbaugh and Johnson, both of whom had their best years at the end of their careers. Dobbs will improve as a player and has done so since he arrived in the league...

By a coach who never wanted him as the starter. Dobbs forced Band Boy’s hand…then proceeded to spend the rest of his career saving his ass the same way Condredge saved Bammer Battle. Before you claim otherwise…remember what Butch Jones considered a Tennessee-caliber starter: Worley and GTNO...

This is a player who has been underestimated his entire career, both at Tennessee and in the NFL. It would not surprise me at all to see him end things with a Blanda or Kilmer-style NFL career. He will get better with age because of his intelligence and his determination to improve his game...

I don’t mind missing a call or two. You can bank on that in any situation involving human judgment. But when a college football game begins to resemble some skit involving Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express, then you have to question the legitimacy of the entire operation going on in this...

Garbage like this is rampant at this level of football. Programs are protected in order to get a chance to get a place in the playoff. Get ready folks. They will screw us again when Georgia comes to town next month. Times like this have me thinking of becoming more of an FCS fan. The 24...

Called six penalties against Tennessee for 39 yards last year. In light of the screenshots, are you saying their one penalty for five yards represents a fairly called game in your book?

When I was at the Last Lap the night/overnight before the Notre Dame game in 1990, there were people selling t-shirts saying "F*** The Luck, The Irish Suck!" The picture on the front was a leprechaun providing oral stimulation to one of our football players. Hillbilly Hooligan that I was at...

It is all they got. Literally the singular thing they have on that campus they can crow about in an athletic sense. After January, they will crawl back into their doghouse, breed with their sister, and wait for kickoff in 2023. Can't blame them. If I had to watch some of what passes for...

Lincoln Riley attracts football players. Kyle Whittingham develops football players into men. You could see the difference last night. The ballers went out ahead 17-3. Then the men took over and that was that. In an age where talent will come and go so fast that it makes free agency in...

Utah is a veteran team with a tough mentality. We're going to see just how mature this USC program is now.

Tennessee beat Alabama head to head. Tennessee destroyed the highest ranked common opponent both teams played, the same opponent who defeated Alabama. Tennessee is the superior team and proved such on the field. The fact Earhole Nation is ranked above us has more to do with the fumes of a...

Excellent song. Sums up the frustrations of losing to those flatland thumbsuckers while at the same time lording it over the Earholers with a Big Orange horizontal exorcism of a Bammer blonde.

What is going on with them? The same thing that was going on when Herschel Walker was running in their backfield rather than a Senate seat. They were insufferable then. They are insufferable now. Give them credit for being ahead of the curve regarding player compensation and ahead of the...

As Bobby Dodd said a long time ago, we should always keep in mind the performance of our opposition as we critique the efforts of our program. South Carolina was superb that night, with a strong game plan and excellent morale. They demonstrated a great deal of that against Clemson yesterday...

I remember assisting one of them at Clement Hall while he launched tomatoes from one of the windows with a super slingshot while a pain in the ass RA was crossing the bridge over Cumberland. Bullseye! Got him good. He was like Alvin York with that thing.