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Wait, didn't Tony Elliott turn down Tennessee last year? It's a long way from the Vols to Duke: 247: Clemson OC Interviews at Duke

Herman's problem is that he didn't blow out bad teams. If he had dominated the rest of his schedule, boosters might have been more patient - but no one wants to be in a fourth quarter dogfight with Kansas or Texas Tech every year.

2009 Tennessee SEC wins: Georgia 45-19, #21 South Carolina 31-13, Vandy 31-16, and Kentucky (edit: forgot the score) 30-24 OT SEC losses: #1 Florida 13-23, Auburn 22-26, #1 Alabama 10-12 (Fat Cody game, ugh), Ole Miss 17-42 Kiffin leaving for USC set us on the path to where we are now with...

Just comparing apples-to-apples: Kiffin won Conference USA twice in 3 years, including his first year. Fleck won his conference once in 5 years at WMU, his last year. Kiffin is 8-9 combined in SEC games with first year teams at Tennessee (previous year: 3-5) and Ole Miss (previous year: 2-6)...

Something to consider when evaluating coaches: it's not just about the record, but about how the record was made. Even for good coaches, improvement isn't always linear as reflected in the overall record (ie, 6-6, 9-4, 11-1, etc.). If we look at how many close games the team played, the record...

My gambling guy says Tank and Sham are out, so Bryce is starting at safety with Flowers, George at corner in place of Bryce, a freshman filling in at STAR (Key or Slaughter?). I'm more worried about the secondary playing run defense, because who does Carolina have at WR? Shi Smith and ______?

I have to commend everyone here for remaining relatively civil and bringing good information to this discussion on COVID. What I find interesting is that there are three separate but inter-related questions with unclear answers: How deadly is COVID? For any given answer to #1: Does the...

Tennessee has different economics from much of the rest of the South-- more small businesses, more professionals, more independent truckers/craftsmen/farmers... This means that unlike some of our rivals, we have a more egalitarian fanbase. If you look at the stands in Neyland, almost everyone is...

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Hey, I put the spoiler warning on there...

For those of you old enough to remember, this is why you don't play JT Shrout against UAB.

Interesting breakdown of Mizzou's defensive struggle against quarterback run plays: Tigers can't stand up to the counter-pressure (Rock M Nation) JJ or Maurer may need to play that whole game.

Defensive line doing a better job of holding up

You're a good man keeping the lights on at VN, Nick. Those of us living in the future have to keep the rest of these #RFCFL (recruiting forum clowns for life) safe from Bammers, Salty Grumors, and Wild Curries.

Tee is awesome, but he’s a risky hire. He’s never been a head coach, which means he’s never hired or fired other coaches, never made tough roster decisions, never had sole responsibility for on-field decisions, and never had to do all of the other things (meet with boosters, take care of the...