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Was talking about this little factoid today... Since 1998 (14 seasons) Tennessee has had: *1 top 10 finish *4 losing seasons *lost 4 or more games in 10 out of 14 seasons. This little dip has turned into a canyon, the downslope of which began the day after we won a NC. We reached...

Kiddiedoc knows stuff.

Yeah but at any rate...The Gruden deal (or "discussions") was being negotiated through back channels and intermediaries, like many modern deals are that need to be done under some cover. It is probably factually true what Hart and Lamonte said. But that was never the issue anyway.

The good thing is that the defections will come from the offensive side of the ball, where I believe we can more afford them. We should be OK at QB and WR, good on the OL, and OK at RB with a stud recruit or two. The theme for me on offense is "OK." Seems we should be functional even if not...

CBJ did something very good and rare in this day and age -- he stayed and addressed his team and told them face to face he was leaving for the Tennessee job. That showed me he has some honor about him and respects his players. The SOP nowadays is the coach just bolts and shows up at the new...

Look, I'm not Gruden. I don't presume to know what he was thinking, but you are speculating. Which facts as presented in the TFP article do you dispute?

The article had three sources. One was a booster. Two were not.

It was a front page story with sources vetted by the sports editor and general editor. The facts of that story have never been disputed.

The coach quoted in the article is a current SEC assistant, fwiw.

Sargent, this seems plausible. I don't personally know or not, but have been very curious to find out what went down. This makes some sense. Since it's all water under the bridge now -- not trying to convince anyone of anything, just for my own sanity -- I know for a fact that up to Thanksgiving...

Your response to the TFP article, which sourced boosters, a potential staff member who is a current sec coach, and a third he didn't quote in the article but referenced in his radio discussions? And also Stargis stating in public he personally saw text messages between these people and Gruden...

Of course JG didn't discuss his non-job publicly while being employed by someone else. Many of these jobs are preferred to be done behind the scenes bc media coverage makes the process too messy for all involved. Whatever the case, I will simply reference GVX247 where they reported multiple...

That Gruden was in deep negotiations with TN is now a matter of public record. The TFP article in particular confirmed as much, the facts of which have never been disputed by anyone involved on either side.

What journalist would that be? I'd like to check it out.

Little DTO - Hey man, I know the stuff you were hearing, at least a lot of it I think. It was harder to believe it would NOT get done than it was to believe it would. Anyway, care to take a shot at your idea about why the deal didn't get done? It's a blank on my end thus far. No one is saying...