Recent content by rdwheelersc6181

For 62 of my 67 years, I've been exposed to Vols football, and as I've aged, I've found I suffer more. Odd itsn't it - after all those years, I have become more 'accustomed' to disappointment though the opposite is true. Maybe its because though i've lived thru mediocrity and less, I have seen...

... a glimpse into the turmoil this young man faced. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1787061/2020/05/06/what-if-ut-got-a-dooley-do-over-heres-one-life-that-might-not-have-made-it/

... took almost 20 years to recover about that award, and then Christian McCaffery got screwed. Haven't cared since.

... at 8:30am, on Western Ave, why would anyone be driving 28MPH over the speed limit? For that matter, when is it ever ok to drive that fast? There doesn't appear to be any report on 'why' his license was suspended, but out of 12 possible reasons (in TN), 9 are really bad: Committing...

Over the past 20 years, only 16 coaches (Saban twice) have managed to "get it right" in every game and go undefeated... out of 30,000+ games. 10 years ago, Fisher did it at Fla. State - last week he got fired at A&M. Over the past 20 years, only 5 starting freshman were ranked in the top 25...

Love his tempo... the content of his observations exceeds others that use twice as many words, without yelling. Nice change of pace. Wish more would emulate his approach, minimizing hysterics and focusing on relevancy.

... maybe it started when UT came back against Penn State, first night game at Neyland, in '72... amplified by Purdue's win over Michigan in '76 and sadly cauterized into my memory last year in Columbia: it's a game, played with an oblong ball, by 20-somethings trying to balance emotion and...

In the country, defensively, we rank #26 in YDS/Game... # 32 in PTS/Game (#56 rush yds/game & #63 pass yds/game). In the country, offensively, we rank # 23 in YDS/Game... #45 in PTS/Game. In the country, Milton is #54 passing rating / #43 pass % / #75 ave yds/pass. It would appear the data...

I "lived" at Estabrook my last year of Architecture, which turned out to the last graduating class in '81. Used to play basketball in the 'atrium' during the winter, sat on the roof overlooking the river in the spring - maybe that's why I graduated with a 2.9999994 (thanks Dr. Fortey). A&A...

... even though I didn't play bigtime football for UT, he captures the imagination of an 8 year old with ties to the Big Orange, punctuated by Saturday trips to Neyland year after year in the 60's, perfectly. His authenticity of the experience of the Power T is actually communicable in this...

In 2016, we beat fla for the first time in 'forever'... so my wife says, "this is historic - let's checkerboard the front yard!"; so just before Home Depot closes that night, we buy a dozen cans of spray paint, and 'til after midnight, sneak around trying not to wake the neighbors. So around...

I'd like to be smart enough to draw a conclusion from this data; might help with the 'why' as opposed to simply the 'what'... for instance, these "losses": did they occur in the same year as signing, or subsequent to winning/losing seasons? a coaching change at either the original school or...

John Hannah: Baylor, Alabama, New England Charley Hannah: Baylor, Alabama, Oakland Rob Healy: Baylor, Georgia Tech David Hannah: Baylor, Alabama Andy Rutledge: Baylor, Vanderbilt Scott Price: Baylor, Alabama Blake Moore: Baylor, Wooster, Cincinnati / Green Bay Drew Brees: Westlake, Purdue...

... same reason we 'celebrate' bama losses in football: decades of a historical rivalry, embodied by Coach Summitt and geno, that are imprinted on our soul.

My earliest memories include road-trips from Chattanooga to UT games with my folks before there was an interstate... later, games with my kids accompanying my parents when we'd travel home from Austin for our fall sojourn. And my last game with my parents, about 10 years ago before he died...