Recent content by TXVol_44

Bringing Peyton back to coach at the University of Tennessee? Do you seriously think he is going to risk his legendary status for...what? A few million a year? This message board would absolutely melt down from thermonuclear flashbacks of '95 - '97. Steve Spurrier would get more requests for...

Phillip Fulmer lost to Wyoming and Memphis and he's in the CFB Hall of Fame. Johnny Majors lost to Rutgers, same destination. So please tell me you have more substance behind your argument than the SC loss. This is a TREND with Vol Nation "Fire ______ NOW" newbies. We heard it after A&M when...

He might have said that in hindsight, but I bet he failed to disclose that in the interview!

20 years? It's been less than 10 since we went to the SEC championship game in 2007. In 2001 we had probably the best team in the nation and lost to LSU in a huge upset (ironically coached by Nick Sabah). So if you factor in the 90s and 2000s we had a terrific W-L percentage. That is the basis...

I would agree except Jalen started to unravel this yarn during the bowl game against Iowa (my understanding). Frankly I would LOVE to see him run out of some form of the old USC or Nebraska power I-formation where he could be a downhill runner behind stronger blocking. However, Jalen signed a...

Does anyone remember the homecoming loss to Rutgers wayyy back before they were even hinting at being any good? 1979 or so? How about Wyoming toward the end of Phillip Fulmer's reign? Getting beat by Kentucky when they had a receiver at QB? Losing to SC was bad, but nowhere NEAR as bad as...

I'm just not a fan of "winning at all costs" and that's the group think for those that would EVER bring Lane Kiffin back to this university, regardless of capacity. I'll take the Butch Jones that wept and directed the band after Florida over a Lane Kiffin that quit on the very university that...

Appreciate your words of wisdom, but in no way did I ever say I "hate" Jalen Hurd. Jalen is a young man who will learn from his mistakes here. That's called "maturing" and it's a necessary thing for most 21 year olds. I don't have a problem with Jalen and I truly hope he prospers in the NFL like...

Although Kiffin didn't commit the same level of grievances as Bobby Patrino did while at Arkansas, I do tend to think that LK could well wind up with a good solid coaching job, even in the SEC. Petrino showed that humbling yourself and working your way back into the spotlight (WKU) is doable...

Impossible for me to say, honestly. I cannot "unconvict" him in my stubborn mind, so I do apologize for that. Undoubtedly a great play caller, but I'm not sure I'd want my son playing for him as a HC. Would you?

I can't go there my friend! LK has shown a tremendous ability to call the right play at the right time, but has likewise shown us how deceive a program and a fan base into thinking WE were his top choice. Mike Hamilton gave LK work, and he thanked us all by walking out the door for an inferior...

Again, thank you for that perspective. I actually find it interesting to get different takes from different geographies, although we are both located outside of the great state of Tennessee. Great take, thanks for sharing.

That's for Jalen to decide, not me. Only he knows whether or not he can adapt to a new position. I know Terrell Pryor has done that at Cleveland. I value your point in saying that Hurd's attitude may preclude any change of position. Mr. Pryor put in the work and had the right mindset. He went...

Thanks, respect that take. I'm more old school in leadership, having spent 20 years in the USN and learned from that model. I've followed other coaches in sports along the way, and it just seems to me that decisive leaders are respected, whether right, wrong, or indifferent. Players understand a...

Nice points. I disagree with his inability to play TE because Antonio Gates' body of work was on the BASKETBALL court, and you see the results he garnered. He may be an exception, and I'm sure you're thinking along those lines. Just be careful with casting too much doubt on Hurd's ability to...