Recent content by Volosaurus rex

Agreed. Here, in Montana, as well as the Northern Plains, you will find--as has historically been the case throughout much of the South--a lot of fiercely patriotic Americans who adhere unabashedly to traditional American values.

Coach Vitello said recently that, essentially, he was not satisfied with the level of "fire in the belly" exhibited by this team. We haven't had the level of drop-off that some recent SEC national championship teams displayed the following year, but this phenomenon is, unfortunately, somewhat...

"[N]o team in college football history has generated takeaways the way the 1970 Tennessee Volunteers did. That team still holds the NCAA single-season record for takeaways — 57 — and that doesn’t include the Sugar Bowl, during which the Vols forced eight more turnovers in a 34-13 rout of Air...

As old as it is, there probably are a lot of links in this thread that are no longer active but, given the topic of this documentary, you may want to bookend the following thread: The Legendary Exploits of Doug Atkins: Must Reading for young Vol Fans.

It did have a haunting melody!

My tongue-in-cheek answer to the original question would be, to borrow an old Zager and Evans (1969) song title, "In the Year 2525."

Here is another interesting article on this topic: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2399074-the-most-unbreakable-records-in-college-football. According to this source, Tennessee holds another "unbreakable" record: Date: 1937 Record Holder: Tennessee Record: 13.9 punts per game Tennessee...

...and "NCAA record for holding opponents scoreless for 71 consecutive quarters." Although it probably isn't formally listed as a defensive, statistical category, "112 of 216 opponents failed to score against [Neyland-coached] Tennessee teams," which qualifies as a smidgen over 50% of games...

Especially for relief pitchers. One bad pitch can make their ERAs balloon instantaneously.

That has, indeed, become a profoundly irritating recent development.

A fascinating, almost prophetic, harbinger of the seeds Pat Summitt planted in Kim Caldwell's approach to the game and coaching: Kim Caldwell, coach of the Lady Vols, discusses growing up..

When he spoke to Holly Rowe at the beginning of the 4th quarter, it was visibly and verbally clear that he was seriously worried about the outcome of this game.

Johnny Majors accurately and eloquently described that faction of our fanbase long ago as the "Legions of the Miserable."

Texas also had the advantage of seeing what Ohio State did vs. Tennessee and Oregon, particularly in the first half of those games. They fundamentally decided that "we will not put our cornerbacks in a position to surrender the deep pass." Keep everything underneath and make them move the ball...