Does Foster Deserve To Break The Record

#26
#26
you keep hearing the term quality back. well a quality back in knoxville is a 2nd string back to give the horse a few snaps off. when did we start settling for "quality backs"?
 
#27
#27
Jefw said:
Fulmer has confirmed that fumble was on Foster. As for being passionate, that is fine. Just don't get 15 yard penalties for it. He got one last year at Kentucky in overtime that we were able to survive. Florida this year, and I believe he has gotten another.
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EXACTLY, passion is good, but save it until your next carry and knock somebody on their butt. Passion isn't a good thing when it hurts your team.
 
#28
#28
As to the question in the thread title, if he breaks it, then he deserves it plain and simple, to think otherwise is fruitless as well as absurd.
 
#31
#31
Joey is right! That is the great thing about records. You earn them. People don't vote on the number of yards you accumulate during your tenure. So yes, if he breaks the record he deserves it.
 
#32
#32
Gerald Riggs was on sporttalk after the Florida game and stated that he received phone calls from friends (that have no idea about football) and they told him that the running back looks really slow. When so many observers can see the lack of speed to the hole why can't the coaches?
 
#33
#33
I have been watching UT football for 35 years and am a proud graduate of UTK. I have had the privilege of watching some great backs on the Hill. Foster is teriffic but he is nowhere near the best. Besides records, part of being near the best is being the MAN when you need for them to be. Great backs win games, lead by example and certainly don't fumble time and time again in big games near the goal line. As much as people like him, you can't escape the fact that his fumbles have lost games. Not A game but multiple games.

Sorry Foster fans. He's a great kid but he's not a great back.
 
#34
#34
g8terh8ter_eric said:
That may have been confirmed by Fulmer, but Ainge did the same thing last year and they put it on Foster as well. The QB has to get the ball into the gut, which didn't happen.
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I can agree with that as well. Both were at fault and yet again near the endzone.
 
#35
#35
i can't help but think its not a coincidence that this always happens with foster at the most inopportune times. the coaches can sugar coat it all they want to but he cannot hold on to the football.
 
#36
#36
utvolpj said:
you see hot-headed and I see passionate. I didn't like the 15yds but thought it was a proper reaction at the time. And are you also blaming him for the fumble at the goalline vs AU?
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There is never a proper time for that. He is a senior and he should know better. It was selfish, dumb, unnecessary, and cost the team big time. You must not have read Doug Matthew's article on Volquest. He is a previous coach and knows his stuff. He said it was totally selfish and should never happen. He also listed several playmakers by number that should be on the field. He said #1 (Brandon Warren), #2 (Hardesty), #3 (Creer), #4 (Gerald Jones), #12 (Lucas Taylor), #14 if they can find a way to get him on offense some (Berry), but #27 (That's Foster by the way) is not one of them.
 
#37
#37
Lexvol said:
Joey is right! That is the great thing about records. You earn them. People don't vote on the number of yards you accumulate during your tenure. So yes, if he breaks the record he deserves it.
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In order to break the rushing record at UT, you need to avg 770 yards per season over a 4 year career. Hardly mind boggling numbers.

Foster's fumbles will be remembered much longer than averaging 770 yards each season.
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#38
#38
Low Country Vol said:
In order to break the rushing record at UT, you need to avg 770 yards per season over a 4 year career. Hardly mind boggling numbers.

Foster's fumbles will be remembered much longer than averaging 770 yards each season.
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It is what it is. If you break the record you deserve it.
 
#40
#40
AF would already have the record if we hadn't abandoned the run so often over the last few years.

I can't believe the hate spewed at this guy. He earned the yards so he'll earn the record.

The record is deserved.
 
#41
#41
that is a very good point. i know the main thing i'll remember about him is his fumblitis. he would not even be close if we had 4 years of chuck webb.
 
#42
#42
Low Country Vol said:
In order to break the rushing record at UT, you need to avg 770 yards per season over a 4 year career. Hardly mind boggling numbers.

Foster's fumbles will be remembered much longer than averaging 770 yards each season.Posted via VolNation Mobile
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I will agree with this statement but it has no bearing on him breaking the record. The record is where it's at right now whether it be a strong one or not, if he goes beyond it then he does and thus deserves it ........ end of story.
 
#43
#43
its not necessarily hate. you can't tell me that when it happened saturday the first thing you thought was it had to be foster.
 
#44
#44
volinbham said:
I can't believe the hate spewed at this guy. He earned the yards so he'll earn the record..
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What are you talking about. How can you possibly defend him at this point.

He will break the record, good for him, congrats he was the big fish in a small pond.
The majority of fans arent pleased with him and no one with an inkling of football knowledge will ever mention him as one of the best.
I wasnt pleased with Riggs but looking back i regard him as a better back than foster.
 
#45
#45
ih8damnbama said:
that is a very good point. i know the main thing i'll remember about him is his fumblitis. he would not even be close if we had 4 years of chuck webb.
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Or if Barry Sanders came to UT instead of Okla St and he stayed for 4 years.

:crazy:
 
#46
#46
velovol said:
What are you talking about. How can you possibly defend him at this point.

He will break the record, good for him, congrats he was the big fish in a small pond.
The majority of fans arent pleased with him and no one with an inkling of football knowledge will ever mention him as one of the best.
I wasnt pleased with Riggs but looking back i regard him as a better back than foster.
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I can defend him because he has been a good back, he's stayed loyal to his team and he's going to be the all time leading rusher for the Vols (that small pond).

I don't need to trash a guy like that. Trash him all you like if it makes you feel better.
 
#47
#47
ih8damnbama said:
that is a very good point. i know the main thing i'll remember about him is his fumblitis. he would not even be close if we had 4 years of chuck webb.
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That's the whole point of the record. Guys like Cobb, Webb and Lewis either didn't or couldn't hang around long enough to break the record.
 
#48
#48
volinbham said:
I can defend him because he has been a good back, he's stayed loyal to his team and he's going to be the all time leading rusher for the Vols (that small pond).

I don't need to trash a guy like that. Trash him all you like if it makes you feel better.
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I still remember games against Vandy and ND when it seemed like the rest of the team had given up. Foster was still running as hard as he could.

He has a reputation for fumbles that he will never live down, but in the end if he gets the record he will have earned it.
 
#50
#50
you can't tell me he is one of the best we have had. he's not even close. the man is a ball player no doubt, but he is not even close to the talent level we have had in the last 20 years. i was not a big cedric houston fan either but to me they are the same talent level with no break away speed.
 
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