ESPN Labels Fulmer as #7 Villain, Mentions Kiffin

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Villains add spice to college football - ESPN

7. Phillip Fulmer -- Tennessee coach, 1992-2008

Hated by: Alabama.

Claim to Infamy: Talked to NCAA investigators about alleged wrongdoing by the Crimson Tide on the recruiting trail, most notably in Memphis. Subsequently became the focus of all evil energy from Alabama, much of which might have been better directed at infamous booster Logan Young and disgraced former coach Mike DuBose. Skipped 2004 SEC media days for fear of being subpoenaed in a libel case against the NCAA by former Tide assistant coaches Ronnie Cottrell and Ivy Williams. Four years later, Fulmer was subpoenaed at SEC media days in a different libel suit, this one brought against the NCAA by disassociated Bama booster Wendell Smith.
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And they keep on coming. Who among us does not see new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin as having the tools to be the latest scoundrel of the game? He's off to sprinter's start, bad-mouthing Florida, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama in his first few months on the job. But to be a villain on the level of, say, Hannibal Lecter or Anton Chigurh, Kiffin will have to be more than a fresh mouth. He'll have to win. And that might come later than sooner.

Until then, he's just a talker.
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And check out #11 and #39. Hornung and Woodson. I don't think UT fans see Woodson as the villain (Hornung predates me). How is anything that happened Woodson's fault?
 
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triadvolfan said:
And check out #11 and #39. Hornung and Woodson. I don't think UT fans see Woodson as the villain (Hornung predates me). How is anything that happened Woodson's fault?
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I know my dad was mad when they found out that woodson took money from someone at MU
 
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if this poll was merely for volnation who would your top five villains be...
here's mine:
1. urban meyer
2. nick saban
3. tim tebow
4. spurrier
5. espn
 
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I'd go with

1. Satan
2. Meyer
3. The idiot lineman from UF who dubbed CLK a "bozo". (Pot meet kettle)
4. Spurrier
5. Scroggins
 
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1. The big ten
2. The BCS
3. The greedy athletic directors and others that make a playoff impossible 4. Volnation posters for stealing chuck Norris jokes in place of rod wilks
5. And the last villain is Brad Pitt, for stealing my good looks
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pantone151 said:
I'm still unsure of what jab CLK took at Bammer...?
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He said something about stealing their best recruiter when we Lance Thompson.

Basically they just want something to try and get on the bandwagon of he did this or that and Florida is going to lay a whipping on him :)
 
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voltilifall said:
if this poll was merely for volnation who would your top five villains be...
here's mine:
1. urban meyer
2. nick saban
3. tim tebow
4. spurrier
5. espn
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That's ridiculous. Unfortunately, it's a view that seems to be shared by a huge portion of the fanbase.
 
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Villains add spice to college football - ESPN

7. Phillip Fulmer -- Tennessee coach, 1992-2008

Hated by: Alabama.

Claim to Infamy: Talked to NCAA investigators about alleged wrongdoing by the Crimson Tide on the recruiting trail, most notably in Memphis. Subsequently became the focus of all evil energy from Alabama, much of which might have been better directed at infamous booster Logan Young and disgraced former coach Mike DuBose. Skipped 2004 SEC media days for fear of being subpoenaed in a libel case against the NCAA by former Tide assistant coaches Ronnie Cottrell and Ivy Williams. Four years later, Fulmer was subpoenaed at SEC media days in a different libel suit, this one brought against the NCAA by disassociated Bama booster Wendell Smith.
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11. Paul Hornung -- Notre Dame running back/quarterback, 1954-56

Hated by: Tennessee.



Claim to Infamy: Beat out Volunteers star Johnny Majors for the 1956 Heisman Trophy by a mere 72 points, becoming the first and only winner of college football's most prestigious award to come from a losing team. The Fighting Irish were 2-8. It would not be the last time a Tennessee hero lost the Heisman to a precedent-breaking winner. (See: Charles Woodson.)
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32. Steve Spurrier -- Florida coach, 1990-2001

Hated by: Entire SEC, most notably Tennessee and Georgia; Florida State as well.

Claim to Infamy: Head Ball Coach won huge and unapologetically tweaked his victims for 12 years while building the brand at his alma mater. Volunteers fans can still hear, "You can't spell Citrus [Bowl] without U-T" ringing in their ears. Bulldogs fans can still hear him referring to 1990s coach Ray Goff as "Ray Goof." And Seminoles can still hear the Spurrier barb, "Free Shoes University." Unlikely that any SEC coach had more fun angering more people than Spurrier.
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39. Charles Woodson -- Michigan cornerback/kick returner/spot offensive player, 1995-97
Hated by: Tennessee.

Claim to Infamy: Stole Peyton Manning's Heisman Trophy in 1997, according to Volunteer Nation. Became the only defensive back ever to win college football's most prestigious award. Reinforced everyone-is-out-to-get-us paranoia among Big Orange backers. (See: Hornung, Paul.)
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hm...apparently espn has been listening when we've been saying that they don't like UT...and now promptly proceeded to make fun of us with it
 
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Ole Ball Coach needs to be a bit higher on this list.
 
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Jabar Gaffney. He was a thug and he was a liar and he celebrated his non catch with the gator chomp. I thought I would never forget that lying sack of **** refs name but I have. TN requested he never officiate one of our games again i know that.

Linda Bensel Myers. She hated herself, she looked like the Emperor from Star Wars and she tried to destroy our football program because she realized that TN has an English department that passes lots of people (not just players) who cannot read and write.

I hated Slade's guts for his idiocy in never making adjustments, but you do not blame Verron Haynes for making those plays.

As a TN fan you hate Saban for being a liar, a midget who thinks very highly of himself and for being worshipped by the media. You hate Meyer for taking himself very seriously and for his hypocrisy in pretending to run a clean program while allowing criminal after criminal to stay on the team.

As a basketball fan you hate Calipari for World Wide Wes and $$$$. You hate Billy Donovan for being Herman Munster and for somehow getting a great Israeli point guard prospect when Bruce Pearl is over in Israel losing Selby.
 
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emainvol said:
That's ridiculous. Unfortunately, it's a view that seems to be shared by a huge portion of the fanbase.
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we are talking about who we as tennessee fans perceive as villains to our program...regardless of any validity to our claims, if we see an entity as a villain then it is. it is hard to argue that espn doesn't love to poke fun at our program or champion rival athletes at the expense of our own i.e. woodson...their love affair with the gators and tebow alone should make us see them as villains because according to tsung tsu's art of war "the friend of my enemy, is my enemy." so whether or not espn does secretly have an agenda against the vols doesn't matter because alot of us sure as hell think that they do.
 
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I agree with some of the reason Bama fans hate Fulmer, but IMO he was piling on somewhat, they cheated and I am sorry they hate that they got caught but SUCKS to be you! He took a lot of the devotion he needed to keep at home during that time and focused it in the the wrong place, IMO. Spurrier was gone and he though he was home free.
 
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voltilifall said:
we are talking about who we as tennessee fans perceive as villains to our program...regardless of any validity to our claims, if we see an entity as a villain then it is. it is hard to argue that espn doesn't love to poke fun at our program or champion rival athletes at the expense of our own i.e. woodson...their love affair with the gators and tebow alone should make us see them as villains because according to tsung tsu's art of war "the friend of my enemy, is my enemy." so whether or not espn does secretly have an agenda against the vols doesn't matter because alot of us sure as hell think that they do.
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No it isn't, because they simply don't. They do what will get them ratings, and whether you have noticed or not, there aren't a whole lot of media outlets that aren't poking fun of Tennessee and championing rival athletes right now.

As for Woodson, it's just time to let it go. Woodson had a great year and pretty much single-handedly beat Ohio St. to keep Michigan in line for the NC. If Peyton Manning and the Vols had beaten Florida that year we wouldn't be having this conversation, but they didn't. Woodson shined in the biggest game of his year and won, Peyton put up decent numbers in his and lost. Should Woodson have won the Heisman that year? Probably not, but to claim it was some kind of ESPN conspiracy is ludicrous.
 
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