FULMER showing confidence here??

[goodolerockytop2]

Fulmer Looking Forward To Matchup With Gators


UT Sports Official Site

KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer relishes the ebbs and flows of a football game. Especially during “Showdown Saturdays” like the upcoming duel with defending national champion Florida.

“It’s one of the game maxims that if things don’t go your way, put on more steam,’” Fulmer said after the Vols practiced for nearly two hours Wednesday at Haslam Field. “You expect noise; you expect the hostility -- that’s part of the fun of being there.

“That’s why you come to Tennessee or go to Florida, go or Georgia or LSU; to play in these kinds of games. It shouldn’t be intimidating; it should be fun to be a part of it. That’s the approach we’ve always taken.”

 

[volfanbill]

that's not necessarily confidence, that's just SEC football.

 

[goodolerockytop2]

Yea, but when has ever mentioned "FUN' and the "SWAMP" in the same sentence??

 

[Griffmann]

I just want to know if we're working like heck

 

[CABVOL]

Sorry, I need a little more :clapping: to convince me.

 

[utvolpj]

I just want to know if we're working like heck

Sorry, I need a little more :clapping: to convince me.

And you guys claim Fulmer is stagnant and predictable :crazy:

 

[CABVOL]

Got me...

 

[UT IE 95]

Yea, but when has ever mentioned "FUN' and the "SWAMP" in the same sentence??

Based on his recent record in the swamp, I'd say it should be fun.

 

[justingroves]

It's called coach speak.

 

[Freak]

I don't think he's going to say he's dreading the game or anything of that nature...regardless of how he really feels.

 

[GAVol]

It's called coach speak.

Exactly . . . What does anyone expect him to say? "The environment is so intimidating that we just hope our guys don't wet themselves before the opening kickoff."

 

[GVF]

Yea, but when has ever mentioned "FUN' and the "SWAMP" in the same sentence??

When you have his record at the Swamp, might as well just start having fun and enjoying the green grass.

 

[volfanbill]

When you have his record at the Swamp, might as well just start having fun and enjoying the green grass.

not trying to defend TCHCATUTK, but he has won 2 of the 3 at the swamp

 

[Cartervol]

With all this talk about how sorry both defenses are.Any chance we see just the opposite of what everyone is thinking a low scoring hard nosed defensive struggle!So what do you think? With the weather its likely to happen.I'd take the under on this one now that it is going to resemble a swamp at of all places the swamp.

 

[GVF]

not trying to defend TCHCATUTK, but he has won 2 of the 3 at the swamp

True, but I did not say the record over the last 3 years [at the Swamp]. And Zook really doesn't count.

 

[volwarren]

With all this talk about how sorry both defenses are.Any chance we see just the opposite of what everyone is thinking a low scoring hard nosed defensive struggle!So what do you think? With the weather its likely to happen.I'd take the under on this one now that it is going to resemble a swamp at of all places the swamp.

I think rough wet weather give the Vols an advantage in a runing grind it out type of game.

 

[volfanbill]

True, but I did not say the record over the last 3 years. And Zook really doesn't count.

spurrier isn't on the sidelines down there either

 

[GVF]

spurrier isn't on the sidelines down there either

I do however hope the trend continues, and actually think it will this year.