Neyland I (Formerly known as Gruden Thread)

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Squints said:
This thread is dying a slow, lonely death. Each day has gotten increasingly slower. Sad to see, if I'm being honest.
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It will happen to you too if you live long enough. The circle gets smaller. The velocity of information slows. Then they move you to a place where people can help you retain your independence by taking control of 99% of your personal decision making.
 
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Squints said:
This thread is dying a slow, lonely death. Each day has gotten increasingly slower. Sad to see, if I'm being honest.
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Here, just to make you feel better.

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUJPAG0ns8[/youtube]

Battle of Nashville initiated 153 years ago tomorrow. I live on Shys Hill, which is sort of where the wave hit the breaker. My 3G Grandfather was in the Panola Cavalry then under Forrest's command and fortunately for him stationed in Murfreesboro but still part of Hood's army. We are lucky to have a few acres here in the city and the next couple of nights I will walk outside in the cold and think about the ghosts of people on both sides whose lives were cut short to fight a battle in a war that was already over for all practical purposes on the land where I stand. I try not to make a thing over CSA ancestry because it isn't my fight but I am proud to have come from people who would fight and I would like to think that I honor them.
 
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Squints said:
This thread is dying a slow, lonely death. Each day has gotten increasingly slower. Sad to see, if I'm being honest.
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Thread has become more of a specific group of people talking amongst themselves without the same degree of football information flow mixed in that it used to be. Like that some posters still try to keep new info coming over here, but it is not as all encompassing anymore, nor as timely. Not to mention a lot of us had to get back to some degree of normalcy in our day to day lives after the search chaos.

I still lurk here preferentially cause I like the atmosphere better than most other parts of Volnation (and cannot seem to get past the need to check here continuously throughout the day still). Not trying to be negative in case it may sound like that. Just pointing out what I see. Wish I had more to add to the daily conversations and such, but haven't found my groove yet in that regard.

I do genuinely hope Neyland threads survive (or get revived) for football season next fall. That would be aweaome in my opinion!
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUJPAG0ns8[/youtube]

Battle of Nashville initiated 153 years ago tomorrow. I live on Shys Hill, which is sort of where the wave hit the breaker. My 3G Grandfather was in the Panola Cavalry then under Forrest's command and fortunately for him stationed in Murfreesboro but still part of Hood's army. We are lucky to have a few acres here in the city and the next couple of nights I will walk outside in the cold and think about the ghosts of people on both sides whose lives were cut short to fight a battle in a war that was already over for all practical purposes on the land where I stand. I try not to make a thing over CSA ancestry because it isn't my fight but I am proud to have come from people who would fight and I would like to think that I honor them.
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You put me there man. Good stuff.
 
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Nation's #1 JUCO OT Badara Traore, #6 overall JUCO prospect, headed to Tennessee this weekend. Vols have offered his teammates Jeremy Webb (#2 CB) and Johncarlo Valentin (#2 OG). He's a recent LSU commit, Austin Thomas paying off again
https://
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/status/941453749792460801*
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7:07 PM - Dec 14, 2017
 
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iamadoc said:
Nation's #1 JUCO OT Badara Traore, #6 overall JUCO prospect, headed to Tennessee this weekend. Vols have offered his teammates Jeremy Webb (#2 CB) and Johncarlo Valentin (#2 OG). He's a recent LSU commit, Austin Thomas paying off again
https://
twitter.com/ASA_Recruiting
/status/941453749792460801*
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7:07 PM - Dec 14, 2017
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The group of guys coming in this weekend is amazing. So impressed with the what new staff have done in short time. Hope it all turns into a good class for our team and includes some immediate impact players!
 
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Hope I didn't use up my Steeldrivers chit. FWIW, I did a little walk outside and I thought about the men 153 years ago who were out there in freezing rain, with lose knit clothes, and no shoes and my heart breaks.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZsuKbUdms4[/youtube]
 
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TuxedoVol said:
The group of guys coming in this weekend is amazing. So impressed with the what new staff have done in short time. Hope it all turns into a good class for our team and includes some immediate impact players!
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Hoping for a surprise QB visitor or two.
 
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TuxedoVol said:
The group of guys coming in this weekend is amazing. So impressed with the what new staff have done in short time. Hope it all turns into a good class for our team and includes some immediate impact players!
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That would be awesome.

I will be recovering from a surgery I am having tomorrow. Hoping for some "Booms" to help the time in the hospital go by faster.
 
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iamadoc said:
That would be awesome.

I will be recovering from a surgery I am having tomorrow. Hoping for some "Booms" to help the time in the hospital go by faster.
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Hope surgery goes well (and from another doc, that you can be a good pt, too)! Prayers from a Vol fan!
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUJPAG0ns8[/youtube]

Battle of Nashville initiated 153 years ago tomorrow. I live on Shys Hill, which is sort of where the wave hit the breaker. My 3G Grandfather was in the Panola Cavalry then under Forrest's command and fortunately for him stationed in Murfreesboro but still part of Hood's army. We are lucky to have a few acres here in the city and the next couple of nights I will walk outside in the cold and think about the ghosts of people on both sides whose lives were cut short to fight a battle in a war that was already over for all practical purposes on the land where I stand. I try not to make a thing over CSA ancestry because it isn't my fight but I am proud to have come from people who would fight and I would like to think that I honor them.
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I am going to take my 8 year old to the stones river battlefield at the end of this month on the anniversary of that battle. We are lucky enough to have some manuscripts written by a family member who served under Bragg in the army of Tennessee. It's amazing to see what they were fighting for written in their own words. For sure makes you second guess history books.
 
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All this talk about Cade Mays and small towns...

Posting this one for those who might like this old Rick Danko/ Bobby Charles song, version by the amazing Boz Scaggs:

[twitter]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=72R2fglhpWI[/twitter]

Edit: trying to do this by phone, and it says it’s a bad link; don’t know if it’s the cache thingy or what, but if it doesn’t show for you, go to YouTube and search small town talk boz scaggs. Nice rock-yourself-to-sleep song. Night all. :hi:
 
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