Ponder this: What was the most significant UT football moment...

#76
#76
the most significant positive event that doesnt involve winning a championship was the victory ove florida in the swamp. The most significant negative event was the hiring of dave clawson. If that doesnt happen we have agreat yr in 08 and we never fire phil or hire lane kiffin
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#77
#77
Duckhook said:
that had NOTHING to do with winning a title? Maybe a play, maybe a certain game, maybe a recruit, maybe a hire? No titles were won, but it was very meaningful for UT football. Could have some interesting thoughts on this one.:good!:
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hiring of Neyland has to be it. no way to know but if that didn't happen, Tennessee might have become like Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt might have become like Tennessee. Beating Vanderbilt was the reason Neyland was hired.

As far as worst moment, that morning 3 Tennessee coaches were killed while headed to work..
 
#78
#78
Duckhook said:
that had NOTHING to do with winning a title? Maybe a play, maybe a certain game, maybe a recruit, maybe a hire? No titles were won, but it was very meaningful for UT football. Could have some interesting thoughts on this one.:good!:
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Someone once said it was around, I believe it was 1928, when sophmore Gene McEver returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against the power that was Alabama. Tennessee stunningly won the game 15-13, and it went on to establish Tennessee and Robert Neyland as a southern power

actually, here, I found ESPN's link on it:
ESPN.com - NCAA College Football - The 100

Before their 1928 game, young Tennessee coach Robert Neyland coyly suggested to Alabama coach Wallace Wade that the Vols were no match for the Tide and perhaps the second half could be shortened? Then Tennessee sophomore Gene McEver returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. The Vols stunned the Tide, 15-13, establishing Neyland and Tennessee as a Southern power.
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#80
#80
Rasputin_Vol said:
Re-hiring David Cutcliffe in 2006 when it was well apparent to everyone that he had aspirations of being a head coach (and had already left once before for a head coaching position) was the end of Philip Fulmer. Not only did it show that Cutcliffe was the reason for most of Tennessee's success in the 90's and not as much Fulmer, but it also continued a cycle of instability from Sanders, to Cutcliffe, to Clawson, to Kiffin/Chaney to Chaney. There have been players in the last 2 season that have had 4 OC in 5 seasons. This team has had no offensive identity since the NC. Do we want to pound the rock or are we a passing team? No identity...
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I disagree, at least somewhat. The mistake wasn't rehiring Cutt to rehabilitate an offense that had just become lousy; the mistake was not planning for the day when, health rehabilitated, he inevitably left. We replaced an experienced, productive OC with a boy wizard from the grapefruit leagues rather than picking up a top tier guy to step in and keep the program at a high level.

I have no problem with the first hire. Being unprepared or unable to make the second was inexcusable.
 
#81
#81
cotton said:
I disagree, at least somewhat. The mistake wasn't rehiring Cutt to rehabilitate an offense that had just become lousy; the mistake was not planning for the day when, health rehabilitated, he inevitably left. We replaced an experienced, productive OC with a boy wizard from the grapefruit leagues rather than picking up a top tier guy to step in and keep the program at a high level.

I have no problem with the first hire. Being unprepared or unable to make the second was inexcusable.
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I don't know. That wunderkind is now a Div-I head coach who took his team to a bowl (scoring over 40 points and still losing, although the football gods did frown upon his team that day).

From what I've heard, he tried to implement too much of his system too fast. JC simply was not ready for that. It probably would have reaped benefits last year, had we held our nerve on a mediocre 6 - 6 season.
 
#84
#84
Picking the most significant moment is tough task. There are a lot of them over the years and I'd venture a guess that not many on this board go back past 1980.

Hiring Johnny majors was a significant moment because he is the coach that built wide receiver u. Yes his tenure was up and down. There didn't seem to be a middle of the road. We either won 8 to 10 games or lost 7 or 8. It sure was fun watching Miami get whipped in the sugar bowl.

Phillip fulmer was significant twice in his career. For nearly 10 years he took us from up and down with no championships to consistently good and a national championship.

Phil was there when the recruiting train came off the tracks post national championship. Oh he had talent but he also had a lesser quality individual who couldn't stay out of trouble and let us all down but most important the team

I love Phil and respect him but it was time to make a move. If the original question concerns what is the most significant event that put us where we are today. IMO it is the hiring of an incompetant mike Hamilton as ad. Mike made the ridiculous contract phillip had then hired kiffin with a contract that screwd us again. IMO giving Dooley a 2 million contract is yet more stupidity when 1/4 that would have doubled his previous pay.
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#85
#85
RockHillOrange said:
Tennessee 14 - LSU 13 .

LSU ranked #1 . Billy Cannon the Heisman winner.

Go Vols

oh btw...1958
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Think it was 1959.
Also beat an undefeated Auburn team that year... but managed to stink up nearly every other game.

Scored 7 combined points against Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Vandy to finish the year.
 
#86
#86
The build up of UT football in the modern era started the day Peyton was the official starter at QB, building up to the pinnacle of UT last second FG against UF and the national championship....now we are on our way back down, maybe already at bottom again.

Over my lifetime anyway, Peyton signing with UT sticks out the most...followed closely by the sugar bowl beatdown against Miami.
 
#87
#87
The beginning of the end:

"Rohan Davey was injured in the first half, then again in the second half, setting the stage for 22-year-old freshman Matt Mauck."
 
#89
#89
I don't care what anyone says. After December in 2001, we went from being an unquestionably elite program to a program that had aspirations of being one. We still haven't recovered.
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#90
#90
oUTKickedCoverage said:
Think it was 1959.
Also beat an undefeated Auburn team that year... but managed to stink up nearly every other game.

Scored 7 combined points against Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Vandy to finish the year.
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You are. Correct 1959. Finger on the wrong key
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#93
#93
notweak2 said:
What was General Neylands last year coaching UT?
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1952

Bear started at Alabama in 1958

Think about it, That was a whole different world. No tv, Neyland was the ROTC instructor and his salary paid by Uncle Sam with a little extra kicked in by the University to pay him for coaching extra curricular activities.
 
#94
#94
utgibbs said:
His ideal search turned up a coach who would only be hired if his septuagenarian daddy was part of the package? A coach with a sub 0.500 record?

This is why you FAIL.

This is why I wonder if you and Hat's persona on this site is nothing but pure farce. You both must be pretending sometimes.
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I'm sure Derek Dooley has never once used his name to get an interview.
 
#95
#95
First game ever going to, sitting right infront of the T as it opened and watching everyone run out. We won that game too (Kensucky)
 
#98
#98
Florida blowing the chip shot FG in 98, starting UT on the road to the title!
 
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