Tennessee - Second half play

[Coug]

I could be remembering this wrong but I could have sworn that during the last years of Fulmer's reign we did not have a second half team at all. After the half our players were nowhere to be found. Despite this being a losing season so thus far I've been impressed with how long we've been staying in the game.

Thoughts?

 

[PureVol]

I could be remembering this wrong but I could have sworn that during the last years of Fulmer's reign we did not have a second half team at all. After the half our players were nowhere to be found. Despite this being a losing season so thus far I've been impressed with how long we've been staying in the game.

Thoughts?

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1992–2008)
1992 Tennessee 4–0* 2–0* 3rd (East)* W Hall of Fame 12 12
1993 Tennessee 10–2^ 7–1^ 2nd (East) L Florida Citrus 11 12
1994 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) W Gator 18 22
1995 Tennessee 11–1 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 2 3
1996 Tennessee 10–2 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 9 9
1997 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) L Orange 8 7
1998 Tennessee 13–0 8–0 1st (East) W Fiesta† 1 1
1999 Tennessee 9–3 6–2 2nd (East) L Fiesta† 9 9
2000 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Cotton 25
2001 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) W Florida Citrus 4 4
2002 Tennessee 8–5 5–3 3rd (East) L Peach
2003 Tennessee 10–3 6–2 T–1st (East) L Peach 16 15
2004 Tennessee 10–3 7–1 1st (East) W Cotton 15 13
2005 Tennessee 5–6 3–5 4th (East)
2006 Tennessee 9–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Outback 23 25
2007 Tennessee 10–4 6–2 T–1st (East) W Outback 12 12
2008 Tennessee 5–7 3–5 5th (East)
Tennessee: 152–52 98–34
Total: 152–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.



This thread made me wonder why we fired the guy in the first place....

 

[PureVol]

I get he was losing big to our biggest rivals, but...c'mon, it's not like we are beating them now. What we have been seeing the past few years is just pathetic opposed to two bad seasons in 16 years. Is there a chance (just the slightest) that we screwed ourselves when we fired Fulmer?

 

[alaVOL]

I get he was losing big to our biggest rivals, but...c'mon, it's not like we are beating them now. What we have been seeing the past few years is just pathetic opposed to two bad seasons in 16 years. Is there a chance (just the slightest) that we screwed ourselves when we fired Fulmer?

No, we didn't screw ourselves because we fired Fulmer. We hired a Trojan and the condom broke.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Yeah, I still believe that we would be in this mess as Fulmer had us going downhill. We had a chance to avoid it, but we messed it up by hiring Kiffen.

Now we're here and we again have the choice. We can either continue our slow progress with Dooley or roll the dice to try and accelerate the process.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1992–2008)
1992 Tennessee 4–0* 2–0* 3rd (East)* W Hall of Fame 12 12
1993 Tennessee 10–2^ 7–1^ 2nd (East) L Florida Citrus 11 12
1994 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) W Gator 18 22
1995 Tennessee 11–1 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 2 3
1996 Tennessee 10–2 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 9 9
1997 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) L Orange 8 7
1998 Tennessee 13–0 8–0 1st (East) W Fiesta† 1 1
1999 Tennessee 9–3 6–2 2nd (East) L Fiesta† 9 9
2000 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Cotton 25
2001 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) W Florida Citrus 4 4
2002 Tennessee 8–5 5–3 3rd (East) L Peach
2003 Tennessee 10–3 6–2 T–1st (East) L Peach 16 15
2004 Tennessee 10–3 7–1 1st (East) W Cotton 15 13
2005 Tennessee 5–6 3–5 4th (East)
2006 Tennessee 9–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Outback 23 25
2007 Tennessee 10–4 6–2 T–1st (East) W Outback 12 12
2008 Tennessee 5–7 3–5 5th (East)
Tennessee: 152–52 98–34
Total: 152–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.



This thread made me wonder why we fired the guy in the first place....

I was watching the 2006 Cal game as UT destroyed a top ten team for the last time in 6 years going on 7 soon..and I wondered the same thing. Miss having a RB like Hardesty and Foster (sans fumbles).

 

[VolFootballlover]

hard to think 5 seasons ago we where 1st in the east and now we compete with Vandy and Kentucky for last in the east.

 

[Bossfrog]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1992–2008)
1992 Tennessee 4–0* 2–0* 3rd (East)* W Hall of Fame 12 12
1993 Tennessee 10–2^ 7–1^ 2nd (East) L Florida Citrus 11 12
1994 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) W Gator 18 22
1995 Tennessee 11–1 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 2 3
1996 Tennessee 10–2 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 9 9
1997 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) L Orange 8 7
1998 Tennessee 13–0 8–0 1st (East) W Fiesta† 1 1
1999 Tennessee 9–3 6–2 2nd (East) L Fiesta† 9 9
2000 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Cotton 25
2001 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) W Florida Citrus 4 4
2002 Tennessee 8–5 5–3 3rd (East) L Peach
2003 Tennessee 10–3 6–2 T–1st (East) L Peach 16 15
2004 Tennessee 10–3 7–1 1st (East) W Cotton 15 13
2005 Tennessee 5–6 3–5 4th (East)
2006 Tennessee 9–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Outback 23 25
2007 Tennessee 10–4 6–2 T–1st (East) W Outback 12 12
2008 Tennessee 5–7 3–5 5th (East)
Tennessee: 152–52 98–34
Total: 152–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.



This thread made me wonder why we fired the guy in the first place....

What I see, from 97 till 08 we went 4 wins 6 loss and 2 no shows in bowl games. I loved Phill but I feel he started resting on his accomplishments.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

What I see, from 97 till 08 we went 4 wins 6 loss and 2 no shows in bowl games. I loved Phill but I feel he started resting on his accomplishments.

Because he went out there and played terrible in those games. I think he was too busy resting on his accomplishments instead of scouting the opponents and holding bowl practices.

 

[goooooovols]

What I see, from 97 till 08 we went 4 wins 6 loss and 2 no shows in bowl games. I loved Phill but I feel he started resting on his accomplishments.

Hindsight is always 20/20 but pretty easy for me to say now that we should have given him the benefit of the doubt and let him right the ship...if nothing else we would be no worse off surely and those 8, 9, 10 win seasons look damned amazing right now!

 

[bignewt]

He got outcoached a lot in SEC games in the 2000's. When the recruiting started to dip he got exposed. It was time.

 

[Coug]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1992–2008)
1992 Tennessee 4–0* 2–0* 3rd (East)* W Hall of Fame 12 12
1993 Tennessee 10–2^ 7–1^ 2nd (East) L Florida Citrus 11 12
1994 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) W Gator 18 22
1995 Tennessee 11–1 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 2 3
1996 Tennessee 10–2 7–1 2nd (East) W Florida Citrus 9 9
1997 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) L Orange 8 7
1998 Tennessee 13–0 8–0 1st (East) W Fiesta† 1 1
1999 Tennessee 9–3 6–2 2nd (East) L Fiesta† 9 9
2000 Tennessee 8–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Cotton 25
2001 Tennessee 11–2 7–1 1st (East) W Florida Citrus 4 4
2002 Tennessee 8–5 5–3 3rd (East) L Peach
2003 Tennessee 10–3 6–2 T–1st (East) L Peach 16 15
2004 Tennessee 10–3 7–1 1st (East) W Cotton 15 13
2005 Tennessee 5–6 3–5 4th (East)
2006 Tennessee 9–4 5–3 2nd (East) L Outback 23 25
2007 Tennessee 10–4 6–2 T–1st (East) W Outback 12 12
2008 Tennessee 5–7 3–5 5th (East)
Tennessee: 152–52 98–34
Total: 152–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.



This thread made me wonder why we fired the guy in the first place....

Did these stats address the original question? Performance after the half?

 

[SpiritOfNeyland]

I get he was losing big to our biggest rivals, but...c'mon, it's not like we are beating them now. What we have been seeing the past few years is just pathetic opposed to two bad seasons in 16 years. Is there a chance (just the slightest) that we screwed ourselves when we fired Fulmer?

Firing Fulmer destroyed our program, and right now---it doesn't look like it will be getting fixed at ANY time.

Idiotic decision then. Idiotic decision now.

 

[camp_steveo]

This team is better than their record, and people are too impatient to see that.

 

[Wylo]

Firing Fulmer destroyed our program, and right now---it doesn't look like it will be getting fixed at ANY time.

Idiotic decision then. Idiotic decision now.

Howdy, Phil.

 

[PennVol]

I was watching the 2006 Cal game as UT destroyed a top ten team for the last time in 6 years going on 7 soon..and I wondered the same thing. Miss having a RB like Hardesty and Foster (sans fumbles).

If that game makes you miss Fulmer, then just pop in the 2007 Cal game when we played a worse Cal team on a bigger stage...and got absolutely humiliated.