The most Tennessee thing...

[ShoalCreekVol]

Y'all see what's about to happen, right?

1) We're going to mess around and accidentally beat Auburn in a couple of weeks.
2) The very next day Auburn's going to dismiss Malzahn and announce an interim coach to finish the season.
3) Then the morning after their last game, Auburn is going to announce Hugh Freeze as their next head coach. and we will have ourselves to thank for it.

"This is the way." - Din Djardin, UT c/o 867

 

[1truevol]

It's 100% out of your (and my hands) so don't waste time worrying about it. What will be...will be! And yes.....it SUCKS!

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Y'all see what's about to happen, right?

1) We're going to mess around and accidentally beat Auburn in a couple of weeks.
2) The very next day Auburn's going to dismiss Malzahn and announce an interim coach to finish the season.
3) Then the morning after their last game, Auburn is going to announce Hugh Freeze as their next head coach. and we will have ourselves to thank for it.

"This is the way." - Din Djardin, UT c/o 867

 

[ecs4dvols]

I'm sure we have some mid-major unproven coordinator ready to take over after pruitt.. it's the most UT thing ever...

 

[MAD]

All jokes aside Tennessee is at a major crossroads.
Make a big splash hire right now and try to right the ship or end up like the Minnesota Gophers, a big time program of the past that ended up in oblivion.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

All jokes aside Tennessee is at a major crossroads.
Make a big splash hire right now and try to right the ship or end up like the Minnesota Gophers, a big time program of the past that ended up in oblivion.

You mean Colorado?

 

[MAD]

You mean Colorado?

Yeah, that’s probably a better example.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

I fully expect Hugh Freeze to wind up at Texas or Southern Cal.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

You mean Colorado?

Minnesota was a lot bigger deal than Colorado ever was. Minnesota has multiple national championships.

 

[Big Al Orange]

All jokes aside Tennessee is at a major crossroads.
Make a big splash hire right now and try to right the ship or end up like the Minnesota Gophers, a big time program of the past that ended up in oblivion.

We’re already there pal.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Minnesota was a lot bigger deal than Colorado ever was. Minnesota has multiple national championships.

Speaking in terms of more relevant history, if you want to go back that far then let's throw Harvard and Yale in the mix

 

[rocketskates]

Also, the most Tennessee thing will be getting whipped by Texas A&M even though half of their team is out with coronavirus exposure.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Also, the most Tennessee thing will be getting whipped by Texas A&M even though half of their team is out with coronavirus exposure.

Yup. They will find new freshmen stars on their bench that will rise up and shock everyone with their stellar play, while our crop of stud freshmen sit on the bench because Pruitt doesn’t want them to get “rattled”

 

[99gator]

The most Tennessee thing ever will always be to have the greatest coach for that sport the school has ever had and then have to fire him over a BBQ.

Nothing is ever beating that

 

[SDV]

Minnesota was a lot bigger deal than Colorado ever was. Minnesota has multiple national championships.

I had no knowledge of their history. I’m 44 and they’ve been a cellar dweller in my life time. Hope we don’t become the same

 

[VolBricks]

Also, the most Tennessee thing will be getting whipped by Texas A&M even though half of their team is out with coronavirus exposure.

Yes, and I expect us to be in the aTm game at half, something like 21-17 aTm leading. Then we come out after half and aTm scores 28 points and we score like 3 or none.

 

[hog88]

When I moved to TN some 28 years ago and started following HS football one of the common themes I heard when I would ask "why the hell" was "that's the offense his daddy ran" or "we've always done it that way". That's changed somewhat over the the last 10-15 years but I still think that is the attitude up on the hill in Knoxville to this day.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The more TN thing that will happen is as follows:

We play well against Auburn for the first half but get smoked after halftime and lose again. The team quits the next week against Vandy and we get smoked against Florida and finish 2-8. We decide to keep Pruitt another year.

Auburn finishes 4-6 or 5-5 after losing to Bama and they fire Malzahn and hire Freeze although Malzahn has a bigger buyout, they have less revenue, and smaller endowment....

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Speaking in terms of more relevant history, if you want to go back that far then let's throw Harvard and Yale in the mix

What is the time period that matters for relevance? I know many of us who were older in the early to mid 90's remember Colorado being good but that was before any current recruits were born by a wide margin. The kids being recruited this year were born 2002-03, and since you don't remember football from birth, the age where many of them started remembering and really paying attention was, at best maybe 6 or 7, so anything before 2008 or so, really might as well be 1908 as far as today's recruits are concerned.

 

[TheGuy]

Y'all see what's about to happen, right?

1) We're going to mess around and accidentally beat Auburn in a couple of weeks.
2) The very next day Auburn's going to dismiss Malzahn and announce an interim coach to finish the season.
3) Then the morning after their last game, Auburn is going to announce Hugh Freeze as their next head coach. and we will have ourselves to thank for it.

"This is the way." - Din Djardin, UT c/o 867

Couldn't have said it better

 

[Special Ed]

Fulmer's intransigence is a factor in that equation.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

The most Tennessee thing ever will always be to have the greatest coach for that sport the school has ever had and then have to fire him over a BBQ.

Nothing is ever beating that

Then the next year after firing that coach the rule goes away. Most Tennessee thing ever.

 

[Chippo]

All jokes aside Tennessee is at a major crossroads.
Make a big splash hire right now and try to right the ship or end up like the Minnesota Gophers, a big time program of the past that ended up in oblivion.

About in the same spot as the Detroit Lions

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The most Tennessee thing ever will always be to have the greatest coach for that sport the school has ever had and then have to fire him over a BBQ.

Nothing is ever beating that

Pearl didn't get fired because of the BBQ - he got fired because he lied to the NCAA. Had he told the truth, he would have a slap on the wrist at most

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

All jokes aside Tennessee is at a major crossroads.
Make a big splash hire right now and try to right the ship or end up like the Minnesota Gophers, a big time program of the past that ended up in oblivion.

We’re beyond that already