The new energy @ UTK

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Looking at everything that has gone on in the past few months and the changes made with our football program, I must say that i love this new energy. I can never remember a time when I have been so excited about Vols Football in the middle of February. After quite a few year of sub par play if think we are all expecting something totally different. There is a change of mindset on the hill. Our coach no long sits by and gives the fans lame phrases such as "workin' like heck", instead it is in your face we are the Vols and we ain't takin' crap from anyone,..anymore. We are not used to standing our ground and being the talker instead of the talkee. A lot of folks are not sure what to think of this new found self promotion and to be honest I wasn't either. But to truley embrace this new found blunt in your face mind set we as fans must approve of the product that is on the field in the fall. But in the mean time I really feel as though I have something to be excited about again......so there really is no point to all this but I am truley excited about football, CLK,CEO,CMK and the recruiting class of 2009, great job and Go Vols...I know I'm not alone on this!!!
 
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Im like you Ive never been this ready for the season to start! I love the intensity the new coaching staff is bringing in to the program!!!!
 
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I know, I just drank 3 red bulls too. But for real, I have never been this excited either. I can't wait for football season in k-town.
 
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Sjernigan88 said:
Looking at everything that has gone on in the past few months and the changes made with our football program, I must say that i love this new energy. I can never remember a time when I have been so excited about Vols Football in the middle of February. After quite a few year of sub par play if think we are all expecting something totally different. There is a change of mindset on the hill. Our coach no long sits by and gives the fans lame phrases such as "workin' like heck", instead it is in your face we are the Vols and we ain't takin' crap from anyone,..anymore. We are not used to standing our ground and being the talker instead of the talkee. A lot of folks are not sure what to think of this new found self promotion and to be honest I wasn't either. But to truley embrace this new found blunt in your face mind set we as fans must approve of the product that is on the field in the fall. But in the mean time I really feel as though I have something to be excited about again......so there really is no point to all this but I am truley excited about football, CLK,CEO,CMK and the recruiting class of 2009, great job and Go Vols...I know I'm not alone on this!!!
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You guys are always excited about football between February 1 and the third Friday in September.

Its the third Sunday (in September) on through January where you get all mopey about it.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You guys are always excited about football between February 1 and the third Friday in September.

Its the third Sunday (in September) on through January where you get all mopey about it.
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And the inner gator comes out again. That's adds a lot, thanks Law. Not to start this argument again, but it needs to be said when you bust out the snide comments. Over the history of college football, the Vols have had a hell of a lot more to be excited about during the fall than the gators.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You guys are always excited about football between February 1 and the third Friday in September.

Its the third Sunday (in September) on through January where you get all mopey about it.
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Ole Miss is not mopey! :cray:
 
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General Jack said:
And the inner gator comes out again. That's adds a lot, thanks Law. Not to start this argument again, but it needs to be said when you bust out the snide comments. Over the history of college football, the Vols have had a hell of a lot more to be excited about during the fall than the gators.
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Easy there, big fella, I was just having some Wednesday morning fun!

I would point out that over the course of history Yale has had a lot more to be excited about in the fall than Texas.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You guys are always excited about football between February 1 and the third Friday in September.

Its the third Sunday (in September) on through January where you get all mopey about it.
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shouldn't you be in a deposition or something?
 
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lawgator1 said:
Easy there, big fella, I was just having some Wednesday morning fun!

I would point out that over the course of history Yale has had a lot more to be excited about in the fall than Texas.
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What goes up must come down. After your first loss i bet we dont hear fom you for a while.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Our daily dose of Valium has arrived.
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Yep, Law continues to sneak about the Volnation, awaiting opportunities to spread his passive-aggressive pro-gator propaganda. He's been carrying out this counter-insurgency mission for quite a while now, soldiering on undeterred despite its ineffectiveness.
 
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General Jack said:
Yep, Law continues to sneak about the Volnation, awaiting opportunities to spread his passive-aggressive pro-gator propaganda. He's been carrying out this counter-insurgency mission for quite a while now, soldiering on undeterred despite its ineffectiveness.
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While I don't disagree that I can sometimes be quite aggravating (ask the women I date), you make it sound like its calculated, like I lay in the weeds and wait for opportunities to make snide remarks.

You give me way too much credit.

In reality, I'm just like everybody else and some days I feel like being a little combative, some days would just prefer to shoot the bull. So today I read this week's 34,762nd "Whoppee, we are back!" thread and felt it my solemn duty to go eh, maybe so, maybe not.

Lighten up, Frances.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You guys are always excited about football between February 1 and the third Friday in September.

Its the third Sunday (in September) on through January where you get all mopey about it.
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I would really like to take You hunting sometime :)
 
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lawgator1 said:
While I don't disagree that I can sometimes be quite aggravating (ask the women I date), you make it sound like its calculated, like I lay in the weeds and wait for opportunities to make snide remarks.

You give me way too much credit.

In reality, I'm just like everybody else and some days I feel like being a little combative, some days would just prefer to shoot the bull. So today I read this week's 34,762nd "Whoppee, we are back!" thread and felt it my solemn duty to go eh, maybe so, maybe not.

Lighten up, Frances.
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Given that you quite often have the second or third post in a thread like this... I would disagree. You are a nagging rash that won't go away. And if you haven't noticed, there are plenty of Vols that shoot down the rah rah threads too, so you're not really planting any flags.

But no worries, continue about your solemn sniping duty.
 
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lawgator1 said:
While I don't disagree that I can sometimes be quite aggravating (ask the women I date), you make it sound like its calculated, like I lay in the weeds and wait for opportunities to make snide remarks.

You give me way too much credit.

In reality, I'm just like everybody else and some days I feel like being a little combative, some days would just prefer to shoot the bull. So today I read this week's 34,762nd "Whoppee, we are back!" thread and felt it my solemn duty to go eh, maybe so, maybe not.

Lighten up, Frances.
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Everything you say on this board has the same smug undercurrent to it. I agree that sometimes you push buttons and sometimes you conversate but there is always the underlying arrogance that defines your program and makes people dislike you. Meyer has justified the arrogance with his recent success but it won't always be that way.
 
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General Jack said:
Given that you quite often have the second or third post in a thread like this... I would disagree. You are a nagging rash that won't go away. And if you haven't noticed, there are plenty of Vols that shoot down the rah rah threads too, so you're not really planting any flags.

But no worries, continue about your solemn sniping duty.
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gainesvol82 said:
Everything you say on this board has the same smug undercurrent to it. I agree that sometimes you push buttons and sometimes you conversate but there is always the underlying arrogance that defines your program and makes people dislike you. Meyer has justified the arrogance with his recent success but it won't always be that way.
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While its absolutely fair to say that I am a rival fan and therefore will from time to time promote my team at the expense of yours, I don't think that its fair to characterize my comments as "smug" or "arrogant" just because of the source.

If as Jack says there are plenty of Vols fans who shoot down the rah rah threads and that's okay, why is it that when a rival fan does it the cry is, well, he is just an arrogant such and such?

It seems to me that if I had a UT flag on my avatar and changed my name to NeylandisGod I could make the same comments I made earlier today and no one would be nearly as perturbed. In fact, people would join in and go, yup, he's right, we need to prove this on the field and quite getting excited about a bunch of yammering from an unproven coach. But if I say exactly that with my avatar as is, then the thought is automatically dismissed by those who don't want to think it.

And this is what is so intellectually dishonest: You have little regard for the objective facts. You don't even really care about the comment. Rather, if those facts are pointed out to you in a comment from a rival fan, your solution is to ignore the facts and just blast the rival fan so as to discredit him and the comment.
 
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AndI would add that if you go over to the NCAA forum you will see me bemoaning the state of the UF basketball team. I've got several UT fans trying to reassure me that the Gators will make the tournament. I'm even on record wondering aloud whether Donovan has lost his enthusiasm for the job after the whole Magic thing.

So don't assume that I have some sort of pure agenda to promote UF. That would not be accurate.
 
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lawgator1 said:
AndI would add that if you go over to the NCAA forum you will see me bemoaning the state of the UF basketball team. I've got several UT fans trying to reassure me that the Gators will make the tournament. I'm even on record wondering aloud whether Donovan has lost his enthusiasm for the job after the whole Magic thing.

So don't assume that I have some sort of pure agenda to promote UF. That would not be accurate.
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You write really good:thumbsup:
 
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