Tony Robinson appreciation thread

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TR was the second most talented QB ever at Tennessee (next to Peyton). He would have had a long and successful NFL career if he had not have made stupid decisions regarding drugs. He was the best player (until injured at Bama) on the memorable and SEC champion '85 team that clobbered heavily favored Miami at the Sugar Bowl. I saw his tremedous skills at the Auburn game (stomping them when they were rated #1) and edging Bama 16-14 in a thriller at Brimingham and also was a jubilant Vol when the team ended the season so well in the Sugar Bowl.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Jail and Drug abuse. He played during the strike year as a replacement player, I do believe. Had a perfect touch and an awesome QB got hurt in the Alabama Game Blatantly,Intentionallyand made a hero out of Darrel Dickey. Would have been something special in the pros.
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Being at the game, this is what appeared to happen in my opinion.
 
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VOLnMiami said:
I can appreciate what TR did as a UT football player but as a human being he was and is a complete failure who ruined his life when he had it all in the palm of his hands...I have no sympathy for someone like that...He is and always will be an embarrassment to the University of Tennessee.
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Try to remember when you are out in that Miami sun to cover your head....It can cause some brain damage and cloud one's view of reality :hi:
 
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utfantilidie said:
Being at the game, this is what appeared to happen in my opinion.
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I don't remember it being anything other than what happens when a QB runs around and meets up with a monster LB. Can't remember whether it was Jerimiah Castille or Cornelius Bennett that made the kill shot, but both of those guys were beasts.
 
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Coastypop said:
Try to remember when you are out in that Miami sun to cover your head....It can cause some brain damage and cloud one's view of reality :hi:
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:lolabove: Follow your own advice...He WAS and still IS a drug addict who embarrassed himself and UT...Anyone who ever would or could take up for him only makes themselves look ridiculous...They are the same people who defend Jamal Lewis and say "Oh even tho he sold cocaine and did jail time he was one hell of a great player for UT"...I wish none of those guys were ever associated with UT...There's your dose of reality.
 
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VOLnMiami said:
:lolabove: Follow your own advice...He WAS and still IS a drug addict who embarrassed himself and UT...Anyone who ever would or could take up for him only makes themselves look ridiculous...They are the same people who defend Jamal Lewis and say "Oh even tho he sold cocaine and did jail time he was one hell of a great player for UT"...I wish none of those guys were ever associated with UT...There's your dose of reality.
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WOW.... have you seen your doctor about you anger issues, ... and I do take my own advice, I stay out of Miami, too much sun ................and are you sure you are not drinking to much of that sulfer water? Great statment but in what way?
 
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Well gee since We are appreciating old VOLS and what wonderful accomplishments they have achieved who can forget one of UT's most famous or should I say infamous graduate's Bruce Davis...Fantastic member of the UT debate team of 1965...Great things were expected of ole Bruce as he graduated UT with a degree in business...Unfortunatly Bruce is serving a life sentence for the killing of Shorty Shea and at one time was rumored to be the Zodiac Killer.....Good ole Bruce was a member of the Manson Family but hey other than that he was one hell of a debater...But all that killing and debauchery he did shouldn't matter because he accomplished great things while at UT....That's exactly what this thread sounds like...Ignore the bad things and look at how he could throw a football or could run.
 
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No you shouldn't mention the serial killer, he has no bearing on the topic at all. You can hop off your soap-box, no one is advocating drug use. Why don't you start a thread on a Vol you feel is deserving of appreciation?
 
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I have always been amazed how quickly some love to judge another's failures and call them an embarassment to (whatever they deem they are protecting) when we are all cut from the same cloth.... No...I do not do nor have I ever had a drug problem, and I certainly don't even know anyone who has ever commited a murder, however I have been one of the lucky ones, my sins and failures were never made public... I hope your never are as well. as for Tony R.... he had the best arm I ever saw on a football field and I enjoyed watching him play. I guess I thought that was the discussion here on this Sports Board
 
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VOLnMiami said:
Well gee since We are appreciating old VOLS and what wonderful accomplishments they have achieved who can forget one of UT's most famous or should I say infamous graduate's Bruce Davis...Fantastic member of the UT debate team of 1965...Great things were expected of ole Bruce as he graduated UT with a degree in business...Unfortunatly Bruce is serving a life sentence for the killing of Shorty Shea and at one time was rumored to be the Zodiac Killer.....Good ole Bruce was a member of the Manson Family but hey other than that he was one hell of a debater...But all that killing and debauchery he did shouldn't matter because he accomplished great things while at UT....That's exactly what this thread sounds like...Ignore the bad things and look at how he could throw a football or could run.
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WOW...just, wow
 
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VOLnMiami said:
:lolabove: Follow your own advice...He WAS and still IS a drug addict who embarrassed himself and UT...Anyone who ever would or could take up for him only makes themselves look ridiculous...They are the same people who defend Jamal Lewis and say "Oh even tho he sold cocaine and did jail time he was one hell of a great player for UT"...I wish none of those guys were ever associated with UT...There's your dose of reality.
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Robinson and Lewis weren't great players? regardless of the issues off the field they were still extremely gifted with talent. i understand your argument but come on.......
 
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Tony Robinson was a freak of a athlete, i can still remember him beating the cowboys during the strike year with half of the cowboy starters playing. Can't remember much of his time as a vol, because 85 was the year i really started paying attention to them. I was 11 years old in 85 and had a short attention span as most kids that age had. The Vols were extremely talented that year and they started off great. When Robinson blew his knee out people got down for a minute, but the Vols didn't. They plugged in Dickey and the rest was history.
 
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T-Rob's run on UT's first possession of the '85 Auburn game was a thing of beauty. I can still hear Keith Jackson saying, "He's got the first down - and a whole lot more!" as T-Rob glided down the field for about 50 yards. That was the first of many great plays he made in the game. The D stuffed Bo Jackson, and everyone went home happy.
 
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VOLnMiami said:
Well gee since We are appreciating old VOLS and what wonderful accomplishments they have achieved who can forget one of UT's most famous or should I say infamous graduate's Bruce Davis...Fantastic member of the UT debate team of 1965...Great things were expected of ole Bruce as he graduated UT with a degree in business...Unfortunatly Bruce is serving a life sentence for the killing of Shorty Shea and at one time was rumored to be the Zodiac Killer.....Good ole Bruce was a member of the Manson Family but hey other than that he was one hell of a debater...But all that killing and debauchery he did shouldn't matter because he accomplished great things while at UT....That's exactly what this thread sounds like...Ignore the bad things and look at how he could throw a football or could run.
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What a joke...TR was one heck of a talent and a sad story no doubt. But if you have ever struggled with addiction you would know how hard it is to turn the corner. It isn't a light switch you can simply flip on and off. He is and will always be one of the greatest QB's we have at UT. No one here is condoning drug use. His talents are undeniable--no matter what his struggles were off the field. We are simply remembering a once-in-a-lifetime talent and conveying our thoughts on his story. God-forbid you ever be exposed publicly for any of your sins or transgressions. I'm sure there are aspects of your life you'd rather not have public. By your logic, I guess that makes you a terrible person and embarrassment to everyone in your family doesn't it? Get over yourself and hop down off your soapbox please. The rest of us here in reality are waiting...
 
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VOLnMiami said:
I can appreciate what TR did as a UT football player but as a human being he was and is a complete failure who ruined his life when he had it all in the palm of his hands...I have no sympathy for someone like that...He is and always will be an embarrassment to the University of Tennessee.
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Redemption and salvation are real, they are not earned, but are given to us by the grace of God.

You're going to need the grace of God to go to heaven, just like me, just like Tony Robinson. So, the next time you criticize someone so harshly, please remember that you are not good enough, either. You should drop to your knees and thank God there is no justice. If there were, we would all fail...you, just like Tony. You get by only becaise of the same grace that Tony has.
 
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GAVol said:
I don't remember it being anything other than what happens when a QB runs around and meets up with a monster LB. Can't remember whether it was Jerimiah Castille or Cornelius Bennett that made the kill shot, but both of those guys were beasts.
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It was both. Book ended him in the pocket. Dale Jones saved our A** that game with an interception that he batted up in the air and D. Dickey 1st pass thrown was an interception, D Dickey did not throw another interception that year. Had the consecutive pass record for most pass thrown without an interception for several years. 105
 
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Sudden Impact said:
It was both. Book ended him in the pocket. Dale Jones saved our A** that game with an interception that he batted up in the air and D. Dickey 1st pass thrown was an interception, D Dickey did not throw another interception that year. Had the consecutive pass record for most pass thrown without an interception for several years. 105
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I remember DD coming in and the first play was a five yard square out. The Bama cornerback jumped the route, the ball hit him in the hands, but he dropped. I have always said that if the corner had intercepted it, our season is totally different.

Now, with you saying it was intercepted, it is causing me to question my recollection...are you sure?
 
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The fact that he sucked at slinging white bag doesn't mean he wasn't a great quarterback. He was one of my favorite players ever to watch.
 
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GAVol said:
I was at Legion Field in Birmingham the day he blew out his knee. Probably the most athletically gifted QB I've ever seen at Tennessee. Unfortunately he had a million dollar arm, million dollar legs and a 10 cent brain.
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I agree 100%.....he might have very well been the most talanted QB the vols have ever had,He had great touch & a rifle of a arm!
 
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Saw him play junior and senior year. Greatest potential and natural ability i ever saw. Alan Cockrell started ahead of him for a reason. His talent could not overcome some of his mental lapses on and off the field during his career.

The 1985 UCLA and Auburn games were nationally televised, and he shined. He had memorable games in 84 against bama and not-so-memorable in 84 against kentucky and auburn.
 
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I was a freshman at UT in '85 and had the luxury of watching him play. That Auburn game was one of the best. Tony Robinson was so smooth and gifted. The injury and the cocaine ended a promising career.
 
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