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I agree. Tennessee had a shot at a quality coach, and screwed the pooch.

I have lived in Tennessee for over 40 years, but am nothing more than a casual fan since it is the state in which I live. I am a Gator, but pull for the Vols when necessary and called for due to state pride. I love the state of Tennessee.

It's a shame.

I em always prayed he'd be a fantastic coach... can you imagine if he won a national championship!!

Tennessee has been so mismanaged it's crazy ... right now, if I were a quality candidate I'd never consider going there

It was only 1998 that the Vols were the consensus National Champion. (AP, USAToday/ESPN, BCS)

Alabama and Georgia didn’t lose to A BUM ASS TEAM ... and your boys got beat worse by the BUM ASS TEAM than Alabama did Auburn ... u guys got your ASSES HANDED TO U by a 500 FOOTBALL TEAM!!!

your “signature” win is against PSU ... WHO THE HELL HAVE THEY BEATEN .... same with WISCONSIN ... they ‘d come in 5th place in the SEC if they were lucky ... both PSU and Wisconsin’s out of conference schedules were DISGRACEFUL ..

at least u guys played OU ... who also WHOOPED your asses ...

PSU lost to MSU ... a team my “crappy” team DESTROYED at their place ...

My “CRAPPY” team DESTROYED the team that your biggest win LOST TOO ...

There’s no way in hell a 2 loss OSU team gets in over a 1 loss Bama team ..

I dont watch ESPN ... HAVENT FOR 20 YEARS .. quit when they turned from sports to Comedy Central .. now they’ve become a liberal rag ....

I would agree that Bama is down .. Georgia is a real good footblall team thats way better than they’ve been in a LONG LONG TIME ... Auburn is playing GREAT FOOTBALL right now ... i hope the injury to their RB doesn’t keep him out this weekend ...

U can bash the SEC all u want ... the big 10 is way down also ... your conference STINKS this year ...

Thanks for the article on Saban ... good stuff ...

Now i hope Wisconsin and OU win just to keep them out ... they dont deserve to get rewarded for that BS ...

I think tenn has three candidates.... les miles, Kevin sumlin, or tee Martin

If the Buckeyes lost to Iowa (Schmiowa), and lost to a really good Oklahoma team 31-17, 31-14, doesn't matter,

I've had Ohio St. out of it for 4 weeks, their ceiling is 5, unless everybody had 2 losses.

But there is one argument that doesn't have anybody saying it, and it has nothing to do with this year.

(There's a little line in a movie called "A few good men" from an actor Richard Jeni, (God rest his soul), IIRC. Where he says " the Judge will object, it will be stricken from the record but not from the minds of the Jury".)

The one argument, is ALL these committee members are over 30 years, everybody knows, that not only has Alabama, won it all like 7? times in the past 20 years, but everytime the Big 10 sends it's quote ""Champion"" to a bowl and it's not Ohio State or Michigan, they get Boatraced, Blown out, and this theme goes on for 30 years.

So for 15+ years, I've been on the Big10's side of the argument, made that argument for them, but of all the years,

I think the Big 10 should be left out.
I want to see the best 4 teams. I think if, Okla. Clemson, Alabama, and the Auburn/Georgia winner, (Georgia), are the final 4 teams,

Then you'd this year have the 4 best teams, and Anything could happen.

And I agree, Wisconsin "will" get in, but I don't agree that they "should" even if they blow out Ohio State, which twice has played a bad game with little offensive effectiveness,

because it looks like Wisconsin played a lot of middle to less than middle of the road teams, and, who cares if you go unbeaten if you win 30 poor oppenents or 16 poor oppenents, then what does record get you?

And also, nobody's saying, Buckeye's number 1 player, Knee scope, this week.

So It "shouldn't" matter that Bama won it / wins it , year in and year out,

But it's in peoples minds, and it "should" matter that you have a coach that won it all so often, to deciding the team is "one of the best 4".

They've now turned to Mike Leach.


I think Tee ends up with the job IMO>

Jimbo Fisher resigns from Florida State effective immediately to take job at Texas A&M..... interesting

won't even coach the final regular season game

Phil Fulmer in as AD at Tennessee.

Sounds like he’s skipping out on his rent.

what a disaster at Tennessee ... and if you follow Clay Travis' podcast (he's VERY connected with the program) it's basically at Haslams fault

That's a step in the right direction. I liked him as a coach.

Yeah, a lot TN folks are highly upset at Jimmy the Crook.

Man, this video of him is fascinating as he talks about the relationships of UT, the Haslems the Mannings, and their roles in the current situation. Well worth a watch if you have 20m or so.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yoKMMqlYRjKQ

Are you willing to provide a summary?

I watched it earlier too ... basically:

the haslams are used to controlling everything to do with UT ... the hires, the personnel, the facilities ... they call the SHOTS with the boosters

when it came time to hire the OLD AD (curie), the haslams, the chancellor, and Peyton Manning did the interviews. They did it behind closed doors so that they could manipulate the hire. Many people wanted Phil Fulmer, but they chose Curie (who they could puppet and control) ... and even bribed Peyton to go along with it and go against his old coach. What did they bribe him with? The promise that the Mannings would own part of an NFL team in the near future.

This made the other boosters TICKED off. They are tired of the Haslams calling the shots and throwing their money around (and doing so unsuccessfully). So when Schiano was picked (also done by Jimmy Haslam), this was the chance for a coup amongst the boosters and fans and media ... they totally revolted and used PSU scandal as the "reason" for their disapproval ... but it was really a power play back at the Haslams.

So, now the entire university is split ... the boosters, the board, athletics, etc

TN is all Haslamed up.
Guy is a business decision flop.

Thanks bro. I really appreciate it.

Man, that sounds messed up! Big time!

Anyone else hoping the NFL forces Jimmy to sell the team?

j/c:

Watching the USC/Stanford game. I don't think that is a lateral.

Stanford challenged it. Good move.

Pffttt..........why even have replay?

Bryce Love is playing like this will be one of his last college football games.

It is painful to watch. He is either the world's greatest faker or one tough SOB. I am thinking it's the latter.

McCaffrey skipped the bowl game last year. My guess is that Bryce Love skips the bowl game too.

Yep. I would not be surprised if he goes pro after this season. I think scouts are very concerned about the mileage on RBs.

Pulling a guard on 4th and 1 is such a bad call.

Stanford needed to take those points.. smh.. 8 mins left!

Freaking Darnold always makes that play.

Michael Pittman Jr? Like the son of Michael Pittman who played for the Cardinals and Bucs?

I feel old.

Justin Reid is playing like garbage. In part, a reason why I don't like to comment about players I'm fond about before all the games are played.

It was tempting to take the lead, but yes, the smart play was to take the points.

Dude has really cost them this game.

How do you ask Bryce Love to hop his way to the endzone inside the 5 when you could have just been throwing fades to those guys?

Stanford’s receivers/TEs are catching everything.


Why is it the Browns can’t draft a receiver with hands?!

How do you not kick the FG?

And damn, this Costello kid is looking good! What year is he in?

Maybe we could fire Hue and hire Shaw. Passing on a FG late in the 4th to tie the game and then onside kicking it when there was time to stop them.

Brilliant!

Stop trying to fire Hue!

Was the old AD Johnny Majored by Fulmer? I bet Majors is not happy about this.