Archive for the ‘UT’ Category
Schagren Says: Early March Madness Edition
Schagren Says: is a collection of random thoughts and predictions from the most random person in Knoxville, TN.
Turner is Player of the Year: Ohio State’s Evan Turner is having one of the best seasons that I have seen in my lifetime, but can he win the award from the hype machine that has followed Kentucky’s [...]
Lane Kiffin, Tennessee’s Brand, and You
It’s the day after signing day and we couldn’t be more happy to see it go. There something pedophilic about grown men getting off on where a 17 year old chooses to continue their education that rubs us the wrong way.
That said, we can’t help but notice that the same familiar names annually seen at [...]
Dooley Press Conference Recap
Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton led the press conference talking about how Tennessee’s new coach has a great recruiting background and has a very famous dad. Sound familiar?
There is a big difference. Lane Kiffin was a guy coming from the NFL that had no head coaching experience at the college level. Derek Dooley talked about how [...]
Chuck Smith Likes the Dooley Hire
Former Vol Chuck Smith just told me that he thinks Dooley is a good fit at Tennessee and he likes Dooley. Smith was a high school teammate of Dooley’s at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga. Smith is a very passionate former Vol that always tells it like it is. Smith is a good [...]
Breaking News: Tennessee Hies Dooley
WNML’s Jimmy Hyams just reported that Tennessee has hired Louisiana Tech head coach Derek Dooley for the same position at Tennessee. Dooley is the son of former Georgia coach Vince Dooley and had a 17-20 record at Louisiana Tech. Dooley was hired by Nick Saban as a recruiting coordinator when Saban was at LSU. This [...]
Not So Fast, My Friend
Reports that Tennessee has hired David Cutcliffe are premature. The way we hear it Cut is demanding that he be allowed to bring his entire staff. With a number of quality assistants still on staff, Mike Hamilton hasn’t given in to the demands just yet.
Our source tells us that Cut loves it where he’s at [...]
Breaking News: Tennessee Hires Cutcliffe
Tennessee is replacing Lane Kiffin with a Tennessee guy. WBIR is reporting that former Tennessee offensive coordinator and current Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe is replacing Kififn in Knoxville. It will be interesting to see how Mike Hamilton and Cutcliffe get along, considering how Hamilton fired Phillip Fulmer. Cutcliffe will bring some of his Duke coaches [...]
What We’re Hearing
Chip Kain over at My Coach is Better called us last night to let us know that he’s reporting that Muschamp was still in play and a meeting between he and Mike Hamilton would take place overnight or this morning. Chip is also reporting that David Cutcliffe would be named coach as early as today [...]
Kiffin Press Conference Recap
“I look forward to celebrating and riding the Trojan horse all night long after we beat Washington State.”
If only Lane Kiffin would have lead off his USC press conference with a jab like that. Kiffin seemed very excited in his press conference and mentioned multiple times that USC was his dream job. Kiffin called USC [...]
What We’re Hearing
Hearing that the internet rumors are true, and that Will Muschamp has been offered the head coaching job at the University of Tennessee. We’re hunting down confirmation on that. Check back in through out the day, and you can hear Mike Hamilton’s press conference at 1pm during Sports 180 with myself and Josh Ward.
Btw….Muschamp would [...]