Archive for the ‘UT’ Category
Happy One Year Anniversary to 76-yard Field Goal Attempt
Today is the one year anniversary of Lane Kiffin’s brilliant decision to have Sebastian Janikowski attempt a 76-yard field goal last year for the Oakland Raiders. Janikowski has one of the strongest legs in NFL history, but this goes down as one of the dumbest calls in NFL history. Remember that Antonio Cromartie was on [...]
Tennessee Two-Point Favorites Over Auburn
The Vols are currently listed as a two-point favorite over the Auburn Tigers for Saturday’s game at Neyland Stadium. This line is shocking as Auburn is undefeated on the season and Neland Stadium is not the home field advantge that it once was. The crowd was horrible for the Tennessee-Ohio game and expect plenty of [...]
Did Monte Figure Out the Spread?
We’ve spoken ad nauseum about smartfootball.com this season and we’ll keep doing it as long as they keep dropping fat knowledge like this on us. Monte Kiffin’s recipe for slowing down the dreaded spread option of Florida may be the beginning of defenses catching up to the zone read game and the many variations thereof.
Janzen Jackson Does Certain Things Better Than Eric Berry
Unlike Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee coach Lane Kififn always says something entertaining whenever he speaks. At his press conference today, Kiffin said freshman safety Janzen Jackson does some things better than Eric Berry. Kiffin also said that he thinks Jackson will be an All-American player at some point in his career. This puts a lot of [...]
Kiffin Takes Shot at Meyer
After Tennessee’s practice today, a reporter asked Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin if he has flu concerns and Kiffin said, “I guess we will wait and see and after we are not excited about our performance, we will tell you that everbody was sick.” This is in response to Florida coach Urban Meyer saying Sunday that [...]
How Tennessee Kept It Close
Lane Kiffin wasn’t right. The Vols didn’t win, and let’s get this straight, it was a double digit loss made to look much closer by an uncharacteristic fumble and a crap celebration penalty call that kept the touchdown drive alive.
Nonetheless, Big Orange Nation will take it. The mighty Gators had promised a butt whipping and [...]
Did The Swine Flu Hurt Florida Against Tennessee?
Tennessee put up a very impressive effort in the 23-13 loss to the Florida Gators and now there is talk that the Gators were hurt by the flu bug. The team didn’t announce that players on the team have the swine flu, but Urban Meyer did mention that the swine flu hit Florida’s campus last [...]
Five Ways Tennessee Can Beat Florida
*Editor’s note: This is not going to happen, but for you Tennessee fans that love drinking the orange Kool-Aid, here are five ways that the Vols can pull off the huge upset against the Gators:
1) Nu’Keese Richardson pulls a Brandon James: The man that is target #2 for Florida fans will be a big part [...]
Crowder Wants Kiffin to Shut the F*** Up
Lane Kiffin and Urban Meyer have both done a great job of making sure their players keep quiet before Saturday’s Tennessee-Florida game. The problem with this is that these coaches can’t control former players and they are allowed to say whatever they want. Former Gator and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder wants Florida to [...]
Peyton to Get Fat Raise
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will have a new contract in 2010, before his deal expires. The interesting part here is that the Colts will soon be a team on the decline and if Manning gets a fat new raise, this team will have no money to spread around to other players. Rookie running back [...]