Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Whom Should Tennessee Hire to Replace Kiffin?
Pete Carroll shocked the college football world when he left USC for the Seattle Seahawks and Lane Kiffin stunned Tennessee fans when he left Knoxville to replace Carroll. Drive through Tennessee’s campus right now and you will literally see people running around and throwing things in the streets. The famous “Rock” has all kinds of [...]
The Seminoles are Back
There is a struggling football powerhouse that is quietly building a very strong foundation. This football program just gave their Hall of Fame coach a win in his last every game at the university. The Florida State Seminoles haven’t won 10 games since 2003, but this is going to change very soon. Now that he [...]
Good News for Notre Dame, Bad News for Tennessee
Believe it or not, there is actually breaking news that involves Tennessee football and it will be without UT hostesses. ESPN reported that Notre Dame will hire Brian Kelly and it is unsure if he will coach Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. My bet is he leaves school early as the Fighting Irish need some [...]
Tennessee Football Notes
Even though Tennessee’s two biggest rivals are playing in today’s SEC Championship game, today is still a big day for the Vols. Lane Kiffin will be on ESPN’s College GameDay and will make picks at 11:30 a.m. Kiffin earlier this week said that Florida has better players but Alabama has better coaches. Expect Kirk Herbstreit [...]
Tennessee-Kentucky Preview
Today’s Kentucky-Tennessee game comes down to the “Wild Cobb” package. Alcoa’s own Randall Cobb had only 45 total yards against the Vols last season and he admits that he may have put too much pressure on himself during that game. If the Wildcats are going to beat the Vols for the first time since 1984, [...]
Required Reading
Local:
Jackson has preliminary court date on Monday, another UT linebacker out for the year. [Go Vols Xtra]
Purdue preview for Monday’s Tennessee-Purdue Paradaise Jam Championship [College Hoops Net]
Titans-Texans injury report for Monday Night Football [Tennessean]
Regional
Richt hopes to have Green back for Tech game. [AJC]
Gators are ready for the Seminoles. [Gainesville Sun]
Big injury for South Carolina’s basketball [...]
Let Berry Run Through the “T”
If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Knoxville radio the past month, here were the popular topics: black jerseys, Layla Kiffin, suspended players and Eric Berry’s last game in Neyland Stadium. Former Tennessee coach Doug Dickey started a tradition in 1965 against Army that has the band form a “Power ‘T’” as the [...]
Kansas Needs Phillip Fulmer
Ever since he was hired at Kansas in 2002, Mark Mangino has made Kansas football relevant. Before 2002, all Kansas fans cared about was college basketball and college basketball recruiting. Mangino is a great offensive mind that helped lead Oklahoma to a national championship in 2000 as their offensive coordinator. The ironic part is that [...]