Archive for the ‘Tennesssee’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Latest Update on Vol Hostesses
You are probably sick of hearing about the NCAA investigation involving the use of Vol Hostesses to recruit players off campus, but there some new information involving this situation. Here is Tennessee’s statement:
“The University of Tennessee confirms that there is an NCAA review under way. Both university and NCAA guidelines are a part of the [...]
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 [...]
Breaking News:Outback Will Not Choose Tennessee
Many Tennessee fans were hoping that the Vols would get invited to the Outback Bowl, but WVLT-TV is reporting that the Outback Bowl will not pick Tennessee and the Vols are headed to the Chick-fil-a Bowl or the Music City Bowl. Auburn is the team that is now headed to the Outback Bowl while Ole [...]