[It's 99 Days and a wakeup till its FOOTBALL TIME in TENNESSEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Every year it is my privilege to countdown the days till it is FOOTBALL TIME in TENNESSEE in honor of our friend Guido who passionately conducted the countdown for several years.  Guido was a friend.  BTH was the "graphics pro" some of his work is below.  Ken was a friend to everyone, from organizing cards to injured athletes to care packages to deployed military he was always there.  Tango always lit up the board with his posts about his grandchild.  Nissan countered his grumpy old man  Pop, he was my 2nd dad, always there with a kind or encouraging word; and it appears he and UTMom raised some good kids as well ... 
so, without further ado:

It's 99 Days and a wakeup till its FOOTBALL TIME in TENNESSEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guido and his wife J


The gang at a tailgate (Checkout granny holding TROLo, who Guido named)










Pop


In honor of our friends Guido, BTH, VolKen, Tango, NissanVol
 & UT Pop

He has no shame.

Or respect for his elders. 

As a minimum, he owes me a beer
sniff, sniff, my freeelwings are hurt

[BITE ME!!]

BITE ME!!
















You KNOW who you are ...

It's past early unless you meant next Wednesday.  

Said the guy from Pal??

Well, will it break early, late.......eagerly waiting.

I'm predicting early 

according to Robert Gillespie:

Excellent work in the classroom, gentlemen. Keep it up.

We have an aero Eng major coming in this summer.  Hope he gets the education he desires and has a great career for the VOLS on the field (I think he may start sooner rather than later).

 

http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/Local-2016-athlete-ready-to-commit-to-Tennessee-Vols-131368

I watched him play several games last year as a FR at Powell and I believe he has great potential.  He has the frame to be a great TE in Jones' offense.  He would create matchup problems no matter where he lines up.  His ankle injury really hurt Powell's chances in the playoffs last year.

Perhaps more here ... 
http://volstothewall.com/board/index.php?topic=27741.0

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/14/ut-fires-head-of-student-judicial-affairs-office/

Someone associated with the student program on campus impacts the athletic program.   

$350 million?  That's just chump change to a wealthy barrister like yourself.   

How much wine would $350 million buy, by the way?   

I don't know, maybe homes on Kiawah and Hilton Head for starters ...

Happy Birthday Tony!

Hey, that joke was so old, it took me a day just to dig it up and dust it off!

We know you are old
Oh wait, you said the joke was old ... 
nevermind

Has anyone heard from droner's liver recently?  I am concerned ...  

If droner existed I'm sure a Happy Birthday would be in order  

Says someone who has spoken to a voice claiming to be droner ...)  

I hate it for Tebow. He seems like a genuinely good guy. Too bad a guy like that can't be a star that our youth are looking up to instead of some of the thugs in the NFL.

i don't disagree but he is a pure spread QB and they typically don't do we'll in the NFL.
In his case while he seems to have applied himself to his trade he just doesn't the skills to succeed in ther ague, sort of the opposite of a certain gunslinger we know ...

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that the greatest QB ever (according to our "always correct" sources) was cut.  How cruel

The real question is when will the current starter is traded/cut

down the draft board goes the gunslinger

Perhaps if he had applied himself to learn his craft ...

is getting new sod. Every morning this week, two truckloads of sod rolls have been delivered via the backside of the Hill. Has anyone seen an article on this? I seem to remember a ton of work being done on the sod last year so I wonder why they are having to do this now. I never noticed any problems with the turf performance last year, and S-W consistently has one of the best turfs in college football.

And the lawn gork inside me wants to know details. I'm sure it's bermuda but I wonder if it's the latest and greatest or if they're falling back on something tried and true.

They replaced the sod last year and had a LOT of problems with it.  As Vinnie noted there were problem areas, not just in the end zones. 

All fields get a bit tore up during warmupd from the repetative footwork during the drills but S-W was being tore up a lot more than normal last year.

IF memory serves, the root structure did not cform correctly last year and there was numerous concerns raised over the summer.

 

FIFY (One per 1K fans at the game)  

There isn't much to be determined from the attendance at a glorified practice session.  I didn't go to our Spring Game, so I'm not going to judge other schools' fans for staying away as well. 

That said, I don't think there's any doubt that UF's fanbase has a higher percentage of the frontrunning, bandwagon element than most.  This has been proven over and over, across multiple sports.

Apparently their spring "game" was simular to ours, something about a lack of healthy OL.

:wave:Wow That is great! I know how proud you are!  I love softball....:O) Hugs!

How are YOU doing??
Good seeing you post!

Congrats!

BTW, one of CP's foster homes is in Normal 

Pirate, we are flying into Seattle the week of the game..then heading south.  Dean has 2 dear cousins that live in Federal Way, WA

I know where Federal Way is, used to have some friends who lived there for quite a few years.  Being in Federal Way just means you have to fight traffic to Tacoma and Seattle 

I'll be there. We are going to Bandon Dunes for a few days prior to the game. You taking your sticks?

I don't know yet.  We are going to spend some time in the Seattle area before driving down to Oregon.

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