[C-O-A-C-H-I-N-G AKA H-O-L-L-Y]

Unreal.......LVs 17-29 from the FT line and lost by 2. Just one of many reasons they lost.

Bigger REASON                                              C-O-A-C-H-I-N-G              AKA             H-O-L-L-Y

Can't wait for lil' penny to go after Smokey in his next presser.

https://twitter.com/Vol_Hoops/status/1075576245839118336

Best thing I saw on another site.....

Memphis Pep Band will now be playing the Alka Seltzer song as their fight song with new lyrics

Flop Flop
Fizz Fizz
Oh What a Defense it is

....Alas, it's December. Which means this is an actual thing that's happening.

https://www.10tv.com/article/next-chapter-urban-meyer-teach-character-leadership-course-ohio-state

Character and Leadership course.  So let me see Character....how to Lie Cheat and Steal and Cover It up so you don't get caught until someone blows the whistle and you resign for Health Reasons. 
Leadership - How to Look like a Leader while still being the Biggest A$$hole to Others

Ummm let me think....PASS!!!!!

 

But I just checked it out, and I'm happy to report that lil' bro's inferiority complex is bigger than ever.

https://www.csnbbs.com/thread-866527.html

Well hell I guess they just need to get their ASSes spanked again next year in TBA.  Call off the dogs....    If I was them I would be saying I sure hope we don't get beat by 50 cause UT will be playing on their home court and the FANS are gonna TELL US TO GTFOH!!!!!

Sorry Memp(h)iss you are totally gonna get cranked steamed and run over next year....BOOK IT!!!!

I will not be leaving the office early as usual on Friday because I won't be going to the office on Friday. I'll be so full of food and wine I might not be able to get up until Saturday.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the VTTW turkeys!

Thank you. That is all. Carry on.

Thank you Chief Turkey!!

It was an ugly game, but Ga Tech is a pretty good team in spite of not being ranked, and they somehow managed to get a guy eligible on the day of the game.  The ACC is 30-0 so far this year.

I was at the GaTech game and it was a horrid shooting night, especially at the foul lane.  We missed at least 5 front ends of one and ones and overall the team was like 20 out of 33 on the foul line (which is uncharacteristic of the team last year).  Also they were cold from the floor shooting about 40% or less so this was one of those "perfect storm" ugly games. 

If UT hits just half of the foul shots they clunked they would have won by 25.

We came
We played
WE KICKED ASS!

Succint  and  to  the  point!!

I'm not sure what offends me more: demanding thousands of dollars from her guests, or that she scheduled her wedding on the opening Saturday of football season.

This would have been my response to her:

Dear Miss Priss

Congratulations on getting married, but I send my regrets that I will not be able to attend your wedding due to several factors which preclude my attendance at your nuptials.  My good upbringing and being taught manners by my mother and father preclude me from stating my proper feelings about your approach to having people pay you for the honor of attending your "Wedding Party".  I was taught that if you have nothing else to say then always say "Why Bless Your Heart" 

Good Luck and I hope your wedding plans are not met with the same fate as the Roman Empire was so many years ago. 

"I will be spending these next two months backpacking in South America, exploring my soul and ridding myself of the toxic energy brought on by my friends and family".

She should start in Venezuela. I hear it's nice this time of year.

I would suggest she go and hire herself out to Mexican Drug Cartels as a Kardashian wanna be and see how long she LIVES!!!!!  Demanding people contribute to come to your wedding.....       Dream on babe!!!

How the OSU BOT spokewoman could stand in front of media and say they believe Urban was lying to them, but could not conclude that he did not intentionally lie at Big10 media days is just beyond belief. All media outside Big10 land are saying OSU decided that football is too big to fire Urban and that they value winning football over integrity. No this will not go away. ESPN is spinning because their big contract with Big10 (can these people not count to 12?) could come crashing down with an Urban scandal.

Yes the Big10 schools are egotistic, sanctimonious, and without integrity. They are examples of big money being more important than than integrity. Maybe the rest of the country is catching on to that fact, be when sports media is loaded with Big10 homers this will take time. I cannot wait to see the opposing fan's reactions when OSU comes calling. Hide all the women, children, and pets when the Buckeyes are around.

Maryland did the correct thing with the Death of the Football Player and I applaud their integrity and honesty.  As far as tOSU and the whining cheating crybabies of the Whoreeyes I have nothing but contempt for Herban and his Herbaphytes.  If ole Zach had been working at a normal job then the antics he pulled would have had him in so much hot water his skin would have been boiled off by the complaints.

[early-career professionals]

I hope Nick got you a card and a box of candy, at least.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/july-26th-is-national-intern-day----celebrate-interns-across-the-country-300686922.html

From the article:

Internships are an essential step for early-career professionals to jump-start a successful career. WayUp created National Intern Day to honor the vital contributions interns make to the organizations that they work for. 

Is Butch Early Career or basically "I am so friggin screwed I would work for Satan himself" career?

Whew! I thought hell might have frozen 

Well I was sent back from Hell for smuggling Ice Cubes and Champagne into there, but oh well hell is not as hot as it used to be....just ask Hillary!!!   

It is with heavy heart that I say this that our friend MIAUTIGER has crossed the veil of tears into his final reward.  Tim was one of the good guys and the times I met him I was always impressed with his good heart and friendship.  God Speed Sir Tim!!

Still looks a little peaked but seems to be recovering.  There will be a long road ahead but I think he is over the worst parts of it as of now.

https://www.wbir.com/article/sports/lady-vol-super-fan-attends-first-game-after-suffering-stroke/51-533904482

If you know J. Paul then you know his love of the LV softball team

I still hope that with the big fisherman at the helm of the AD then we might receive some new fish tales from the Sandman.  Those riddles were fun to decipher

I was at the game and spent about 30 seconds speaking to Sandman and asked to make sure he was doing ok.  As you know I work within the medical field and know the effects of stroke and he seemed to be about 80-90% to me.  But that is just based on my limited knowledge of what stroke effects are like in discussing this with radiologists and doctors.

I may have an imminent job offer there. The money is good, but not "uproot my life and move to some place I'll hate" good. Is it a decent place to live?

BDV I lived there once about thirty five years ago 1983-1985 time frame and it was humid, hot and that was in the Spring....

I can truthfully say that there are a bunch of Aubie fans in the area and while not a bad area to be in the place was not on my favorite places to live.

We're certainly set up for a letdown game.  But I think this team is mentally tougher than that.  We may lose (bammer is arguably a better team than UK), but it won't be because we didn't come to play.

What I enjoy is this team wins with D.  They also play "smart basketball" because they share the ball so well.  67% assist percentage is huge when the next nearest team is light years below them.  In tight games sharing the ball helps get better shots. 

Also notable is that the SEC has 8 teams in that bracket.  But if you look at the bracket is UK seeded to high as a 5 seed?  I think so but then I do hate the Big Blue Nation with a passion!

Let us all gather at the appointed gathering place..


https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/forums/rupp-rafters-basketball-forum.26/

Some of the posts on their "basketball board" are literally gold.  One of them even claims that Richards got smacked in the face with a F1 foul (which was reviewed by the referees) and that Gabriel should have shot free throws when Alexander did a WWF move on Gabriel. Well when I was watching on the DVR we even stopped that one and frame by frame advanced that one and Gabriel was lucky he was not called for tripping and/or scissoring Alexander.  If the Ky Kittens want to say the refs were favoring UT then take a look at Grant Williams fourth foul called on him.  The KY player had his arm draped around Grant and the same exact thing when Williams did it was whistled as a foul on Grant.  Bias?  Give me a break you dunderbutts!!!

Last night UGA beat UF, aTm beat Arkansas, and I thought Vandy was going to pull the shocker in Rupp, but of course they Vandy'd it up at the end. 

We're now right in the thick of the race for the SEC title, but someone needs to beat Auburn.  And even if they lose a couple down the stretch, we would probably have to run the table to catch them.  I don't see that happening. 

But a #2 seed in the SECT is a realistic goal.

UF's biggest problem is that they seem to be a very perimeter oriented team and if they have an off night shooting....guess what....it's a big fat ole L.  I used to remember that UF played a very in "yer" face go to the paint style under their former Eddie Munster Look Alike Winner coach, but now they seem to be getting more and more perimeter oriented.  Them pulling off the upset in Rupp impressed me, but they seem to be wildly up and down during consecutive games (yes beating Baylor they seemed to be over the hump) but now big ole bad UGA beats them.   Very interesting race in echoing Calislimey's comments the other regarding the SEC this year!

Hope they keep the other bed in the cell open for a soon to be former Presidential candidate.  She and Corrine can be cellies.   

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5327151/Corrine-Brown-arrives-federal-prison-luxury-Mercedes.html

What upsets me the most about this is that she only got 5 years for basically ripping off people with her "charity".  If you look at charities one of the best you can contribute to is the Shrine Hospitals.  I as a Shriner am very proud that we help children and contribute to helping burn and osteopathic types of children's problems and we never charge the family a dime for the services of the hospital.  While there are some other great charities out there as well, the fact that this CRIMINAL basically was taking 99.9% of the money and using it to fund her own desires and lifestyle.  5 years is not enough for this kind of CRIMINAL.  Basically she should have to spend 5 years and then pay back every single dollar to every person she DEFRAUDED!  Sorry if you disagree, but this lady is abhorrently the kind of CRIMINAL that people should tell "you made your bed now sleep in it you fraud"

Memorable call by Jackson of Peyton's UT debut:

https://twitter.com/Vol_Football/status/952239813364797441

1986 Sugar Bowl the team coming onto the field was great
https://youtu.be/85Ytztz0czg

Not the imaginary one but there are two that have an intensity (the imaginary one & Herb) and at least one poster (me) that has just a slightly less "dislike" of all things associated with "Auburn on a lake"

A few years ago (before near do well seats were added in the East stands) I was walking down the NE ramps with several SCe fans imploring them to soundly thrash the rattiglets when they played them.  The Sce fans did not understand the intensity I was expressing the feelings but accepted them enthusiastically 

They don't know we call them TIGLETS AKA RATTIGLETS....

PS When is your TDY to the Isles of Brittania completed?

I will reach out to his wife as well.  I saw him at the softball games last spring so will find out what I can!  I hoped I had prompted him to consider weight loss surgery when he saw what it did for me.

I read the TMZ story earlier and could feel my ears turning red. A credible news organization (it's hard to say that with a straight face) suggesting that support for this kid should be dropped because his mother drapes herself in the Confederate flag. 1) The kid has no control over his mother's world views, and 2) what does his mother's endorsement of the Confederate flag have to do with the price of tea in China to begin with?

I generally find that folks who proudly wave the Confederate flag aren't the type of people I want to hang out with. Not always; that's a broad brush to be painting with. But generally. That, however, should have absolutely no bearing on this kid's plight. Then there's the fact that finally a stand is being taken against bullying and there are those among us who want to kill the movement in its tracks. It's as disgusting as the national sports media's shaming of Tennessee fans for taking a stand against Schiano, a move that could be seen as a major university's fan base finally taking a stand against rape culture.

At the end of the day, though, this is the height of irony. The race-baiters hate the Confederate flag and, more than that, they hate those who stand behind the Confederate flag. Those people's world views don't line up with their own, so they believe those people should be silenced at any cost. Isn't this what drives bullying in the first place? Hatred and a refusal to accept those and things that are "different"? What this boy's mother is experiencing today is bullying. I mean, don't cry for her, Argentina; she's an adult and she chose to place those images on her Facebook page. But this is why are kids go to school and bully and are bullied...because they're replicating what they see at home. That isn't going to change until we change.

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This is all about advanced citizenship plain and simple. Regardless of yours or my beliefs in what the Confederate flag stands for each one of us has the right to state how we feel about that flag and what it stands for.  That is part of the constitution. Lots of people conveniently forget that the Bill of Rights guarantees that we have freedom of speech even though you may disagree with my viewpoint or I with your viewpoint.  For example if I was going out and burning the flag of the US the Supreme Court has held that is covered by the Free Speech amendment.  I abhor Slavery, but if I want to fly or display the confederate flag that is my right to do that without others threatening me with bodily harm for flying that flag.  If people that think the flag is racist then that is on them not I or anyone else that flies the Confederate Flag.  People that say "I hate you because you support racism by flying the Confederate Flag" are participating in squelching my freedom of speech and that is just wrong!  If they go out and burn the flag then I will be very upset, but I am not going to say one thing about them because they have the right to do that as a form of protest.  If I display the Confederate Flag then I am protesting the bullying and crap that the PC crowd has put into place that says unless you believe like they do then you are wrong.  But they so conveniently forget that the self same freedom of speech that has protected them when they were protesting apartheid and burning the flag is the self same rights that I have as a citizen of these United States. 

Do I abhor slavery, yes and I have never once owned any human white, black, green, red or purple.  To claim that I am being racist if I wave the Confederate flag is infantile and just plain wrong on so many counts.  That is just the same as someone calling me "whitey" since I am a Caucasian individual.  I am sick and tired of the consistent attitudes of the left that we all get into lock step and march to their drummer or we are just "racist Trump loving whiteys that just want to keep the minorities down"!  I heard something similar from that German guy back in the 1930s and 40s.  When does the left start requiring us to say Heil Obama or Heil Clinton? 
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What amazes me is just three years ago most of you were kissing Jones butt. I watched the same games you did. He lost me with the Oklahoma OT loss and then losing to Arky. Then last year struggling with Appy St. and all the come from behind victories the first 5 weeks. That came from bad coaching to begin with, and we could have easily been 2-3 after 5 games. The losses to USCe and Vandy. But I was called a hater. I never hated B. Jones. I was always hoping he would prove me wrong. He just never did. I hate to see coaches fired, if for no other reason than it sets the program back another few years. The school is taking a chance if they hire someone who has had some success in a weak conference. The SEC is not for the faint of heart to coach in.

Dooley would have lost to OU here by 50 points!  At least we were in the game rather than getting our asses shellacked!  How do I know because I was there and witnessed the game rather than watching from somewhere in SD and being a negative Nancy!  I for one support UT athletics with more than my mouth!  You say he lost you losing to OU in Neyland, but how can you be lost when you were never a believer?