Good.  Now Titans might be able to put someone in at QB that can throw the ball more than 25 yards down field without timing it with an hourglass.  Collins is a last resort, main QB hurt or a mental case, type of QB.  Sorry, I cannot get worked up about this.  Face facts, the Titans head office is more worried about the dollars spent and bottom line than they are about putting a competitive team on the field.  They are too cheap to field a good team.  Do not know enough about the new caoches,b but thie old coaching staff make a lot of bone-headed choices with help from the head office.   As long as Bud Adams is in charge, Titans will be a second-rate franchise.

A lot of fans have that perception but I don't think that's factual at all. They will spend money and have spent it, they just haven't been great at talent evaluation lately.

Awesome!

Yeah, but if it's the game that sends us to the SECCG, then it's almost certainly against Kentucky.  And we already do that against Kentucky.

Even in the worst of times, it's what we do.

This video is one of my favorites.  I love that we didn't even attempt to throw the ball. 

They KNEW we were going to run. We DNGAS.

I have talked myself into it. We are going to maul people offensively.   

It's going to look like this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/r_U6yNYEAQo?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/r_U6yNYEAQo?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

Not just pure 100% hope and blind bravado I hope -- you really think it's realistic?  Hope so!    A great OL is the ENGINE that pulls the rest of the team.  But I believe it'll be awhile before we see those days again.   

We are two+ deep with quality young players. Don't underestimate the arrival and NCAA clearance of Alex Bullard, and the signing of Tiny Richardson. Throw them into the mix with Stone, Fulton, and James and you've got the cornerstone of a football team. This is where the return of UT football begins... the offensive line. The defensive line needs to be built up still, but the most important thing in football is the offensive line. You must run the ball and you must protect the passer. Everything else in the game keys off it. If you have a great offensive line you can keep the ball away from the other offense. You can wear opposing defenses down for the fourth quarter. You stay on the field with great OLs. Our greatest teams have had great OL and that time is coming. I think they will be really good this year. 2012 and 2013, barring injury and attrition, are going to be a return to GREAT OLs.

No doubt in my mind.

I think obiously the key to how "stout" our offense is will be the O-line.  Doesn't matter how much of a big play gunslinger Bray is if he's running for his life and if we can't get 1st downs running the ball.

I refuse to believe that the OL is going to be anything less than beastly. I am in full homer mode regarding the OL.

Good points. If we can just slow down the run game we will be miles ahead of last year. Our offense should be good enough that people can't just play keep away from us for a half waiting for us wear down. If we can put points on the board it will make them have to play us honest.

For the last two years people have not felt threatened by us offensively and it was reflected in their game plans.

I honestly don't think that's going to be an issue this year, like you say. I think our offense is going to be stout. Bray is going to drive us crazy at times with picks because he's a gunslinger, but we are going to stretch the field and make big plays. I think teams will have to play to score on offense and take risks.

I don't have us winning 10 games or anything and I know I'm a homer, but I think we are underrated for the first time in a while.

I get the feeling that Wilcox is going to run the 4-2-5 a lot and blitz a lot out of it.

With Janzen back, we can play a 4-2-5 all the time with Brewer playing the rover / hybrid position... Waggner, Teague, Gordon, Brewer, Janzen, Byron Moore.  Considering our weakness at LB, that's a HUGE help.

We need Mo Couch to be bigtime at DT. If he is, we are going to be a lot better than advertised.

You have them Barbi. 

Best football news since... since... well, best football news in a while.

Let's limit new topics to recipes. I'm wanting this place to be mostly a place to store recipes. Discussion about the specific recipe is of course welcome in the topic of the recipe but we can still discuss food on the main board. 

Am I expected to delete this? Wouldn't that be like pushing through a circle of people who are oohing and aahing at a beautiful flower and ripping it up by the roots?

But I've been told by TRO that PolitiVOL has devolved into a cesspool.

I'm not pointing fingers because I don't know who is saying what, but if you want this board to stay, you should clean it up.