I don't have a problem with them going for new blood.  It worked for bammer, though it was on the 3rd try.  The first try (Franchone) left under his own volition, and the second (Price) was only on the job for a few days.  Then they went with Shula, who was very mediocre.  Then 4th try the charm...satan.

The last "bars boy" was Mike Dumbose, though Mike Shula was a bammer player under Perkins, so though not a "bars boy" he did have a bammer tie.

One positive is that a lot of them are going to quit following the Lady Vols.

I will say the one comparing Barnes win percentage to Kellie's did have a great point. Its fair to point out that Barnes did (finally!) make an Elite Eight this year for the first time every at (the real) UT, but prior to that his tourney record wasn't really any better than Kellie's and he had a slightly worse win percentage (has).

To which a rejoinder is....the standard for success of the LVs is much higher than for the Men's.  LVs have 8 natys, men's have never even made the FF.  Additionally, Barnes win percentage the last 3 or 4 seasons is MUCH BETTER than that 0.667 for his career at (the real) UT.

Still...very interesting to compare her to Barnes.  That's about the only thing that impressed me out of the entire mess of those emails.

Authored by the 2nd ranked MORON of the kns, behind only to the #badword# John Adams

I don't know him from Adam  ( ), but to be fair, he is not at all taking the side of the fans. If anything, he is exposing them as the idiots they are.

I have known this about Dabo for some time.  Holy T Rex Batman!   

He is 100% fizzleed imo.  If he can maintain a top level program without any transfers, he absolutely is the GOAT. Don't see it happening though.

Did we throw this one on purpose? I was listeing on the radio while driving all over Knoxville yesterday (went to see Mom with my brother at her rehabe facility, then went to Dad's assisted living home and took him to see her, then took him back to his place, then back to their (sadly empty except when I or a sibling visit) house, packed up, drove back to Huntsville, all while listening to the 3 0 debacle on the radio.

I think the Vols only had 3 hits, all by the same guy.  Vandy scored early also.

Im like...WTF...I know the Vols can hit better than that.

Anyone have any theories on the loss?  I know I often hear "sometimes it just goes that way in baseball" so maybe it was just one of those days.


But could it be that Coach V wasn't trying that hard, kind of like how the bball team got embarassed in the SECT?


Side note...the baseball radio broadcast has only a broadcaster, no color guy, no sideline reporter, but does a very good job of descringin the play by play.  No chatter about strategy or "what will the coach do", etc.  In fact, I will say that might even be desireable for football and basketball. Maybe they should give it a try (Not with Kesling though!)

Well if you grew up in North Knoxville --- you knew where the original Louis' Pizza Restaurant was!  And I remember when the brothers had a fight and 1 opened a 2nd Louis' restaurant next door to the original.      

And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church!   Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area!  Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house. 

Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now.  PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!

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Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982.  Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.   

So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?   

Bet we aren't the #1 seed no matter how we play the last two series
Our RPI is #8 currently
So being #1 now doiesn't mean squat or even the square root of squat

This.  Plus I am currently pushing back against all kinds of curses and superstitions.  For instance, we will beat Florida by 30 points this fall, in a long overdue and well deserved ass beating.   

Bah.  They will be fine.

Yeah I saw that, pretty sad. Left behind a wife and 3 daughters.

My condolences to the family of the Rooster!   

10-2?  Maybe. I see a couple games that could go either way, and likely will.

I have noticed they always, every single year, play a ridiculous OOC schedule. I know everyone's OOC schedule is soft, but theirs is absolutely 4 guaranteed wins. Actually, Boston College is a big step up for them. Might be their toughest OOC in 20 years, though for all I know BC might be in a down phase.

Anyway, agree that it sucks we don't get to repay them for last year.

Having said that...we COULD get a rematch in the game that counts.  Is it likely? of course not.  Possible though, at least until the season actually starts.   

waka waka will be missed.  damn free agency

This  .

But I guess he can maybe set a Pac 10 record for fouling out now

Oh wait.  Well, whatever conference they are now 

Some size...we need that! 

Well, S Knox County has always been a bit "different" 

yup.  I stumbled across a still while hiking in my junior or senior year....most likely senior year. In fact, I found more than one over time.  I found a couple that were abandoned and old, and at least one that was active.

When I was in HS and we lived in the Kimberlin Heights area (my parents house is still there, although they are both now in homes for the elderly), in my HS head, the countryside all around their house was open country and not owned by anyone. I guess I thought it belonged to the state of Tennseesee. So I would hike through the woods for miles away from my parents house, mostly in the winter when there wasn't much else to do.  Took the family dog sometimes.  And now I realize I was trespassing the entire time.  Probably lucky I wasn't shot at some point. 

They were a paper tiger to begin with, IMHO.

Kinda crazy that only Peyton, Shuler and Dobbs done much at the next level. Maybe Bobby Scott. I expected more of them to do better than they did at the time. A lot of it has to do with luck and location.

Not sure Dobbs did all that much?  Shular did start a season or two, but didn't amount to much.

I think this is very common.  Can't think of many schools that have a lot of successful quarterbacks.  Oddly, Purdue is one.  Griese (BOB, to be clear), Len Dawson, Drew Brees, Mike Phipps, Jim Everett, Kyle Orton, and I'll even throw in Mark Hermon, though a great college QB, not sure he ever made it in the NFL. Purdue is "Quarterback U" even though their overall success at football has been sketchy to say the least.

Ahahaha!  That must be one of the top ten chokes of all time. 

When I first moved to East Tennessee in 1982, there were billboards everywhere in S Knox County that said "Water is for washing, Dickel is for drinking" and it showed a country gent sitting in an old school washtub drinking Dickel from the bottle.  That sure did seem appropriate for S Knox County somehow!   

 

And Tyler Baron, who entered the portal and committed to Mississippi but one month later changed his "commitment" to Louisville, has now changed his mind again.

The new destination is unknown.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/former-tennessee-edge-louisville-commit-tyler-baron-expected-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal/ar-AA1nx7wd?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c37b57684e6b437096ec56fd03c1adf5&ei=49

Are we better off without him?  Would he return to UT?  Would Heupel take him back, even if that was an option? 

WTF is up with him?   

They?re 3 games up on us, but I don?t think it?s impossible that we catch them. Our remaining schedule is a little more manageable. They?re a good team, but I don?t think they?re quite as good as their record. We were the first SEC team they played with a winning record.

Not that it matters. A division title is meaningless. So is Hoover. It?s now all about getting in the best position possible for the NCAAT.

Tournies are meaningless in multiple sports. 

Lady Mafia.... Subaru crowd loves their cats....As in house cats. They love to talk about their cats. Thus the cat board.

Ah okay.  Crazy cat ladies. There were other possibilities....

Lady Mafia.....Subaru crowd.

I thought so....not sure why its a "Cat" board per se, you could have, for some odd reason, meant UK.

Then again...not sure I want to know why its a Cat board.   

Third and fourth in Men's football and basketball,respectively.  Sadly only 7th in women's basketball. I am sure that was once no.1 by a large margin, with the exception of UConn for the last 15 to 20 years. Hopefully we will be back in the top 3 or 4 in women's basketball before too long. 

Yet Paul Slimebaum gets 3 hours per day on the SECN when they could be showing us baseball....softball....golf...tennis...volleyball. Anything but Dumbo that's never put a jockstrap on in his life...If he ever did he used it as a dust mask 

 

Not to mention he insists on having the same half dozen retarded [insert politically correct word for retarded here  ] inbreds on, day after day after day, ad naseum, nonstop.  Jim from Tuscalloosa (perhaps THE dumbest) has quit "for good" at least a dozen times, and ole Paul just keeps him on.  Its the Jerry Springer of sports talk. I guess that sells though. 

Two male coaches....Cat board has imploded. 

Cat board??? No comprende