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Just when Tennessee fans didn’t think Fulmer would not get some recognition for the moral victory year of 07, Fulmer was named the College Football Coach of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Also Vanderbilt wide receiver was named football player of the year.
Bennett, a junior, became the Southeastern Conference’s all-time leading receiver with 236 career receptions. He finished the season with 75 receptions for 830 yards and five touchdowns despite facing double team and special coverage packages by opposing teams. But the real story was he played for perennial cellar dwellers Vanderbilt.
Fulmer guided the Vols to a 10-4 record and the SEC Championship Game for the fifth time in 11 years. The Eastern Division champions found the road to the title game a challenging journey as three of their last four conference wins either were achieved in overtime (South Carolina and Kentucky) or boiled down to a final field goal try deciding the outcome (Vanderbilt).
The Vols lost to LSU 21-14 in the SEC title game. UT defeated Wisconsin 21-17 in the Outback Bowl.The other three humiliating loses were to California, Florida & Alabama.
I’m in the wrong profession. If I was to lose market share to my major competitors (see Fulmer’s loss to Florida and Alabama by a combined 63 points) and I get shown the door. Fulmer gets voted the Coach of the Year. Oh wait this is his moral victory award…my mistake.
The voting was close between Fulmer and Steve God Spurrier. The determining factor was the fact USC didn’t go to a bowl game and the loss to Vanderbilt didn’t help matters either.
Perfection is what Memphis was searching for. Before tip off Memphis had a regular-season win streak of 45 and a Fed-Ex Forum full of blue. In what resembled a final four atmosphere the dreams of perfection, the longest home win streak and the number one the Tigers of Memphis held so dear to their fell to the Volunteers of Tennessee and their leader Bruce Pearl.
This game lived to every bit of the hype. For the past two years Tennessee fans have heard nothing but “Without Lofton yall are nothing.” Lofton finished with seven points thanks to superb defense and yet Tennessee still won the game.
“They’re pretty similar. Overall, I think Memphis is a little more athletic than Tennessee. Memphis probably has a pro in every single spot. They get out on the press and jump on people. Some of the stuff they do is unbelievable.”
Maybe when Jeremy comes off his high someone will notify him that he was wrong.
Bruce Pearl leading the pep rally before the game
Tennessee’s victory snapped what had been the nation’s longest homecourt win streak at 47 and dropped Memphis to 26-1.
UT did it with rebounding and a zone defense it hadn’t used to this extent since it toured Europe last summer.
The Vols held a 58-57 lead with five minutes left to improve to 64-5 when leading or tied with five minutes left.
Coach Cal in the final seconds of the game & he just realized he has a small penis
Of course none of this means anything come March. Hell none of this means anything come Tuesday night when my beloved Vols face a good Vanderbilt team on the road. Now Tennessee has the target on their back.
Here’s the reason Coach Cal doesn’t want to play Tennessee at Tennessee but instead prefers a neutral site. After tonight he’ll prefer any site that he thinks he can win at. Two in row Memphis and Tennessee is the best team in the state and the country. Suck on it bitches. (Sorry Joel)
Last Tuesday LSU grad and hack writer, John Adams, published an article The Knoxville NewsSentinel‘s Web site calling for the firing of Phil Fulmer based on the off the field problems of the players. Keep in mind when I called for his head it was based on the problems that occurred on the field, like losing big and the apathy displayed by the players when they played.
In his article Adams states the following:
“How could Fulmer not dismiss Colquitt from the team after what could be a fifth alcohol-related offense?” Adams wrote. “Answer: Colquitt is a starter.
“You can’t blame Fulmer for the crimes committed by his players and former players. But he is responsible for disciplining players while they’re on his team,” Adams said. “And he has failed miserably at that.”
This article drew hundreds of responses from readers. I for one do believe that at times Fulmer is weak at discipline but he is not anywhere as weak as this article makes him out to be. My feeling is Mr. Adams is seeing the revolution I’ve started and wants to take credit for it.
Today Fulmer has risen to strike back at Adams and others on the perceived weak discipline that Fulmer is accused of in the article Adams wrote. Today in an article that is published an article The Knoxville NewsSentinel‘s Web site Fulmer fights back.
“Our internal discipline is based on one factor alone: the course that is most likely to help that individual young man make amends and get his life straight,” Fulmer wrote in the column that will appear in Friday’s edition.
“I’ve undoubtedly made some mistakes, but I try to do what I think is in the best interest for each young man.”
Fulmer said he will accept any criticism from Adams about the play of the program.
“What I will not accept is Mr. Adams questioning my integrity, my sense of fairness, or values as a man,” Fulmer wrote.
I’m glad to see fight back on this issue. Ghost of Neyland of The Third Saturday in Blogtober published a stirring piece that I fully support. Fulmer should be the sheriff of Knox County. (Sweet Photoshop) This could be the thing that Fulmer could pursue after coaching. First sheriff then congressman last stop…that’s right.
Fulmer for President!!!!! Go Vols!!! The future begins today.
Growing up in Memphis, there are a few passions that you will develop: BBQ, music, and basketball. Let’s be honest, Memphis is not a lot of things. It is not a city of glitz, glamour, and stardom like a Los Angeles, New York, or Las Vegas. It does not have the bravado of a Chicago, or the scenery of Miami. The city has been in the past a hotbed of segregation and civil rights, so much so that to this day, the city’s natives still feel the sting of racism in one way or the other. But the one tie that binds the city’s psyche, the one bond that cannot band different opinions of crime and the city’s mayor, is the love affair for Tiger basketball. There is even division on what the Tigers are or aren’t, but even native Memphians that may have gone on to different colleges or not gone to college altogether by and large root on the Tigers by tipoff…
For me, it started during the Dana Kirk era. During those days, the Tigers ran through competition on the court with little to no problem. Guys like William Bedford and Keith Lee dominated, and led then Memphis State to the Final Four in 1985. Off the court, Bedford used to party like a rock star and Lee couldn’t understand the benefits of Play-Doh. Kirk also led the Tigers into NCAA probation.
Enter Larry Finch in 1986. To backtrack, Finch was a Melrose High School product who went to Memphis State (along with Ronnie Robertson, another local product from Melrose High School). He enrolled at school in the fall of 1968, when racial tensions were at their highest on and off campus. Keep in mind, Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Despite this, he led the school to the NCAA title game in 1972. The Tigers lost to some school named UCLA, and Bill Walton is still a hated man in Memphis. Finch was an assistant coach under Kirk and immediately went 26-8, winning the Metro Conference Tournament. Because of probation, the Tigers could not play in the NCAA tournament.
I am not sure if anyone either remembers this story a few years ago or if anyone heard this story. Antwain Easterling, who at the time was a really good running back from Miami Northwestern High School, was arrested and charged with second-degree lewd and lascivious behavior of a minor, a felony in Florida, because he had consensual sex with a minor. This case made national news because a) he was 18 and the girl was 14, even though they went to the same school and b) because just days after his arrest, Easterling played in the high school chapionship game, carrying the ball 20 times for 157 yards. Easterling was a top 5 RB nationally and was heavily recuited. After the arrest, no one wanted to touch him except for Southern Miss. The fallout was tremendous from this incident. Both the principal of the school and the football coach both lost their jobs because of the decision to allow him to play and also because they failed to initially report the incident to authorities.
After completing a pretrial diversion trial, Easterling enrolled in Southern Miss. From reports around the program, Easterling was well on his way to a good college career before being kicked off the team after the dreaded “double super secret probation”. This makes the second time he has gotten in hot water since going to school in Hattiesburg.
It is not too late for him. It is obvious that he has talent on the football field. Someone needs to counsel him, before he makes another bad decision. He should not try to do his best R. Kelly impersonation. Just because Dave Chappelle gave us the “Piss On It” parody of R. Kelly and the remix to the parody, does not mean that Easterling should. I would hate to see him on the “Mean Machine” along with Michael Vick, Pacman Jones, and (insert Cincinnati Bengals player here)…
No matter what I type here, it will never be as funny as the picture itself
While the assistant coaches at West Rodriguez Virginia University were being handed six figure contracts, someone is alleging that two West Virginia football players, including freshman tailback Noel Devine was handing out a can of hillbilly whoop ass.
“According to a report filed by a Morgantown Police Department officer, Husni M. Sangarie said he and a friend were attacked by Devine, fellow freshman Jock Sanders and perhaps other football players after all of them were kicked out of Club Z.”
Further proof that West Virginia is in last place in a lot areas compared to other states: Club Z. Notice the pathetic music that sounds like it was stolen from an old “after school” special they would run in late 70′s early 80′s. The photo album hasn’t been updated since 2006 and doesn’t work. Typical.
The new savior of WVU, Bill Stewart, isn’t immediately commenting on the situation. Again by not commenting is another poor attempt to try and be like an SEC school. Of course SEC coaches started commenting in the mid 80′s, more proof of WVU being behind the times.
“According to the police report, which was summarized in Tuesday’s edition of the Dominion Post, Sangarie told police that he and friends were inside Club Z when both his group and the group that included Devine and Sanders were told by bouncers to leave the bar after a commotion. Outside the bar, Sangarie said someone hit him in the back of the head.
Sangarie said he fell to the ground and then was kicked and punched by Devine, Sanders and the others in their group. Ryan Lewis, who was with Sangarie, said he was also punched and kicked.”
Noel Devine is (allegedly) performing the “bumrush” with fellow WVU player Sanders. The bumrush is so 80′s. Of course after getting kicked out of Club Z while dancing to Midnight Star’s “Electricity” one can see why they were pissed and acted out their 80′s fueled rage. Rumor has it the Noels’ over sized watch like Flava Flav wears around his neck, was also damaged during this (alleged) incident.
Steve God Spurrier needs to bar his football players from two areas: apartment complexes and the 5 Points area of Columbia. Every time a Gamecock player enters these areas they are either arrested or stabbed.The latest pair of Gamecocks are named Dion Lecorn and Matt Clements. And guess what just like all the other arrested Gamecocks these two are are suspended from all team activities indefinitely. (Which in “Gamecock world” means a week maybe 10 days)
It seems that Lecorn purchased some sweet stinky weed from an individual at the Five Points Food Lion. I hope he used his Food Lion MVP card and received a discount. The pair was arrested in the parking lot at Riverside Estates Apartments.
Authorities say Lecorn, Clements, and another man were detained after authorities responded to a call of loud music from their car. Officers say they smelled marijuana inside. And neither were willing to share.
Dion Lecorn the mug shot of Clements is unavailable
Investigators say LeCorn told them he had purchased the marijuana from an individual at the Five Points Food Lion. LeCorn was the one driving the vehicle.
The report states the men admitted to using marijuana and Lecorn indicated the drugs were his. Here comes the shocker LeCorn and Clements are both freshmen from Florida and according to the police report, Clements is wanted by authorities in Florida for a failure to appear bench warrant. Urban Meyer wanted these two to be in his top one percent of one percent recruiting class.
Maybe Steve Spurrier should spend his spare time lobbying for the legalization of marijuana so that less of his team gets locked up when that law is passed..? Just a thought…
This latest arrest is coupled with defensive tackle Kenrick Ellis will miss the first three games of next season for violating university policy, tailback Mike Davis could sit out games for breaking the athletic department’s attendance policy & twin brothers, Jordin and Dustin Lindsey, are not yet academically eligible for next season.
In December, Jordin Lindsey was stabbed while walking with his brother in the Five Point area. Jordin was apparently kicking the shit out of some geek when the geek stabbed him. This kicked off “Moral Victory 08″ otherwise known as the 2008 Gamecock football season.
Meet Geek Boy 2008. Gamecock player slayer (Lindsey’s stabber)
But none of these players can hold a candle to Quintin Richardson who beat the shit out of some one at an apartment complex last year only to be bomared with a moral victory by getting stabbed. Some believe this was the inspiration for the band geek that stabbed Lindsey.
Richardson was also busted on stinky weed procession some weeks after being bomared. Thus proving Quintin Richardson is the king of Cocky moral victories.
O.J. Simpson’s victimskank girlfriend, Christie Prody has been hospitalized with what police called “a severe head injury.” Not to mention one has to be a head case to date that freak.
Miami police state Prody suffered bruises and head injuries on Monday — but it was because of a fall — and not at the hand of the Juice. Her injuries are “consistent” with a fall she took at a gas station, that they don’t consider this a criminal case, and that O.J. was never a suspect.
Just what the hell kind of fall can someone take and a freaking gas station anyway? For the complete run down on Prody click here.
Police were told by a witness, according to the report, that Prody had been “intoxicated and always falling down” during a visit to San Antonio from February 1 to February 10. Falling down…pushed down…WTF ever.
At first I was going to make this a humorous post however after reviewing the facts there’s nothing humorous about this.
Britton Colquitt has a serious problem and when a Tennessee player has a problem so does Coach Fulmer.
Tennessee junior All-SEC punter Britton Colquitt will be suspended the Vols’ first five games this season and will lose his scholarship following an arrest early Sunday morning on charges of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.
“I’m very disappointed that Britton doesn’t appreciate the blessings he has been given from his family and his team,” UT coach Phillip Fulmer said in a statement released Sunday night. “Along with the five-game suspension, I am taking his scholarship away and he will be required to undergo alcohol counseling as well as other internal punishments.”
Not good enough! This is the fourth alcohol-related incident for Colquitt since arriving on the campus of UT. Clearly this needs to be addressed by coaches, players and his parents. I feel the only way he will learn is to boot him off the team.
Colquitt while driving his Jeep Cherokee hit a freaking parked car and then kept driving. The Knoxville Po Po caught him about a mile away. Colquitt admitted to have two beers, three mixed drinks and hitting the parked Ford Focus as well as a tree stump.
In 2003, UT police charged Britton Colquitt three times in 12 days on alcohol-related charges, including DUI and underage consumption.
His first DUI charge was dismissed by a Knox County General Sessions Court judge in August 2004.
Colquitt is the sixth UT football player charged by police since Jan. 11 and the second to be hit with a DUI charge in a little over two weeks.
If Fulmer doesn’t boot him off the team then at least coordinate an intervention with his parents. Clearly he needs help and I’ll admit supporting him is not a bad idea, but forcing him to go too counseling will not work. Colquitt can only change when he is ready to.
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Just when Tennessee fans didn’t think Fulmer would not get some recognition for the moral victory year of 07, Fulmer was named the College Football Coach of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Also Vanderbilt wide receiver was named football player of the year.
Steve 
At first I was going to make this a humorous post however after reviewing the facts there’s nothing humorous about this.