All Things Vols » Tennessee http://www.allthingsvols.com Untrained Observations on the Vols. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gut Feelings http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/gut-feelings.html http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/gut-feelings.html#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:55:48 +0000 LesVols http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/gut-feelings.html As the natives get restless and clamor for Fulmer’s head, I’ve got my own gut feeling – we are dealing with gutless wonders. I agree with one commenter response to Mike Strange’s article Is the battle lost? Fulmer ‘working to get it fixed’ – “I am still not convinced that Hamilton has the intestinal fortitude to pull the trigger on Fulmer’s exit.” That’s my gut feeling, I don’t think it will happen.

My husband was one of those who had that “gut feeling” that Tennessee was going to win last night. But he is also one of those who is adamant  that Fulmer must go. He was extremely angry about the officiating of the game. I even heard some conspiracy theory that the SEC was not going to let Tennessee beat Alabama. Some of the calls against the Vols might lead some to think that.

I think it had more to do with the gutless play calling. Everything was safe, too safe, no fire. Drew Edwards nailed it “Another big game brought more wasted opportunities for Tennessee’s offense.” in his article Miscues, missed chances condemning Tennessee. Opportunity knocked, even pounded on the door but Fulmer wouldn’t let it in.

How much more do you need, Mike Hamilton? How much more? Losing out the rest of the season? How much longer will you allow such a fine tradition to be battered into the ground? My gut hurts so bad I want to puke.

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]]> http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/gut-feelings.html/feed 0 Fulmer Resigns http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/fulmer-resigns.html http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/fulmer-resigns.html#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:47 +0000 LesVols http://www.allthingsvols.com/?p=75 That’s the headline my huband looks for every morning when he goes online to read the news form Knoxville. Instead we find something like Fulmer is going to wait to review the films before he announces the QB for Saturday’s game. Headlines like that make me thing that Fulmer needs an Optometrist, because he sure can’t see what we see. Does that mean that both of them were equally bad? Then they keep blaming Foster for the fumble that resulted in the Auburn touchdown. Hmmm, even CBS’s Verne Lundquist could see it.

For what it’s worth, my fantasy headline “Pearl & Summit Team Up To Coach Tennessee Football Team”, followed by “Pearl & Summit Take Fulmer Out Behind The Woodshed”. Other fun headlines ” Tennessee – Georgia Game Moved To Oct 31, Georgia Will ‘Blackout’ – The Vols Will Wear All Orange.”

]]> http://www.allthingsvols.com/2008/10/fulmer-resigns.html/feed 0 Staying Under The Radar http://www.allthingsvols.com/2007/11/staying-under-the-radar.html http://www.allthingsvols.com/2007/11/staying-under-the-radar.html#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:43:08 +0000 LesVols http://www.allthingsvols.com/?p=29 Trying to keep a low profile with this upcoming game in Atlanta. It’s interesting to listen to the rumblings and rumors about the teams in Alabama and even LSU. I don’t want to get into the fray. I’m hoping the team is studying the heck out of game film and getting even more ready for the game of their life than they did with Arkansas. I want THAT team to show up.

A friend of my husband’s called him and asked him if he wanted two tickets to “the game”. It put him in a real dilemma – he wanted to take both me and and his father. But it was only two tickets. I tried to make it easy for him – “take your dad as a birthday present for him.” He still struggled, but finally decided to get the two tickets and take his dad. Pretty good seats in the “Prime Upper Level”.

Since this “staying under the radar” (no car decorations on Friday or Saturday, no orange on Friday) attitude has become this year’s game day superstition I’ve asked him to not fly the flags or display the magnets on the truck during the drive over to Atlanta. BUT he’s to carry them with him and to display it all on the way home in the event of a win.

We shall see.

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If Fulmer likes to run the ball as Mr. Edwards claims his does, then why didn’t he let them run the ball against Alabama? Has anybody noticed what Randy Sanders has done for Kentucky? Did the wrong baby in the bath water get thrown out? Way too many questions and not enough answers.

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