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"The Rock" after the loss to Mississippi State |
Smokey mountains and a sea of orange; welcome to Knoxville, Tennessee.
Ah, Neyland Stadium, the place where dreams come true… for the visiting teams
and fans.
Going into Saturday’s game against Missouri
I was confident that I would hear the student section yell
“It’s-great-to-be-a-Tennessee-VOL” Instead, I heard a non-UT fan yell back to a
guy selling I will give my all for Tennessee today
signs “No body wants that sh*t”.
With 0:43 seconds left in regulation the score is 28-28. UT
has the ball, 1st &10 and at UT 39 yard line- incomplete pass. 2nd
& 10 at UT 39 yard line- pass complete to Marlin Lane- no gain and Dooley let the
clock run with two timeouts left. Dooley always preaches that players need to
finish the game, what about the coaches? At least act like you want to win the
game.
It was a nail biter that took us into four Overtimes, an
exciting fake field goal, and a 51-48 loss to Missouri.
That was the seventh straight loss in SEC match ups and forcing Tennessee to look for
our fourth head football coach since 2008.
Going into the Vandy game, UT is the underdog for the second
straight year against the armpit of the SEC. It’s simply embarrassing. The VOLS
are 4-6 this season and 0-6 against SEC teams. There’s a possibility we could
be 0-8 in the SEC before this season is over and that is not acceptable.
Dooley, I know you are a nice guy and all, but nice doesn’t
win SEC football games. Yes, there has been improvement; however there hasn’t
been enough improvement to WIN A FREAKING GAME! Life as a UT fan has officially
hit Rock Bottom!
I understand that while we wanted to hear on Monday that
Dooley was DONE! It’s not smart to fire him without knowing who the next coach
will be. The fear of the unknown would send the wrong message to recruits that
we could lose. Nice comb over, love the pants, but you have got-to-go!
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is for a football coach
at Tennessee to beat Florida
(and Georgia, and South Carolina). Is that
too much to ask?
All this flirting with Gruden has to be too good to be true.
It’s obvious that we want him and we are willing to pay celebrity money to make
it happen. There’s just too much “speculation” on the situation and lets be
honest, only those in the Tennessee
fan base actually believe that Gruden could happen. Just thinking about Gruden
makes me want to sing Rocky Top! It
would be a game changer for the program and a platform for Gruden to show his
true colors in college coaching. His ability to recruit would be second to none
and the miracle that could revitalize the brand of Tennessee Football. My
fingers are still crossed, but we are prepared that it might not happen. UT
fans have suffered a lot more disappointment over the years.
The Monday after the Missouri
loss, I was wearing a UT hoodie in the grocery store and I hear a man 70+ years
old yell “Go VOLS”! I paused and then turned and looked at him. He still had a
fist in the air from fist pumping. I smiled and we began talking about
Tennessee Football. He is a UT alumnus with family still in Tennessee and he is still cheering for the
Big Orange. He summed up the problem in one sentence “I just want to be
respected again”.
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