"Orange Colored Glasses- Ole Miss"

well let me say this from the start- before we even played a single snap this year i stated that we would lose to florida, alabama, and ole miss for sure. i was hoping for us to be able to go 8-4, but then we lost to ucla. so now its hopefully going to be 8-5. oh and consider this. "you cant get too high when you win and too low when you lose." i think UT fans are the epitome of that statement. after WKU we were going all the way. the next week when we lost to ucla we were going to go 1-11. lets be realistic people. we are an average football team. we have won some good games against good teams, and we have also lost some bad games to good teams. average at best.
Good News- nothing. nothing good happened. we got our brains beat in by a decent team. crompton played well enough i guess, but couldnt seem to get us over the hump sometimes...gerald jones and denarious moore had 5 grabs each.
Bad News- the rebels had dexter mccluster. he had 300 yds and 4 tds. enough said. well that and our defense lost another linebacker, all of the controversy surrounding the attempted robbery, our offensive line getting dominated, and we had another fg blocked!
Other News- this saturday is senior day. and this means that the vol seniors get announced and get to run through the T by themselves so that the fans and other players alike can thank them. it is a very emotional time for some of the players, and on the day when peyton manning ran for the fans as well. needless to say, this is an event held for the seniors and seniors only. which is why it really upsets me that the lane train is changing that. the way we play- change, practice- change, coach in games-recruit-talk to the media- change, uniforms- eh...change (i really like the orange pants on the road btw) but letting non-seniors run through the T - dont change. if lane wants to honor eric berry- who is probably playing in his last home game as a vol, thats fine- honor him somway. video tribute, play qb, something. he is a captain for crying outloud. but i dont think its a good idea for him to run through the T as a junior, just because he is a "special player" or even a good/maybe the best ever player. guys like peyton manning and heath shuler didnt get to run as juniors. hey and while youre at it lane how about letting gerald jones, ben martin, chris walker, and luke stocker all run. they are special juniors. or how about bryce brown. he is special too right? we are becoming more and more like the NFL everyday and i dont like it. if EB wants to run by himself, then come back next year and get the loudest ovation ever. but saturday he should run through with every other underclassmen as a part of the team, not a special individual.
i guess im getting more and more traditional (read old or old school) that i thought. oh well. seemed to work out pretty well for guys like fulmer, majors, dickey and neyland... Go Vols!
Vandy Preview- well they have freshman who is about to break herschel walker's all purpose yardage record for freshman. and before we go touting this kid as the next herschel- keep in mind he did it in 12 games, and herschel did it in 10... vandy ranks behind the vols in every offensive category except rushing, and they rush for 2 more ypg than we do. granted we are playing three frat boys at linebacker this week and a walkon at FS, but somehow i think the vols will cover the points (17) and get the win. maybe its the fact that vandy has only beaten us once in my life??? i dont know. call me crazy. 42-14 winner winner chicken dinner.

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