Orange Colored Glasses 2.0- Florida

Well big orange fans this was a pretty good chance at taking down the urban legend. im now not sure that we will ever be able to beat him at florida. this was the worst team that he has coached and still managed to beat us by two touchdowns. feel free to hate him more than any other coach in the sec. seriously- our defense when montori hughes is in the game is pretty good. that dude is a monster. we better enjoy him right now because he is gone after next year. matt sims is not the worst qb ever at UT. that doubious honor is still held by rick clausen and in a close second is nick stephens. keep in mind that this kid is playing with a really really young (read freshman and sophomores) offensive line and without his best wideout gjones. that however does not excuse his ability to stare down wideouts like crazy or the lofty throws that he sometimes makes. but im not ready to bash the kid forever yet. lots of qbs would lose to both florida and oregon this year. one of my biggest complaints is of course our special teams. we used to complain under big phil and they talked about getting better, last year with lane, monte, ed and the boys we were going to be committed to it, and this year we have a freaking special teams coach for crying out loud. all i ever see us doing is getting worse on special teams. one of the maxims says "press the kicking game- here is where the breaks are made" however we refuse to do it. but we will see what happens. might i remind you that during big phils last few years on rocky top it was terrible for us to only win 8-10 games a year, but now we are just hoping to get a bowl bid. welcome to mediocre football.

reds countdown is 4 games! votto for mvp. phils yanks in the series again.
afc winners- jets, ravens, colts, chiefs
nfc winners- eagles, 49ers, packers and saints

cfb thoughts- bama by 2 touchdowns over arkansas. socar beats auburn. michigan will ruin ohio states season setting up boise getting killed by bama for the title. haha.

season predictions for the vols 7-5 (oregon, florida, lsu, alabama, south carolina are the losses)

and 24 days ill be a married man!

thats what i think
-PUDGE-

Orange Colored Glasses-2.0- UT Martin/Oregon

Ok minions(from dispicable me...)football season has finally started, and while i havent put out my top 25 i will at least do my best to give you some thoughts and advice about games. however i am getting married very soon- and ill be honest thats more important than this blog. But saturday i was able to take my bride to be and her daughter to knoxville to watch the big orange- and it was great. got to tailgate- and the vols won in near perfect fall weather! It is pretty tough to be critical in a game that you win 50-0 against a team that you were supposed to beat 50-0. We ran the ball well, we played great defense, and we ran the ball well. The thing that was the most discouraging to me is the fact that in our two longest drives against UTM we had to settle for field goals...youve got to be able to finish drives. But never the less Here is my prediction for the season- Wins over UTM, Memphis, Vandy, Kentucky, UAB, Ole Miss. Losses by Oregon, Florida, Alabama, LSU. Toss up against UGA and SOCAR (probably win, loss).

Well its easy to predict losing to oregon, after the fact, but if you talked to me before the season you knew that it was probably going to be a loss. And vol fans need to brace yourself for another subpar season- however with a good running game i think that we might be able to keep it close in some games this year. our problem as exposed by oregon is our depth at defensive tackle. you cant run sideways, or due to the fact that we are playing four defensive ends on the dline just drop back and pass on us either. but you can run right up the middle. and im not sold all the way on matt sims yet. i wish that he put more oompth on the ball when he throws it down the field instead of so dang high. i wish that he threw it to luke stocker on seam routes. and i wish that he didnt throw deep outs across the field. but i will say this- the ducks are good. maybe the second best team we will play all year (behind bama). anyways- is it basketball season yet? ive been telling people for years that we are a basketball school now- and finally our coach got in trouble validating my statement. we are going to be really good in roundball again this year. and the reds magic number is 10 right now. i cant believe it- they really might make the playoffs. im getting married in less than a month. that will be awesome. check out our site theknot.com/ourwedding/davidhaynes&nickidemonbren her little girl is playing soccer this fall and will be running cross country. its fun to be able to go to games and just be a dad in the stands and watching my little girl play instead of having to worry about coaching.

vols record to date 1-1

vols predicted record from pudge 7-5

nfl stuff- i cant believe the worst back ever gashed the colts for 230. mike vick is the man in philly. i like the jets brashness. the niners laid a freakin egg agains the seahawks.

cfb stuff- bama will repeat. boise is overrated. terrelle pryor will win the heisman because thats who espn wants to win. speaking of that reggie bush is the best player from 2005. not vy. however he had maybe the single greatest performance on the biggest stage. but the heisman still doesnt matter. and wont ever matter.

mlb stuff- the jeter theater was great. i applaud it- and encourage it. votto for mvp. and i wet my pants when chapman pitches.

-thats what i think-

PUDGE