Although, with the exception of Tennessee, all of my rooting interests seem to have something to do with how stuff will sell. Still fun, but different. But yeah, Okie State’s offense would have provided something different. Perhaps. Maybe they’d look as bad as Bama’s offense, though. Who knows?
Don’t know. Usually each school gets some action, but I don’t remember that many conference spots. Mostly, I’d rather see Brownie Pan commercials instead anyway.
This is the Stream of Consciousness thread, right?
My thoughts:
Man, that test this morning was hard.
I need another beer.
Oh, hey, I forgot there was a football game on.
I hate Alabama.
I hate Alabama a lot.
General Neyland > Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant was a racist.
Alabama doesn’t REALLY have 13 championships.
I need another beer.
Now Beringer zinfandel. . . I can drink that quicker than anything. Beer, Coke, water. zinfandel I can drink faster. I take a sip and suddenly the whole glass is gone. And then the next glass. And then the next glass
A friend and I went to Europe during college. Neither of us drank, but we went to on champagne cellar tour for the fun of it while we were in the area. At the end of the tour, they gave everybody a glass of their signature dry.
but admittedly Old fezziwig, Winter Lager, and Octoberfest are quite excellent. Then again, I could just drink my own homebrews…. ahh, screw it. too much work to get every style I love. I’ll just go buy some stone… or drive up into KY and buy Founders and dogfish head
You could also make a NC style bbq sauce, slow cook the stout in the stout, then drain, chop up, and slow cook for another hour or two in the bbq sauce
I have some ground deer that I’m going to use to make deer chili (probably just with Carol Shelby’s mix because I’m lazy). thought I might throw some Winter Lager in it because I have some in the fridge and thought it might be good. Anyone have ideas on whether that will work?
I’m still pissed about the "little sisters of the poor’ game being set up.
OSU, well, imo, when they star playing something approaching defense, maybe they have an argument. but until then, they’ll just be another Oklahoma or Ohio State
But it’s like having wild card teams make the Super Bowl. You’re getting the teams that were hot in January, not necessarily the ones that were hot in September through December. I have no problem with that, but it irks me to hear people talk about playoffs as a more fair way to find a #1 when they’re really talking about what they’ve seen during the regular season.
now, the other big-$$$ bowl game issues, that’s a completely different story. Especially with the bull that happens every year (VA Tech vs Michigan, while 1-loss Boise State plays 6-6 Arizona State)
I was there for the National Championship, and it felt kind of empty. You kind of expect some great feeling, but once you’re there it’s kind of a letdown.
It’s nice and all, and the bragging rights for a year are great… but I honestly prefer the feeling of winning an SEC title to that of winning the NC.
thats because at the end of it all, the NC celebration was really just a celebration of a win over Florida State since I’d celebrated all the other wins already. And its really hard to care about FSU, being a Tennessee fan.
Had it not been for (1) the guy continually talking trash to a three-TD underdog Tennessee team, and (2) that sucker swipe late in the first Alabama game.
The guy’s good, though, and the meme has been perfectly played and timed. The masses are just now getting on the wave. But yeah, I can’t tell you how many times I heard it with the TVs on all day. Some guy even came in wanting me to print a shirt with the full un-Fumerized phrase on it today.
I mean you can think its a mediocre hire, and I have no complaints.
Just want to see the folks who start claiming they are abandoning UT football for good because we hired John Chavis. The guys who claim they donate $10k per year and will stop now, while posting anonymously on a free UT message board.
please win LSU, I don’t want the redneck Bama fans here to become completely insufferable.
The normal ones are fine, I just can’t stand the inordinate number that actually get angry enough to fight over things like the number of national championships or the possibility that Bear Bryant may not have been a saint.
But the year it does happen could be like one of those movies set in the future. (Dramatic announcer voice) In the year 2098, when dinosaurs rule the earth.
for years now of things that have jumped the shark. The term “jump the shark” may itself make the list, but at the very top is athletes who beat themselves on the chest.
may have not even shown up for their BCS game vs. a WVU or Clemson.
So we could end up with a perception of each team’s quality that is worlds different than what we’ll have after this one with no real change in the quality of the actual teams.
Keeping Jordan Jefferson in the game all game long is the worst decision in the history of against-Alabama football dating back to not getting Lincoln a closer FG attempt, right?
he eventually forces Portugal to convert to a Shamanist tribe.
That’s some hilarious alternate history, I can just imagine the looks on the Portuguese peasants faces as the Iroquois war canoes start landing on the beaches.
I’d love for the random idiots to get their wish, and for LSU to resume the place they occupied in the SEC for the better part of 3 decades before Saban arrived.
had a Cowboys fan yelling at my TV screen crying about how this defense wouldnt work on thier offense. I really wish that they would have played OSU so that they could have got beat down and finally shut them the hell up! i dont care if it was either LSU or Bama.
these are AARs(After Action Reports) for a WW2 strategy game called Hearts of Iron 3. They are basically narratives written as the game is played, with screenshots provided. Some are comedies, some are very serious.
Is there a scenario out there where going 10 days without a defensive coordinator this close to Signing Day is NOT a bad sign for Dooley and our program in general? Obviously none of us knows what is actually going on behind the scenes, and the school isn’t talking, so all we’re left with is speculation and message board innuendo, but am I wrong to think that our inability to hire someone within 10 days could be indicative of major problems for us?
The only scenario that could explain the delay and not be a bad sign would be they are doing their due diligence on making sure Shannon doesn’t bring some NCAA baggage with him, but that doesn’t make sense either because the Miami investigation is still basically in its infancy (have they even received a LOI yet?) and I doubt anyone’s name can be cleared anytime soon.
I can’t think of any other plausible scenario that doesn’t involve basically everyone we ask turning us down (or Dooley and Hart being unable to agree – frankly, either situation is bad for the program, IMO). It’s just been too long a wait to explain it away with anything else.
If they were waiting to interview a Bama/LSU assistant, it would all make sense. Or perhaps some guy from an NFL playoff team who may or may not have lost this last weekend (though that’s less likely).
But the possibility that they’re completely blowing this one is certainly in play. It really didn’t help losing that Kentucky game, as our last image on the year is one of a bad loss, a missed bowl game, and a hot seat. I think it would be a lot easier to find replacement coaches if the team had bothered to win that game.
But losing in embarrassing fashion to end the season can’t be the sole reason we seem unable to hire a DC. Teams lose games like that all the time.
But if your point is that coaches are reluctant to come here because word on the street is that Dooley is a dead man walking, well, that’s the “bad sign for the program” that I was talking about.
The game itself wasn’t so much the problem as was the inevitable reaction to the loss – that UT fans are now upset. (Contrast to before Hunter’s injury, when we had dreams of 50 points/game every weekend.)
I don’t think the coaching candidates care what the fans think. I’m more worried that word is out in coaching circles that Dooley is already a lame duck, regardless of what happens next year.
I don’t think that’s the case, to be honest, but I can see the concern. I think that 8 wins would be enough to hang on for one more year, and I think that’s a lot easier in 2012 than 2011.
We just know that days keep passing without us hiring anyone. We’ve been blaming the recruits we’ve lost so far on things like grades, but I would think at some point not having a defensive coordinator during a crucial recruiting time will harm us. And now is not the time for Dooley to be punting a recruiting class.
Hart could certainly clear that up with any prospective coach
and back it up contractually, so I’m not sure that’s really an issue. That would be more of an issue with recruits.
Reality is that this has been done very quietly and we’re simply debating hearsay and shadows due to lack of anything from the AD. This is mostly a result of the 24/7, always on communication technologies moving at a pace that’s different than what the AD and HC coach are ready/willing to respond to.
I’m just making an observation that going 2 weeks without a defensive coordinator during the heart of recruiting season is not a good sign. Dooley and Hart themselves have expressed that they wanted to make a hire quickly. The fact that they have not been able to do so would seem to be a bad thing, and not an illusion of perception created by the internet.
I am starting to get a little bit frustrated with the DC vacancy. Its not the time that bothers me because its only been a week its the things floating around that just make everything look like, in the words of Gunnery Sgt Highway, a Cluster*. Now all I can attest to is what I read on the boards and the internet and what I hear on the Sports Animal. A co-worker is a member of Volquest and apparently according to Volquest Hart likes Shannon and Dooley does not? Not sure if this is true but if it is I am a little concerned by this. Additionally he said that TN offered Phil Bennett from Baylor, (this being the same Baylor that allowed an average of like 40 points a game and gave up 56 to Washington) and he turned TN down. Now this is troublesome to me on so many levels if this is true. Next TN is no longer interested in Kevin Steele due to the Orange Bowl performance however I don’t see this as much worse than Baylor? At any rate the only other candidates I have read or heard about is Tommy Spangler, the DC at La Tech, Sal Sunseri, LBs coach at AL, and the Atlanta guy, VanGorder, that just accepted Auburns DC position. Now I realize Spangler is from La Tech and this would not be viewed very well by Vol fans and I am not sure I would be overly excited about it but aside from Shannon none of the other names appear to be better to me. At least Spangler has improved his teams Defense every year. Sunseri is a position coach and not sure he is even qualified to be a DC and Dooley does not have the time for a learning curve so to speak. Neither Steele nor Bennett inspire any sort of confidence with me, and it appears obvious Shannon isn’t coming because let’s face the contract negotiations could not possibly be that big of deal. So anyone here have any thoughts on our vacant DC position.
Which story came from FL98? And if TN truthfully offered the job to Bennett and he turned it down. I have at least two MAJOR concerns with this! First of all why would TN even consider this guy considering the record at Baylor, first year or Baylor’s Defense was mediocre even by BIg 12 standards, and second this guy actually turned TN down? Really this guy?
All I know is what I read and hear like I said so I am not in the know. However the more I hear about being turned down the more I do not like it. I have been a Dooley supporter and continue to be however I am slightly
OK now I reading that Steele is out at Clemson and he is calling his recruits? My first reaction is I’d fire him for that showing on National TV too, then I realized he would not be calling recruits had he been fired? Now I am concerned!
At this point there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
We’re all just getting worked up about rumors and inuendos created by round the clock access to blogs and chat boards due to our impatience that the HC and AD refuse to conduct their search in full view of the public. We want the AD and the coach’s business to be a live reality show and when it’s not, we invent the content that gets us all worked up.
I could take or leave them. What has me worried is that we are now on Day 10 of our (official) defensive coordinator search, after Coach Dooley said at his press conference “the quicker the better” with the hire.
See, Dooley sucks and is an idiot… but Hart is a football genius.
Therefore, we’ll be better once Hart gets to hire his own coach and that moron Dooley hits the road.
It reminds me of the average fan’s opinion of every backup QB on every struggling team.
is that believing that Hart is smart but being hamstrug by Dooley allows fans to believe that the team’s problems will be fixed as soon as Hart is in control and is able to hire his own coach. Aka, the fix will be fast and relatively painless because the problems are entirely the fault of someone we can get rid of immediately.
It’s equivalent to fans of a bad team that have convinced themselves that their savior is riding the bench. It allows them to retain some amount of hope.
If everyone believed that Hart was a moron, or that the bad team they pull for has no good QBs they’d be a lot more depressed.
And there was a sizable contingent of UT fans who were calling for Worley Bray just like there was a sizeable contingent calling for Crompton over Ainge back in 2007. Some folks are just miserable if UT isn’t perfect and will invent their own fantasy version of events to satisfy their desire to believe UT is always one change away from being a powerhouse again.
I tend to not listen to the fans who are a missed pass away from panic at any given moment, so I assumed everyone realized that Bray was this year, by far, the best qb on the team.
Agree about your analysis of the “Dooley stupid, Hart smart!” attitude, though.
are going to float around no matter what. That’s the media age we live in. If you don’t read all the crap and just settle on one or two trusted sources, life is much less frustrating.
So this is my first big game
without television service. Any tips/tricks for ESPN3? Seems to be doing fine now, but does it get tired?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
I find it to be the best stream viewer out there.
Almost never hiccups and doesn’t cook my CPU.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Excellent
My ISP isn’t great, so I’m a bit worried, but so far so good.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Okay, nobody post here, all right?
…whoops.
Chris Pendley - January 9, 2012
did you end up looking at my BlogPoll ballot suggestions
thoughts?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Are there 300 players on LSU's sideline?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Paging Captain Checkdown...
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I have to admit, OSU would have been much more interesting.
I don’t have a problem with Alabama being here on merits, but I would prefer to be watching OSU/LSU right now.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
^^^ This
I haven’t posted here for, like, 4 years, but I figured tonight would be a nice time to join in on the fun
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
welcome
again
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
2nded
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
And from me as well
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Thank you both!
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
Why thank you my good sir :)
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
agree on all counts
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I wish I could say it was for something petty like hating Bama.
But it’s just the thought of that passing attack against, well, either of these defenses.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
same here
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I agree
Although, with the exception of Tennessee, all of my rooting interests seem to have something to do with how stuff will sell. Still fun, but different. But yeah, Okie State’s offense would have provided something different. Perhaps. Maybe they’d look as bad as Bama’s offense, though. Who knows?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Ooh
First SEC commercial. Wonder how many of those we’ll see tonight.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Hadn't even thought of that.
Do they get twice as much ad time, then?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Eh
Don’t know. Usually each school gets some action, but I don’t remember that many conference spots. Mostly, I’d rather see Brownie Pan commercials instead anyway.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Well, who wouldn't?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
PAJAMA JEANS!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I've never heard of those
But they’re my new favorite things.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
You are totally missing out...it's like the snuggie on crack.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
On "crack"?
Nice one. Intentional?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
OOH! I wish I could say it was...but now I'm over here cracking myself up!
Hahaha
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Snuggies on crack
Huh. That’s . . . something.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
um, like hoop pointed out...I guess it IS snuggies on your crack.
ew.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Go here for pajama jean goodness!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
That's all well and good
But do they make them in sizes for people who’ve seen too many Brownie Pan commercials?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Are they selling them in the South?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
KY has them...you know it!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Who knows?
All I know is that the chick in that commercial has never seen a brownie in her life.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Speaking of which
I just had brownies. And I’m going to go get another one now.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
No brownies for me...just started p90X2 today.
Savor it for me, mkay?
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Oh, I better have two then
;-)
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Yes!
Tailored to stretch over BPA- Brownie Pan Ass.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
And Pajama Jorts for the Gator fan.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Am I the only one who wishes this was back on ABC??
I know ESPN’s THE sports network and all, but the game being on ABC gives it more of a big time feel to me.
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
I just wish Brent Musberger weren't calling it
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I want to call him Sydney J.
and make comments about his blue letter.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
It's an SEC matchup.
It should be on CBS, no?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
But then Verne Lundquist would be calling it!!
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
Why no horse collar there?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
the second replay, it looked okay to me. He seemed to graze the horsecollaring but didn't actually do it.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I missed the replay.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Refs were probably advised to swallow their whistles.
But yeah, should have been called.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Punt No. 2
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Hamstring
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
SEC! SEC! SEC!
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
So predictions for the record?
I think I have LSU 31, AL 20. Maybe 17.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
LSU 17, Bama 13
I don’t really see either offense cracking 20, the way things look so far.
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
True
I just keep thinking about the SEC CG. If LSU gets cooking, they can put up points in a hurry.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Oh most definitely, like the Arkansas game
But, Alabama seems to be the team that is best suited to prevent the runaway-train-type rallies from LSU
mastershake77 - January 9, 2012
None from me.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
How about 3-2?
Either way? ;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
The atlanta falcons say 2 is okay by them.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
ugh, below the belt....
When their OC is fired, I hope UT doesn’t suddenly hire him.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Hey I was cheering for the Falcons.
But 2 points is utterly doo-doo.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
yeah, it was embarrassing
Stupid Mike Mularkey handcuffing the offense
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Turner not meant to run outside either...just weird. IMO
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
the offense, all year, combined
had 68 yards on screens.
that should be enough to tell you how much of an idiot Mike Mularkey is
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
19-17
Bama winning. No real reason to pick bama, just because
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Maze has an ouchie. A big one.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
My nine-year-old
currently has garlic wrapped in toilet paper stuck in both of her ears.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Alabama fans are made of vampires?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Does it work?
And if so, what does it work for?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
lol
It works. If the object is making me laugh.
I think it’s supposed to have something to do with concerns about ear infections. (How do you make that eyebrows raised thingy?)
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
lowercase oh, period, uppercase oh
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Hmm
oh OH
No, that’s not it.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Heh.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I really don't care about this game.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
Then you're in the right place!
Whatcha thinking?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
This is the Stream of Consciousness thread, right?
My thoughts:
Man, that test this morning was hard.
I need another beer.
Oh, hey, I forgot there was a football game on.
I hate Alabama.
I hate Alabama a lot.
General Neyland > Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant was a racist.
Alabama doesn’t REALLY have 13 championships.
I need another beer.
That’s what I’m thinking.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
That qualifies.
Related: Anybody got a good pork recipe for Crock Pots?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
marinate in an imperial stout for 24 hours
then slow cook in said stout.
Tastes awesome
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Hmm.
Help a guy who rarely ever touches alcohol. What would be a good stout? Or is Imperial Stout the actual brand?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
ask I_S
Brewmeister! :-))
Sam Adams does one.
Rogue does one.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I still haven't actually made any yet. have the stuff, just need to figure out how it works
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
you really like the SA imperial stout?
Not a huge fan of SA… they even screwed up the Doppelbock. Then again, Old Fezziwig is awesome…
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Sam Adams Boston Lager is my standby when there are no craft brews available.
I really like Old Fezziwig, too. It’s what their Winter Lager should be, imo.
I like some of the others, but nothing really overwhelms me from them.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
Not saying I like them, just thinking of brands off hand that do them.
I’m not a stout girl. bleh.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I do like cream ales.
Kilkenny’s was the first beer I truly enjoyed.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I fancy ciders. There, I said it.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
and I drink a lot of champagne.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I've never been a big fan of cider.
I’m only just not getting into the world of wine. I love Port.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
You and I should never meet up then.
I have had very little in the way of wine, but Port is awesome. I fear that means I’d like brandy.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Drinking a glass of Port now...
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
I get many subtle clues that I would have made a fine British sailor back in the day.
Port is just one of those clues.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I don't do wine...but i love me some champagne!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Isn't champagne just sparkling wine?
Or am I completely wrong about that?
I’ve never had it either way. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a lot different, haha.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
Champagne is a sparkling wine that is only from a certain area in France
All others that consider themselves champagne are sparkling wine. I find the carbonation the difference and drink a bottle of Korbel quite often.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
That makes sense.
I’ll have to try it.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
I love it, and I can't drink wines...I've tried Riesling, Pinot Grigio, chardonnay,
and some reds…just can’t do it.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
all wine, to me
tastes like spoiled grapes.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Or cough syrup.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Tussin's good for ya!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I like cab sav and shiraz
not merlot though, which my parents drink.
Now Beringer zinfandel. . . I can drink that quicker than anything. Beer, Coke, water. zinfandel I can drink faster. I take a sip and suddenly the whole glass is gone. And then the next glass. And then the next glass
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
That's how I am with Champagne...
Very bad hangovers though…:-(
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Drink a glass of water between glasses of alcohol.
Hangovers are primarily dehydration. ;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Oh I know...Sometimes I forget...a few glasses in.
Champagne ones are worse than beer or liquor…
Hydration station necessary.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Yeah.
Carbonation is as bad for hydration as alcohol itself.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I combine them! YAYAYA!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Funny story.
A friend and I went to Europe during college. Neither of us drank, but we went to on champagne cellar tour for the fun of it while we were in the area. At the end of the tour, they gave everybody a glass of their signature dry.
We couldn’t get past the first sip.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I've had it once... its pretty good.
We actually had it in my Volcanology class at ETSU for some “experiment” that I never understood the premise of.
VolfanatETSU - January 9, 2012
Me too.
No problem admitting that.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
that was my first and my fave homebrew product
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I don't like all stouts
but I’m definitely a fan of a number of them. Duck Rabbit’s Milk Stout is pretty awesome.
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Ever had Dogfish Head World Wide Stout?
It’s incredible. My favorite.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
heard it's pretty awesome
but it’s hard to justify $8 for not even 12 oz for a stout…
then again, Celebrator Doppelbock is like, $5 or $6 for 11 oz….
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Yeah, I've only had it once.
It’s $9 at my local liquor. I’ve only bought it once, but it was the best stout I’ve had.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
I'm a fan of most SA stuff. except their summer ale, which sucks, and Boston Lager, which is mediocre
but Old Fezziwig, Winter Lager, Octoberfest, and Black Lager are all fantastic.
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I forgot about Octoberfest.
I like that one, too.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
wasn't impressed with their black lager
but admittedly Old fezziwig, Winter Lager, and Octoberfest are quite excellent. Then again, I could just drink my own homebrews…. ahh, screw it. too much work to get every style I love. I’ll just go buy some stone… or drive up into KY and buy Founders and dogfish head
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
did I tell you I got a home brew kit for Christmas?
excited to figure out how to work it
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
i remember that. the equipment kit, if I remember....
http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html is pretty good, but if you’re in KTown I’d be willing to help ya out.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
you did mention that
and I bookmarked it. I’m in Durham, NC now, but thanks for the offer
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
CIDER!!!!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I love me some Dogfish Head
and Depot Street Brewery… I gotta support the Locals there :p
VolfanatETSU - January 9, 2012
Depot Street!
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Smoky Mountain!
and Downtown Grill & Brewery!
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Dogfish Head.
Hands down, my favorite brewery. I remember when my bartender told me they wouldn’t be shipping to Tennessee anymore. What a terrible day.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
it's a style of beer
basically any high alcohol (>8%) stout.
You could also make a NC style bbq sauce, slow cook the stout in the stout, then drain, chop up, and slow cook for another hour or two in the bbq sauce
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Ok, my Western-ness is now showing.
NC-style?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
basically any "normal" bbq sauce
with a little more vinegar. Try for tangy, sweet, bitter, spicy. Everything all at once… hard to explain
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Gotcha.
I knew SC was mustard. Couldn’t remember the hook on NC. Vinegar.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I don't think the stout quality is quite as important when using as a marinade
but I’m not 100% sure. and no, not a brand
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Ok. I'll just find one then.
The Mrs. uses wines for cooking and I’ve had success with whites for fish, but not sure about heavier meats yet.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
It's a style.
If you have any nearby liquor stores that sell beer, you could probably swing by and pick up a cheaper single bottle.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
Yeah, I'll just hit Fresh Market.
If I have to get a 6-pack, I’ll take the rest to curling on Wednesday.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
The only thing I've done with a pork roast in a crock pot
Is season it with salt, pepper, garlic, etc., slow cook it, break the meat apart, drown it in BBQ sauce.
I like falconnuke’s idea, too, though. I love cooking beef in a strong beer.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
It's tenderloin if that helps.
I just want to have fridged, grab-and-dash ready stuff for work lunches. A good cooked pork and a full salad will do nicely.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
on the subject of cooking meats in beer
I have some ground deer that I’m going to use to make deer chili (probably just with Carol Shelby’s mix because I’m lazy). thought I might throw some Winter Lager in it because I have some in the fridge and thought it might be good. Anyone have ideas on whether that will work?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Not a clue, but I can't see why not.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
beer goes well
in every chili..
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
that was my guess
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
That'll be great.
I always cook chili with beer. The last time I made chili it was with a bottle of winter lager and italian sausage.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
sounds good
a buddy of mine shot a deer and told me to take 2-3 lbs of the meat with me when I went back home after Christmas. so. . . I’m excited
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I've only had just slow cooked pork
with Stubbs. Mix the spicy and sweet about equal parts. But that’s for crack pots like me. That’s what you meant, right?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Heh
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
The General Neyland > Bear Bryant
and Checkerboard > Herringbone
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
it's not as "omfg every play is amazing!"
feeling as the first game.
But it’s more enjoyable than all those offensive snorefests in the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, etc.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Should have named this the Impromptu Stream of Consciousness Thread.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Pajama jeans and garlic ears most exciting so far. :-)
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Okay
I think we’ve come up with a name for the daughter we’re hoping to adopt from China. Naomi Faith, and we’re going to call her “Omi.”
Yeah, sounds more Japanese than Chinese, but I kinda like it.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Omi as in O-mee or Oh, My?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
(I know, but that was fun to type.)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I like it.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Just struck me. Another girl.
That’ll make it 4 on 1. Rites may be administered at any time.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
You're forgetting the dogs
Also females. It’s a lost cause. I’ve watched both “Jump In” and some Jonas Brothers movie in the last two weeks. Hopeless.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
well, bless your heart.
One woman is enough to deal with…I can’t deal with them and I am one.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Yes, but you love guns.
Speaking of which. I <3 my 10/22 something fierce. Talk about a fun gun.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I do <3 guns!
Should be getting my new little toy here in a couple of weeks…The Rock Island we chatted about a while back.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Oh, baby.
Oh, BABY.
(reference Scroll down a ways.)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
THAT looks fantastic.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
I may try it this weekend.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I love PW and I freaking DIE for Cheddar Garlic Biscuits!
I’m drooling on my keyboard.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Ahem . . .
BRING IT!
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
HUSH it.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
;-)
;-)
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Tony won't know.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Did I miss something here?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
It's a P90x thing
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Gotcha.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
At some point
Tony’s going to cash in, land on the sofa with a freezer full of Ben and Jerry’s within reach and stay until his flesh grows into the fabric.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Tony will be Pizza the Hut from Spaceballs
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
The more I hear from you, the more I <3 you.
(And the Mrs. would agree.)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
aw, shucks.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
By the way, I can get Benton's bacon three blocks from my house.
Three blocks!
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I WANT SOME...RIGHT MEOW.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Kinda pricey - $7ish / pound, IIRC.
$7ish for something, at least. I’m half-tempted to go to the source and get it for half that price, then stick a bunch in the deep freeze.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
all bacon is pricey
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Yes, but Benton's is close to twice that of what I normally consider good bacon.
And it’s worth every penny.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Miss being down the road from benton's in Sweetwater...
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I first had it at Tomato Head.
They were my gateway.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I grew up with it for breakfast and in my grilled cheeses.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Grilled cheese w/ Benton's bacon.
I know what I’m fixing for the Mrs. when she flies home.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Oh yes!
You’ll get major points!!! Delicious!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Oh, I know.
That’s a slam dunk.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I'm just saying that those prices are really completely not crazy
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
That's true.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
All joking aside
I’m incredibly lucky to have absolutely fantastic girls.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
That you do.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
/tinkle
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
sounds good to me
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
that why Chris took off?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Not sure where he went, now that you mention it.
Skyrimming, probably. ;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Certainly more offense than last game
Both teams do look sharp, though.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Whoa
Nice catch!
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Wow
This measurement is going to be close.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Under review
looks like a bit of a pro Bama spot
aurabass - January 9, 2012
This is starting to become a replay.
/yawn
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
meh...
I’m in the same place as a lot of folks, the sheer idea of this game bores me.
I know they deserved a rematch, but man… I’d much rather watch any non SEC team in the top 10 play LSU.. Heck, I’d rather watch Houston play them.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Just remember
this will hopefully put another nail in the BCS coffin.
VolfanatETSU - January 9, 2012
The funny thing is, any kind of playdown would make a game like this even more likely.
It’s not that unpossible for a conference to have two teams in the top 4 or 8.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Thats a good point
But at least we wouldn’t have to listen to the “they don’t deserve to be there” complaints as much. (hopefully)
VolfanatETSU - January 9, 2012
the funny thing
this was the first game in recent memory where, imo, the only two teams with any claim to the game are the two teams in it.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
I can see that.
I have no problem with the argument for Okie State, honestly. They were no derpier at ISU than LSU was in Tuscaloosa; they just didn’t get as lucky.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
gonna disagree here
Oklahoma State’s argument is as good as Alabama’s argument. Or at least very, very close.
If you think this is clear cut, what do you say about two years ago? More painfully obvious than you could ever imagine something could be?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
2 years ago...
I’m still pissed about the "little sisters of the poor’ game being set up.
OSU, well, imo, when they star playing something approaching defense, maybe they have an argument. but until then, they’ll just be another Oklahoma or Ohio State
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
that's what I thought until I watched Bedlam
their defense was really, really impressive. I became a believer
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
yep...
and that Iowa State game felt like a total fluke.
Caban - January 9, 2012
a fluke that you could see coming a thousand miles away
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I'll say,,,
that if I believed in soul selling, that game’s exactly what an Alabama fan selling his soul for an upset would look like.
Caban - January 9, 2012
But we all know they'd NEVER do a thing like that.
/scurriesdowntobuysoulsforthesecondhalf
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
/cashonly
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I was utterly convinced...
that there was a cabal of Bama fans selling their souls for wins over UT when I was little.
The early 90s was a series of unexplainable Bama wins in the series.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Nope.
But it’s like having wild card teams make the Super Bowl. You’re getting the teams that were hot in January, not necessarily the ones that were hot in September through December. I have no problem with that, but it irks me to hear people talk about playoffs as a more fair way to find a #1 when they’re really talking about what they’ve seen during the regular season.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Playdown? Have you been reading Gil Thorp again?
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
Sometimes the generic term is easier.
Playoff carries more specific connotations to some people, and a few don’t see the +1 concept as a playoff.
But no: haven’t been reading Thorp.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
the only time the BCS will have any legitimacy
is when they start handing the trophy to the winner of the SEC title game and cancelling the BCS title game
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
would've made 2001 even more depressing
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
It's still damn depressing.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Bama's beginning to move
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
aaaand they stop
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
FIRST TO 9 WINS
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
double digits? NEVA!!!!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
where have I see this before?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Does anyone else here?
Think everyone obsessing about finding an indisputable #1 team in college football, is missing the entire point of college football?
Caban - January 9, 2012
YAIS
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
pretty much
now, the other big-$$$ bowl game issues, that’s a completely different story. Especially with the bull that happens every year (VA Tech vs Michigan, while 1-loss Boise State plays 6-6 Arizona State)
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
and Arkansas and Kansas State and Michigan State and South Carolina
and Georgia and Oklahoma and Baylor (while we’re listing teams better than either VT or Michigan)
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
And about half the SEC that lost more games
especially since VT had one of the easiest schedules in the country
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
That too.
But fixing that would require taking the bowls out of the hands of the bowl committees and placing it in the hands of a central committee.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I'm just gonna say...
I was there for the National Championship, and it felt kind of empty. You kind of expect some great feeling, but once you’re there it’s kind of a letdown.
It’s nice and all, and the bragging rights for a year are great… but I honestly prefer the feeling of winning an SEC title to that of winning the NC.
Caban - January 9, 2012
I guess...
thats because at the end of it all, the NC celebration was really just a celebration of a win over Florida State since I’d celebrated all the other wins already. And its really hard to care about FSU, being a Tennessee fan.
Caban - January 9, 2012
OT...
The ones on the right are the best potato chips ever
Caban - January 9, 2012
The Ruffles Queso are up there with it!!!! OMNOMNOM
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Tyrann Matthieu is to Honey Badger
as John Chavis is to . . . ?
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Master Walrus?
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Artemis?
Caban - January 9, 2012
That whole honey badger thing is driving me closer to cheering for Alabama every time I hear it.
It’s petty, I know, but still.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I would have had much more tolerance for it
Had it not been for (1) the guy continually talking trash to a three-TD underdog Tennessee team, and (2) that sucker swipe late in the first Alabama game.
The guy’s good, though, and the meme has been perfectly played and timed. The masses are just now getting on the wave. But yeah, I can’t tell you how many times I heard it with the TVs on all day. Some guy even came in wanting me to print a shirt with the full un-Fumerized phrase on it today.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Alabama has a shot to get to 9
which would pretty much end this
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
game
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
blouses.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Anyone think its a possibility...
that Chavis only said no temporarily because of the NC game?
Also, how many idiot fans would lose their mind if Chavis were rehired?
Caban - January 9, 2012
I'd lose my idiot mind for sure.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
oh...
he was godawful when it came to 3rd down and long for some reason, but he was good at everything else
Caban - January 9, 2012
Oh I remember....3rd and Chavis sticks with ya.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
And having had the success he had at LSU,
it’d be pretty easy for him to recruit good talent to Tennessee.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
except all reports say he doesn't actually bother to recruit
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
he doesn't go out on the road...
but he does close things out in his office.
God knows he never had trouble closing out on prospects at UT
Caban - January 9, 2012
that was a twitter war and a half.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Well, you know what I mean.
Attract.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
which direction of idiots are you talking about?
the kind that think it means we made a crap hire, or the kind that think it means we’re back?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
crap hire
thinking the hatvols of the world
Caban - January 9, 2012
by that...
I mean you can think its a mediocre hire, and I have no complaints.
Just want to see the folks who start claiming they are abandoning UT football for good because we hired John Chavis. The guys who claim they donate $10k per year and will stop now, while posting anonymously on a free UT message board.
Caban - January 9, 2012
It's official. LSU's going to lose.
Les didn’t hug Erin Andrews. ;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Bama dominated offensively?
really? I mean, they only scored 9 points…
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Les Miles...
is just playing hard to get.
Erin Andrews will intervene for LSU in an attempt to gain his affections now.
Caban - January 9, 2012
This great clips commercial is uber creepy...
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Is halftime uber-long for this one?
Like they do with the Super Bowl?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Holy cow, Pioneer Woman has a "State Fair Food" category.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/category/holidays/state-fair-food/
I’mma go die of a delicious heart attack now.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
mmmmmm
Caveman pops…
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
roasted turkey leg...
and a whole roasted ear of corn at a state fair = win
Caban - January 9, 2012
lies...
Deep Fried Twinkie.
And a beer at a state fair.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
I always end up going for the gyros.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Ever tried making gyros?
Ground lamb and rosemary in a meatloaf pan works surprisingly well. And tzatziki is easy to make.
Can’t believe tzatziki sets off my spell-check.
Caban - January 9, 2012
I just call it Tarski sauce
because I never could actually pronounce it
aaaaaaaaaand
/philosopher’d
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Haven't tried, but I should.
And I say cucumber sauce when I’m around people who don’t know what tzatziki is.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I absolutely have to make it to Greece and Turkey someday...
Ruins of the Greek and Roman Empires… plus kebabs and gyros.
Caban - January 9, 2012
anywhere in Europe
plenty of kebabs. it’s like the Europe version of Taco Bell
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Deep Fried Twinkie is definitely FTW.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
i wonder how double awesome it'd be...
if they wrapped them in bacon before frying
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
My arteries are clogging just thinking of that heavenly treat
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
this?
It almost looks nsfw
Caban - January 9, 2012
I need this in my life.
Get rid of the cherry and she’s perfect.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
and the plate
needs to be served on a paper towel or wax paper
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
NO. Put it on a stick!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
but how else...
are you going to smother it in raspberry syrup?
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
dipping station.
Or raspberry syrup in those new ketchup packets that Chik fil-a is using…dip or squeeze.
Plus, free hand can hold milkshake, rootbeer float, or beer.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
mnmmmmm.... beer.....
no lactose in beer (well, except milk stouts but let’s not go there)
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
geez...
I can completely see Golden Corral having a fried-bacon-twinkie dressing station.
As an aside I mistakenly got drug to a Golden Corral on Veterans Day. It was absolute hell(even though I love veterans).
Caban - January 9, 2012
It can absolutely go by the chocolate fountain they've been blabbing about.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Simple...
A bacon-wrapped, deep-fried Twinkie and raspberry syrup milkshake.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
jumbo straw for bacon pieces?
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
knife and fork for the whole thing.
a REAL milkshake.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
served on open face French Toast
STUFFED with benton’s bacon and pastry creme.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
think you could actually make a straw from bacon?
Caban - January 9, 2012
apparently you can
Caban - January 9, 2012
I'll have 2 orders of those, please.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Candied bacon? yes.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Yeah.
Just use a buttered rod. The butter helps it release.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
huh huh, huh...
he said “rod”
Caban - January 9, 2012
Right. Food porn.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
a/k/a food porn
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I really want to try fried coca-cola...
probably far too much
Caban - January 9, 2012
PW has some awesome recipes.
You cannot beat her cinnamon rolls.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Those Bama fan's daughter
should be hanged by her big toes
Caban - January 9, 2012
Was that Chizik?
I swear I saw teeth.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Is this guy getting gently booed?
Caban - January 9, 2012
I would have.
Do it playfully and it gets chuckles from the people around you.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Man...
he sucked. How do you run out of time?
Dude took like 15 seconds for his first kick.
Caban - January 9, 2012
he couldn't even get a ball 35 yards in the air
AND he took 15 seconds for his first kick
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
That's because he's our next scholarship kicker.
/trollgaze
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
nah...
he’s our new special teams coach.
Or the future HC for the next school that hires Mike Hamilton.
Caban - January 9, 2012
I'd line em all up and then go on a kicking spree.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Why do they never show the number of plays in TV stats?
I care about that a lot more than TOP. (Which I know they didn’t show there, but still.)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
stats...
LSU = 24 plays for 43 yards
Bama = 41 plays for 225 yards
Caban - January 9, 2012
That's barely enough plays to stay loose through halftime.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Bama is a lot more explosive
this game than the first time they played
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
It's weird how Alabama's offense feels so slow.
You know they’re running as fast as anybody else, but they make it look plodding.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I think they are just deliberate...
they take their time, but it feels like its just with the intent of being efficient.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Yeah. It's very effective.
But it makes everything feel slow – even the opposing defense. Weird.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
it's also that
LSU is crazy fast, too.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
what the double digits?
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
who would've guessed
that at some point, it’d be 12-0
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
They're showing off now.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
RUNNING UP THE SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
I wish I was a billionaire...
if only because I’d offer Saban 10mil/year to coach my NFL team
Caban - January 9, 2012
but he can't cheat on recruiting in the NFL
I think
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
yeah...
but I’d only own an NFL teams so I could hire away good coaches of rival teams
Caban - January 9, 2012
ah, I gotcha
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
heck...
if I owned an EPL team, I’d hire him away too
Caban - January 9, 2012
Or a race horse.
;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
and rec'd
Caban - January 9, 2012
I'd just sign all of the starters from whatever team was drawn into the US' group
and then play them every single game until dead
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
He'll just raft 3 every round
and drop the 2 underperformers.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
.
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
LSU suddenly looks flat out bad...
please win LSU, I don’t want the redneck Bama fans here to become completely insufferable.
The normal ones are fine, I just can’t stand the inordinate number that actually get angry enough to fight over things like the number of national championships or the possibility that Bear Bryant may not have been a saint.
Caban - January 9, 2012
FOURTEEN CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! WOOOO!
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
killed em?
I rec’d em!
Caban - January 9, 2012
DY and DY nation is trending on twitter
I had no idea Devrin was so popular
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
It's twitter
everything trends on twitter.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
okay never mind, he did call a fair catch
but boooooooooo anyways
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
-URNS
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
heh.
RockyTopinKY - January 9, 2012
Alabama's receivers are very good at catching the ball.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Bama sure picked a good day...
to play their best game of the season
Caban - January 9, 2012
The funny thing is
there’s almost 25 minutes of play left
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
And it's still a two score game.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
No kidding.
Has anybody else been up four scores on LSU this year?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
heh
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
plz make a monumental mistake, Bama
LSU needs some kind of momentum
Caban - January 9, 2012
(Starts chanting pick 6)
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Fake time?
Caban - January 9, 2012
welp, Kirkpatrick is getting put on a medical scholly
Caban - January 9, 2012
Speaking of medical
Did Herman Lathers get put on a medical redshirt, or did we euthanize him?
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Euthanize?
Jeez, no wonder coaches don’t want to come here.
TennesseeTyrants - January 9, 2012
speaking of veterinary treatment for our players...
would neutering our players prevent them from roaming(transferring)?
Caban - January 9, 2012
Soooo . . . sleeeeeepy
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
why even try the option against Alabama?
how about put in the QB who can throw
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
what the. . .
only a Les Miles QB can do that
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Umm...what the hell was that?
Bold move, Jefferson…
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
Annnnnd that's the kind of night LSU has had
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
ok, I’m just calling it…
Bama Jean obviously sold her soul for that Ainge moment
Caban - January 9, 2012
That was one of the dumbest interceptions...
I didn’t know Matt Simms transferred to LSU
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Even if that had been a completion, the defender was right there.
The smarter play was still to run the ball and let him block.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
yeah, it was
that play was full of fail, and almost all of it was the fault of the QB.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Jefferson throws that away
then tries to blame the would-be receiver.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Bama's going to go up 5 scores now.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
lolno
they would’ve needed to make a field goal for that
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I will accept this as payback for a certain game I will refrain from mentioning.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
I won't
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Never
UT did absolutely nothing wrong
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
I was talking about the LSU game
We definitely messed up on that one.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
No way is this payback...
If anything this makes things worse.
Alabama hate (>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>)^100 LSU hate
Caban - January 9, 2012
this
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
True, trying to look on the bright side here
Not a lot of things on the bright side however.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
it'd been a fairly mild winter
weather wise
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
My bright side...
is that eventually we have to hire a good football coach
Caban - January 9, 2012
Eventually
But the year it does happen could be like one of those movies set in the future. (Dramatic announcer voice) In the year 2098, when dinosaurs rule the earth.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
I will never accept payback for the bowl game.
That one still has me in fits
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
or the "return to Louisiana" game
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Yes, have a QB controversy now.
That makes total sense Sydney J.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Phillip Fulmer is somewhere nodding his head in agreement.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Ok...
LSU will win 14-12
Caban - January 9, 2012
Look, Bama's defense is really good
But WHAT is this offense?
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
It's what you get when you have a Jefferson Pilot.
;-)
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
an LSU QB
versus a competent defense?
I’m starting to suspect that SEC defenses SUCKED this year
Caban - January 9, 2012
LSU almost made it past mid field with that punt
Almost.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Those were two imressive back to back runs
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Yep...
LSU is obviously waaaaaaaay out of it mentally.
They need a basketball timeout badly… This feels like that one good 2h Kentucky drive.
Caban - January 9, 2012
time for a fumble that the refs really obviously miss
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I've been meaning to make a list
for years now of things that have jumped the shark. The term “jump the shark” may itself make the list, but at the very top is athletes who beat themselves on the chest.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Tebowing?
pointing up to the roof whenever athletes do anything?
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
“Swagger” is also on the list.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Gruden's candidacy for college HC jobs?
The A-11 offense?
Caban - January 9, 2012
heh
Also good candidates.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
They were good candidates...
but then they took an arrow in the knee
Caban - January 9, 2012
And we were so close to a touchdown
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
The game was just thisclose...
the being effectively over
Caban - January 9, 2012
Big 12 refs?
HOW DO I HOLDING PENALTY?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
7 field goal attempts
Yes, this NC game will be remembered fondly by non-Bama fans
Caban - January 9, 2012
Last year was year of the quarterback
This year could be year of the kicker.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
PRESCIENCE
Congrats!
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
And Brent Musberger just made that joke.
I retract my posting rights immediately.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
This game has all of us thinking as if we were awake 6 hours after our bedtime.
It’s forgivable.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
If Oregon had scored 15 this way, Puddles would have done 45 push-ups by now.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Hadn't thought of that.
Had Boise State made that field goal, Bama might not even be in this game.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
and Bama...
may have not even shown up for their BCS game vs. a WVU or Clemson.
So we could end up with a perception of each team’s quality that is worlds different than what we’ll have after this one with no real change in the quality of the actual teams.
It’s amazing what one little difference can make.
Caban - January 9, 2012
BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO THE BEST TEAM IS, IT'S CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT
/sigh
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Ooh, ooh. Another thing for the list
Holding up four fingers before the fourth quarter.
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
I'd be tempted to hold three up. Just to be snarky.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
ooooh, oooh
for a kicker who’s hit a 60 yarder before, when lining up for a 50 yarder, commentators saying “oh, this is a chip shot for him”
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Hey, I just realized something. Sure, college football is over,
but no more Craig James for months.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
That deserves a Woo!
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
isn't he running for Senative
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
I think you mean Sineater
Joel Hollingsworth - January 9, 2012
Holy crap...
I thought that was a joke.
Don’t want to get too into politics, but he’s gonna get massacred.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Yeah, but that's easy enough to ignore. I don't live in Texas.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Fake punt?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
That might have been the last real opportunity for one.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
No
Les only does that when he has something to lose.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
LSU has apparently chosen a slow death
maybe this will at least bore Saban into moving onto a new challenge
Caban - January 9, 2012
Women's basketball?
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Curling
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Kirk Herbstreit's MVP is AJ McCaron
As a holder. It’s that kinda night
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
So that's how it's done. When you grab the punt returner, you don't let go.
I get it now.
/sigh
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Seriously...
change QBs LSU, if he hasn’t gotten it done in the first 3.5 quarters it’s not likely to change.
Caban - January 9, 2012
They almost crossed midfield
Then the force field forced him backwards.
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
It's sad when midfield is the most exciting line in the game.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Holy offensive outburst, Batman!
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
Excellent use of assonance.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
He's so scared of getting hit
it’s ridiculous.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
he's lost out there...
they need to change QBs. Dumb Les Miles showed up tonight.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Yeah, I don't think he understands the option
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
it's not like that type of option works against Bama
if they had been using the read option or the one that Florida used during the national championship year with Tebow, maybe.
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
CHANGE QUARTERBACKS
the current guy is playing like Joey Matthews
Caban - January 9, 2012
Jefferson has been atrocious
Jarrett Lee should have seen action tonight…unbelievable.
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
/drafted by Raiders
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
This is frustating...
LSU has a perfectly competent backup and they refuse to use him in the most important game they could possibly play.
This is like some nightmare designed just for LSU fans
Caban - January 9, 2012
4th and 18
There is no joy in Baton Rouge, Casey Clausen does not play for the Tigers.
VolnVA - January 9, 2012
Nice to see a New Orleans team
Actually play a game with unbiased refs
oops, that might’ve been offensive….
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Just remember to mute before the banana hammer jingle.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
And the Valley Shook...
is 10% fans mad at Les Miles for not playing Lee, and 90% fans bending over backwards to excuse Les Miles.
Please tell me everyone else sees that their offensive struggles are largely the result of Jefferson being terrible today.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Oh, yes.
But there’s no sense in expecting LSU fans to be unbiased about it. We wouldn’t be any better.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
True...
We had fans ready to fire Fulmer after the 99 Florida game, and folks constantly excusing him for felonies committed by his players
Caban - January 9, 2012
and I'm not kidding...
I specifically remember taking a call in the 3Q of the 99 Florida game from a friend’s brother demanding Fulmer be fired.
Caban - January 9, 2012
so LSU's unnecessarily positive....
and we’re quick to be clamoring for someone to be fired?
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
Sounds about right, honestly.
I was surprised how negative UT fans could be when I moved here.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
obvious struggles are obvious
why not go to Lee? why? that’s the only way they beat us last year
Incipient_Senescence - January 9, 2012
Les Miles has brought them to the promised land
he’ll be considered a coaching genius for a few more years
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
I still hope that the kicker gets MVP.
Even with that missed XP, Bama’s up by 7 scores.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Given that this game involved Bama and LSU fans,
I wonder what kinds of bets will have to be paid up this week.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Sigh and now begins the massive amount of RTR texts I'll receive
The pain of living in Alabama.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
/phoneoff
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I can forget listening to 102.3...
out of Chattanooga(sports talk radio) for the next 9 months.
It’s usually at least amusing, but it’s going to be insufferable until they lose their next game or Saban leaves.
Caban - January 9, 2012
stream 'The Drive"?
They could be worse….
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
And now the LSU O-line has quit.
They’re not blocking anything.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
lulz...
STILL playing Jefferson.
This loss is entirely on Jefferson and Miles.
Caban - January 9, 2012
And surrendering...
seriously, who cares if you lose by 28 instead of 21?
Caban - January 9, 2012
No kidding.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
So, been watching the game, but to ask it
Keeping Jordan Jefferson in the game all game long is the worst decision in the history of against-Alabama football dating back to not getting Lincoln a closer FG attempt, right?
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Pretty much.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I believe its worse than that...
just because not playing Lee is actually a continuous series of bad decisions equivalent to not getting Lincoln closer.
Caban - January 9, 2012
True.
So the worst decision in the history of ever.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
BTW
EU3 is HARD.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
word...
did you read any of the AARs or the wiki?
I think the tutorial may actually be useful in the latest edition too.
Caban - January 9, 2012
No. It isn't. At all. In any way. At all. Period.
I’ve looked through like 30 pages of the Audacity of Hope thing. That was baller.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Yeah...
he eventually forces Portugal to convert to a Shamanist tribe.
That’s some hilarious alternate history, I can just imagine the looks on the Portuguese peasants faces as the Iroquois war canoes start landing on the beaches.
Caban - January 9, 2012
I feel like I've reached the not-interesting point.
The point where he knows he’s going to win, he just has to figure out how.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Few LSU folks...
calling for Les Miles head.
I’d love for the random idiots to get their wish, and for LSU to resume the place they occupied in the SEC for the better part of 3 decades before Saban arrived.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Fail At All The Things!
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Oh, here we go.
Musburger’s been saving this one up for a long time.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Oh the awkward clapping of LSU assistant coaches on the sideline
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
"Do we clap like normal people?
Or like our head coach?"
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
If I clap like a normal person will our head coach make me eat grass?
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
"But if I eat grass do we win?
Did Les remember to eat his grass? Maybe someone should remind him…."
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
AstroTurf
He was doomed
danmarcel - January 9, 2012 via iPhone app
You'd have to have four stomachs to digest that stuff
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Quick...
someone call Chavis.
Caban - January 9, 2012
!
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Gotta admit, I like them not doing the Gatorade thing.
It’s like they’ve been here before.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Never mind.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
and they just did it
lol
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
I don't...
winning is great and all, but what’s the point if you aren’t allowed to enjoy it?
Caban - January 9, 2012
Oh, they're enjoying it.
And I have no problem with the shower. I just get bored watching it so often.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I want to see a coach Gatoraide bath themsleves.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
I want to see two players hold the coach by the arms
and the bath come face-first.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
After game...
celebratory keg stand.
Caban - January 9, 2012
Or pick up the coach and dunk him head-first into the gatorade.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Or set up a dunking booth of gatorade
Where the players take turns throwing the football at the target.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
Wrap him in trainer's tape.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
I suppose that would be the equivalent of giving yourself a pat on the back.
Ben Miller - January 9, 2012
I'd do it...
after my team lost.
ESPN would love that.
Caban - January 9, 2012
/kiffin'd.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
This.
It’s, like, tradition.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Who would've predicted...
21-0 for either team?
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
The Bama fan who sold their soul...
for a 21-0 win
Caban - January 9, 2012
LOL
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Bama fans don't have SOULS.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
Well, at least #1 won't be controversial.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
And somewhere a Cowboy cries.
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
and somewhere, a Cowboy/Tree says
“oh….. that’s what they meant by defense…”
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
WE COULD SCORE FOURTY ON THEM WE'RE MEN
bobothevol - January 9, 2012
I think OSU could have done similarly had they faced tonight's edition of Jefferson instead of Luck.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
And I'm sure
Collin Klein would’ve done better….
falconnuke - January 9, 2012
AND I STILL...
had a Cowboys fan yelling at my TV screen crying about how this defense wouldnt work on thier offense. I really wish that they would have played OSU so that they could have got beat down and finally shut them the hell up! i dont care if it was either LSU or Bama.
C.Browning - January 10, 2012
agreed
The only thing a Bama/LSU rematch gauranteed was the first SEC loss in the BCS championship game format.
phil g - January 10, 2012
Bama would have probably had about 500 yards rushing on OSU
phil g - January 10, 2012
Well, I'm out.
Was fun. I’ll have to try the pork marinade.
David Hooper - January 9, 2012
Amusing reads for everyone...
these are AARs(After Action Reports) for a WW2 strategy game called Hearts of Iron 3. They are basically narratives written as the game is played, with screenshots provided. Some are comedies, some are very serious.
President Gary Busey and Friends(USA)
The CSA in World War 2(Confederate States)
Caban - January 9, 2012
Gary Busey's advisors include...
Egon Spengler
General Zod
Tony Stark
Gunny
Caban - January 9, 2012
Sal Sunseri?
Sal Sunseri.
Will Shelton - January 9, 2012
Help me out here
Is there a scenario out there where going 10 days without a defensive coordinator this close to Signing Day is NOT a bad sign for Dooley and our program in general? Obviously none of us knows what is actually going on behind the scenes, and the school isn’t talking, so all we’re left with is speculation and message board innuendo, but am I wrong to think that our inability to hire someone within 10 days could be indicative of major problems for us?
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Maybe he's just waiting for Nick Saban to become available.
;-)
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
Well, winning 21-0? In a national championship game? Kicking 5 FGs?
I just don’t know if Alabama can win consistently without getting the ball into the end zone more. I’m not sure if Nick Saban is the man for the job.
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
On a related note, I was greatly amused by all the anti-SEC folk
on Twitter last night ridiculing those offenses and saying teams like Oklahoma State would have been able to beat either of those teams. Good stuff.
I think the Colts would have had trouble moving the ball against Bama last night.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
I think the Saints might have had their issues.
Certainly would’ve held them under, what was it, the 48 they put up on Detroit?
bobothevol - January 10, 2012
It's a bit of a shame that a VERY crisp defensive performance by Alabama
was marred by such a hideous attempt at quarterback-like activity by Jefferson.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
DEFENSIVE coordinator.
;-)
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
But seriously
The only scenario that could explain the delay and not be a bad sign would be they are doing their due diligence on making sure Shannon doesn’t bring some NCAA baggage with him, but that doesn’t make sense either because the Miami investigation is still basically in its infancy (have they even received a LOI yet?) and I doubt anyone’s name can be cleared anytime soon.
I can’t think of any other plausible scenario that doesn’t involve basically everyone we ask turning us down (or Dooley and Hart being unable to agree – frankly, either situation is bad for the program, IMO). It’s just been too long a wait to explain it away with anything else.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Yeah, I don't know either.
If they were waiting to interview a Bama/LSU assistant, it would all make sense. Or perhaps some guy from an NFL playoff team who may or may not have lost this last weekend (though that’s less likely).
But the possibility that they’re completely blowing this one is certainly in play. It really didn’t help losing that Kentucky game, as our last image on the year is one of a bad loss, a missed bowl game, and a hot seat. I think it would be a lot easier to find replacement coaches if the team had bothered to win that game.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
Naturally losing to KY was a bad thing
But losing in embarrassing fashion to end the season can’t be the sole reason we seem unable to hire a DC. Teams lose games like that all the time.
But if your point is that coaches are reluctant to come here because word on the street is that Dooley is a dead man walking, well, that’s the “bad sign for the program” that I was talking about.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Yeah, that was my point.
The game itself wasn’t so much the problem as was the inevitable reaction to the loss – that UT fans are now upset. (Contrast to before Hunter’s injury, when we had dreams of 50 points/game every weekend.)
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
Well...
I don’t think the coaching candidates care what the fans think. I’m more worried that word is out in coaching circles that Dooley is already a lame duck, regardless of what happens next year.
birdjam - January 10, 2012 via mobile
I could see that.
I don’t think that’s the case, to be honest, but I can see the concern. I think that 8 wins would be enough to hang on for one more year, and I think that’s a lot easier in 2012 than 2011.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
Well, nobody knows what the case is
We just know that days keep passing without us hiring anyone. We’ve been blaming the recruits we’ve lost so far on things like grades, but I would think at some point not having a defensive coordinator during a crucial recruiting time will harm us. And now is not the time for Dooley to be punting a recruiting class.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
OTOH
Our opponents have scored the same amount as Bama’s opponents since the day Wilcox left. I say we keep doing what we’re doing and don’t hire anyone.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Hart could certainly clear that up with any prospective coach
and back it up contractually, so I’m not sure that’s really an issue. That would be more of an issue with recruits.
Reality is that this has been done very quietly and we’re simply debating hearsay and shadows due to lack of anything from the AD. This is mostly a result of the 24/7, always on communication technologies moving at a pace that’s different than what the AD and HC coach are ready/willing to respond to.
phil g - January 10, 2012
+1
_trey_ - January 10, 2012
I'm not debating anything
I’m just making an observation that going 2 weeks without a defensive coordinator during the heart of recruiting season is not a good sign. Dooley and Hart themselves have expressed that they wanted to make a hire quickly. The fact that they have not been able to do so would seem to be a bad thing, and not an illusion of perception created by the internet.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Disappointed I missed this thread
This game would have been infinitely more exciting/fun whilst reading this.
Huge Alien Head - January 10, 2012
Game?
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
..divide by zero, yes.
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
Defensive Coordinator Position
I am starting to get a little bit frustrated with the DC vacancy. Its not the time that bothers me because its only been a week its the things floating around that just make everything look like, in the words of Gunnery Sgt Highway, a Cluster*. Now all I can attest to is what I read on the boards and the internet and what I hear on the Sports Animal. A co-worker is a member of Volquest and apparently according to Volquest Hart likes Shannon and Dooley does not? Not sure if this is true but if it is I am a little concerned by this. Additionally he said that TN offered Phil Bennett from Baylor, (this being the same Baylor that allowed an average of like 40 points a game and gave up 56 to Washington) and he turned TN down. Now this is troublesome to me on so many levels if this is true. Next TN is no longer interested in Kevin Steele due to the Orange Bowl performance however I don’t see this as much worse than Baylor? At any rate the only other candidates I have read or heard about is Tommy Spangler, the DC at La Tech, Sal Sunseri, LBs coach at AL, and the Atlanta guy, VanGorder, that just accepted Auburns DC position. Now I realize Spangler is from La Tech and this would not be viewed very well by Vol fans and I am not sure I would be overly excited about it but aside from Shannon none of the other names appear to be better to me. At least Spangler has improved his teams Defense every year. Sunseri is a position coach and not sure he is even qualified to be a DC and Dooley does not have the time for a learning curve so to speak. Neither Steele nor Bennett inspire any sort of confidence with me, and it appears obvious Shannon isn’t coming because let’s face the contract negotiations could not possibly be that big of deal. So anyone here have any thoughts on our vacant DC position.
docrok - January 10, 2012
That story actually came from FL98
And like everything else I’ve read about the situation, I have no idea if any of it is true.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Which story
Which story came from FL98? And if TN truthfully offered the job to Bennett and he turned it down. I have at least two MAJOR concerns with this! First of all why would TN even consider this guy considering the record at Baylor, first year or Baylor’s Defense was mediocre even by BIg 12 standards, and second this guy actually turned TN down? Really this guy?
docrok - January 10, 2012
The Hart likes Shannon, Dooley does not
And the part about Bennett, I think. I believe the first place that stuff was mentioned was here: http://www.feelslike98.com/featured/where-we-are-and-how-we-got-there/01/09/2012/ but I could be wrong.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Thanks
All I know is what I read and hear like I said so I am not in the know. However the more I hear about being turned down the more I do not like it. I have been a Dooley supporter and continue to be however I am slightly
docrok - January 10, 2012
worried?
It’s like we’re finishing each other’s sentences!
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Yea
OK now I reading that Steele is out at Clemson and he is calling his recruits? My first reaction is I’d fire him for that showing on National TV too, then I realized he would not be calling recruits had he been fired? Now I am concerned!
docrok - January 10, 2012
At this point there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
We’re all just getting worked up about rumors and inuendos created by round the clock access to blogs and chat boards due to our impatience that the HC and AD refuse to conduct their search in full view of the public. We want the AD and the coach’s business to be a live reality show and when it’s not, we invent the content that gets us all worked up.
phil g - January 10, 2012
I'm not worked up by rumors
I could take or leave them. What has me worried is that we are now on Day 10 of our (official) defensive coordinator search, after Coach Dooley said at his press conference “the quicker the better” with the hire.
birdjam - January 10, 2012
That story reeks...
of confirmation bias.
See, Dooley sucks and is an idiot… but Hart is a football genius.
Therefore, we’ll be better once Hart gets to hire his own coach and that moron Dooley hits the road.
It reminds me of the average fan’s opinion of every backup QB on every struggling team.
Caban - January 10, 2012
I find it hard for anyone to make the case this year
that Worley or Simms were better qb’s than Bray.
If I understood what you said correctly.
falconnuke - January 10, 2012
What I was saying...
is that believing that Hart is smart but being hamstrug by Dooley allows fans to believe that the team’s problems will be fixed as soon as Hart is in control and is able to hire his own coach. Aka, the fix will be fast and relatively painless because the problems are entirely the fault of someone we can get rid of immediately.
It’s equivalent to fans of a bad team that have convinced themselves that their savior is riding the bench. It allows them to retain some amount of hope.
If everyone believed that Hart was a moron, or that the bad team they pull for has no good QBs they’d be a lot more depressed.
And there was a sizable contingent of UT fans who were calling for Worley Bray just like there was a sizeable contingent calling for Crompton over Ainge back in 2007. Some folks are just miserable if UT isn’t perfect and will invent their own fantasy version of events to satisfy their desire to believe UT is always one change away from being a powerhouse again.
Caban - January 10, 2012
Ahh, ok.
I tend to not listen to the fans who are a missed pass away from panic at any given moment, so I assumed everyone realized that Bray was this year, by far, the best qb on the team.
Agree about your analysis of the “Dooley stupid, Hart smart!” attitude, though.
falconnuke - January 10, 2012
solid point
but Hart was a much more impressive hire than Dooley, so it’s not like there’s nothing backing up the “I trust Hart more than Dooley” sentiment
Incipient_Senescence - January 11, 2012
Things floating around...
are going to float around no matter what. That’s the media age we live in. If you don’t read all the crap and just settle on one or two trusted sources, life is much less frustrating.
sddbaker - January 10, 2012
Or, even better,
hit the snooze alarm and wait until actual hires are made.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
My snooze alarm only lasts 9 minutes
Where can I find a 10-day model?
birdjam - January 10, 2012
Here. ;-)
http://www.tahiti-tourisme.com/
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
But that's not as much fun
The trick is not to get too caught up in the wishful thinking or dissapointment of the various rumors.
phil g - January 10, 2012
This Thread
This thread is updating very slowly for me and I assuming its because there are over 500 comments
docrok - January 10, 2012
Grass is green.
Water is wet.
And I am irritated that we don’t have a defensive coordinator yet.
TennesseeTyrants - January 10, 2012
The rhyming was unintentional.
Maybe I should be a poet.
TennesseeTyrants - January 10, 2012
You're a poet
and you’re
not even
aware.
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
Truth.
TennesseeTyrants - January 10, 2012
Awesome.
Well played.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
Everybody be happy!
WE BEAT FLORIDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sddbaker - January 10, 2012
That was so 46 seconds ago
phil g - January 10, 2012
Do you know how to post videos to Facebook?
Chris Pendley - January 10, 2012
I am 12 years old and what is this?
Caban - January 10, 2012
I had to look it up.
No cable ftw.
David Hooper - January 10, 2012
It's the pause that really makes that line so facepalmingly memorable
“Do you know how to post videos to….Facebook?”
Will Shelton - January 10, 2012
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