Open Letter to Lane Kiffin: Welcome To Knoxville!

I'm sure I'm not the first, but Mr Kiffin....Let me welcome you to "Big Orange Country!" You have seriously jumped from the frying pan into the fire. If you think life with Al Davis was tough, lose more than one or two games out of the chute and you'll find out what tough really is. Just Ask Johnny Majors and Phillip Fulmer. Blue skies can turn dark real fast on you if you aren't careful. You see SEC Football Fans expect a lot from our teams and our coaches....sometimes too much. Again, just ask your predecessor. At the beginning of this season, Coach Fulmer was the fifth winningest active coach in the NCAA ranks and he's even brought a National Championship to "Rocky Top"and it took him 16 years to do it. His 147-45 record at seasons start and that national trophy wasn't even enough to help him weather the storm or keep the most hardcore Volunteers among us from turning on him faster than the blue skies go dark during a summer rainstorm on the Plateau.
As a Tennessee native and a lifelong Volunteer, I believe Coach Fulmer should've been given a little more time to turn things around. However, I shall try to keep an open mind. I just hope you're bringing more to the dance than your experience as a Raider because Volunteer fans can be just as unpleasant as Al Davis if you don't turn things around quickly. Welcome to Knoxville Mr. Kiffin and good luck.....you're gonna need it.

Absolutely Nothing To Say, September 30, 2006

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE days when I have absolutely nothing to say! No politics today, no rant and raves, silly pictures or goofy jokes. Even the chore list around the house was put on hold. The day was reserved for time with Kat, my wonderful better half! This morning we went out to breakfast and then for a nice stroll through the park. They just built a new park here on the river that is really nice. It's still a work in progress, but so far it looks awesome. It has the usual picnic and playground areas. In addition to that is also has a beach, boat launch, 18 "hole" frisbee golf course, and several miles of bike and hiking trails. Yes it was a great morning and we'll probably do it again tomorrow.

We got home just in time to see the second half of the Tennessee game on ESPN. The final count was Tenn 41 Memphis 7. Navy beat UCONN today too 41-17. The Cadets are having a pretty good year so far with a 4-1 record. Florida smacked Alabama today too....awwwww! I'll shed some "Gator Tears" later......pun is intended! LOL Ole Miss is looking pretty good tonight against Georgia. Kinda suprising to say the least. That sets the stage for next weeks "Battle Between the Hedges" as the Vols take on the Dawgs! Sorry Sassy and G-Diddy! I gotta stay true to the "Orange Nation" on this one!

Well, for someone who had absolutely nothing to say, I've managed to find a way to do jus tthe opposite! Go figure! I think I'll answer some of the messages I've received since yesterday and then head back to the Georgia-Ole Miss game on tv. Kat's at work now, so I get to hold the remote! LOL!!! You guys have a great Saturday night and maybe I'll have something useful to write about tomorrow!!!!!

Til Next Time!

Originally posted 9/30/06 on Yahoo 360

Football Time In Tennessee! , September 02, 2006

It's that time of year again!!!! Football Time In Tennessee!!! Erik Ainge and the rest of the 23rd ranked Volunteer squad take the field against the #9 Cal Bears. We've got David Cutcliffe, our offensive coorindator from the Vols National Championship team, back on the coaching staff again. Now we're ready to charge back to the top of the SEC and hopefully even further. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN....YOUR FUTURE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP TENNESSEE VOLUTNEERS!!!

Sorry Sassy and G-Diddy, but this is BIG ORANGE COUNTRY!~

Everybody have a great weekend and I hope your team wins.....unless your cheerin' for the Cal Bears!!!

UPDATE......................................................

FINAL SCORE: #23 TENNESSEE 35 #9 CALIFORNIA 18

UP NEXT: THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY SAT. SEPT. 9TH

Originally posted 8/2/06 on Yahoo 360

NCAA Basketball Tournament, March 19, 2006

Ok, so we're about half-way through the tournament so far. Tennessee and Kentucky have killed my chances of winning any office pools. How about you guys? Are you watching any of the games? Are your teams still in? Who are you picking to go all the way?

Who is going to win the 2006 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament! (closed poll)

Duke 1

LSU 0

Georgetown 0

Texas 1

U Conn 0

Florida 0

Villanova 1

UCLA 0

Boston College 0

OTHER 1

(originally posted 3-19-06 on Yahoo 360)

UT Lady Vols 2006 SEC Champs, March 05, 2006

Congratulations to the University of Tennessee Lady Vols
2006 Southeastern Conference Womens Basketball Champions

Today the 8th ranked Lady Vols defeated #3 LSU 63 to 62 to win the title game that was hard fought until the final buzzer. The Lady Vols take a 27-4 (11-3) record into the NCAA Womens Tourney which starts later this month. Seeds for the tournament are expected to be announced sometime this week.

In other weekend sporting news, the NASCAR Busch Series took its show south of the border again for its second race in Mexico City. Denny Hamlin held off Boris Said to win the Telcel-Motorola 200. Nextel Cup veteran and current Busch Series points leader Kevin Harvick finished third driving the US Coast Guard Chevorlet. Other service teams also fared well in Mexico City. The #25 Marine Corps Ford piloted by Ashton Lewis finished 13th and the #88 Team Navy Chevorlet driven by Mark McFarland had its best race of the year so far finishing 15th.

And finally, don't be suprised if you wake up tomorrow morning and find that one or more superstars from your favorite NFL team is standing in the unemployment line. Tonight, contract talks broke down between the players union and team owners. Long story short is that if an agreement isn't reached by midnight, it's expected that owners will start dumping the contracts of high priced veterans before they go into free agency in order to meet a salary cap that will be as much as 10 million dollars lower than it would have been if an agreement had been reached. It looks like they didn't learn much from the NHL fiasco of a couple years ago. Get the whole NFL story here.

(originally posted 3-5-06 on Yahoo 360)