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I certainly want Drinkwitz to be successful enough to hang around. Most coaches in the SEC (including my Vols' coach), aren't very entertaining in post game pressers. I do think one thing all SEC fans can agree on, is that we miss Mike Leach. Drink isn't Leach, but he is entertaining and doesn't resort to coach speak.

If they could make an amalgam of several players, I think "QB playing Florida" would have a legitimate shot. I actually thought Napier was going to be a great hire, and thought LSU made a mistake in not hiring him since he knew all the big high school programs in Louisiana. Shows how much I know. He needs to be fired ASAP. I only watched the Florida game vs. Miami, but they look even more disorganized and undisciplined as last year. It will be very interesting to see who they hire.

The Vols looked great, but against possibly the worst team in FBS. I don't see us jumping ahead of Bama who thumbed a decent Wisconsin team on the road.

I'm really bummed that Vandy lost. I will miss the strutting Vandy character on SEC Shorts.

I think you can use the singular "Vol." Seems to be a new troll for this season. I do think we look the best we have under Heupel so far, but we will know a lot more after next week.

I think they admitted that they didn't expect to need the Body Farm to fill time until early in the 2nd half. We will find out more about the Vols next week in Norman. Kent St. is in the running for worst team in FBS. They seemed to keep their heads up. Hope we wrote them a big check. Your Tide seemed to get off to a brief, slow start, and they blew it open quickly when Milroe did Milroe things. I think the Tide made a very good coaching hire.

As much money as the SEC makes, we should hire full time referees that train year round. We have all seen too many horrific calls (to remove bias, I've seen too many blown calls in games that don't involve the Vols). Also, I would replace the Vols scheduling Georgia St with the decision to hire Pruitt. Heupel has done a great job, but I think we still have on more year of scholarship limits that was Pruitt's parting gift to us. Saban making a rare poor decision shouldn't be on this list. Jimbo HAS to be #1 on this list. I would also replace something lower on the list with South Carolina hiring Muschamp (not just because the Vols couldn't beat him until his last year). My SC friends had no enhusiasm for that hire.

If Freeze can hold on to them, he is recruiting well except for QB. If he can get a good QB, Freeze or the next coach could improve well within 10 years.

Before UT AD John Currie was fired, Doeren was actually his choice after Mike Gundy and Jeff Brohm turned us down. Doeren also turned us down. I think we were fortunate. Yes, he would have been better than Jeremy Pruitt, but I think he would have had the 9 win ceiling of Butch Jones. He would have had more resources than at NC State, but he would have had to play more good teams in the SEC. Long term, I think we are better than Pruitt flamed out and we ended up with Heupel. It's been a long time since Neyland regularly sells out and the atmosphere is electric.

Exactly. There have been championship teams that struggled in their first game. I think the Vols have the advantage, but I don't expect a cakewalk at all. I know it was UTC, but I did like that most passes were on target, and some WR's that dropped several passes last year caught most of the good throws. Thornton looks substantially better than he did last year. He got open (yes, against an over matched opponent) and he showed really good hands. He didn't do that often last year. I think Squirrel is due to break loose in this game.

I have no idea who this is, but there is a glaring reason I can tell that he is a moron. You can tell it's a prostitute because she DOESN'T choke when her mouth is full. That said, Go Vols. I have no reason to dislike Clemson (I'm sure some Gamecock fans can give me plenty of reasons), but I enjoyed the Dawgs just curb stomping them.

Unfortunately for us (I'm obviously a Vol), I think Bama made a really good hire. Norvell may be a feast or famine coach, depending on how his portal pick ups do. He tried really hard to get Cam Ward, and had a major drop off getting DJ as plan B. I'm not sure even Ward could save them with such bad line play, though.

DJ is a little baffling. For every dart he throws on the run under pressure, he throws one pass several yards off target, and another pass a yard off target. Hope he invested some of his Dr. Pepper money from the commercials before his Freshman season started at Clemson. The biggest issue is that FSU is getting whipped in the trenches on both sides of the ball. They can try the back up QB to see if that improves that position. I don't know how you fix poor line play during the season.

To be transparent, I have never played organized football. I didn't understand the LSU 3 man rush on the USC winning drive in a tie game. I don't think they rushed more than 3 until SC was almost in FG range. I do think their D has improved from last year, and LSU has bounced back from an opening loss before.

I hate this for Pearsall. I'm obviously a Vol, but I appreciate all of his circus catches that he made. If I'm the coach of the 49'ers, I would warn all players about walking around anywhere downtown. That city is falling apart.

Nothing against Montrell Johnson, Jr., but just once, I would like the credit on this long running plays go to someone on the OL. The pulling guard sealed the end on that play that sprung the long run. I think many RB's could have taken that to the house with that block. I read after the game that the Gators didn't line up in that formation again until late in the game.

I'm a little surprised everyone thought A&M was favored in this game. Elko may very well end up being a great hire, but I think it will take at least half a season to undo all the damage that Jimbo did to that program. My guess is that A&M will much better in the second half of this season.

I try to be patient with coaches (I have had lots of practice as a Vol fan with our coaches between Fulmer and Heupel). I'm not sure when the best time to fire Napier is, but this may be one time it's justified to fire a coach at the beginning of the season. The Gators remain disorganized and undisciplined under Napier. May one of the coordinators can do better the remainder of the year.

I do find it interesting that all the talking head chatter is about Napier's hot seat (it is a hot seat), but don't really say the same thing about Cristobal, who has only one more win than Napier. Yes, Napier has made questionable in game decisions, but so has Cristobal (running instead of running out the clock against Ga Tech last year). I think the only advantage Cristobal has is the much bigger buyout.

I think we can all agree that the Rattlers will absolutely win that halftime.

I'll settle for a 1 point Gator win, but I would love for the Gators to thump them. I'm a little surprised that Cristobal got such a long term deal. He may end up being a great coach, but I don't think he's close to being that yet. For Napier, a win in this one set them up for a good start before the schedule gets a lot tougher in the back half.

If Oklahoma does come open, it will be interesting. I have no idea if it's true, but many talking heads have said Heupel is still bitter about getting fired as OC at Oklahoma (the offense was pretty productive, and the D was not very good). Of course, if the job comes open, there probably isn't anyone still with the program that was there when Heup got fired.

The main improvement the offense needs to compete with elite programs is having an elite OL. Against Georgia, we have not been effective running the ball (except for the first play last year, and we probably got a total of 30 rushing yards for the rest of that game). On defense, our secondary has been our Achilles heel. I love our DL. I like the talent at LB, but I'm not sure about the depth there. One other poster asked if this site has been glitchy. After I logged in to comment, that post is gone. My problem is that I can no longer hit Reply to anyone else's post. It just doesn't work for me. Finally, we are into the longest 2 weeks in sports for me - waiting these last several days waiting for CFB to kick off.

I always find it a little comical the the predictions are so precise that it includes which player scores in which half, cramping, and which QB gets injured in which game.

I didn't know that Miami has never won the ACC (not that I keep up with the ACC). The fact that both Wake Forest and Ga Tech have won one since Miami has joined shows how far this program has fallen. The only have fan support when they were winning big. If Cristobal continues to fail, I think it will be tough for them to ever get back to their 12 to 15 year one and done run of greatness.

This is a nice pick up for the Vols, and not that big of a loss for the Dawgs. Yes, the recruiting service rankings aren't the be all and end all for future success, but Georgia already has 2 LB's that are higher rated. We also know UGa will develop them. I do think our front 7 has been getting steadily better the last 3 years. Now, we need to do something about the secondary. They look good on paper, but they looked pretty good on paper last year. We need guys that will, every now and then, look back for the ball when it's in the air.

I think another thing to consider is that Leach won at places that don't have a long history of success. If we were many wins short, I can see the argument to keep him out. However, I think 1 win short in a career cut short should get him in. As far as innovators on Offense, he's probably in the top 5 of all time.

I have zero idea what the motivation is. It could be that he isn't honest about his grades. It could also be that he has other issues to deal with and wants to be away from the limelight to sort them out. I don't know. Whatever it is, I can only wish him the best. This is also why I no longer get excited when the Vols, or any other program, signs a highly touted recruit. No one knows how long they will be there anymore. I do think players should get money from a multi billion dollar business. But, I can also see the possibility of losing interest in college sports in the near future (and I bleed Orange). Maybe they can at least make it more like the pros, there there are contracts so players can jump ship every year. Even then, the whole facade the CFB isn't just a minor league for the NFL is fading quickly.

I didn't expect Nico to be at SEC Media Days. Serious question: has any redshirt Freshman ever been to SEC Media Days? I doubt there has been. I do think James Pearce, Jr. would have been a good attendee. I aslo have no idea if players get to say if the would prefer not to be included. I'm no introvert, but I have zero desire to ever be the subject of a press conference.

From the story I read, the other car was driving at "a high rate of speed" and was trying to change lanes. Of course, that driver survived. Unless something else comes out, it looks like a sad case of wrong place at the wrong time. Prayers to the families of those lost.