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I hope he says at SC forever. Ditto with Stoops at KY.

We don't know what plays were called on some of those runs. Also possible he was told by the coaches, "don't run. You might get hurt."

2 Elite Competetors having fun and playing a GAME. There are important issues in the world. Move on.

someone tell this rule to Ohio St

Curious to me that Herbstreit used (what some would consider) profantiy to criticize William's use of profanity.

I only watched one game while he was at WV and that was WV vs Pitt. In that game and the few series that I did watch--it went like this--"1st and 10 pass, hit the receiver in the back, receiver never turned around", 2nd and 10 droped pass. 3rd and 10 hit the receiver in the facemask (literally). Punt. Felt like he did not have a huge supporting cast there!

Yes. Let me translate what "allow more conference championships into the playoffs" means in regular, real world speak. It means "make (and keep) more $$". In the current arrangement, most of the $$ from the current system is NOT made by the conferences nor the NCAA itself. In the new system, it will be. Those extra games with no bowl affiliation will make more money for the NCAA and the Conferences--as will the TV revenue generated. No knocking that. Not at all. But if you think that "fairness" is driving this, then reconsider.

I think that is the whole point. He is worth every bit of money to Ole Miss in publicity alone. No idea how much he brings in to Ole Miss but it is a lot more than $9M.

Difference in Lane and Dabo is that Dabo has won Championships. No one (zero humans) think Lane will win a Championship at Ole Miss. If he happens to even make it to the SEC Championship they talk of commissioning statues! For those who wonder why he constantly flirts with other jobs?....well, lets see....Could it be that he makes 7 figures every time that happens! If I made millions every time a job opened up, you can rest assured I would be saying "no comment" a lot. He has a good job, makes top money, and all he has to do is win a big game every now and then and win 7-8 games/year. Also keep in mind that the words "Kiffin" and "Ole Miss" could be swapped with "Stoops and Kentucky" and "Matt Campbell and Iowa St". Having a good job paying millions, with built-in annual raises, and low bars of expectations is a GOOD thing and these guys have figured that out!

Tennessee had another quarterback playing behind a Heisman hopeful, who stuck around and learned and waited his turn. That ended with a statue, a Street named after him, and a National Championship.

I hope for better than 8-4 but if that is the "worst", sign me up!

should read "problem for Tennessee to have" and "even Peyton"

I certainly HOPE Nico has the level of talent and maturity to come in, at 18, and beat out 25 year old (or however old he is) Milton with starting experience at both Michigan and Tennessee. I seriously doubt there are many 18 year olds out there with that ability and size and mentality to learn an offense that fast. Would be a pretty good problem for Tennessee to havem however! Remember evey Peyton did not start his first game as a Freshman! It is not impossible and there have been a few in history, but it is rare.

Maybe Kentucky could hire him for Basketball too?

Still a LOT of football to be played. I would agree that the winner certainly has the FAR (way) easier path but it is not a totally done deal.

I am a Tennessee fan and will be in attendance. If I can find something pink in XXL I will wear it.

dying for someone to ask him to discuss the origin of the letter "w" after a win. Sure it would be a 30 min lecture.

I agree with Kiffin on this one. You beat Kentucky. Strong work for doing what you had to do in order to win that game. But it was Kentucky. To my knowledge no special awards have ever come for beating Kentucky in Football! (If awards were giving for that, it would be an "everyone gets a Trophy situation)

Plenty of good coaches in history were great recruiters but failed to develop the talent. Recruiting well will get you 8-9 wins per year but to get to 10-12 you need to also develop the talent. There are also a few that are great at developing but cannot recruit. (Iowa is an example of a team that recruits #55 talent every year but finishes top 20). They also lose when they play teams that do well with both.

Not sure what the question was, but I am fairly certain that Jimbo Fisher is not the answer. After initial success at Florida State, he took the program straight downhill. Now he is killing A&M. I dont fault them for hiring him but making him un-firable is very curious? I feel the same for LSU by the way. Who thought Brian Kelly was the answer?

Not really sure how that hurt anything? It ended the half and was really no worse than a punt?

As an alumni (2 degrees from Tennessee) and near lifelong season ticket holder--I am pleased with the progress. Even if Tennessee suffers some bad losses this year (and I think we might)--at least we have ascended up above the line of relevant. Worse than sucking is being irrelevant. I think Heupel still has a LOT of work to do to get us back to where we were in the 90s and early 2000s but you have to go through here to get there. If Tennessee wins the remaining games on the schedule when favored, he should likely be in the National Coach of the Year running. Of course one or 2 injuries could derail tha--and that is part of the current issue--no depth. Have to fix the depth and fill some talent gaps before we can start running with the biggest teams, but again we have to go through here to get there.

If Pitt was the #13 team last year then Tennessee was #14 with the soon to be backup quarterback and the offense not yet understanding the scheme!

"left out". That is why we need a 12 team playoff. Ridiculous he did not include those teams!

Shocked he left off out Vanderbilt or Duke or Kansas?

I would say lately they have not be overwhelmingly good at either. I would say they have been known for swimming.

Unfortunately for "The Bear" , Kentucky plays Tennessee in Knoxville on October 29. Kentucky has won in Knoxville exactly 1 (one) time in the last 38 years. There are parents who are graduates of KY who have kids who have graduated Ky, who have only seen that one (1) time. Possible though.

Based on recent history, it would be entirely possible that all 4 or even 7 out of 8 teams should come from the SEC, anyway (in that scenario). Until the Big10 shows up and wins a big game or 2 I cannot take them seriously.

When the SEC split came in the 90s--everyone said the unfairness was that the East had all of the powers and the West was weak. Now that is flipped. It will flip back. If we constantly attempt to chase balance based on this year and the last or the last few seasons--we will constantly be swapping and defeating that balance. "Tides" change (pun intended).

I am in full agreement that I see Oregon as more of a Big 10 team than an SEC team. Clemson, Florida st, even Texas and OK--SEC. Oregon and ND--squarely Big 10. Missuouri should have not been an SEC team. Nebraska should have gone SEC.