Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 11:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is great news for Coach Foolmore.

Posted by TommyJack on May 1, 2008 at 11:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Great

Posted by GoVol on May 1, 2008 at 11:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Any bowl with a food sponsor Fulmer likes..Chic-filet (sp), Outback...etc...and now Papajohns. Go get'em Fulmer!!

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It appears Coach Foolmore will have some tough decisions to make in regards to the bowls now. Call it a "menu-ing" type of system like we had with the young receivers last year.

Posted by UTfan4life on May 1, 2008 at 12:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

that spot is saved for alabama. Satan **cough cough** i mean Saban, has a new bowl to go to, when his team chokes again. Saban will leave Bama after a while to take a better offer

Posted by VOLstuckINky on May 1, 2008 at 12:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

oh boy ... Uconn vs Alabama ... great game.

Posted by orangeblood on May 1, 2008 at 12:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I swear, when we kick ass this year, everyone better drop this "foolmore" bs. Nothing you say is gonna get the guy fired. He won't be fired. He'll never be fired. He's put together what I believe will be a GREAT offensive coaching staff and currently has one of the most talented teams in his tenure at UT. We were all barking at him to change and he did. New blood.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

orangeblood- you have been posting long enough to know that the biggest jerk in the world workinwhatever is going to come on here and bash Coach Fulmer. See the ass hole does not even know his name. no one will pay attention to him so he comes on here to bash. never seen one positive word from him. i honestly think he wishes we would lose every game. but you know what, if that should happen, he ain't gonna get fired. i am convinced that he has no friends. if he is around his friends like he is on here, i can imagine when people that know him (both of them) suddenly have something more important to do. like check the air in their tires or re-arrange their sock drawer.

Posted by adamsck on May 1, 2008 at 12:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

How do you guys find a way to turn this story into Fulmer bashing? Give it a rest. Turn your attention to Adams so we can get more real stories about UT recruits in the off-season instead of this useless drivel.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TommyJack--great post. now all we need is ashley to tell us how many more days blah, blah, blah.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 12:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

adamsck--we could be talking about Mt. Rushmore and workin would turn it into bashing fulmer. he is a sick, sorry mean-spirited, viscious man.

Posted by Ashley on May 1, 2008 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ORANGEBLOOD, do you know how many days we have until Football Time In Tennessee?

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i am going to guess Ashley 123.

Posted by Ashley on May 1, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

jim, what is your beef with my countdown? Really! WTF is your beef with my countdown? Was this countdown something you were conjuring up and I beat you to it?

Posted by smokey65 on May 1, 2008 at 12:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey folks, what about the GOLDEN RULE....U know, treat others as you yourself would want to be treated......This continuous use of derogatory names toward a Tennessee coach is NOT in good taste, for either the poster or the person it is aimed at.We may not like the way games turn out or the choices and decisions a coach makes....but then again its just a game...so lets treat it and the participants that very way. GO VOLS

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ashley--i do not have a beef with your ccunt down. i do not have a beef with anyone. my beef is/was that is all your post said. i never figured out why you would go to the trouble to just post that. well, i lied. i have a beef with workingwhatever. he is a true jerk and i am just sorry that i did not write down the first time i saw a post of his so i could know the precise day and time that i encountered the biggest a$$ hole in the world.
so, i do not have a beef with you at all.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

my sorry. the spelling bee will be on me. did not mean to do that. fingers not working good today.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ashley--i do not have a beef with your count down. i do not have a beef with anyone. my beef is/was that is all your post said. i never figured out why you would go to the trouble to just post that. well, i lied. i have a beef with workingwhatever. he is a true jerk and i am just sorry that i did not write down the first time i saw a post of his so i could know the precise day and time that i encountered the biggest a$$ hole in the world.
so, i do not have a beef with you at all.

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i did ask for the other post to be removed. i am sorry.

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Vol fans are nuts.I remember being at Neyland in 2002 for the UT AL game.We got stomped 34-14.At the end of the game, as I was headed for the exit, I heard people yelling fight fight.I thought ,man some stupid bama fan started running his mouth.Nope.I turned around and 2 UT fans were knucking it up w/ each other while the Bama fans walking by were laughing it up.

smokey65, unfortunately most people on here only go by the Orange Rule which states: "anything goes".

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

In fact I think I recall hearing someone saying "get em TouchdownTn get em".lol

Posted by JohnAdamsIsTrash on May 1, 2008 at 1:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ashley

I love your countdown. I get excited every time I see it. How many days from today?

These extra bowls don't affect us any at all seeing as we usually make a bowl game anyway. It is however good news for the Vandy's, Kentucky's, Alabama's and Mississippi schools of the world. Now they have something to fight it out for!

Go cellar dwellars!!

Workin - F U buddy!

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I know this is a football thread, but there are unconfirmed reports coming out of K'Ville that Ramar Smith has been dismissed from the UT B-ball team for violating team rules, and have offered a scholorship to a juco point guard.

http://www.hoopsreport.com/news/hoops...

Posted by KnoxVol_in_TX on May 1, 2008 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Me too, Ashley. I love the countdown. Please keep doing it. Really, I get excited every time I see it. I keep counting down right along with you.

Dont stop!

Posted by Packaway on May 1, 2008 at 1:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Now we need the Cheerio Bowl.

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

smokey65, Sportsmanship has really gotten lost, especially amongst fans.And in UT's case fans of the same team.

This is an unbelievable show of sportsmanship I invite all to read from a poster on volquest.com

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24392612/

Sometimes we forget this is a game.Hell I married a Bama fan.Some Tennessee fans would even say I'm a Benedict Arnold.

Posted by HotlantaVol on May 1, 2008 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There are unconfirmed rumors that the SEC is being looked at for a 10th bowl tie-in as well. There are actually two bowls in the running. One is the 2000 Flushes Toilet Bowl to be held in Storrs, CT. The other is the Hanes Wife-Beater Tee Shirt Punch Bowl to be played in an empty field just north of the Twister Target Trailer Park in Greenbow, AL.

My personal perference would be to get in on the Bic Lighters Crack Bowl to be held in a converted burned-out project housing building in downtown Memphis, but, since there is already a bowl in Memphis, that sounds like a 'pipe' dream.

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HotlantaVol ,I thought the Hanes Wife-Beater Tee Shirt Punch Bowl was the A-day game at Bama.

Man, I was just talking about sportsmanship.
Sorry couldn't help myself.There is nothing wrong w/ a little jab, but it doesn't have to get personal.There are more important things in life than sports you know, like....Ummmm,Uhhhh, well I'll think of something in a minute.

Posted by thesavageorange on May 1, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The Twister Target Trailer Park is classic.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 2:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This is great. I am glad people have such a high opinion of me, particularly mjohnsonvols. At least I am good at being the biggest a-hole in the world, unlike Foolmore being the biggest mediocre (well maybe 2nd behind Ralph Friedgen at Maryland who by the way pantsed Fulmer in the Peach bowl) coach in the world. Thanks!!!

Posted by mjohnsonvols on May 1, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why do you bring my name in on this. I have not posted anything on here today until now. WOW I guess you know who your daddy is now don't you.

Guys listen the best way to get rid of these punks is either be stupid with them or not respond at all. I choose to do a little of both. I like getting workin fired up a little. See I didn't have to post on this article and he has brought me into already. Just play the game with him he gets off on that and it makes him happy if that is possible.
Hey Workin have a good day and smile buddy Fulmer is still our Coach that means you get to be negative for at least until the end of the year.

Posted by vol_in_lsu_land on May 1, 2008 at 3:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Workin...
Whatever dude. Though you do have the cutest male tramp stamp I've ever seen.

Ashley...
I wish more people would simply get enthused about Tennessee football at the most base level as you do. Still think you are overboard with comparing Clausen to Peyton (being realistic)

Everyone...What befuddles me is seeing us Vol fans so rabidly at each other's throats when we have a football team that consistantly wins nearly 75% of it's games. I don't feel like doing any math, but even in this decade the number is certainly above 70%. Maybe ten teams (give or take) in NCAA I-A can boast that.

Fulmer's problem is consistancy. This is his downfall. Consistantly competitive, consistantly winners, but also consistantly giving up the big games. For most fans, this is what makes him great. This is why he hovers around that top national winning % every year. He's like the Space Shuttle vs. a Saturn rocket. The Space Shuttle is good for many, many years of service with (intended) consistant results. The Saturn was good for one use and that was it if history lessons serve my memory. We could go out and get a new coach every year and maybe have a successful mission, but how many dead ends would we have to suffer through?

Phil Fulmer has fielded a winning football program every year (save for ONE DAMN SEASON) since 1993. Two SEC champs, one National Champ, and (what is it 4?) SECCG appearances since that last win. Yes, a slight slip over the years, but still consistant almost to a fault. Not consistantly bad, not even consistantly mediocre. Consistantly good, competitive, but rarely GREAT. A great team is overdue us to be sure. Let's quit being ridiculous and get on board that this is the year.

Posted by HotlantaVol on May 1, 2008 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Vol_in_LSU_land: Yes the Saturn V booster (as used in the Apollo missions) was intended to be a single use rocket, and indeed the pieces either burned up falling back to earth or stayed in a decaying orbit as space junk until eventually burning up while re-entering the atmosphere. The Apollo capsules were also only used one time each. However, there was some talk about making them reusable. These discussions eventually led to the design of the reusable space craft we know as the space shuttle.

Man, if only Wikipedia had a blog . . .

Posted by pdhuff on May 1, 2008 at 3:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dang, I figured this bowl would be sponsored by Mullet Dressing.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 3:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Apologies to mjohnson, I should have said jimr07. But thanks for taking the bait mjohnson, I knew you'd show up soon!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by spam247buster on May 1, 2008 at 3:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

VolInLSULand-- you're right about Casey Clausen-- a good QB, but shouldn't be even remotely compared to Peyton.
I liked him okay as QB, but Casey Clausen was only the 2nd best QB named "Casey" in his draft class (behind Casey Bramlet from Wyoming, who was drafted, has made the active roster on more than one NFL team, and won MVP in the NFL Europe "World Bowl"). Casey had a lot better attitude than his brother Ricky, though.

Posted by mjohnsonvols on May 1, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What ever makes you happy dude.
I figured you would jump on my eagle claw hook i had out there in the water as well.
GO VOLS>

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on May 1, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

orangeblood - "We were all barking at him to change and he did. New blood."

Ummmmm, Lets see here. First off Foolmore had to get new coaches because they left him.

2nd. He botched the process by not interviewing anyone and waiting to hire Kippy Brown. Then Kippy took a promotion and left Foolmore (as usual from someone who works so hard) with his pants around his ankles.

3rd. Foolmore finally interviews 1 candidate from Clemson, gives him a low ball offer and Foolmore is pantsed around his ankles yet 1 more time when that candidate doesn't come.

Finally, Foolmore digs up Coach Clowsen from the mighty richmond spiders.

Yeah, Foolmore is really someone who is pro-active and wanted this change right? Well, at least that's what he told the public.

Posted by GreerVol22 on May 1, 2008 at 3:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

mjohn, you fish? I take back anything bad I've said about you.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 3:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't get mad now mjohnsovols.

Great post Silent_Fulmer. I couldn't agree more.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Lofton...WOW!!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns...

Posted by mjohnsonvols on May 1, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm not mad at all. Listen workin everybody has an opinion on things yours is you don't like Fulmer. That is fine. I just like playing the game. In the past I did get mad but now why get mad I see the game you play. I love the Vols and I know deep down you do to. I'm going to pull for them 100% and I'm not going to hate on somebody that gives 100% back.
Greer
I love to fish don't have enough time to do as much as I would like. Thanks for taking everything back.

Posted by vol_in_lsu_land on May 1, 2008 at 4:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow, Workin is telling Silent that he agrees with his post. Do you talk to yourself in person too? LMAO!!!!!

Dude, it doesn't take long to see your two alter-egos post at nearly the same frequency. Give it up!

Posted by murrayvol on May 1, 2008 at 4:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Workin: Thanks for the link. That explains a lot.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 1, 2008 at 4:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'd love to keep arguing, but I am in amazement at what Lofton did this past year.

Posted by murrayvol on May 1, 2008 at 4:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

smokey65: Ever hear of Kevlar? You sound way too civil for most of the flamethrowers on this board. And as for it being "just a game." Not to these guys!

Posted by jimr07 on May 1, 2008 at 4:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

silentfulmer--another fool to add to the list. first you bitched that he did not hire right away and then you bitched because he took too long. he could have hired tony dungy and it would not have pleased you. your post is for full of crap it is not funny. You have absolutely no direct proof of anything you said. just rumor and innuendo. people like you make me sick. and you call yourself a vol fan. i have you in the same bucket of crap with workin. you two should be good friends. you deserve each other. you said the staff left. yes, they all got promotions to another team. you are an idot trying to find your very own village.

Posted by GreerVol22 on May 1, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

workin', what murray said. Brave young man.

Posted by invisiblekid on May 1, 2008 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It'll be a sad, pathetic day if the Vols are ever relegated to this bowl.

Posted by Madkels on May 1, 2008 at 7:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The Hanes Wife Beater Bowl was actually held this past Sunday. It's also known as the Aarons 499 at Talladega! :)

Posted by bigfan502 on May 1, 2008 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It is so surprising..but true...Gator, GA., and other football fans do not travel like VOL fans...of course there are other fans of SEC teams that are not considered "traveling fans". Therefore it behooves VOL fans who seem to travel most to SEC games to ease off the traveling..its better to see the game on television and Fla., stadium will fill to capacity anyway...And its much cheaper. Besides, you don't have take any cheap shots..and you don't have tthe long ride back. Think about it.

Posted by txsvol on May 2, 2008 at 5:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sorry to post so late in the discussion, but you Fulmer bashers forget that he won the National Championship in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Go Vols! SAVol

Posted by drakosben1 on May 4, 2008 at 2:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Listening to you guys talk, is just about as good as turning on a CB radio and listening to the rabble travel.

Posted by Oenoboy on May 5, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

“Then there is the legion of the miserable, they will always be miserable” - Johnny Majors ‘92