Showing posts with label Phil Fulmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Fulmer. Show all posts

December 2, 2008

This could get interesting


Well Lane Kiffin hasn't even been the Tennessee coach since Monday, and he has taken and received a jab by Steve Spurrier.

Spurrier who used to needle former coach Phil Fulmer, was at it Monday before the ink dried on Kiffin's contract. He questioned if Kiffin broke NCAA rules by contacting a recruit before he was allowed to.

Jarvis Giles, a high school running back from Florida was contacted by Kiffin on Sunday mourning.

Kiffin struck back by hiring one of Spurrier's assistants, David Reaves, as his new recruiting coordinator. Then had this little gem.

"As far as recruiting, we've hit the ground running. I took the test a few days before I got hired here so that we could do that," he said Monday at his introductory news conference.

I have to say even though I questioned the hiring of Kiffin at Tennessee yesterday, I am starting to like the move. Kiffin, which we found out in the Bay Area, doesn't hold back when running his mouth. He could be the perfect foil to Spurrier. I can't wait till next year, to see the first South Carolina Vs. Tennessee game.

November 30, 2008

The Mourning After


Game of the week: The Missouri-Kansas game was one for the ages. Kansas was down to Missouri 37-33 with about 1:00 remaining in the game. Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing drove the team down the field with a coolness to him that reminded me of Joe Montana. With 27 seconds left and a 4Th-and-7 Reesing felt the pressure, stepped up in the pocket and threw a floater to Kerry Meier for a game winning 26-yard touchdown. This was the best game of the week, in a week full of great games.

Coach of the Week: Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson gets my vote. Tech hadn't beat Georgia since 2000. Georgia took a 28-12 lead into halftime, and it looked over for the Yellow Jackets. But you should never count out Georgia Tech now that Johnson is the coach. His old fashioned Flexbone Offense, tore up the Georgia defense 472 yards on the ground. Georgia knew what was coming and they couldn't do anything about it.
Paul Johnson in my opinion is one of the best coaches in college football. While at Navy, Johnson's teams always preformed very well despite being smaller than their opponents. Georgia Tech was smart by making him their head coach, because Tech will be a force to be reckon with for years to come.

Goat of the Week: Norte Dame was routed by USC 38-3 and all the blame will fall on their coach Charlie Weis. There has been chatter all week that Weis's huge buyout will not affect Weis future with Norte Dame. In all likely hood, the pressure will be to much for Norte Dame officials to keep Weis around and they will be forced to buyout his contract.

The Norte Dame offense only accumulated 91 yards of offense for the entire game. This does all fall on Weis. He is suppose to be an offensive genius. Norte Dame was never going to be out schemed in a game. The offense and developing his young players is where Weis failed. This is the reason why he should be fired.

The debating begins: With Oklahoma winning last night their is a three-way tie in the Big 12 South between the Sooners, Texas Tech, and Texas. The BCS standings(which come out latter today) will determine who is the winner of the Big 12 South.

My vote would be for Oklahoma. They played their best game yesterday, beating their rival Oklahoma St. The Cowboys would not go away last night, so Oklahoma had to keep on scoring to put them away.

Texas also played their rival Texas A&M but they blew them out, in a game they were expected to win big. Oklahoma gets my vote because their win was more impressive. My gut feeling though Texas will get more BCS votes and will win the Big 12 South.

Going out in Style: While former Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer didn't have the year he wanted, he went out in style by beating the teams Tennessee has always beat up on. They beat Vanderbilt last week, and this week the beat up Kentucky(a team he has never lost to). Fulmer is a classy guy and we wish him luck in his future endeavors.