Tennessee will kick off the 2016 football season against Appalachian State on Sept. 1st, a Thursday.
The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 3rd but was moved up two days to accommodate television. It will now kick off at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on the SEC Network.
It also gives Tennessee two extra days to prepare for Virginia Tech at the Battle at Bristol to be held on September 10th. Conversely, it seems as if the change would have to alter their August camp schedule a little. Coach Butch Jones says he was supportive of the change because this "...will also assist us with logistical considerations connected with the Battle at Bristol the following weekend which involves several of our staff who are assisting with that event."
http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/jones-talks-vols-season-opener-da...
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Do they really need any more advantages? This does feel just a little bit like a move to ensure Tenn wins the game.
It's a big stage, and they want every possible advantage.
Still, it's a bit of a cheesy move.
What other unfair advantages do they have?
He didn't say "unfair advantages". He just said "advantages".
I'd say their recruiting is a pretty big advantage.
I just meant in terms of this game in particular. Plenty of other schools have recruiting advantages over us.
This won't mean anything. Couple days this early in the season don't matter, considering we play Liberty first. I doubt we show much offensively in it.
Two can play at this game. We should also make Liberty a Thursday night game. This coming Thursday night.
Why wait until Thursday?
Prepare for what? New coaches, new systems, and they will sit on their hands till Saturday to see what we got. On top of that I bet Fuentes and Co. won't even show their full hand against Liberty. I know this is lining up to Tennessee having an advantage, but I think this works in our favor to scheme earlier against their offense. My 2 cents.
I don't think either team is going to show their full hand, but you're right, Fuente and VT is a completely new offense.
I like that they're respectful enough to think they need every possible advantage, though.
I also think it's less about specific preparation for Fuente's offense (which is still a mystery) but more generally about being well-rested because they anticipate us to be running a faster, spread offense. They want their players to be able to recover from the opener, which itself shouldn't be too intense, but any time you can get an extra 2 days of rest, taking it is smart.
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Here's to hoping they need a full 4 quarters to put Appy State away.
4 quarters, a couple OT's and a big ole "1" in the L-column would be my favorite outcome for Tenn.
I believe it is probably to our advantage they win every game except ours. SOS will get after ya....
Not really actually haha, imagine if we lose to the team that got beat by App State? Or it means that a win against Tenn doesn't really mean anything going forward.
drink?
I hope that Coach Fuente holds the cards so close that when we show up to BSW, he throws everything and the kitchen sink at the Vols in the 1st half, that they get into such a big hole they never come back.
I also think that this has the makings of a trap game for Tennessee... Season opener, quasi-local rival (Boone to Knoxville isn't that far), and a team that went 11-2 last season. Appy State has a history of taking on the biggest names that will bring them (Clemson last year, and they're also playing Miami 'Canes this year, and added Georgia down the road as well). I have no doubt UT and Butch will have visions of Bristol in their head, but any minimizing Appy State is a huge mistake. Just ask Michigan how that works out. I know I'll be rooting for the Mountaineers to give 'em their money's worth.
I would love to see Tenn leave Bristol 0-2.
As much as I hate UT and would love to see that as well, I would much rather see UT leave 1-1 and do well the rest of the year because it helps us.
You'll have a different attitude after the game. Trust me. I went to the CFA Bowl in 2009 and came back with almost as much vitriol for the Vols as I have for UVA.
I say that ONLY because it would help VT. Though, you may be right. I lived in Knoxville for a year. So, the Vol hate is already pretty strong. My hate for Rocky Top is even stronger though. My wife taught high school in east TN for a while and hearing Rocky Top played at every game from both teams gets old FAST.
I forgot you lived down there! Sorry.
What high school did she teach at? I went to Tennessee High in Bristol and Rocky Top was our unofficial fight song, and I know it was Johnson County's official fight song. There were countless others that had it in their repertoire as well.
No worries.
Jeff County.
I got banned from Carson Newman's campus as a high schooler. That was a fun weekend.
Lol. You'll have to share that story sometime. The Mrs. went to CN. She's not exactly a typical CN alum, i.e. she's known to raise a little hell from time to time and cusses lIke a sailor. She did her student teaching at Jeff Co. and they offered her a job after graduation.
Unfortunately, Armanti Edwards isn't walking through that door. And remember, this is the same App St our offensively inept program hung 66 on right after he graduated.... sooooo yeah
Hey now, our 2011 team ranked 37th in Total Offense in FBS :)
To be fair, I wouldn't say it's the same App State as the one we played in 2011 ... they changed Head Coaches in 2013 and they moved up to FBS in 2014. That said, yes, they will definitely be heavy underdogs and I agree the game should not be particularly close unless UT is looking ahead.
Not that I think App is going to beat UT or anything, but they've come a long way since 2011. That was a bad, bad team, even by Div II standards.
I have two kids at school in Boone, and went to a few games last year. They're solid. Sun Belt Solid, anyway. Last year they became the first Div I program to make a bowl game in their first year of eligibility. They probably would've have gone to a bowl last year, had it been legal.
New coach came in a couple of years ago and installed a solid offense, and a scrappy defense.
As an ASU alum, I was extremely pissed when I found out that they had moved it to a Thursday night. A lot of Moutaineers (the good kind) we planning on making the treck to Neyland. I had already made plans with a lot of college friends to make a weekend of it. Now we all had to cancel. It's a crappy situation. I'll be @ Bristol, tho!
There is no advantage to Tennessee . VT should play Liberty using Scot Loffler's old offensive scheme , but unleash Fuente's new offense at the Battle at Bristol.
How about an nTelos text-to-vote on the jumbotron each play?
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lol it is what it is, you play the hand your dealt.... if it would have happened to us, everybody would be ecstatic about the extra days of rest/prep and not saying anything about how they want us to win or give us more advantages.
Yep. Plus it makes it that much sweeter when we get the W.
Trust me, no one (fans) are really excited about the move to Thursday. I would say at least 85% of the fans would rather have a Saturday game. It limits the amount of people that can go to the game, and it has all the feel of our gimmick happy AD and coach. Tennessee isn't supposed to do Thursday games, were better than those.
UT at 0-2 is sounding sweeter and sweeter
How odd that Tennessee fans are opposed to Thursday night games and VT fans are crazy for them.
We are completely opposite of you guys on that front. We haven't had a home Thursday night game since 1938 and haven't played in one since 96. It's not something we do, we're a Saturday (different days are ok if it's a huge game) school.
When will the Tenn fan base realize it's no longer the 1990's?
It doesn't matter if we aren't the powerhouse we were back then, we still have the history of Tennessee to back us up. We'll probably never see another 90s type decade, very few schools do, but we'll also probably never see another decade like the last 10 years. We're one of the most history rich and historically dominate teams ever. We are above Thursday games. This year is the year that ends the past 10 for good. (Solid year last year, but only in comparison to the previous years)
I think I'm sensing that "entitlement" word again...
Sooo...Tennessee football in gif form...let's see...
Does that pretty much capture it?
Tenn is outside the top 10 in total wins and outside top 20 in winning percentage.
"Historically dominate," assuming you meant historically dominant, cool story bro. UT has played 22 more games than VT, has a winning percentage of .680, and thats good enough for 12th overall. VT has played 1222 games, started playing ONE year later than UT (VT- 1892, UT- 1891), and has a winning percentage of .606, which is good enough for 23rd overall. None of that distances your team from ours, respectfully, so we aren't likely to accept it as somehow "above" thursday" games.
Championships? Yeah sure, you win there. CLAIM 6 national championships, 16 conference championships. VT has 10 conference championships. Did anyone mention we were started as a land-grant MILITARY institution? Compulsory Corps participation was dropped in the 60s. More with less, in less time IMO. How was UTs last decade? Ours? I hope its a good game, and wish your team good luck man. -I almost went to UT, but am absurdly glad I didn't, the fans are as high and mighty as UVA fans, maybe we can make this game an annual rivalry and have simultaneous Decades of Dominance?
Same arrogance minus the Zuma :)
minus the Zima!
Oh boy. I can see where this is going to go from here. I agree that Tennessee's history is indeed impressive and I would place them just outside of blue blood status IMO. That's reserved for teams such as Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Alabama, and Nebraska. I just hope both teams show up and play a good game. After watching the NBA playoffs so far this year, I'm ready to watch some actual competition.
That's all I'm saying, were fringe blue blood. In the 90s you could probably count us in that group, the past 15 or so years have pushed us on the edge. We're still, as a whole, a pretty dominant football team in the toughest conference, and still have national recognition. Techs had a heck of a run under Beamer, would Tennessee have done as well, even the past few years in the ACC? Maybe, or most likely with slightly fewer wins (we've had some pretty bad teams). But as they say, you can't always help what conference you're in. Still one of 2 teams to never win less than 5 games in a season, and despite a decade of 6-7 win seasons still 12th in wins when we were top 10 going into our slide.
I don't think anyone would argue that against Tennessee. They have absolutely been a great program for basically a century(take away the last decade). In Division 1, Tennessee is the 9th winningest football program of all time. That doesn't just happen. It takes years and years of success. Heck, we are sitting pretty at 15th in Division 1 and I'm damn proud of that. None of that is possible without Frank Beamer and the work he put it in over the years. It's a testament to both teams that they are as on high that list as they are. I'm just hoping for a great game by our Hokies and a win would be pretty awesome too.
MoD, Old cheese is blue and moldy like fringe Tennessee faded glory. Are you the guy that says Tennessee and Mississippi give recruits casino chips?
Yea, Mississippi gives players chips. Tennessee pays players, just in other ways. Everyone does it. You're kidding yourself if you don't think that.
Not everyone.
You'd think for the fact that they pay recruits/players, that Tennessee would have gotten some that had gotten some results the last decade and a half.
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Kiffin paid guys like crazy. Problem was he paid guys that left or were kicked off the team. Out of his original class, something like 3-4 made it 4 years. Dooley just flat out recruited terrible players. In 3 years as coach, he never once went to a HS football game to see someone play in person. That's how bad he was.
I never understood how bad Dooley was. How in god's name was he ever employed as a head coach?
See also, "London, Mike"
He was insanely bad. Like Insaid, never went to a HS football game as coach. After the Florida game in 2010 he complained because their bench was longer than ours and had the managers go cut the extra length off. When they were building the new complex he made them move a closet 3 times because he didn't like where it was. He would also continually check for mold in the walls of the brand new facility. He loved everything about being a HC, except the actual coaching part.
You know MoD, Dooley actually was/is a lawyer and I figured Tennessee must have just hired him to keep their players out of jail or from being kicked out of school. No way it was because he was a competent Power 5 coach. No one is perfect though, Butch Jones has his players enrolled in training to teach them good sleep strategies and has actual sleep studies. That's one class I could ace and would volunteer for extra credit. One thing about college, I could sure sleep without any problem at all...
Dooley was a product of maybe the worst AD we've ever had. And if he was hired to keep players out of trouble, he did a terrible job, his players were the ones that were always in trouble. Since his players left I think we've had 6 arrests (and all but 4 never charged) over the past few years, which is 3rd best in the SEC. Butch does some goofy stuff, at least the sleep stuff kind of makes sense, at least until he wins 5 games again, then it's the dumbest thing ever.
tennensee players getting arrested without getting charged just means the cops didn't get the memo that they were football players in time and the prosecutor had to sweep it under the rug instead.
Actually it's quite the opposite in Knoxville. It used to be like that, we were on Bamas level of cover ups, but now the police hate our football team. Everything they do is under a microscope. If there is a chance for them to be charged they'll be charged.
Except for that whole calling the coach to give players a heads up they are going to be interviewed.
Your flaw in that is that those players were charged and are still waiting trial, they are the 2 that have been charged. You're also assuming that the polic did more than call thexoachto tell them their players had been arrested. I'm not sure if you're new to the world of CFB, but every coach gets calls from the police when their players is in trouble, no matter how serious. There's a lot that happens that never even reaches the light of day because it's squashed. Beamer did it too, and I'm sure Fuente will/has.
Well I'm not new to college football or TN fans. You come to a VT board jawing about how great TN has been and other people have posted facts that you are dislusonal TN fan like I deal with daily. You post about the arrest , what about Jones phone calls? TN will delay and cove up as long as possible than settle out court to cover for Jones. All will be great at TN if you can win the sec east, which is very weak. If you win the east TN fans will blow about TN being the best program ever. VT fans are in for a big surprise when they start talking to vol fans, just remember TN is God's gift to football.
MoD, are you glad Steve Spurrier retired? He was not too fond of Tennessee even though he is from Johnson City. I think he still has a brother that lives there. I thought it was a little unusual he just quit like he did. I thought that was a little out of character for him.
As much as he beat us, I love Steve. He was great for the game and a heck of a coach. One of the best trash talkers and characters there was. No one could give a backhanded compliment better. I could see him on a staff somewhere down the line as a consultant, maybe even in High School. Really hope that's the case, he's too good to be away from the game. I think he was getting some pressure at USC that he didn't like and just got tired of it.
Example: Hot doggin' on a jet ski.....that's a paddlin'.
Throwing bottles off your balcony...oh you better believe that's a paddlin.
Not sure how much TN has paid recruits the last 12-15 years , wow what a waste of money. LOL
MoD, yesterday in TheClarion-Ledger, Old Miss coach Hugh Freeze despite admitting to 4 level I NCAA violations, 2 level II, and 3 level three violations says there is a difference between making mistakes and cheating. He said their "...staff is not out trying to buy players." Three of the four Level I violations that allegedly occurred under Freeze involve former left tackle Laremy Tunsil or someone from Tunsil's family: Tunsil used three loaner cars over a six-month period; his stepfather, Lindsey Miller, received $800 from a booster; and Tunsil's family received 12 nights' worth of lodging at area hotels valued at $2,253. Freeze went on to explain "To me, there is a difference in making a mistake and a willful attempt to circumvent rules to try and gain an advantage." Freeze told reporters "In my opinion, they(his staff) haven't done anything that rises to that level that I should walk in and terminate,I love my guys, I believe in them strongly." Athletic director Ross Bjork said Tuesday afternoon on the Paul Finebaum Show that he was "100 percent" supportive of Freeze as the head coach. Does this sound like a program that in any way respects the rules or even remotely fears NCAA sanctions after being caught red handed?
I have no idea what the NCAA will do, but they probably should be scared. Ole Miss isn't a traditional powerhouse, so they will most likely get a fairly harsh punishment. Despite everything they did, their biggest mistake was beating Bama. Bama is the NCAAs baby right now, it changes from year to year/decade to decade who the ultimate favorite is, but Bama is usually up there. If they never beat Bama, they probably would have never been caught.
MoD, Jesse Ventura may come looking for you to be on Conspiracy Theories with your material. Then there's some of those unsolved mysteries in Bristol. Mysterious interstate shootings and then some regular Peyton Place stuff. Remember Sheriff Honaker that had $250K in his desk drawer and stole millions$ from Fed gov't housikng Fed prisoners and their is BVU. Bristol VA residents are on the hook for millions$ in extra taxes for a pile of rocks called the Falls. Lots of material in Bristol, somebody needs to call Jesse. Did you ever see the episode of Criminal Minds based in Bristol?
I'm honestly not sure what to make of that comment. USC plays Thursday night games all the time. Do Tennessee fans think they're above USC?
Yes, for both USCs, they both play thrusdays at least once a year. Carolina is a 2nd rate SEC school that's a tier above Kentucky. The one in California can do what they want because people out west don't really take college football near as serious as teams east of the Rockies.
If USCe is a 2nd tier SEC team and has been to the SEC championship game more recently than Tenn. what does that say about how bad Tenn is?
I just think it's funny how UT fans are absolutely certain this is going to be their year. Yes, they had their best season in a while last year and a good bowl win. But I usually think before you get back into the national title conversation you should, you know, maybe at least win your division/conference title/get into a NY6 bowl game. Tennessee hasn't even won the SEC East since 2007. Maybe they are a national title contender this season, but I would focus on getting back into the SEC title picture before declaring you're the class of the SEC and going to the playoffs. It just seems like awfully big talk with little to show for it in recent history, IMO. Recruiting rankings don't win championships for you.
Based on two of their national titles, Tennessee just needs to get to the playoffs to claim the championship. Losing the bowl game in those years never mattered.
Here's what I found:
1938 11-0 Won Orange
1940 10-1 Lost Sugar
1950 11-1 Won Cotton
1951 10-1 Lost Sugar
1967 9-2 Lost Orange
1998 13-0 Won Fiesta
Total national championships claimed 6
Of the 6 titles claimed, 4 were of the leather helmet variety, and three were in years with season ending bowl defeats.
6 national titles???
so...does that mean we get to claim 1999 as a championship season?
Only if you are willing to admit you have a UTenn degree.
South Carolina had a good 4-5 year run, outside of that they are irrelevant.
Missouri played a Thursday night game last season. Surely they aren't a 2nd rate SEC school though, since they're 3-1 against UT and have won the SEC East 2 out of their 4 seasons in the conference.
Absolutely they are. We don't even consider them an SEC school. When will you all learn that a couple of years doesn't create a legacy? "The Vols have had a few bad years, boy they must be the worst team in history."
"The only years that matter are the ones where my team was good."
MOD - No not the worst team but not close to being a top 10 program like TN fans think. You play in the sec east, which is very weak . You have done nothing for years. Maybe if you ever beat Florida you will have a chance to win the east. If you go 0-12 you always think you are better than anyone you play. What you did 15 years ago matters to no one but TN fans who think the almighty Vols are God's gift to football. I've been to the TN board to just talk about the game, all you get is TN is God and VT has done nothing. TN should win the game but with Jones coaching any team has a chance. I'm think he will still be there, the cover up will last at least past the season.
Perhaps in support of your statements Hokie34 there was a fairly recent piece done by Bill Connelly from SBNation about the SEC East. He wrote that "the SEC East in 2015 was by far the worst division among the Power Five conferences. The SEC East was rated closer to both divisions in the American Athletic Conference and Mid-American Conference than it was to the SEC West." Also, the point was made that "The West has seven straight SEC championships and has won 70 percent of games against the East since 2009.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/28/9630824/sec-west-sec...
Nobody is saying Tennessee is the worst team in history, but you seem to discount other teams who have been more relevant than UT for awhile now. In the words of Bill Parcells, "you are what your record says you are", and the fact of the matter is Mizzou has a winning record head-to-head against UT, has won 2 SEC East titles more recently than UT, has won 4 conference division titles since UT's most recent, and has a better record than UT this century (i.e. a 16-year period). Yet you call them a 2nd rate school and "don't even consider them an SEC school."
Every program has its ups and downs, but Tennessee's most recent conference championship was so long ago that no current Vol player is old enough to remember it. So, if you want fans to respect Tennessee's history, I would recommend you start by respecting other programs who have accomplished more than UT in every possible measure for over a decade.
I've said plenty of times Tennessee sucked for at decade, and yea other schools have had some
Good runs in that time. But when you're looking at the status of a program as a whole then it's dumb to pick 2-3 years and say that's who they are. Everything is cyclical. Tennessee had a run in the 90s and has stunk since. Y'all had a good 10-15 year run and recently faded off. Even Bama, while it seems like they've been winning forever, was terrible for a decade until 2007. What makes a program who they are, and gives them an identity, is the body of work as a whole.
yeah, you have to weigh everything, but when talking about the current state of the program and affairs you weigh the recent past more heavily. your most recent conference championship was 18 YEARS AGO. 18 years ago i was in elementary school, i don't define myself today about what i did when i was legitimately afraid of cooties. your last division championship was 10 years ago, when i was still playing competitive soccer and was pretty good; by your logic i should be sending Jurgen Klinnsman a strongly worded email for not even considering me for the US team.
in the entire history of college football and the SEC, yes Tennessee is one of the top programs. but over the last 10-15 years that simply isn't true by any measure
Cyclical yes but check it, when Alabama is up Tennessee tends to be down or at least mediocre and vice versa. I believe much of that lies in Alabama being dominant in recruiting. Butch Jones has created a little more parity there but can it be maintained? Only time will tell and it will probably be sooner than later...
If you can't beat em,
join emclose your eyes and pretend they're not there, refusing to acknowledge their very existence as an SEC school, until they've packed their bags and left for the Georgia Dome to play in your conference championship that you haven't participated in since 2007, and once they're out of earshot, claim that you beat emAh, yes. The "Wahoo Path to Relevance". Also known as "Do you even lacrosse, bro?"
You know how I can tell you're a Hokie?
You spelled out "Lacrosse."
I literally just this second understood why it's lax. *facepalm* Clearly, I do not even lax, brah.
Um, probably no time soon...
you know its bad when it turns the heads of FLORIDA fans
Coonskin cap?
You mean 1790's.
That guy almost definitely IS a Florida fan who either lost a bet, or is trying to parody Tennessee folks.
If he lost a bet, it was more than one.
Man I know things have gone a little downhill since the 90's but don't be so tough on yourself...
we're*
MoD, Tennessee fans may want to become more opened minded about non-Saturday games since the 2016-2017 NCAA Football National Championship is being held Monday, Jan. 9th, 2017 in Tampa, FL. I saw somewhere that Tennessee has 10:1 odds of making it. That seems way too optimistic to me... but anyway. Also, what do you predict the score of the VT-TN Battle at Bristol to be?
"175-6, Vols." - MoD
No /s.
I may be mistaken here, but I believe the last time we played UT, we kicked their ass. So what is the UT guy talking about.
so if there was a trophy for this "rivalry" (a la the black diamond trophy or the commonwealth cup), what would it be? The golden shine jug? The silver lifted pick up?
Whatever it is, it would be in Blacksburg right now so until that changes, UT fans should give some respect.
A copper still
Fuck that. Tennessee whiskey is shit and we should not acknowledge it.
Tenn moonshine is legit though. Ole Smokey is DAMN good.
Good shine can't be found with a branded label in a store. Good shine comes from the trunk of your cousin's friend Randy's '92 Thunderbird parked behind the Floyd Food Lion.
Allegedly...right?
This!
Real shine has no label and is in a glass jar, Mason preferred, but Ball is acceptable. It can start engines, fires, and parties.
Carry on.
Remember when Tennessee had 6 rushing yards the last time we played? that was nice.
...and this thread has highlighted my deepest sentiments. Living 45 minutes from NE TN has galvanized what others will soon come to realize. Serenity now....
Yeah I hate Tennessee significantly more than I did when I started reading this. I could handle the Ohio State and Alabama fans thinking they were going to blow us out, since they've won football games during this millennium, but this... this is something else
As the game gets closer and you talk to more TN fans you will see they think they are God's gift to football. They talk about the sec all the time, they play in the sec east , which is not good at all. TN has done NOTHING in years but when you talk to them you think they are the best program in sports. Just be prepared for it when you talk to them.
Since the BaB was announced, I've tried, very unsuccessfully, to talk about thier teams strenghts and weaknesses. The fan-base is as delusional as pick-your NFC-East team.
Whoa whoa whoa, you had me until that last bit. Skins fans are not delusional, they are HOPEFUL.
LOL
Isn't the NFC East the division with the most Super Bowl championships of any division in football?
12 is the number i believe. They also lead in SB appearances...
I'm not going to say the NFC East is the best division in football right now, I'm just saying the jab was...unwarrented
*unwarranted (no nazism bro)
Yep. Which NFC east do you cheer for? 'Skins? Every 'Skins fan I've talked to thinks yall are gonna be 8-8 or better. You think so? Didn't address your defensive weakness (Dline), didn't address the Oline either...I'd take any wager on 'Skins being under .500 this year. You got the best corner in the game, but he can't cover forever.
To be fair, we've been saying that every year since RG3 was drafted.
But 20 years of watching them suck has kept me from being too delusional about the team.
Now, my brother-in-law, as a Cowboys fan....he's not as calm as his father when they have their bad to mediocre years.
Yes, the skins. OMG, a loyal fan of their hometown team thinks that they will break a 0.500?! What an unrealistic and delusional goal (this applies to any team)! That's called being a fan, not delusional.
I mean seriously, like what non-rival fan spends so much effort ripping on a team that won their division twice in the last 4 years? Or what's your beef with the NFC East?
Exception to the rule: you can rip on your rival team for any reason you want. Also the Cowboys are fair game to rip on for any reason
If that's the case, then does that make the Eagles the NFC East version of South Carolina?
No I don't think so, I'd say SCar's more like the Bengals, even when they're pretty good, they suck.
I live an hour from the TN line. Sometimes UVa is an afterthought compared to the constant delusional, obnoxious banter and behavior from UT fans. What a lot of Hokies on the other end of the state will realize now or on Sept 10 is that Vol fans are like this. Always. Up or down.
In a way I dread the Bristol game. There will probably be a lot of fights. I feel for anyone on the edges where VT "side" meets UT, or near the UT fans who bought VT tickets.
I'm so glad you all are getting a glimpse into what it's like to live in Bristol with the comments in this thread. There appears to be a cycle that goes like this: they say this is their year, they have a couple great opening games, they lose several heartbreaking games by a couple of scores or "bad" calls, they come to the conclusion that if they had made one play differently in each game they'd be national champions, they bring up the 1990's, the SEC, and make a couple cocky comments that are in no way justified, they ask VT fans where our trophy is, they say next year is their year, repeat the next year. Have fun on September 10th, you guys, it's more fun in person. 37-14.
Yep. Or they'll say "we won that game except for 7 minutes in the 4th quarter."
My supervisor always makes snide comments about our empty trophy case and asks how many national championships Tech has. He didn't even attend UT, but is typical of most fans around here. The closest score prediction I've heard so far is 37-34, UT. Most have us losing by 3+ TDs lol.
If we lose Bristol game, I will never hear the end of it. Ever.
I had a similar supervisor back in 2009 (well, he was technically a few steps up in the chain of command, but he liked to micromanage everything, and was actually pretty horrible to work for). I transferred out over New Year's 2009 (not because of him, but I certainly wasn't sad about it). My last day working there was the day before the CFA bowl. The only regret I have is not being able to go back to work to give him shit about losing that game.
Hey, we didn't ever have Lane Kiffin as a HC. We automatically win at everything.
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I wish it did, but it doesn't lol. This is their year (again).
Let MoD and all the other Vols keep talking. I seem to remember another big game in hostile territory no one gave us a chance at winning against a team that had ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING IN RECENT YEARS, and we all know how that turned out. Keep talking and make sure you let the coaches and players know VT doesn't belong on the same field too. We'll show up and chuck that underdog chip off our shoulder and right on your chin. Damn, I'm ready for fall!!!
This sums up my sentiments perfectly.
Corey Moore isn't going to stoop to Tennessee's level and CRY.
Great video, but I'm partial to the clip from GameDay where he calls Tennessee a bunch of criers.
Agreed. Just throwing a lil Corey Moore stare up for effect!!!
Ah! I'm glad I didn't try clicking to play the "video". I need a nap.
Oh my God, you just made my day. I had no idea this comment existed.
The rest of our fellow TKPers are just getting a taste of the hell we've lived.
Oh man... so even in 1999, there was talk that playing JMU might hurt VT's national title hopes.
I keep wondering what all of this "Tennessee in the 90's" crap is about.
It is almost turning into a revisionist history type thing with this thread. Nebraska was undoubtedly the "team of the 90's", with 3 undefeated seasons, 3 national championships, 2 one loss seasons, and two bowl game victories over...hmmm...you guessed it...Tennessee.
WTH? "Tennessee glory days of the 90's"?
The delusional UT fans seem to think the '90's was a high water mark for them (Ask MoD). Personally, I don't so any remarks I make about it are purely in jest. No solid VT fan wants to revise that history!
MoD: "We'll probably never see another 90s type decade, very few schools do"
Sorry...this is what actually caused my response. Looking at what Tennessee did in the 90's, and stating very few schools have had a decade like that...well...it just isn't true. Especially in light of the fact that a team in that exact decade was truly dominant, including dominance over Tennessee.
That's borderline LOLUVA delusion to me.
To be fair, just looking at the numbers, they won at least 9 games in every year in the 90's except one. They won 8 that year. There was no conference championship, so there wasn't an extra game to get an extra win either. (Not that they would have been playing in it every year...)
Looking at what the quote says..."few schools do..." means that there can be a couple included in the same breath. Well, if it happens to be a conference rival, so be it. Tennessee won the 5th most games in college football in the 90's, a list that includes Marshall that was 1-AA and playing in the playoffs at the time, with those wins included, ahead of UT.
1. Florida State: 109-13-1 .(890)
2. Nebraska: 108-16-1 (.868)
3. Marshall: 114-25-0 (.820)
4. Florida: 102-22-1 (.820)
5. Tennessee: 99-22-2 (.813)
6. Penn State: 97-26-0 (.789)
7. Michigan: 93-26-3 (.775)
8. Miami (FL): 92-27-0 (.773)
9. Texas A&M: 94-28-2 (.766)
10. Ohio State: 91-30-3 (.746)
Winning 81% is pretty solid.
Now, take the list from 2005-2014(15), which includes win in confeerence title games...
1. Boise State — 113 wins
2. Ohio State — 110 wins
3. Alabama — 107 wins
4. Oregon — 106 wins
5. LSU — 103 wins
6. Oklahoma — 101 wins
7. TCU — 100 wins
8. USC — 99 wins
9. Wisconsin — 98 wins
10. Florida State — 96 wins
10. Virginia Tech — 96 wins
Ohio State and Florida State (sans any vacant wins) are the only 2 that show up on both lists. So, to the quote, there are only a few schools that achieve a decade, including a national title ('98), like UT did in the 90's.
To add, I would say that Nebraska is the poster child for the 80's. They won 83.7% of their games, just edging out Miami at 83.1%.
no one said they were "the team" of the 90's, just that the 90's is when they had their most recent string of success. They made it two national championship games, winning one; they won three conference championships and won 9+ games in every season but one in which they won 8. That's a successful decade by most standards.
It's similar to saying VT's high point was the 2000-2010, not that they were THE team of the decade (that's probably florida or USC) but it was still a successful decade for VT football
Even the great Peyton Manning and his Vols couldn't beat those pesky Gators.
'94: UT 0 UF 31
'95: UT 37 UF 62
'96: UT 29 UF 35
'97: UT 20 UF 33
Ironically, their one national championship in the modern era ('98) came the very next year after Manning left.
The closest he got was replacing Tebow in Denver.
Definitely agree with Nebraska. Would also say FSU. Bowden and FSU played for the title 5 times from 93 to 01 (won two) and never finshed ranked outside of the top 5 during the decade. Also played in the Sugar/Fiesta/Orange/Cotton Bowls 9 times in the 90s and won 7 of those. Would definitely put the Huskers and Noles as the top 2 teams of the 90s. Tennessee won one title in the 90s and was mostly famous for not being able to get past Florida during that time.
Their color will now be known as "Puke inside of a pumpkin orange."
And Neyland Stadium will be called The Garbage Collector's Convention.
Anyone else remember a radio station in Bristol making this back in the mid-2000's?
I'm pretty sure that was WXBQ during the 1999 run. I wish they hadn't made that. It's really cheesy.
Oh, okay. I remember first hearing it around 2005 or 2006, but that makes better sense. Cheesy, yet pleasing to the ears! We had fun playing it in Atlanta in 2009!
This is the first time I have heard it but I liked it. I wish we could adapt it to the present year and the Bristol game.
Fuggin' UT home game with the Kenny concert being announced.
He went to ETSU, so it is a given. The Band Perry is playing, too, and they're from Greenville, which also makes sense. Not the most exciting, but I said that about Brad Paisley, and I had a great time at that haha
Sure it's a home game for TN, the sponsor is pilot, the owner is a huge TN giver. VT fans better be ready for a huge TN weekend , not to mention the rude classless TN fan base. If you think you hate WV fans you've seen nothing until you deal with these people.
Yeah, you guys that don't live in NETN or SWVA have no idea what you're signing up for. Oh, Kenny... tsk, tsk.
I wish I hadn't seen that again lol. But the few of us living in SWVa and East TN will be blue in the face at this rate until Sept 10.
You can't unsee what has been seen....
BTW...do you live in Wise?
Born in Wise. Still live in the county now.
At least the VTs are on the right leg.
Yea my Father-in-law lives in Knoxville and is friends with the guy. When he heard my FIL was a tech alumnus he just casually said "oh do you want to go to the Battle of Bristol?" When my FIL said yes he just said, "oh ok, well I'll get some tickets for you and your son." Oh and evidently the tickets are in the lower level on the 40.
so he'll just need binoculars, not a telescope.
To be fair, a lot of Vol fans hate Kenny Chesney. He's the Drake of country music, loves whatever team is popular at the moment. Sings about being proud to be from Tennessee, yet hasn't had a concert in the state in 13 years.
I thought he abandoned Tennessee for Florida like 10 years ago. But I want to say I saw him in Gamecock or Bama gear at one point.
Sounds like your typical SEC fan
Battle at Bristol kickoff set for 8 PM
On ABC, day after you posted this Joe started a new thread on the game time and network