Transfer portal needs to be fixed. This situation with Alabama will cause change.
Bama is penalized b/c they made the playoffs and Nick Saban retired afterward. The last team to make a change gets shafted in the portal.
There's simply no players left in the portal to
Joe is a great teammate.
He waited his turn, he loves TN, he has grown, learned, and plays within himself and sometimes plays up to his immense talent.
Despite zero receiver stars, he gets better and better and make plays.
Yet some of you dislike him. I’ll never get it.
If the excitement for Danny White was real, why don't some of you
#Vols
trust the man to hire the coach? He is six for six on HC hires so far in football and basketball. Hasn't he earned that right?
Do I have wants and expectations for the next HC? Yes. But I also trust White.
I’ve covered college football since 2001. I am a Tennessee fan. I’ve never remotely come close to saying this:
I think Tennessee wins the natty this year. This is not a homer pick because I can’t believe I believe it.
But I do.
I don't understand the angst over the Music City Bowl. Just get a win. When you lose to Georgia State and BYU, you don't get the benefit of the doubt on bowls, nor pick where you want to go. Not particularly worried about it either way. I just want the optics of a W.
I cannot get enough of all this. Twitter has never erupted with awesomeness like it has the past three days.
I've wasted probably 5-6 hours just reading and watching things on Twitter and Instagram.
CFB is so much better with a savage Tennessee.
I love Tony Vitello.
But the freaking Stamos Plan has been stupid and momentum-sucking for a while now.
It’s just dumb.
There, I said it. Attack it. I don’t care.
BREAKING: According to my sources, Greg Sankey "fell asleep" Saturday afternoon during the Tennessee-Alabama game, and after Saban turned in video of the end of the game, the
@SEC
office will overturn the outcome and award Alabama with the win. Gonna be a tough pill to swallow.
You know, honestly, I'm good with it.
Unpopular I know.
We know why Bran was important and so did he. Dany gets hers. Jon is a wildling. North is free. Sansa, queen. Arya a free spirit. Tyrion, Hand. Sam, Maester. Drogon couldn't bring himself to kill Jon. Ghost petted. I'm ok
I will say this about Pruitt and staff: if they're getting this effort and development out of this bunch, you're crazy if you're not excited about the future.
It's ok to be hopeful about the future &frustrated about the present, guys. They are mutually exclusive with indicators.
In a day and age where college football players opt out of postseason all the time, punishing a team for an injury is a disgrace.
The College Football Playoff committee is a farce.
No matter how many excuses the national media gives Alabama, Tennessee won that game. So many times, games have been taken away from Tennessee solely on calls [three times last year]. Vols went down and took that game last week.
Keep those tears flowing.
Good night, Twitter. What an awful, unforgettable day. It all can be taken from you in a second. Jesus Christ is the only way to get to heaven, and I pray you all accept Him. If you pray, pray for my boy. He is not a Christian yet. Hopefully he will acknowledge his need...
Vols fans, we need to all take a moment and appreciate how good it feels to be where we are this quickly.
Too often recently I've whined, "Team X is in year 2 and playing like this. Why can't we with all our resources?"
Well we are. Way ahead of schedule. Enjoy it. Win or lose
If Heupel is so loyal he won’t fire any defensive staff, he will never survive here. This is truly awful for the second week in a row.
Zero adjustments. Zero resistance. QBs are completing passes on air.
That Rick Barnes interaction with his players on this Inside the SEC...WHEW....
Is it dusty in here? Is this allergies?
Pretty special stuff. Man, the Deacon deserves a 'ship. I sure hope he gets one. That is special the kind of relationship those guys have.
Stetson Bennett was not a first- or second-team All-SEC QB.
But he's a Heisman finalist.
A nation laughs. But it's just a shame that Hendon Hooker didn't get invited. Great player, great kid, very deserving
I really want Ty Simpson to commit to Tennessee today. But no matter what he does, everyone needs to remember he is a good kid and a good player from a phenomenal family who has handled every single step of this process with class at every turn.
Y'all may think I am kidding but I honest to God want a street on campus named Admiral-Williams Avenue. Tell me we should not get this started...
#Vols
So, A.J. Johnson's career was ruined because of garbage. Rape is a reprehensible, inexcusable offense that deserves supreme punishment. If guilty, put them in a hole UNDER the prison.
Lying about it deserves the same. Lives are ruined.
Vikings are fun to watch because of Dobbs. But Ty Chandler is a VFL who made a bunch of plays for us, too, and he is helping with the transformation of that offense.
Adrian Peterson is from the South. Belt whippings were commonplace for our era. My daddy routinely wore me out with a belt, and I am thankful for it every single day.
The world is full of pusses.
You may say we almost tanked it. Whatever. This is March Madness. This team found ways, and Lamonte and Grant put this team on their shoulders and carried them over all that Iowa momentum to a win. That isn't easy to do.
Don't see collapse. See the resounding response.
#Vols
The Lord calls everyone at some point in their lives. Tonight, he spoke to my boy's heart. And he responded!
We are so thankful and blessed. A million prayers from a hundred people answered by a great God. Please pray for my son and my brother in Christ.
Jay Hardy is the most classless recruit in a long time. Thank God he is going to Auburn. Good riddance. No reason to lie about signing and act like he is open to other schools, opening anybody who recruits him up for a secondary violation.
Seeing all the tweets on President Trump and Chrissy Tiegen is proof this world is vile, disgusting place full of Godless people.
For those of us who pray, pray for one another. This is not how Christ meant for it to be. Regardless of political party, be a human.
I’m gonna make this about me for ONE TWEET.
When I was at UT everyone wanted to cover football. I wanted baseball. I covered them 2000-02. Got to write about Chris Burke, Wyatt Allen, Jeff Christensen. I’ve hung on every year ever since. Me and
@wesrucker247
.
This is surreal.
My WORD I love Vitello, telling it like it is about doing the scouting reports on this regional and it making him more and more angry.
But the
@Vol_Baseball
team just went out and took care of business.
Please never leave. Be our legend, Tony.
So I’m hung up in traffic in tiny Cowan, Tennessee in the shadow of Monteagle Mountain for the past 40 minutes.
Frustrated I roll the window down and ask, “What the heck is going on here?”
“A parade to honor our favorite son,” the guy says.
“Ok” I answered “Who’s that?…”….
This program's -- hell, this UNIVERSITY'S -- biggest ambassador coming back this weekend to be the guest picker and give clout to UT, for the biggest game and biggest recruiting weekend in recent memory, and our imbecile fans are talking about some nonexistent curse.
“Oh, Jauan Jennings. Do you know him? He just played in the Super Bowl and he played for the Vols. He played elementary and middle school ball down here.”
Uhhhh yeah I’ve heard of him. And I’m no longer pissed. He deserves all this. Wow I had no idea!
This is what I've wanted to see all year. I can deal with losing. We've been doing it for a decade. I cannot deal with quitting and ignorance. I'm seeing steps forward tonight
Here is the deal — I have zero hatred for Ollie Lane and Dayne Davis. They can’t help that they aren’t SEC players.
The University of Tennessee has no business being in a position to ever have to start them. They love the Vols. Don’t dislike the kids.
Just recruit better.
I'm not going to tweet at James Guarantano. But it should be considered a privilege to play for Tennessee. If the players revolt, you just replace the players.
I want these kids to be a part of the turnaround but a 4-8 team isn't irreplaceable so I'd watch with the threats. JMO
I have dear friends and a beautiful wife who are Bama fans. Some of the people I love most in this world
I would lay down my life for some of them
Still, this is football. I want them to experience joy in life. But not in football
In football I want them to cry. And quit.
I haven’t had several popular tweets today, but I don’t care. I like Heupel a lot, but this hasn’t been his best coaching job all year.
Questionable hires. No adjustments. Poor on road. Sticking w/ Joe. Won’t play Fr. WR depth. RB rotation odd at best. Clock mgmt. Penalties.
I LOVE the Braves so much, and I'm tweeting through this pain, but...
If the Braves have to be sacrificed to the sports gods for a Vols win tomorrow, I'll allow it
I am so excited about Jimmy Holiday. Tennessee needs a QB package for him right away, and he needs to play in the slot, get jet sweeps and be a change up, wrinkle option as a freshman. If Chaney can figure out how to use him, what a weapon. He is special, I think.
As everybody knows, I'm not a Bama fan. But if you aren't a Tua fan, you don't appreciate great kids who are great players. This is crushing, devastating for CFB in general. He should not have been in the football game. Everybody send up a prayer his career isn't over.
You have guys like JT Daniels getting immediate eligibility, yet Mays comes home and is denied. At this point, if you don't see some kind of NCAA conspiracy, I can't help you. Simply unbelievable.
I don't understand the weeping and gnashing of teeth yet over Heupel. Let him hire a staff. Let him coach a game.
Heck, LET HIM EVEN BE HIRED FIRST.
We are an entitled bunch. Just give it a chance. Let's not be part of the problem. We have plenty of time to gripe if he sucks.
If you can describe what we just saw from Dalton Knecht, you’re better at words than I.
This was a top-five defensive team that threw literally everything they had at him.
Yet he scored 39, hit deep 3s, turned clear-outs into uncontested dunks and just put on an absolute show
Just because I am so stoked to be headed to Knocksville tomorrow...
RT if you APPRECIATE the legendary work Chase Dollander did today!!
GO FREAKING VOLS!!!!!
Johnny Majors saved Tennessee's football program. Everything we think is worth saving today would not have been possible without him.
We should all be indebted. Him and Pat Dye in the same week....man...
Truth: None of us is happy about the sloppiness.
Also truth: Had it not been for a dropped pass and a fumbled PR, it’s likely 35-3 at halftime and Joe would have near 200 passing yards.
So while Joe needs to calm down, so should we.
That’s the third truth.
Woke up thinking...
Thank you Jarrett Guarantano.
Thank you Daniel Bituli.
Thank you Marquez Callaway.
Thank you Nigel Warrior.
Thank you Jauan Jennings.
Go dang Vols!
Zalance Heard and Jaxson Moi.
Two much-needed pieces in the trenches. Two guys with NFL potential — especially Heard who has elite ability.
What a morning for Heup. The week is only gonna get better.