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college football
13-Year-Old Commits To Lane Kiffin, Kind Of
The 13-year-old boy has enough to worry about. Committing to a college is not usually one of those preoccupations, unless you're really, really good — or the brother of an All-American who plays for Lane Kiffin. Or both! More »
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By Ben CohenComment by Chris Hanson's Axe: Its weird to read quotes from a 13-year-old and realize they're not going to sound any different from any of... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Media Meltdowns
ESPN Now Enabling Lane Kiffin's Recruiting Violations
Stop me if you heard this one before: Lane Kiffin may have committed yet another recruiting violation. I know the man can't roll out of bed without doing something wrong, but does ESPN really need to be his facilitator?
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Comment by NotMyFirstRo-Day-O: I wouldn't say anything like that. First of all, if you look at, I don't think that anybody pumps gas... 7 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Football, The Layla Kiffin Way
Tennessee is hosting a football clinic designed and held exclusively for women, starring special guest speaker....Layla Kiffin. Dudes already contemplating discrimination lawsuits, cross-dressing options. [Clay Travis]
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Comment by Arsenio Billingham: I see she's wearing the pearl necklace I got her. 4 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Lane Kiffin Will Use Any Technology To Get Himself In Trouble
Tennessee has reported itself to the NCAA again, this time after Lane Kiffin mentioned a football recruit by name on his Twitter. In other news, Lane Kiffin has a Twitter account! More »
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Comment by BruschisBrewsky: Matt Leinart?...(The guy hasn't even updated since the Super Bowl.) Well how many times does he need to twit: Got dis... 1 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Should Lane Kiffin Be Recruiting Convicted Rapists?
So far, Lane Kiffin's numerous recruiting shenanigans have been adorably goofy and pointless, but his latest controversy is so serious and meaningful and worthy of mindful debate that I kind of prefer the other kind. More »
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Comment by Barry Lutz: The disturbing details of what happened are here: [web.knoxnews.com] 11 Responses | Other threads
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college basketball
Sorry Ladies: Bruce Pearl Is Off The Market!
Hearts are a-breakin' all across the Smokies today as Bruce Pearl has announced that he's affianced to lady friend Brandy Miller. Do they sell creamsicle-colored tuxedo shirts? [Knoxville News Sentinel]
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Comment by Weed Against Speed: I bet Ken Macha thinks Bruce Pearl's suit is way too loud. 7 Responses | Other threads
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college basketball
Yep. That's Bruce Pearl Rapping With No Shirt On
Apparently, the coaches at the University of Tennessee are involved in some sort of wager to determine which one will be elected Mayor of Crazy Town. Check and mate, Bruce Pearl. More »
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Comment by Father of 2 Future First Rounders: "The goggles do nothing!" 2 Responses | Other threads
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march madness
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (8) Oklahoma State Vs. (9) Tennessee
Your live blogger for this game will be David Chalk, the consummate Devil Rays blogger at Bugs & Cranks.
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college football
Lane Kiffin Would Like You To Know That Lane Kiffin Is Not Crazy
Lane Kiffin gave a rather lengthy interview with CBS Sports, where he attempted to make it perfectly clear that all that crazy behavior he's been engaged in lately is just part of his master plan. More »
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ncaa tournament previews
NCAA First Round: (8) Oklahoma State vs. (9) Tennessee
East Region: No. 8 Oklahoma State (22-11) vs. No. 9 Tennessee (21-12)
When: Friday, 12:25 p.m., EDT
Where: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
1) Bet the over In his first year at Oklahoma State, coach Travis Ford has installed a more up-tempo style of play than the Sutton years of old. This has resulted in the Cowboys averaging 81.1 points per game, tied with Mizzou for tops in the Big 12. The Pokes also finished fourth in the country in made 3-point field goals (308). This style of play was made necessary by the personnel available to coach Ford. The Cowboys start a four guard line up. The lone starting forward, Marshall Moses, stands at a towering 6'5'', and two of the starting guards, Byron Eaton and Keiton Paige, are under 6 foot. This frantic style of play has led to some exciting finishes. This team can erase large deficits if they get hot from 3-point range, or lose large leads if they go cold. More »
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college basketball
Mississippi State Just Broke Someone's Heart
The 23-12 Bulldogs win the SEC Tournament, likely knocking an at large team out of the tourney. Only one game left and both teams are already in. So now we wait. [Yahoo]
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Comment by Protege_of_Joey_Knish: Local knowledge: Apparently Mississippi State felt the tournament needed more cowbell. 4 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Lane Kiffin Denies Gas Pumping Comment
Lane Kiffin says a lot of crazy things, but he would never say that living in South Carolina is a one-way ticket to death by gasoline fumes. That's just not his style. More »
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Comment by Pornstars-for-Wilbon: That comment was just Kiffin's way of getting back at Steve Spurrier for telling recruits that the hillbillies in "Deliverance"... 3 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Play Football For Lane Kiffin Or Suffer The Minimum Wage Consequences
Tennessee's spring football practices begin today, but it's really hard to imagine how Lane Kiffin's tenure as head coach could get any more entertaining than it's been so far. (Fingers crossed!) More »
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Comment by ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Screw Lane Kiffin. The Cocks may hang 50 on the Vols this year. I do wonder if C'Lay has started... 4 Responses | Other threads
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college basketball
Anthony Brock Makes His Grandma Proud
Alabama point guard Anthony Brock almost didn't play against Tennessee on Sunday, because on Saturday he was at his grandmother's funeral. Naturally, he had to be the hero and win it at the buzzer. More »
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Comment by Weed Against Speed: ...then drove down the court and threw up a 25-footer at the horn to crush Tennessee. Just a real fantastic choice... 4 Responses | Other threads
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lane kiffin
Lane Kiffin May Be Allergic To The Truth
Lane Kiffin came to Tennessee to clean house and he's doing just that; bragging about how he's firing people left and right. Except he doesn't even really have the power to fire anybody. More »
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Comment by Roto_Tudor: You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at pants parties you want... 7 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Lane Kiffin Wears Out His Welcome With Paul Finebaum
Lane Kiffin has only been on the job about three months, but columnist Paul Finebaum has seen enough. He thinks Tennessee should cut its losses and fire Kiffin immediately, before he destroys America. More »
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Comment by When_life_gives_you_Clemens...: I agree with everything you say, Paul, except that whereas you find his actions disgraceful and abhorrent, the rest of... 3 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Lane Kiffin Finds More Hilarious Ways To Get Into Trouble
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Lane Kiffin: Crazy Genius or Just Crazy?
Not to get all SEC on you this early in the year, but it looks like Lane Kiffin—if nothing else—is looking to make things interesting down South next fall. More »
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Comment by Ben Dover: Gregg Doyel of CBSSportsline took Kiffin to the woodshed today- very good read: [www.cbssports.com] 2 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Lane Kiffin: Urban Meyer Cheats (And Not Very Well) (Update)
If Lane Kiffin wants to revive Tennessee's rivalry with Florida, stealing two committed players on Signing Day and then publicly accusing the Gators of a recruiting violation is a good way to start. More »
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Comment by Kid Canada: Lane Kiffin took him to another place, took him to another land, made him forget all that hurt him, let... 5 Responses | Other threads
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college football
Layla Kiffin Is A Mommy Again
Tennessee's first football family added a new baby boy last night. His name is Monte Knox Kiffin, which will not leave any emotional scars when his dad inevitably gets run out of town. [AP] -
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It's Going To Be A Cold Winter In Knoxville
The effects of the recession are being felt everywhere, even at universities with big-time football programs. In Monday's online edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel, it was reported that new Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin will make $2 million next season. Then, in the local news section the following day, well, just take a look at the accompanying graphic. Hey, the money has to come from somewhere. More »
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Comment by Doyle McPoyle: Just waiting for the day when an SEC school decides to drop academics altogether. 5 Responses | Other threads
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lane kiffin
Lane Kiffin Hiring: A Volunteer Fan's Perspective
In a move that proves he has gigantic balls of steel, UT athletic director Mike Hamilton has replaced a national championship winning coach with an all-time record of 152-52 who graduated from and played for his university with a 33 year old who went 5-15 in 1.25 seasons as the coach of the Oakland Raiders. Wow. Yep, the SEC has gone mercenary and Kiffin is now the third consecutive outside conference hire to come directly from the NFL. Hamilton and the Vols hope Kiffin and company can turn UT into USC-East (not South Carolina...hopefully). But can they, and is he the best guy for the job? The only thing I'm sure about is that that this hire will be either an epic success or an epic failure, there won't be a middle ground. More »
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By Clay TravisComment by UkraineNotWeak: Syracuse is looking into hiring the wolf. Can't be worse than Robinson. 5 Responses | Other threads
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tennessee volunteers
Know Your New Tennessee Football Coaches
Lane Kiffin moves all of his crap into the head football coach's office at Tennessee today, only the third time someone has done that in the past 31 years. Phil Fulmer said goodbye on Saturday and Kiffin will be announced as his successor today, most likely what he's had in mind since the last Sunday in Sept., when he called for that 76-yard field goal against the Chargers. Attempt comically doomed field goal; get self fired by elderly, cantankerous owner; field college coaching offers; profit. One thing he probably didn't think through, however: More »
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Comment by Donk In A Box: As a fan of both Vanderbilt and Alabama, I endorse this move and see no possible way that it can... 2 Responses | Other threads
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bruce pearl
The Women Of Knoxville Profiting From Bruce Pearl's Divorce
There are three kinds of divorces in this world. One, is when both parties realize it just isn't working out and they amicably part ways. Two, is when one person has had enough, but the other clings desperately to the relationship, always believing that it could somehow still work out. The third is—"I hate you for everything you ever did to me and I'm never going to let you or anyone else forget it." I can't say for certain, but I'm guessing Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl and his ex-wife fall into that last group. More »
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Comment by MattinglysSideburns: Clearly, Bruce Pearl wasn't a gem of a husband. 6 Responses | Other threads
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tennessee volunteers
Lady Vols Coach Taken Out By Ninja Raccoon
Like many top-flight athletes Tennessee women's hoops coach Pat Summitt underwent the offseason peril of arthroscopic shoulder surgery. No, she didn't dislocate the joint while a dunking a basketball (ha! can you imagine!?), but she had been suffering from "instability" problems after heroically saving her dog from a vicious raccoon attack. More »
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Comment by Evgeni Merkin: Pat Head is her maiden name. Brings a giggle every time. 1 Responses | Other threads
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tennessee volunteers
Pat Summitt Should Be The Next Coach Of The Knicks
We congratulate the Tennessee Volunteers — we never like calling women's college teams the "Lady" somethings — for their national championship last night. For some reason, it's a little more touching when the elderly mother of the winning coach comes down on the court when the coach is a woman. We're not sure why. More »
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By LeitchComment by Charlotte Rae's Web: @Weed Against Speed: So not true. I see vastly more hetro couples and couples with kids. FWIW, married suburban mom... more » | Other threads
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sweet 16
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Tennessee Vs. Louisville
Tennessee Volunteers (31-4) vs. Louisville Cardinals (26-8) More »
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east region preview
STF's East Regional Preview
Now that we are down to just sixteen teams, STF will profile each Regional lineup to see how we got here, what the Sweet 16 really means to each participating school, and who has the best chance to advance to San Antonio. First up: the Beast of the East. More »
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By storming the floorComment by The Ford: @Bearcat44: Can we bring back the one-armed guy to roll a Dumpster down the hill again? more » | Other threads
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west regional breakdown
Heck, Those Heels Are Out Of Control, Consarn It
Silly East Regional, with your whole going-according-to-seed business: This absolutely will not do. That said, of the four teams hanging around Charlotte next week — wait ... is that North Carolina ... in Charlotte? Boo! — a definitive pecking order has already emerged. That is to say: Don't bet on Tennessee. More »
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By LeitchComment by Michael Jeffrey Jones: @SonofSpurrier: No buzzers beaters necessary when Louisville beats them by 15. more » | Other threads
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ncaa tournament
Love to Love You, Lovedale. Oh, And: WKU!
Storming The Floor wraps up the four early afternoon games. More »
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By storming the floorComment by Come a little Miroslav Klose You're My Kind of Man: @RockyMountainLow: I wish. I always have the suckiest bracket. But that one year where it craps on everybody else's has... more » | Other threads
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ncaa tournament previews
NCAA Pants Party: Tennessee Vs. American
Tennessee Volunteers (29-4) vs. American Eagles (21-11) More »
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By LeitchComment by PrinceMyshkin: @Its The Beer Talking: I specifically said to NOT stop believing in the post. Don't you people read? Or are... more » | Other threads
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ncaa tournament
Storming The Floor's East Region Preview
After our cheap, quick-hit, easy looks at each bracket, the gang at Storming The Floor take considerably closer looks, game-by-game. The South and Midwest Regional previews are coming tomorrow. More »
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By storming the floorComment by suntastic: /threadjack "ABBA drummer dies in free accident." I thought that only happened to Spinal Tap... more » | Other threads
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preview capsules
Tennessee Volunteers
1. Mr. and Mr.s Smith. If the NCAA tourney was played 3-on-3 hoop-it-up style and each team could only field players that had the same name, Tennessee would be considered the greatest college team of all time. Despite some broadcast announcers this season repeatedly insisting that there is a fourth Smith named Jamar, there are in fact three players that share the surname of Smith that are in the starting lineup for the Vols. Ramar starts at point guard, and he is the one the Vols turn to when they need someone to get some dribble penetration in the lane. Tyler, who transferred from Iowa last season, gives Tennessee some much needed help in the post. He leads the team in rebounding and assists and is their third scoring threat. The final Smith is JaJuan. He is an above average defender, leading the team in steals, and when he is on, he can shoot the three ball as well as anyone in the country. More » -
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So To Recap: He Hates Tennessee
When asked why he hates the Tennessee Volunteers, this Alabama fan does not hold back. I'm not sure what my favorite line is here; there are so many great ones. More »
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By rickchandComment by Anti-Barbaro Society: @Keith Talent: They obviously don't teach logical fallacies in Alabama. Or much of anything else, apparently. more » | Other threads
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danged varmints
The Animal Uprising Claims Pat Summitt
As a sobering reminder that no humans will be spared when the animal "Order 66" is given, Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt dislocated her shoulder while attempting to chase a raccoon off her back porch on Wednesday. More »
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Comment by RonZookonRedBull: How do you tell the difference between a raccoon and Bruce Pearl? One's a hairy, sneaky varmint that smells like... more » | Other threads
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tennessee volunteers
The Vols Have Soul In The Strangest Places
Tennessee senior guard Jordan Howell might not be the best player on the Volunteers, far from it, but he's certainly the most soulful. More »
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By LeitchComment by garbageday: ESPN plans to compound its earlier crime by having Howell perform "How Sweet It Is" in his unique grave-desecrating fashion... more » | Other threads
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misdemeanor groping
ESPN Now To Issue Pepper Spray To All TV Correspondents
This was mentioned on Sunday, but was kind of buried ... and when Bruce Pearl paws the lovely Erin Andrews on national television, the world needs to know. Too bad that Ms. Andrews didn't read the Tennessee Athletic Handbook; it clearly states that when dealing with Bruce Pearl a microphone can also be used as a club. More »
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By rickchandComment by TheGeneral: wouldn't you, if you were that close to Erin Andrews? Of course, you would...national TV audience be damned! more » | Other threads
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college football
Deadspin Is Your Alls Daddy, So Why Hate?
You may know John Adams as the Founding Father who would one day support author David McCullough and his family for the better part of two decades. But that name also belongs to the current sports editor/columnist of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, John Adams, who has been notoriously critical of Tennessee football coach Phil Fulmer for quite some time. Now, Tennessee has its Fulmer supporters, and its Adams supporters, and sometimes the give and take gets pretty funny. Adams' latest column ripping Fulmer was recounted by the blog Losers With Socks, and this was my favorite reply: More »
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By rickchandComment by metalmaniac: @ArkansasFred: You do...we're here for ya. more » | Other threads
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athletes have great lives
You Have To Triple Team Josh McNeil
Tennessee center Josh McNeil has a history of problems with alcohol, including a public intoxication and underage drinking charge that kept him out of five spring practices, quite the punishment. But after an incident this weekend, we now know the truth: Josh McNeil doesn't have an alcohol problem ... he has an alcohol gift!
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By LeitchComment by blackheartededitor: Somewhere, Wilt Chamberlain looks down, smiling...and fondling himself. more » | Other threads
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interfandom humping
Is It Wrong To Do It With An Opposing Team's Fan?
To this day, our favorite ESPN commercial remains the one where the male Ohio State fan and the female Michigan fans make out with each other. There's something primal about our reaction to it; it seems grotesque, somehow, like cousins French kissing, or a dog doing it with a sheep. Sleeping with your rival's fans has an unnatural quality; our worst relationships have always been with Cubs fans. More »
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By LeitchComment by Newspaper Hack: @The Gentleman Masher: Like that guy could get near a girl that was a true Tide fan. The girls I... more » | Other threads
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