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BronxBoss said...
As a WVU fan and UT follower I think you guys will come out of this hiring fiasco on the upside. I know much of the fan base is in disbelief and angry over the lack of the "home run hire" but to keep it in baseball terms a home run can kill a rally. Butch Jones knows how to develop players and will not be lost on the sidelines. He holds his players accountable and will be a great asset to your school. Butch Jones had a great reputation from his time at WVU under Rich Rodriguez and has built on his reputation from his stops at Western Michigan and Cincinnati. I've heard chatter about his less than stellar recruiting rankings but I challenge anyone to get Cincinnati higher in the recruiting rankings than Butch Jones. UC has old facilities including their stadium that holds just over 30,000. Butch Jones ability and track record combined with UT's facilities, stadium, and fan support makes this a hire with great potential. I've been following UT since '01 when I married into the family and while this hire doesn't excite most today it will when it counts the most on the recruiting trail and gameday. Go Vols!! Let's Go Mountaineers!!
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Sogozit said...
Well......You have had Spurrier for how many years???? How many SEC championships????? Lou Holtz won how many?????? Tho SC has improved dramatically over the past several years, ya'll have not blown anyone away or become the rather trite name of "the beast".....LMAO Sure you have beat us, sure our coaching choices have backfired on us.....BUT, and notice the caps (that means big letters for you SC followers), History ALWAYS (big letters again) repeats itself. UT will rise from the ashes and dominate again! May not be this year, but it will happen! Mark it down. When it does, you will remember my words as well as many on here. Now, all this said, feel free to make comments, but when you call UT fans dilusional, or any other term with a negative meaning, you are making yourself look like the affirmentioned term. We have the single most passionate fanbase in the the NCAA, and rivals that of most NFL teams. What about SC?????? They ever played in front of 109,000 at home? NOT (big letters again) and they never will!!!! I don't attack you and the cocks site (still laugh when I see that word used for a team name) BTW.....it is also very fitting for use in describing....well nevermind...you get the picture. So do yourself a favor......spare us the trash talk, and look at the facts. We are, and always will be a better football school than SC, we will continue to have a rich history, and add to the already HUGE list of accomplishments that SC will never come close to matching. A few wins over us here and there? Sure, but dominating? I think NOT (had to do the big letters one more time)
Speaking of SC's odd mascot, I would like to someday see South Carolina play Oregon State. The matchup would be the Cocks versus the Beavers.
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NittanyEagles said...
Congrats on the hire Vols! This thread looked very similar to ours a year ago with coach O'Brien. Played against a coach Jones team from his days at CMU while at Temple. Teams were fast and battled for 4 quarters, took us to the woodshed. Give him and your players support, best of luck going forward!
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TigerVol said...
Does anyone know what type of defense Jones ran at Cincinnati? Was it a 34 or 43? Should be interesting b/c our roster is kind of in between both right now.
"Why the f--- did you pass to him? He hasn't made a shot since Moby Dick was a minnow!" Huggs yelling at Butler for passing to Smalligan
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It's official: Tennessee hires Jones