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Just a little FYI to both of you who read … With football season approaching quickly (Whooo!) I've decided to do a little housekeeping here at Gate 21 before the silly season begins. Given the fact that I seem completely incapable of just leaving things alone when they are working, I am going to......

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This Week's Host: The Power T Week Zwei (That's German for "2?) This week's Big Orange Roundtable is hosted by none other than The Power T, who has served up a heapin' helpin' of questions for we "Volggers" to consider. Being that I am all about riding the coat-tails of others (and the fact the......

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Rivalries are the essence of college football. Rivalries — and I mean "real" rivalries, not just the "Oh, I really hope we beat Team X" sort of competition — are what drives so much of the passion that comes with college football season and what compels so many of us to travel great distances, e......

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Vol for One! One for Vol! Ah yes, the age-old cry of the roundtable … well … something like that. Not to be shown-up by the folks from Bama, or elsewhere, we happy few, we band of brothers making up the Vol Blogosphere have united under the "Seal of the T" and declared ourselves in one [...]...

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You hardly have to be a genius to realize that I am a college sports fan. Whether I qualify as "die hard" is open to interpretation, I suppose. Still, as a VASF donor for more than a decade, season ticket holder for Tennessee Volunteers football, and as an individual who travels over six hours o......

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Back from my whirlwind tour of, well, nowhere in particular, I am pleased to report that I am back at the helm of the ship here at Gate 21 … at least for the moment. Anyway, moving right along… In my absence from the blogosphere, (which both John McCain and Barack Obama jointly hailed as "Freakin......

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Actually, I suppose this is more like screaming madly as you run around in circles… Well, in case you haven't noticed (and you probably haven't) it's been pretty quiet here at Gate 21 lately — brisk as the tomb. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I am in the midst of a breakneck stretch [...]...

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Well, as Joel pointed out, the News Sentinel's Dave Hooker recently came out with his Top 10 games in Tennessee football history. It is an interesting list, but (like Joel) I'm not so certain I agree with all of the games on Hooker's list. Given the fact that I am still making my way through my ......

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Continuing with this "Summer of Love" (especially while I am out chasing my butt until, at least, the end of June), I want to give a big shout out to what I consider to be the best message board on the web for Tennessee fans: Smash South Sports. Smash South Sports (or SSS) is a top-flight [...]...

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The Great Games 19 September 1998 vs. (2) Florida 17 • (6) Tennessee 20 Neyland Stadium Due to exceptionally bad planning on my part, I graduated from the University of Tennessee in four years — making my trip across the stage to collect my diploma in May of 1998… Cartoon Courtesy of the De......

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Despite my thoughts on Legion Field, Tom Mattingly has written a fabulous article on the Aura of Legion Field. This article is a great read, and even though I personally think Legion Field is a dive as stadiums go, he makes a strong case for Legion Field being the one-time "Football Capital of t......

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Not that anyone out there is actually reading… Lawvol's Planner As you can see from my schedule, my life has been a bit busy of late. Between work, life, buying and selling my house, coaching Little League, beating up old ladies on the side of the road, and thinking up new and interesting ways ......

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The Great Games 1995-96 CompUSA Citrus Bowl (1 January 1996) vs. Tennessee 20 • Ohio State 14 Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Continuing on with 1995, after beating Bama soundly and ending the 10-year drought against the Crimson Tide, the Tennessee Volunteers finished out their regular season at ......

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The Great Games The Third Saturday in October, 1995 (14 October 1995) vs. Tennessee 41 • Alabama 14 Legion Field There are a fair number of people in Orange Nation who — ignoring the whole "national championship thing" in 1998 — are of the opinion that the 1995 Tennessee Volunteers may have ......

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All is Not Lost … errr … Nevermind I'm running a bit behind this week, so I'll keep it short. Still, here's a few links from around the blogosphere worth giving a look: The All-knowing MoonDog Makes a Case for the NCAA's Innocence when it comes to College Athletes' Bad Behavior and shows off ......

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