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The Long Road Back

Losing is never fun. I think that must be an axiom.  If not, then it should be.  Still, there are degrees of losing — certain nuances to the old black and white world of one team wins and one team loses.  The Tennessee Volunteers, their coaches, their fans, and yours truly...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 8

Here's Gate 21's Ballot for week 8 of the 2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25...
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Lawvol on “Team Speed Kills NOW!”

Check out my amazing ability to makes stuff up about SEC Football and the Tennessee Volunteers as a guest on Team Speed Kills NOW! Podcast: Team Speed Kills NOW!: Midseason Reports Special thanks to the guys over at Team Speed Kills for having me on, and for not hitting the kill switch...
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2009 SEC Football Power Poll: Week 6

Here's Gate 21's ballot for week 6 of the 2009 SEC Football Power Poll, along with an feeble attempt at explaining why I'm such a moron.
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7

Here's Gate 21's Ballot for week 7 of the 2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25...
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The 2009 Tennessee Circle Drill

A little something from the Vols drubbing of the Georgia Bulldogs today…courtesy of the Pride of the Southland Marching Band   – So it goes… Print • Email • Share: Gate 21 Tags: College Football, Georgia Bulldogs...
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On the Scene: Live from Georgia v. Tennessee

Posted in Realtime via Smartphone On the heels of my last attempt at liveblogging, once again I will be posting comments throughout the today’s game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georiga Bulldogs in real time via Twitter.  I imagine, as things progress, that I may...
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Giving Your All, the Rough and Tumble Way

It’s been a bumpy couple of weeks for the Tennessee Volunteers and their fans, on that there is little room for debate. First, the Vols lost to Florida in a “moral victory” which amounts to losing gallantly.  The Vols then went on to beat a scrappy Ohio Bobcats team in less...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 6

Here’s my ballot for this week’s CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 hosted by — as you might imagine — CBS Sports. Week 6 Through 4 October 2009 After the games of this past weekend, my ballot seems to have settled down a bit near the top, but the back end continues...
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On the Scene: Live from the Auburn Game

Posted in Realtime via Smartphone Well, today I am going to try to add a few comments throughout the game on here as they occur via Twitter.  I imagine that, as things progress, I may trail off a bit.  Furthermore, this may not work at all.  One way or the other, I will be posting my [...]
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The Blind Side

I may be a bit behind the curve on this one, but it looks like there is a really great football movie on its way in time for the holidays: “The Blind Side” which tells the story of former Ole Miss offensive tackle Michael Oher.  While you can never truly a judge the quality of [...]
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2009 SEC Football Power Poll: Week 4

Check out the Full Poll Results at Team Speed Kills! Week 4 Through 27 September 2009 Here’s my ballot for this week in the SEC Power Poll, along with a feeble attempt at explaining why I’m such a moron. Hopefully most of these are fairly obvious. Here they are, my darlins...
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Honesty from a head coach, I appreciate that.

Over the last 72 hours or so, Lane Kiffin has made a number of statements about the Tennessee Volunteers’ performance against the Ohio Bobcats this past weekend, and about the general state of things for the Vols football team.  Each was unabashedly brash and straightforward...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 5

Here's Gate 21's Ballot for week 5 of the 2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25...
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Quick Postgame Thoughts: Ohio 23 • Tennessee 34

26 September 2009 1 2 3 4 T Ohio Bobcats 14 3 3 3 23 Tennessee Volunteers 14 10 7 3 34 » Final « Neyland Stadium   •  Knoxville | Stats | Quotes | Notes | Recap It wasn...
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2009 SEC Football Power Poll: Week 3

Check out the Full Poll Results at Team Speed Kills! Week 3 Through 20 September 2009 Here’s my ballot for this week in the SEC Power Poll, along with a feeble attempt at explaining why I’m such a moron. Not a whole lot of ways to separate between some of the teams this...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 4

Here’s my ballot for this week’s CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 hosted by — as you might imagine — CBS Sports. Week 4 Through 19 September 2009 First things first… No, I have not abandoned the Gate.  No, I am not dead.  No, I have not defected and become a Florida...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 3

Due to trials, funerals, and numerous other obligations, this will probably be my only post this week.  I will, however, be back next weekend after the Florida Game to commiserate or celebrate (after the UCLA disaster, I’m afraid I know which it will be). At any rate, here...
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2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 2

Here’s my ballot for this week’s CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 hosted by—as you might imagine—CBS Sports. Week 2 Through 8 September 2009 After the past week in the world of college football, there have been a bunch of changes, mainly at the back end of my poll.  The...
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2009 SEC Football Power Poll: Week 1

Check out the Full Poll Results at: Team Speed Kills! Week 1 Through 7 September 2009 Here’s my ballot for this week in the SEC Power Poll, along with an feeble attempt at explaining why I’m such a moron. Not a whole lot of ways to separate between some of the teams this...
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Vols 63, Western Kentucky 7: The Day After

It was Western Kentucky and lawvol did an excellent job with his version of this post (as in better than mine’s going to be), so I’ll keep this relatively brief. Judging by the atmosphere on campus before the game and during the game in the student section, you would in...
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From the Ashes Rises a Phoenix: Western Kentucky Postgame Thoughts

Western Kentucky vs. Tennessee Postgame 7 Toppers 1 2 3 4 Tot WKU 0 0 7 0 7 Tennessee 0 28 7 28 63 Final 63 Vols Well, there are so very many positive things to say about this game...
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And now the Lane Kiffin Era Begins… Liveblogging

Western Kentucky vs. Tennessee 0 1 2 3 4 OT Final WKU 0 0 0 0 - 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 Pregame For the first time ever (since I am stuck in Raleigh and can’t make it to the game) I am going...
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And away we go…

Football season is officially upon us and last night we got a chance to get our first look at one of the Tennessee Volunteers’ upcoming opponents: the South Carolina Gamecocks.  If last night was any indication, South Carolina’s offense has a long way to go.  In their lackluster...
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Eric Berry: Relentless

2 Days, and Counting… Video: Eric Berry: Relentless HT: VolNation This is by far the best Eric Berry highlight video I’ve seen (and there are at ton of them) and it is light years beyond the recently released Heisman promotional video which just simply defies explanation...
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