Awesome turn out last week folks! We had 35 picks, and we hope for a similar turnout this week. We’ll pick 10 games again, and like last week
Have your picks in by Thursday at 5 CDT
Opening Day is always a special one, especially in Knoxville. This one was especially exciting for me, as this is the first year my family has had season tickets. That teamed with a new coach, and a renovated Neyland Stadium, it’s needless to say that I had lead foot syndrome all the way from my Huntsville, AL home to Knoxville.
My brother and I had decided that our first stop would be Litton’s Burgers in Fountain City. Our dad hadn’t been to this local favorite (and featured on Todd Blackledge’s Taste of the Town,” and being a huge cheeseburger lover, Litton’s did not disappoint him. I went for their classic 1/3 lb Litton’s Burger with thick cut bacon, smoked cheddar, fresh jalapenos, onion, maters, and lettuce, all piled up on a fresh baked burger roll. Matched with an order of fresh cut fries, diet Coke, and finished off with their famous Red Velvet Cup Cake.
Last year, Steve Medlin: Archduke of Pick’emdom, had a real fancy program set up for 3SIB Pick ‘Em. Well we are downgrading due to laziness on my part convenience this year. Each week I will post ten games including SEC Games of interest, and round out with major national match ups. We will pick straight up. Please post your winning teams in the comment section. I will have the new pick ‘em posted early each week, and will stagger the response time according to the Thursday night game.
This week Picks are due by THURSDAY 5 PM CDT.
Pick away…
Wow, this really looks awesome…can’t wait to have that place rocking the next two weekends. Insert lame Medlin and Bama < UT comments…
HT: VQ poster UTK9
The Vols officially released their opening day Depth Chart today. A few points of interest:
The BasketVols 2010-11 Schedule has been posted on UTSports.com.
Just a few quick things to get us going this Monday morning…
SIMMS NAMED STARTER
On the back of Tyler Bray’s 4 interception performance Saturday, Dooley announced this weekend that Matt Simms is going to be the starting quarterback going into the UT-Martin game. This isn’t shocking news, but it hasn’t been officially announced up to this point. Simms’ completion percentage is of concern, but he provides the team with the most experienced option.
YEARLY EXPECTATIONS
I highly recommend everyone check out Brent Hubbs’ recent article on his Volquest Site. Every preseason Hubbs publishes an expectation memo to Volquest members, and this is one of his best.
Also worth checking out, is Wes Rucker’s article weighing in on the Vols depth concerns…
GENERAL NEYLAND’S STATUE UNDERWAY
The pedestal is complete, and the 12 foot statue of General Neyland will be unveiled at Homecoming against Ole Miss.
“I know he’s deeply involved in the Reggie Bush Scandal, but his wife sure is smokin’” – AD MH
Last night our friends at Volquest reported that Tennessee Football season ticket sales were behind by 3,000 from last year. Unfortunately this is becoming the rule rather than the exception on Rocky Top. The Hamilton Excuse Train started at the 2008 Home Season Opener against UAB when only around 95,000 fans were in attendance. Hey come on, as Hamilton explained, it was hot that day, the economy sucks, and we had this new miracle invention: HDTV! Of course we’d be 10,000 fans short. Suuuurely it had nothing to do with the product.
I’m sick of this guy. I’m sick of his excuses. I’m sick of hearing about the economy. I’m sick of hearing about HDTV. Our product sucks, and has sucked for 3 years, and inconsistant over the last 9 years. FACE IT Hamilton. Stop making excuses. Are other schools in the SEC struggling with ticket sales? How long do you have to wait to get season tickets at Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, or LSU?
Hamilton seems ok with the prospect of a crowd of 95,000, simply because there are 120 other teams that never match those numbers! Empty seats be damned! Bring on another CRIMSON OUT on October 23rd, just so we can relive the 2008 game again.
Simply, put a product on the field and they will come. BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
Mike Hamilton: You say your head is not in the sand on this issue. I’d agree, your head is firmly planted somewhere else.
Crimson Daddy’s USC Fark flamed some great debate on the subject of who was the better coach: Bryant or Neyland? Although I am a diehard Volunteer, I am able to reason, and there is no doubt in my mind that Paul Bryant is the more successful (successful, not better) coach of the two. It is tough to compare the two coaches since they cover two different spans of college football history, with a small overlap in their coaching careers. Being bored out of my mind and stuck in this West Texas town of El Paso, I decided to determine out of each SEC school’s best coach historically; how do they stack up against each other.
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