2009 Tennessee Volunteers

[Colonel_Reb]

UT had 4 white starters in 2006, and 5 in 2007 and 2008. We'll see what Lane Kiffin does with this team over the next few years. WR Austin Rogers would have started if he hadn't tore his ACL. This and a broken foot on a black WR will give white WR Zach Rogers a chance at some playing time.

Offense
QB Jonathan Crompton
TE Jeff Cottom or Luke Stocker
C Josh McNeil

Defense
DE Wes Brown
MLB Nick Reivez
SLB Shane Reivez-in a fight for the position


Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Updated for Rogers and Moore injuries.

 

[sunshine]

More weird updates.WR Maples has left UT and is now at Furman--even stranger Chris Forcier a UCLA QB also is now at Furman. Forcier clocked a 4.3 40 at UCLA spring practice the fastest on the team but they wanted to switch him to WR. So he will now QB at Furman.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Thanks for the info, sunshine! Looks like Furman may be a team to watch this year. With Forcier and Maples as a possible big time pass-catch combo.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says he put his
Volunteers in the best position they could be in to beat Florida. Then
he took one more shot at Gators coach Urban Meyer.

Meyer said Sunday that he kept his game plan conservative in
No. 1 Florida's 23-13 win after he felt the Vols didn't appear to be
playing for a win. He also said several of his players had been hit by
the flu.

On Monday, Kiffin said he didn't want to respond to
Meyer's comment. But asked whether he was worried about the flu also
hitting Tennessee, he said: "I don't know. I guess we'll wait and after
we're not excited about a performance, we'll tell you everybody was
sick."

Tennessee (1-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) was tagged as
a 30-point underdog thanks in part to some of Kiffin's offseason
comments about Florida.

The Vols' first-year coach pledged to
sing "Rocky Top" after beating the Gators at the Swamp and accused
Meyer of an NCAA violation in trying to hang on to a recruit who
eventually joined Kiffin at Tennessee.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive reprimanded Kiffin for the latter and warned all coaches about taking shots at one another.

"This
offseason the commissioner made a big deal of renewing vows in terms of
what we say about other teams, other coaches and other players" Kiffin
said. "Obviously Urban feels he doesn't need to follow that. We won't
say anything else."

Tennessee didn't play its role in what was supposed to be a Florida blowout.

With
11:37 left in the game and Florida (3-0, 1-0) holding a 23-6 lead, the
Vols recovered a fumble by Tim Tebow at their own 2. Kiffin turned to
running backs Montario Hardesty and Bryce Brown to pound out runs and
catch short passes.

That's where Meyer felt Kiffin wasn't concern about winning.

"They wanted to shorten the game. I remember looking out there
and there's 10 minutes left in the game and there's no no-huddle, they
are down, I think it was 23-6 and (there's no) urgency," he said.

Kiffin
said he preferred to turn to his tailbacks, who had little trouble
moving the chains against the Gators' defense, rather than the Vols'
struggling passing game.

It worked. Montario Hardesty scored on a 17-yard run with 8:11 left to cut the margin to 23-13.

"That
was the best thing to put us in position to win, and we moved the ball
doing that," he said. "That was how we needed to play at that time."

With
about 2 minutes left in the game and a chance to score, Kiffin gave
Jonathan Crompton â€" who had already thrown one interception â€" a chance
to throw down field to Denarius Moore. The pass was picked off by Ahmad
Black for Crompton's seventh interception of the season.

"People
should know the truth. We came out to play," Moore said. "They said it
themselves. They didn't expect us to come out and play like that. We
just played our hardest, and so did they."

Kiffin said the Vols got beat by Tebow, who made some key scrambling plays in third-and-long situations.

He'd also like another shot at the senior quarterback who he calls "Superman."

"I
wish it was like basketball where we got another chance to play them,
where we play them two times in a year," he said. "Unfortunately we
won't get to play him again, and they'll have to play without (Tebow)
next time."http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/9836328/Kiffin-defends-game-plan,-takes-shot-at-MeyerEdited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[Colonel_Reb]

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<div>This has already been posted about in the crime thread, but I thought it deserved a post here as well. All three are predictably black.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three freshmen Tennessee football players,
including highly touted wide receiver recruit Nu'Keese Richardson and
starting safety Janzen Jackson, were charged with attempted armed
robbery Thursday morning.</div>
Richardson, 18, and Jackson, 18, along with defensive back Mike
Edwards, 18, and companion Marie Montmarquet, 22, were each charged
with three counts of attempted armed robbery in connection with an
incident at a gas station in an area known as "The Strip" at the edge
of Tennessee's campus.

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Richardson was being held Thursday afternoon on a $19,500 bond.
Edwards was released on a $19,500 bond and Jackson was released on his
own recognizance.

"Mr. Jackson vehemently asserts his innocence,
and we hope that this will become apparent in the next 24 to 48 hours,"
Jackson's attorney Don Bosch said in a statement. It was not
immediately known if Richardson and Edwards had attorneys.

The
three players are the first arrested during the tenure of first-year
coach Lane Kiffin, who on Thursday said he would not make any comment
on the situation until he knew more. Kiffin's predecessor, Phillip
Fulmer, was often criticized for being too lax on a number of his
players who had discipline problems.

"We're gathering all the
information so we don't know exactly what happened. Unfortunately there
was an incident. We made it 11 months and 11 days without (any
incidents). We'll deal with the information as it comes in," Kiffin
said.

Kiffin also declined to say if he had spoken with any of
the players or what kind of discipline they might be facing. He also
refused to comment on how the incident would affect the Volunteers as
they prepare to travel to Mississippi on Saturday.

The three
victims told police they were sitting in their parked vehicle just
before 2 a.m. Thursday at a gas station near Tennessee's campus when
two males dressed in hooded jackets, one brandishing a handgun,
approached and demanded, "Give us everything you've got."

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"The victims stated that they all presented their wallets to the
suspects and showed them that they did not have money," the police
report said. "The victims stated that a third black male then
approached and told the other two black males, 'We've got to go."'

The
three suspects were seen leaving in a Toyota Prius, and police pulled
over a vehicle matching the description nearby. Police spotted a pellet
gun and hooded jackets and later found drug paraphernalia and a bag of
what appeared to be marijuana.

Police say Montmarquet told them
the drug paraphernalia and substance belonged to her and she was
charged with simple possession.

The victims identified Richardson and Edwards as the men who approached their vehicle.

The
incident happened at a gas station operated by Pilot, a company founded
by former Tennessee football player and longtime booster Jim Haslam.
Tennessee's outdoor football practice field is named Haslam Field in
his honor.

Richardson, a highly touted recruit from Pahokee,
Fla., originally committed to Florida but switched to Tennessee after
being recruited by coach Lane Kiffin. Kiffin joked in a February
recruiting celebration that Florida coach Urban Meyer cheated in trying
to keep Richardson as a Gator, earning Kiffin a reprimand from the
Southeastern Conference.

Richardson had told Kiffin recently he
was frustrated with his lack of production but scored his first
touchdown in a 56-28 win over Memphis on Saturday. He's had six catches
this season for 58 yards and served as a punt return specialist.

Edwards, a Cleveland, Ohio, native has played in eight games this season and registered five tackles.

Jackson,
a Lake Charles, La., native, has started seven games this season,
logging 33 tackles and a forced fumble. He was suspended for the
Memphis game, a week after he was named SEC freshman of the week for a
strong performance against South Carolina.

Neither Jackson nor
Kiffin would say why he was suspended, but Jackson said after Wednesday
afternoon's practice that losing playing time would discourage him from
making poor decisions off the playing field.

"It kind of felt
like being injured and watching your team play ... it kind of had the
same feeling, but to know it was my fault, so it kind of feels a little
bit worse," Jackson said. "It's in the past now, and I'm back to work."
Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[FootballDad]

Well you know it's all a result of "whitey" keeping them down all of these years. These poor underpriviledged affletes with their free$$$$ college edumencation.

 

[whiteathlete33]

Read that in my local paper FootballDad.  They keep recruiting thugs for their team.

 

[FootballDad]

Well, according to all of those DWF's out there, it's part of the risk, a worthwhile risk, in order to have the absolute best "talent", since everyone knows that blacks are far more athletic than whites!

(pardon the dripping sarcasm)

 

[Freethinker]

Lane Kiffin is a negrophiliac, p*ssy, girly-man of a coach. I guarantee he with not come down hard on these thug players and boot them off the team and back to their ghettos where they belong.Edited by: Freethinker

 

[whiteathlete33]

Most of the SEC players have criminal records.  

 

[Freethinker]

Yea you're right wa33, other than Tim Tebow and Riley Cooper I could not give two sh*ts about the SEC conference, the teams, the coaches and the players.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Pathetic behavior on the part of the victim. I hope they get convicted and have to be kicked off the team. Most drunk white team fans all over the US have no problem with the behavior of "their negroes" as long as they can help "their team" win the next game. Let's be realistic about the SEC though, most of the players do not have a criminal record, although way too many do (or become criminals while in college). There are a bunch of talented white players in the conference as well. Trust me, I know the SEC stinks, but y'all are going too far.

 

[whiteathlete33]

The SEC flat out sucks.  There are few white players to root for especially at the caste positions.  It's almost impossible to watch some of these teams play.  

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I agree that it is almost impossible to watch the games, but in reality, the SEC is not much different than C-USA, or the ACC. There will continue to be white players who excel even in such a hostile environment. I care about the players, while I despise the conference, schools, coaches, and administrators. The situation in the SEC is bad enough without us overstating the issue. I'd love for some DWFs to wake up and quit attending these games. Then you might see some changes. Of course, that's pretty much the same wish I have for the NFL.

 

[whiteathlete33]

If that isn't bad enough Colonel last night ESPN showed Grambling vs Texas Southern I believe.  I know Grambling is a historically black school but what about Texas Southern?  I don't think there were any whites on the field.  Apparently many DWF's watch these games.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

If that isn't bad enough Colonel last night ESPN showed Grambling vs Texas Southern I believe.  I know Grambling is a historically black school but what about Texas Southern?  I don't think there were any whites on the field.  Apparently many DWF's watch these games.

I don't know WA33...I've known alotta DWFs & none watch/follow the HBC teams (Grambling, etc.). The DWFs usually drool over the top SEC, ACC, Big-10, 12 & PAC-10 teams.

BTW, I'll not be surprised if "Lame Kitten" gives the thugs a slap-on-the-wrist (like "Massa" Bowden & his "CrimiNoles).

 

[whiteathlete33]

I could be wrong on the DWF's watching HBC games.  I always thought they didn't care who was playing as long as they had their salted snacks and beer.  I turned that game off within a few seconds. 

 

[sport historian]

If that isn't bad enough Colonel last night ESPN showed Grambling vs Texas Southern I believe.  I know Grambling is a historically black school but what about Texas Southern?  I don't think there were any whites on the field.  Apparently many DWF's watch these games.

Texas Southern is also a historically black school.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Yep, Texas Southern is a black school and they had a white RB last year, former Wake Forest Demon Deacon Lucas Caparelli. Its rare for any SWAC (HBCU) team to have white starters or players other than kickers, but it does happen occasionally. I don't know of any white folks back home that watch SWAC games though. SWAC is black, period. Sorry to ruin it for you, wa33.

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

Maybe "Lame Kitten" will accidentally recruit a few more Jacques Crawford/ Maurice Clarett types (and I'm talking at RB)! Maybe, just maybe- he'll be forced to use the freakishly talented Channing Fugate, not only as a FB/H-back, but as the guy to split carries with Bryce Brown. Fugate and his eye popping H.S stats- 3,052 rush yards on a whopping 10.9 YPC for 36 TDs, with his size and 4.55 speed, could be just as good at Bryce Brown with a different style! I'm trying to find a silver lining to this pathetic "Lame Kitten" situation here in Tennessee.

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[ToughJ.Riggins]

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<div>This has already been posted about in the crime thread, but I thought it deserved a post here as well. All three are predictably black. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three freshmen Tennessee football players,
including highly touted wide receiver recruit Nu'Keese Richardson and
starting safety Janzen Jackson, were charged with attempted armed
robbery Thursday morning.</div>

I'm not surprised that we've been hearing about similar crimes to this every year in college football either Colonel, with the recruiting of blacks who come from bad dirt poor neighborhoods with gang ties, who have no father figure and listen to DMX for their "morals". These kids aren't ready to be handed a scholarship to play sports and "study" at a college institution. And inner city blacks are usually "handed" these scholarships at the expense of more qualified, poor rural white football players- who need the scholarship just as much.

I don't know much about these three, but two were predictably in the ESPN 150. That worm Tom Lugbinbill must be getting nervous that his farce house of cards' "rankings" don't look too smart right now. I'm sure there was a more talented white at both WR ans S, to put in the ESPN 150, but Uncle Tom Lugin(black)bill could find not one worthy white.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I'm sure most of you have read that Kiffin dismissed two of the three blacks who were originally arrested. Now a fourth black player is in trouble for trying to steal a polo from Dillards.

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<a href="http://images.video.msn.com/js/ch/channels.css" target="_blank">Nyshier Oliver (black) is facing a charge of shoplifting.
The 18-year-old freshman defensive back was cited at 1:45 p.m. on Nov.
7, a few hours before the Volunteers hosted Memphis. He is scheduled to
make a court appearance on Nov. 23.</a>

<a href="http://images.video.msn.com/js/ch/channels.css" target="_blank">According to court records,
the Jersey City, N.J., native was spotted allegedly concealing a $110
brown polo shirt from Dillards in a shopping bag.</a>

<a href="http://images.video.msn.com/js/ch/channels.css" target="_blank">The court
records were released Tuesday, a day after coach Lane Kiffin dismissed
two of three players charged with attempted armed robbery. Kiffin says
he will run a clean program.</a>

A Tennessee spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking comment.<a href="http://images.video.msn.com/js/ch/channels.css" target="_blank">http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/10387014/Fourth-Vols-football-player-charged-in-two-weeks

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[Deadlift]

Looks like supa-afflete, Bryce Brown, is leaving Knoxville:


http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13080136/citing-family-personal-problems-rb-brown-leaves-tennessee?tag=headlines;headlines


Here's a comment from someone that sounds, at least this comment, not-so-drunk:

Wow...The gem of the Vols' and Lane Kiffins' recruiting class is now gone and really...I don't think anyone in Knoxville cares. If Brown was everything he was hyped to be he should have easily been able to beat out or even split carries with a working-class running back like Hardesty, but Hardesty plain outworked him and turned out to be a solid back for the Vols. The same thing happened with Darnell Scott at Colorado and they're better off with Rodney Stewart anyway. It shows that hard work can sometimes beat talent when talent doesn't work hard.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Quarterback <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=189984" target="_blank">Nick
Stephens</a> plans to leave Tennessee
and find a school where he's assured of starting in his final year of
eligibility, coach Derek Dooley said Thursday.

The redshirt senior was concerned that the competition for the starting
spot with junior college transfer Matt Simms and incoming freshman Tyler
Bray could end up costing him a chance to play.

"Nick's in his fifth year and of course has been trying to get on the
field his whole career," Dooley said. "[He] just felt like it was too
risky to go through another season because he just wants to play. We
hate to lose Nick, but I certainly understand."

Stephens hasn't determined where he will play but will go to either a
Football Championship Subdivision school or one in a lower division so
that he won't lose his final year of eligibility.

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The 6-foot-4, 231-pound Flower Mound, Texas, native started six games in
2008 as he and <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=175658" target="_blank">Jonathan
Crompton</a> failed to take control of the Vols' struggling offense in
coach Phillip Fulmer's final season. Stephens backed up Crompton in 2009
in coach Lane Kiffin's offense.

He struggled last week in the Vols' first spring scrimmage, finishing
3-of-9 for 6 yards.

Stephens the third Tennessee player to leave since Dooley was hired in
January to replace Kiffin, who left for Southern California. Running
back <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=480207" target="_blank">Bryce
Brown</a> and offensive lineman Aaron Douglas have also let the
program.

"I expected attrition certainly. Over the last three years there's been
an inordinate amount of attrition, and to say it hasn't hurt the program
is not being forthright," Dooley said. "What I hope is that we get our
arms around it at some point and then we get a little stability, and I
expect that to happen."

The Vols also have sophomore <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=483408" target="_blank">Nick
Lamaison</a> to bolster depth at quarterback this spring with freshman
quarterback Nash Nance joining the squad in the fall as well.

Stephens' departure paves the way for junior college transfer Matt
Simms, son of former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, to take
control of the Vols' offense.

Simms will continue to compete with Bray for the starting job but
appears to be somewhat ahead of the freshman because of his experience
as a redshirt freshman at Louisville and at El Camino Community College
in California.

He's also won the respect of his teammates because of his attitude.

"I like his whole swagger, his whole demeanor," senior wide receiver <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=236008" target="_blank">Gerald
Jones</a> said. "He's confident in himself, and he's confident in the
players around him. He has a very strong arm, and I think his weakness
right now is just getting used to the offense and timing."