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As I predicted might happen, Vanderbilt flopped to 6-6 after a 5-0 start. Yesterday they lost to Wake Forest 23-10. "Miserable," according to the Nashville Tennessean.

Nashville Tennessean columnist Joe Biddle wrote this about Vince Young today: "it was nice to see Titans quarterback Vince Young back on the field after missing in action since being injured and later demoted to backup. Even if it was in a cameo role, Young looked comfortable running the...

Some reporters asked him if he would interview a minority. If he had said, "No," there would have been a big deal about it. The modern culture "forced" the Tenesssee AD to say it.

Lane Kiffin isn't what Vol fans would have preferred. They would have wanted a proven winner as a head coach at the major college level. it may be that nobody like that wanted to come to Knoxville. Kiffin has a pretty thin resume.

The Tennessee AD had to publicly say that he would interview a minority candidate to succeed Phillip Fulmer.

I remember reading an article about Lombardi in which he was complaining about the cultural decline. It would have been in the Spring of 1970, a few months before his death. If Lombardi tried to coach today using his methods of the 1960's, he wouldn't last long. As Don says, he would have to...

I saw the program today for the first time. They showed the Mike Alstott highlights and called him the "A-Train." The question is why Alstott was never the main ball carrier. He could have had some 1400-1600 yard seasons. The late draft analyst Joel Buschbaum thought this would happen. As I...

I have written before that in the 1960's, the Boston Bruin NHL team would often outdraw the perennial NBA champion Boston Celtics. More than once I have seen sports columnists complain about this and attribute it to "white racism."

At his best, O.J. Simpson was actually more of a power runner. In his best years of 1972-75, O.J. pounded out the tough yardage and kept the chains moving. Runners like Sanders and Sayers would be stopped again and again for little gain. Then they would break loose for a long gain. Some...

Having 3 of the first 5 white is probably too many for the DWF's.

The NFL Network's Top 10 list of Elusive Runners is: 1. Barry Sanders 2. Gale Sayers 3. Marshall Faulk 4. Hugh McElhenny 5. Bobby Mitchell 6. Red Grange 7. Randall Cunningham 8. Joe Washington 9. Dickie Post 10. Willie Galimore The only name that really doesn't belong is of...

On Friday Nov 28, the NFL Network is running one of its Top 10 series at 2pm ET. This one is the 10 best power runners of all time. I haven't seen it yet, but on the internet I saw this list the program is supposed to have. 1. Jim Brown 2. John Riggins 3. Earl Campbell 4. Larry Csonka 5...

I have written previously on the Forum about the attacks from the black press in LA when the Rams benched James Harris in 1976. The irony is that Harris was out of football when the Rams signed him as a free agent in 1972. I am convinced that this kept any team from going with a black QB for...

This year Vanderbilt had their best team in a quarter of a century. Tennessee had lost 7 games, one more would be the most in the school's history. So what happened? Tennessee wins 20-10 on Vandy's home field. This loss ruins Vanderbilt's season in the eyes of the Vandy fans.

Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 20-10 today without much offense to go 4-7 with Kentucky still to play. This has been probably the worst season in Tennessee football history. I saw a report that Lovie Smith said that he "wasn't interested" in coaching the Vols.

On another thread, i wrote about Cris Collinsworth being a big media favorite starting in his rookie year of 1981. Cris had two things going for him. One, he was articulate (Collinworth would graduate from law school) and quotable. Many of the players whom it was fashionable to praise would...

Do you think Collinsworth was being serious? In other words, was he making excuses for poor WR play out of an unwillingness to criticize? Or was Collinsworth mocking Hines Ward?

NFL coaches are afraid of being second-guessed or doing something unusual. I recall a Raiders-Chiefs game in 1971. The Raiders were behind 20-17 with a minute to play and had the ball 4th down and a foot to go for a go-ahead TD. Oakland coach John Madden sent in George Blanda who kicked a tying...

There has been comment on the Forum about Donavan McNabb not knowing the rules for overtime games. This reminded me of a true story about a mental mistake by a famous player in the 1962 AFL Championship game between the Dallas Texans and Houston Oilers which ended in a 17-17 tie after regulation...

In the 1962 AFL Championship game, it went to a 6th quarter when neither the Dallas Texans (next year they became the KC Chiefs) or Houston Oilers scored in the 1st overtime quarter. The Texans won on a field goal in the next period, as they keep playing until someone scores in a playoff or...

I can remember watching the NFL on TV in 1958, age 8. Play has been stopped for commercials for as long as a network has broadcast the games. In 1958, the announcers would say: "And now, let's pause for a moment." After the TV ad, the action would resume. There weren't as many commercials in...

Back in the early 1980's, Vandy started off 4-0 and they were reserving New Orleans hotel rooms for New Years. They finished 5-6.

It took them a while to get win No. 6

Years ago, I read that the younger writers who vote for the Pro Football HOF don't like to vote in white DB's who began their careers after 1960. They don't believe a white DB can be of HOF caliber. The article I read was explaining why Paul Krause hadn't been admitted despite intercepting more...