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The only complaint I had with TBS was how Harold Reynolds was blatantly rooting for the Twins. He was annoying the hell out of me.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 30, 2008 -> 12:06 PM) search james franco on that website, he has some funny stuff on there... The James Franco acting tips with his little brother are hilarious...

Jonathan Crompton is the worst QB to ever play at Tennessee... It's so painful to watch this offense. I feel bad for all of you who are fans of Nebraska, Florida St, etc. b/c now I know what it feels like to have a once very good program become awful. Some changes need to happen and need to happen quick. Oh, and thank you, Ole Miss.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 09:54 PM) This girl won't stop jockin me. It was cute at first, but now she is just driving me f***ing nuts. I am going to have to be a b**** to her I think, which I hate doing, but it has to be done here. Don't you hate that? I mean, some girls just can't seem to take a hint. I hate doing it too, but sometimes you just have to come off as a jackass for them to leave you alone.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 27, 2008 -> 12:21 PM) "He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Luke smile. Oh, Luke. He was some boy. Cool Hand Luke. Hell, he's a natural-born world-shaker." That's exactly the first thing I think of when I think Paul Newman... Cool Hand Luke. And salad dressing.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) Vodka cream sauce is probably a standard even at Olive Garden Ahhh, now I feel like an idiot... I guess I've never really talked about it that much with people, but those who I have mentioned it to haven't seemed to have ever had it. And it comes bottled??? Really? I make that stuff from scratch...

I'm pissed. I'm gonna get the Va Tech game instead of Illinois-Penn St.

Vodka Cream Pasta. Amazingly good, though I don't know anyone else that's heard of it... And steak with squash and sauteed portobello mushrooms as well as Texas toast.

Just joined...

Ole Miss is amazing. Going to gameday is an experience I always look forward to. I went to last year's Ole Miss-Alabama game and it was one of the funnest weekends of my life. And Tennessee is awesome, but I guess I'm biased... As for my Top 5 I would like to go to... Southern Cal Ohio State Notre Dame (going next weekend to the Stanford game) LSU Texas

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 01:34 PM) Well, Ronnie Brown and Darren McFadden actually threw the ball out of the set, which is the point. Shoop just keeps using run plays out of the set. Exactly. That's what Clawson does at UT too. We line up Gerald Jones (WR) as the QB, but we've never thrown a pass out of the formation, so teams just bring everyone up and stuff it. Even when we were losing to Florida and it seemed like the perfect time to finally pass it out of that formation, we just kept running and getting no gain.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 10:44 PM) I somehow missed your post until now. I'll give you some of the John Shoop play selection. He puts Greg Little as the only player in the backfield and puts TJ Yates with his Dan Marino speed outside. You put a RB in the backfield that can't throw, and a QB that's not a threat as a receiver? What happened? Tackled in the backfield. Did he learn his lesson? Nope, tried the same stupid play again later in the game with the same result. Defense just abandoned the WR's each time and put 10 in the box, suprise suprise. Then, it's his Chicago Bears special. 1st and 10? HB Draw. 2nd and 9? HB Draw. 3rd and 8? Pass. Rinse and repeat. Those were some of the worst years of being a Bears fan. Sometimes I forget how bad his play calling was... Either way, both coordinators are terrible. Oh, and your "Dan Marino speed" comment made me laugh. Good stuff

Yeah, I though Aiken came out of the closet years ago... Anyway, I love Famous Amos cookies

As long as we got each other - "Growing Pains" theme song

I feel like such a slacker b/c I just don't know my minor leaguers like I used to due to just being too busy to follow much anymore. However, I'll give it a shot... 1) Gordon Beckham 2) Aaron Poreda 3) Brandon Allen 4) Jordan Danks 5) Jose Martinez 6) John Shelby 7) Dexter Carter 8) Steven Upchurch 9) Brent Morel 10) Justin Cassel

I think working for Teach for America would be an absolutely phenomenal experience. I'm definitely going to look into doing it. It's something I've been thinking about for a long time now 'cause I know a couple of people that have done it and loved it... Good luck, Bmags! I hope it works out for you.

Fantasy Football... I've won my league 3 years in a row, and am in 1st place right now (2-0 and most total points through 1st two weeks).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 03:40 PM) Nashville TN is experiencing a major gasoline shortage (which at least indirectly can be traced both to Ike and to the falling price of gasoline). 85% of the stations in nashville have no gasoline. Knoxville, TN was pretty bad all last week. Gas was at $4.98 and $5.02 at the only two stations within a couple miles of the UT campus.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Sep 20, 2008 -> 06:01 PM) Just a terrible game. Gave the game away to VT. John Shoop is still a hideous OC. Can't be worse than Dave Clawson at Tennessee... This guy is a f***ing joke. 2 pass plays back-to-back on 3rd and 4th down from the 1 yard line???? Seriously!? Just QB sneak it and you've got 7 points. Instead, they tried to get cute and f***ing pass the ball. That's not Tennessee football, and Fulmer and Clawson need to get fired ASAP. The Tennessee defense is very good however. Only gave up 122 total yards of offense to Tim Tebow, which has to be his lowest output since he became the starter. It's just so frustrating seeing the defense play so well, but the offense is completely inept and worthless. So are the Special Teams units for that matter. I want Will Muschamp as the new Head Coach at Tennessee. Unfortunately, they're all about keeping it in house and bringing in "good 'ol boys" so we'll probably hire some undeserving former assistant like Kippy Brown or some bulls***...

As a current member of a fraternity, I must say that, yes, the social side of things is definitely talked about more. And that's probably b/c we throw some ridiculous parties that people couldn't do if they weren't in a fraternity. For instance, my fraternity has the Ying Yang Twins playing for us the night before the UT-Alabama game, and we've already sold like 500 tickets (more than a month in advance). We should have about 2,000 people there, which will make for one awesome night. However, I hate the notion that "frat guys" just buy their way out of community service and whatnot. That's just not true. Actually, I'm planning on spending my Friday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Knoxville to do some volunteer work. As for grades, I have a 3.5 through my 1st two years (not great, but pretty good) and I actually think if I weren't involved heavily in my fraternity (and other organizations) that I would probably have lower grades, and quite frankly, look less attractive to employers (though that's not even remotely close to the reason I joined a fraternity, I've learned that it's true). There's definitely some bad fraternities that don't do anything good for society, but I hate when they all get grouped together. At least at UT, the average all Greek GPA is higher than the non-greek GPA, which is a testament to the Greek System here. So, not only do we make better grades as a whole, we also provide a lot more community service than the average non-greek student. Granted, it's not a lot of community service (only required to do 6 hours/semester), but it's better than nothing. And even if most guys aren't doing it for the right reasons (b/c they're forced to), at least they're out there making a difference with underprivileged kids, etc.

This makes me very happy. I'm not sure many realize it, but winning breeds winning. I know a lot of people focus on stats rather than wins v. losses in the minors, but a successful championship team can be very vital in the development of a player as well...

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 12, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) If the Bears have a top 7 pick, I'd love to see George Selvie (USF DE) playing for us next year as Ogunleye is aging. As good as Selvie may be, if the Bears take another defensive player early in the draft, well, I don't even know what I'd do... They need to target another OT or a #1 WR in the 1st round assuming the roster is pretty similar by next April. QB obviously has to be considered as well, but I really don't think we'll be drafting high enough to warrant taking one in the 1st, unless a ton of underclassmen really step it up this year and all come out for the draft. edit: well, i just noticed i pretty much wrote the same thing jason did above, so sorry jas... still, the point remains the same. Offense, offense, offense.

Gotta love Geraldo...