Comments on: USC’s Spurrier On UT Job: “Maybe Not As Easy Of A Job As It Was 10, 20 Years Ago”

By: bvkv09

bvkv09 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:14:14 +0000

@sojourner as apposed to bama, florida, (insert any school in the country’s name here) message boards? C’mon man. There are sidewalk alumni that are black eyes to every fan base.

By: RonnieG

RonnieG — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:05:21 +0000

As a Tennessee fan for close to 30 years, I have to say this is the worst I’ve ever seen the program. When Majors came back in ’77 it was little before my time, but I got to see him turn around the program in the early 80′s. UT is in the top ten winningest programs in all of college football, second winningest program in the SEC. Thier success has been remarkable over the years since they have to recruit so hard to get the players, unlike Florida, LSU and Georgia where they just bring recruits in on buses from around the state and sign’em up. I have no doubt that Tennessee will be back competing for championships again if they get the right HC and staff

By: sojourner

sojourner — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:21:14 +0000

i’d like to think that tennessee has raised its academic standards. it takes about five minutes of perusing the posts on the vol websites to conclude that the great majority of so-called vol fans are utterly indifferent to the fact that the university of tennessee is first and foremost an institution of higher learning. they consider that fact to be, at best, an impediment. its no coincidence that the big ten and pac twelve routinely point out the sec’s academic inferiority as a major component in its success. i’d like to start proving them wrong.

By: scottlester

scottlester — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:12:09 +0000

should read “excites recruits” that is what I get for not proof reading before hitting post.

By: scottlester

scottlester — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:09:39 +0000

While Spurrier is correct, it is in his own self-interst to talk up the challenges that do exist at TN since his job at SC has been much easier since TN’s downturn. If TN does its job right and hires a coach that reenergizes the fan base and excites recruts then his job just gets much harder.