We were having a discussion on the show yesterday when Dr Sean Sinclair pointed out that Tennessee finished 12th in combined in men's and women's all sports in the SEC this year. Then somebody said we were anywhere from 12th to 14th in Men's sports overall in this league. It turns out UT's men are dead last for the just completed school year. That's an embarrassment. This is absolutely unacceptable on EVERY possible level. Dr Sinclair said that while Florida has population advantages over Tennessee, few other schools in the league enjoy an upper hand on Tennessee when it comes to offerings. This community is simply too great with too many people that care about UT sports for this to continue. In fact, if you look at attendance figures the # of fannies in the seats far exceeds accomplishments on the field. In fact the disparity between the two is absurd. It's time to start winning around here. This fan base remains the most under served in all of college sports.


Here's more on the debacle of a sports year on The Hill. Link






On the recitation of the General's Maxims, Ward puts forth how he thinks UT is going to play this.




Rick Barnes said on the Caravan stop in Nashville last night that a neutral site game in the music city annually is a possibility. I vote YES on this! I loved when Bruce Pearl went out of his way to play in Nashville. In fact, I'm an advocate of playing somewhere near Memphis if possible. Be the state school. With hoops you have enough dates to elongate your footprint. Why not? Go for it.


I'm sorry. But the thought of that is really enough to make me want to sleep. I don't see the crowd reciting the maxims under any circumstances. It's just not going to happen.

Murriano had a great idea with regards to the execution of the maxims that I wanted to share with you. Take a page from Bama's playbook and do something with some footage of General Neyland to get the crowd fired up. Surely Tennessee has something in the archives of the General urging on his guys or the boosters or students. Or perhaps there's a piece of training footage that exists of him from his military days. Muriano's point is that Tennessee needs to come up with a better way to honor the General and keep his memory alive. If done right, Muriano's idea could have serious legs.


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Vols will go as UT's offensive line goes in 2015. Link


Jones UT/Bowling Green in Nashville 'may kick off sometime in mid to late afternoon.' Link


If this is true, the Titans are gouging their fans and that's just dead wrong. Check this out. Link



Vandy keeps on ticking in Baseball. Link



Oh no. Poor Burkey. Link


If college football players are deemed employees by NLRB in the Northwestern case, Notre Dame is talking tough. Link


Meanwhile Northwestern's AD believe everything should be on the table regardless of the NLRB's findings. Link


Notre Dame let Charlie Weiss rob them blind. Link



Jim Harbaugh doesn't care. He cracks on fellow Michigan man Tom Brady. Love it! Link


With DeMarre Carroll getting hurt last night in Atlanta in a game 1 loss to Cleveland, Hawks are facing extinction. Link



PAC 12 Network remains invisible on DIRECTV. Link


Interesting move here by Penn State. Pretty good idea really. Tennessee could benefit from something like this. Link



College football playoff is a winner. Link


Florida declared itself DB U earlier this week on YouTube. Not so fast my friend says this piece. Link


Yet another reason to celebrate Steph Curry. Link






The poor Andretti's can't line up at Indy. A five decade drought? Who do they think they are, the Philly Eagles. Link



Goodbye Dave! Peyton Manning made the cut for the Top 10 list on Letterman's final show. Link


Letterman's 10 most profound moments. Link


Letterman's 10 best country music moments. Link



Top 10 NFL coaching exits in honor of Letterman. Link


You saw the last, now check out the first episode of Letterman. Link


UFC Fight Night in Nashville. Link


Revis Island speaks the truth. Link


Jim Irsay...It's not if but when for the NFL returning to LA. Link



It can't be much fun being Bill Cosby these days. Link



Here's our new state logo that will replace the flag with three stars. What do you think of this? Link


Finally with Letterman's final show history, I want to say that it was a pleasure having him as a part of my youth. I'll never forget rewatching through the magic of VHS his groundbreaking brilliant yet moronic stuff through high school and college. Those were great days. Larry 'Bud' Melman will never be forgotten by this living fan. Viva Terry Garr!


Oh and Bud Melman was the freakin' man. Book it. Link


TB

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