Now that Dooley is out at Tennessee,

Wasn't he here as one of Saban's assistants?

 

As would any perennial top 20 team much less top 5 or 10. And usually rightfully so.

 

Yes here then they both bolted for miami. On Christmas. Ftd's.

 

Yeah, he was an assistant on the LSU team that lost to Alabama-Birmingham... at home.

 

but on the following week beat #11 Tennessee in OT....

 

Hamilton and Kiffen have ****ed up UT good. Dooley was fired the day he accepted the job.

 

Tennessee will fall into continuous mediocrity. Geography is against them.

 

Hope not. I've always liked them. I got to meet a bunch of their band members in Knoxville in I forget what year, and they were cool.

Got a soft spot for Auburn for the same reason. Their band brought us cokes during the game in Jordan-Hare in 1999, my freshman year. Never forgot it.

 

They've done well before...in fact, they're only five years removed from an SEC championship appearance. The name will always persist, and with the right coach, they'll still pull recruits. They've just made bonehead management decisions, starting with the ousting of Phat Phil, and snowballing downhill from there.

 

You know Phat Phil got what he deserved. Remember he was the assistant coach who stole the HC job from Johnny Majors?