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VauntedTiger Founding Member

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Deceks7 said:

The argument that the game not be played at nightime is morally corrupt. Hiding behind the banner of suggesting that "doing the right thing" is moving either the game time, or the game itself, is the real reason for the request. tenn. thinks it's opportunity to win is greater during the day than night. If tenn. thought otherwise, they would insist the game remain at night. tenn. would play in the Super Dome if they knew it would ensure a win. Using the tragedy that befell the Gulf Coast as an attempt to improve tenn.'s competitive stance is pretty low.
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Not as low as Fat Phil Fulmer's ruse of using Casey Clausen as a starter, when he's going to play Ainge for most of the game. Think that UAB game was on the up & up or just a clever ruse. Tennessee has a legit shot at a NC this season, whether anyone here wants to admit it or not. And, Fulmer is the master of the slimy "maneuvre", whether he's sticking it to Bama on a whistleblowing mission, sticking it to usc, or trying to fool the SEC. Either way, Fulmer will have to beat LSU twice to get there & it won't happen! TNs NC hopes will go down in flames in Tiger Stadium, along with Fulmer's little meat puppet Ainge, too.

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I call BULL FECES on all this UT whining about playing a night game in Tiger Stadium because they can't get hotel rooms. Well if they moved the game to 2:30 those UT fans would still need a hotel rooms on Friday. Then a four hour game plus traffic wouldn't have fans on the road till at least 7 p.m. so it's not like these people are going to drive all the way back to Knoxville or other parts of Tennessee. Somebody please send the Waaaaahhhhhhhmmmbulance to UT.
And here's my suggestion to UT fans who allegedly can't find hotel rooms in the Baton Rouge area. Take your Volunteer navy and set sail for Baton Rouge and anchor just on the other side of the levee from the Vet School. Walk down Skip Bertman Drive till you reach Tiger Stadium. Problem solved!

TSdude, Sep 15, 2005

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What are these hillbilly p*ssies whining about now? Skip Bertman has all but said the room situation will be different come game time than it was, say, 7-10 days ago.

Sad, but true: people holed up in hotels can't afford to camp there semi-permanently, and Sept. 24 is a good 4 weeks after the storm. In other words, attrition alone will free up rooms.

They better dry their tears, straighten their bras and unwad their panties, and play some ball this Saturday. I want their toothless, shoeless, overall-wearing asses to come to Baton Rouge undefeated.

C'mon, Vols, check yourselves!

TejasTiger, Sep 15, 2005

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VauntedTiger said:

Really, save yourselves a butt whipping, Tennessee, forfeit now.

Final score LSU 1, Tenn 0
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Not to be too, too technical, but forefits in football are officially scored as 2-0.

Sorry.

TejasTiger, Sep 15, 2005

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We are getting a notion of why Tennessee is the most hated team in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama warned us.

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I expect to hear this from another team or two..... (Auburn anyone?) :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:

Berge, Sep 15, 2005

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To Tennessee:
Love LSU

Berge, Sep 15, 2005

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i drove back all night from tempe, and that is a lot farther than knoxville.

JETigER, Sep 15, 2005

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red55 said:

Here is what I emailed the author:

A few points that you seem to have missed, and with all due respect:

1. ESPN set the game time, not LSU. The game is a sellout and the stadium will be full.

2. This isn't about inconveniencing Tennessee fans. Many more LSU fans (85,000) will not be able to get rooms than Tennessee fans (7,000). Any inconvenience is fully shared.

3. LSU is not trying to make changes that will cause UT to have a disadvantage. LSU is trying to play the game with as few changes from the original plan as possible. We are trying to save our season.

4. LSU has already had two games of its season impacted by the storm. We are now ready to play football at home again, the game will not be moved. LSU is not going to destroy its football season over hotel room availability and neither would Tennessee under the circumstances. You guys are dreaming if you think LSU or any other school is going to shoot itself in the foot to make a few out-of-state travellers happy.

5. We have gone through an awful lot in south Louisiana in the last two weeks and nobody has been unaffected. We are getting our lives back to normal as fast as possible. Visitors from Tennessee are not victims. We know victims.

6. However badly this disaster affects a few thousand travellers from Tennessee, when you compare it with the impact it has had on people around here it absolutely shrinks to insignificance. People at LSU don't really give a **** about your hotel reservation problems right now. I'm sorry. It won't be like this every year. You could cut us a little slack.

7. Since when does a visiting team make scheduling demands to the network and the home team? It doesn't happen. First Tennessee offered to "host" the game in Knoxville. How kind. Now they're wanting to force the start time to be early.

8. Tennessee is losing the PR battle by claiming to be a victim here. We've seen real victims aplenty lately and Tennessee ticket holders are not among them. Better strap it on, come down, and be ready to play a night game. Believe me, if Tennessee fans have ever sat in the sun in a south Louisiana afternoon in September, they will be glad the game is at night. It doesn't start getting cool in Louisiana until late October.
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This has to be the best written post I've read in a long time....Thanks for articulating what many of us think regarding Tn. Kudos Red!! Big Rep Points!!

kcal, Sep 15, 2005

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The TV network and the SEC verified Monday that the game would be played at 6:45 p.m. local time, much to the dismay of UT athletics director Mike Hamilton. Hamilton didn’t ask that the game be moved. He just wanted it to be played in the afternoon to allow fans time to safely travel out of the area and find a hotel.
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How noble of him.

OkieTigerTK, Sep 15, 2005

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