This is NO GOOD

I don't think Butch Davis goes to Tennessee. Why would he? You win 8 games a year at UNC, everybody's happy. It's the ACC. You win 8 games a year at Tennessee, or most any SEC school, they're out for blood.
I don't know who they'll get but it won't be Cutcliffe or Davis.

golferdawg wrote:

A system like TT worked pretty well for Flordia during the ole ball coaches years. Now i know he had the whole state of Flordia to choose from, but Tennesse has the whole country.

Florida has much more of a recruiting base than Tennessee does. That's thanks to what Spurrier did in the 90s. But even SOS has admitted that the SEC was down in the '90s...basically the whole decade was like this year: three good teams in the whole league in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee. He was able to do what he did because the SEC was down, he had a system that NO ONE KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH (people know what a spread pass offense is now), and because he never had to play Auburn when Terry Bowden was their coach.

SEC Championships in the '90s:

Florida 1991, 1993, 94, 95, 96, 2000
Tennessee 1997-98
Alabama 1992, 1999

And half of the time that Florida went to the game, they played Alabama.

By way of comparison, in this decade:

LSU 2001, 2003, 2007
Georgia 2002, 2005
Auburn 2004
Florida 2006

Tennessee has lost the game three times (2001, 2004, 2007).
Arkansas has lost it twice (2002, 2006)
That's six different teams who've gone to the game and four who've won it. More variety than the '90s.

Anyway, I think Leach would be going to the wrong school if he wanted to recruit athletes for HIS system that would be able to compete with SEC defenses on a national level. That's my only point.

Makes since like always. i am finding it funny that no one really wants this job? atleast to the press they don't want it. This was a good middle of the week subject and glad everyone has their thoughts on the new coach TN might be getting. i guess we will see how this thing plays out. it's getting interesting and the list is getting shorter. i do know a booster that will help pay for the next coach. if he will pay a million to run through the \"T\" he will fork over some extra cash so they can get who they want. he was a vocal point(backing the pay out) to get Fulmer ousted. Anyway, enough about Tn. lets get ready for the South Alabama team. i'm confused on their name since they have so many!

Let's send Willie Martinez to UT. If CMR has such high regard for him as a coach, why not? Man, if ever there was a win-win for us, this is it. We get a new defensive coordinator AND we get to face WM defenses.

I'll buy that LimeyDawg.....perfect idea!!

dapolla wrote:

....and because he never had to play Auburn when Terry Bowden was their coach.

Sorry, but it must be my job to keep it real here and stop the spread of inaccurate statements about my Gators.
Terry Bowden's Auburn Tigers in fact played the Gators every single year he was their coach ('93 - '97). The Gators went 3-2 against Auburn in that time frame and was 40-4 against all SEC opponents over those 5 years. The 4 losses being to Auburn twice and the UGA and LSU in '97.

Gators record over those five years:

'93 8-1 vs. the SEC (lost to Auburn)- Won the SEC by beating AL since AU was inelligable to play in the game.
'94 8-1 vs. the sec (lost to Auburn) - Won the SEC over AL (AL's only loss that year)
'95 - 9-0 vs. the SEC (beat Auburn) - Won the SEC
'96 - 9-0 vs. the SEC (beat Auburn) - Won the SEC
'97 - 6-2 vs. the SEC (beat Auburn)

The Gators were the most dominating team in the SEC in '90's without exception! And had the third highest win total in all of Div. 1 football. Behind only Florida State and Nebraska.