Archive for January, 2008

31 Jan

Announcing the New Permanent Tennessee Home for the Visually Offensive!!!

Well, this week my little blog reached the 5,000 hit mark. I don’t think when I first signed up for that free WordPress.com account back in late November that I realized where this little exercise in ego-stroking would go. Hopefully, it isn’t a complete waste of time and some of you out there [...]

30 Jan

Headlines, Links & Lies …

Hunting up links any way I can!!

A few links worth looking at:

One more reason to be pissed off at Dana Jacobson — SECFB
One Former Hawaii Warrior Has Gone Crazy… and why crying in public is not always a good idea — YMSWWC
Only in America can you buy Marijuana in a Vending Machine — [...]

30 Jan

BasketVols Hold off the Tide, Shake the Coleman Jinx

Despite intense play by the Bammers, the No 7 BasketVols managed to hold off Tide and win in Coleman Coliseum for the first time since 1998, 93 -86. Chris Lofton — continuing his return to his form of last year, scored 23 points, while Tyler Smith added a double-double with 17 points and [...]

29 Jan

Lady Vols Beat Dook, BasketVols Prepare for Alabama…

The No 2 Lady Vols defeated the No 9 Lady Blue Devils of Dook 67- 64 at Cameron Indoor Stadium (if you’ve ever been there, you realize that the word “stadium” is used in the loosest possible sense…) in front of the predictably un-friendly Cameron Crazies. The Lady Vols iced the game on [...]

28 Jan

Bear Bryant Haunts Me Still …

Well, as has been mentioned in a variety of places, Bear Bryant died 25 years ago this past weekend, and that got me to thinking … which rarely turns out well for me.
The more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. The more it bothered me, the more I felt convicted to [...]

27 Jan

Another Vol Moons the Planet…

Okay, this is getting a bit ridiculous…
First, Gerald Jones gets caught smoking a fatty (I simply can’t do it the way

27 Jan

BasketVols Drub Georgia

Well, it looks like the BasketVols found their stroke again after a disappointing loss to Kentucky.  The Vols dismantled the Georgia Bulldogs, 85-69 in front of a full house in Knoxville.  Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal Constitution summed it up pretty well, writing:
Speaking elementally, you’d have to say the Georgia Bulldogs most closely [...]

26 Jan

Meet Gus…

Well, in case you haven’t noticed, I am still in the process of changing the graphics and layout here. I decided to get rid of the “Power T” Flag on the header for a couple of reasons.
First, while I do focus on the Vols of Tennessee, my goal is to also cover the SEC [...]