If you don't think fulmer was a major player in buying players (such as tee martin) and using whatever leverage he had to avoid prosecution (albert means) then I don't know what to tell you. He was an integral part of fourteenessee in the 90's - without question.
Ohhh yeh...I used to hear that AD Dave Hart was an Alabama plant to bring down that program. How far back is that? I would tell 'em..."Nah I dont think so...BUT..it is a FACT that Nick Saban WAS brought in for that purpose". A minute later. That was bowling a strike
I took Basket's post to mean that the success of those UT teams lay in the talents of Cutcliffe and Chavis.
Understood, but I think it's selling fulmer short. He was a good coach. And a pretty good cheater. Just needed the NCAA's help the be really successful at it.
It's been 69 years since they won their only other recognized (AP and/or UP/UPI/Coaches) NC in 1951. They were then humiliated by Jim Tatum's Maryland, who dominated until late, leading 28-6 until a late 4th qtr garbage time TD made the final 28-13.
I remember that well. Luckily, the Hogs got their revenge the next year in Fayetteville with Stoerner at the helm.
Oh I understand they were good. That is correct. Believe me. I know much more about UT than I can write. I just believe that CPF has serious character issues. I thought the same of Dickey
I have read...a long time back..thst Fulmer was recruited by Bama during his High school days. Even that he sat in Coach Bryant's office. But I have never known..other than Doug Dickey being his mentor...why he has such venom for Bama. I used to live in the area Fulmer is from. Solid UT for sure..but I am not absolutely certain CPB offered him. He hates CPB to this day it seems. Maybe he didnt get an offer?
I believe this is 100% true. 'Cause Tennessee has never cared about recruiting violations before.
There's literally nothing you could post that I would agree with more.
I recall Tommy Gallion claiming he had records to prove all that. We will never know. Someone..somewhere in the hiearchy of the ncaa gave that program a pass. I say that from my recollection of ONLY things that appeared in Exclusively UT sports page articles. Things that one would think...would have occupied every paper in the nation.The focus was Bama. Like a team effort. Hey...the guys on this board who are say...28 yrs old or younger? They have no clue what that ncaa thing was all about. Nor of it's consequences. For years and years..we heard about how lucky we were. And.."you guys got off light". It was a mission. Became very easy to see a game if you didnt have lots of cash. Then... Bill King in Nashville groaned about Saban's contract cost in 2007. Havent heard anymore about that
LOL I voted in that poll. I joined there years ago and went to check it what they were saying when this thread popped up. I voted for Phat Phil.
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And in parallel news, there are still a couple of bunks available on the Titanic.Today in “Nobody asked” news:
Jeff Fisher says he’s interested in the Tennessee HC job even while it’s currently occupied
Former NFL coach Jeff Fisher says he would have a ‘great deal of interest’ in Tennessee job
Fisher expressed interest in the Vols job during a Nashville radio appearance.
He could certainly evaluate talent. I go back and watch games from the 1990s a lot. Tennessee was stacked. Yet it's always striking to watch the player and lineup intros, where they show where the player went to high school. I would estimate a good 90% of the great players they had back then did not come from the state of Tennessee. When you consider the programs that have risen since Tennessee's demise, and go back and look at where all those players came from back then, it becomes crystal clear why they suck so bad and also why it is not getting better any time soon without some serious and blatant cheating.
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