<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Derek Dooley will not return as head coach of the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Vols">#Vols</a>; Jim Chaney to coach finale vs. Kentucky on Saturday - <a href="http://t.co/9garDliS" title="http://bit.ly/T9TPY5">bit.ly/T9TPY5</a></p>— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vol_Football/status/270199786060251136" data-datetime="2012-11-18T16:20:23+00:00">November 18, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
No surprise that Dooley has been canned, but the timing is a bit odd in my mind. Doing it now rather than after the last game of the season next week implies that the loss to Vanderbilt was the last straw. If I'm a Tennessee fan, the fact that it was then and not several weeks ago that they made the decision that Dooley was gone would worry me.
AP Top 25 1. Notre Dame(60) 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Ohio State 5. Oregon 6. Florida 7. Kansas State 8. LSU 9. Texas A&M 10. Florida State 11. Stanford 12. Clemson 13. South Carolina 14. Oklahoma 15. UCLA 16. Oregon State 17. Nebraska 18. Texas 19. Louisville 20. Michigan 21. Rutgers 22. Oklahoma State 23. Kent State 24. Northern Illinois 25. Utah State 25. Mississippi State Coaches Poll 1. Notre Dame(56) 2. Alabama(2) 3. Georgia(1) 4. Oregon 5. Florida State 6. Florida 7. LSU 8. Kansas State 9. Clemson 10. Texas A&M 11. Stanford 12. South Carolina 13. Oklahoma 14. Nebraska 15. Texas 16. UCLA 17. Oregon State 18. Louisville 19. Rutgers 20. Michigan 21. Oklahoma State 22. Boise State 23. Northern Illinois 24. Mississippi State 25. Kent State Others Receiving Votes Utah State (9-2) 74; Northwestern (8-3) 59; Louisiana Tech (9-2) 36; Washington (7-4) 36; Southern California (7-4) 14; Tulsa (9-2) 14; San Jose State (9-2) 7; San Diego State (8-3) 6; Arizona (7-4) 5; Vanderbilt (7-4) 4; Wisconsin (7-4) 4; Fresno State (8-3) 3; Middle Tennessee (7-3) 3; Arkansas State (8-3) 2; Cincinnati (7-3) 1; Texas Tech (7-4) 1.
Are you saying that Oregon hasn't beaten a team with more than 7 wins under Kelly? That is almost unbelievable.
Amen. I'm tired of the pee-pee offenses making everybody wet then having to hear about how the SEC isn't good because they only play SEC teams. If you don't play D you're not elite. "Nah, nah bro, Oregon can play D this year, USC only put up 50pts on them, it's all good brah" - get outta here.
Man I thought this week was going to be boring. Easy to say now, but KSU was overrated and waiting to be exposed. I think Bama-ND are probably the most deserving for the title game, which is sure to be a shi tty game. I hate this year in college football
I was right there with you. I looked at the slate and couldn't believe how ugly the schedule looked. I was clearly wrong.
Is Alabama boring because they play good Defense and balance their running and passing game almost perfectly while having an above average special teams? Ohhhh so that's the key to success in college football...I would have never guessed.
whooopssss. Oh well. I'll take boring, traditional football that provides wins over teams that care more about their uniforms and how quickly they can score.
Yep. Like aTm. Who runs the spread. And just kicked your ass. I miss Spurrier and Meyer at Florida, and the old-school Florida State and Miami teams, they played nasty defense yet still somehow knew how to run an O. Same with USC/UT/Auburn (and a few of the recent LSU/Bama teams)/etc...
Eh, hell, I'd love to see the cornfed boys from Nebraska run the Tommy Frasier all the hell over the SEC like they did. Wanna talk about defense?
Ahh yes, nothin' like watching those run-run-run-punt games between the Indianas and Iowas of the Big Ten.
Tired of the Big 12 teams continuously embarrassing themselves then somehow not collectively dropping in the BCS. KSU lost to unranked Baylor man, they need to droppppppp. Instead I'm gonna have to see Baylor shoot up the polls. Jesus.
