Week 3 College Football Report

The showdown is here as Tennessee goes to Gainesville to play Florida in a critical early season matchup in the SEC. As our good friend Judge Smails once said, "Oh, Billy, Billy, Billy...this is a biggie....don't let me down..." A win by the Vols will erase all memories of the Berkeley Bashing and give the Big Orange a boost in the divisional race. A loss, and.....well, make plans for Shreveport in late December.



The big news in Knoxville is The Big Orange Army has gotten approval to rename Neyland Stadium to Fort Neyland, similar to The Swamp in Florida and Death Valley at LSU and Clemson. Senator Tim Burchett made the announcement last week, along with the Mayor and David Keith. 108,000 solider strong every Saturday at Fort Neyland. For more information go to www.bigorangearmy.com for details. Also, check out my video blog on the BOA site for more information!

Last Weekend's Observations


Was it just me, or did Lee Corso look like Rain Man during the College Football Final segment with Chris Fowler? He was hopping around like a finalist for the Joe Cocker Karaoke Contest. Either that, or Kirk Herbstreit was giving him a hot foot off camera.


What is this fascination with ESPN having Pam Ward as an announcer? She's not that solid as a play by play person, and Mike Gottfried has to be sitting there like Officer Bimbo from Hollywood Knights saying to himself, "I can't believe the stuff that has happened to me today..." I heard that when Pam Ward walks into a TV booth, the mice jump on chairs...

Does Charlie Weis remind you of a villain from a Dick Tracy movie? "Watch out guys, 'Whopper Man' has just walked into the press room. Hide the buffet or none of us will get to eat!"






Vols this week

Tennessee at Florida
3:30pm - CBS

Quotes from Coach Fulmer

"Florida is good on both sides of the ball and strong in the kicking game as well. We're concerned with the speed and talent they have everywhere. It will be our 11 and their 11, and we will see how we match up. They spread the ball around on offense, and they are very aggressive defensively. We've been tested in two tough football games, and it should make us a better team."

Injury Report

Tennessee head athletic trainer Jason McVeigh reports that an MRI revealed senior defensive back Antonio Gaines suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament Saturday and will miss the rest of the 2007 football season.

Fifth-ranked Florida will be without receiver Andre Caldwell for Saturday's game. Caldwell sprained his medial collateral ligament and could be sidelined at least two weeks.

"That's a blow," coach Urban Meyer said Monday. "That's a frontal shot right there."

And coach Urban Meyer said speedster Percy Harvin now has tendinitis in his knee in addition to the tendinitis in his Achilles tendon that has bothered him the last few weeks.

Harvin was limited in practice last week because of the Achilles tendon problems and was supposed to play sparingly against the Trojans. He will play against Tennessee.


Mailbag

From Scott K. in Iraq:

SGT Scooter,

Well another early Sunday morning has come upon the forward deployed BOA soldiers stationed here at Camp Stryker Baghdad, Iraq, We all have our BOA helmets, BOA T-shirts on. The Big Orange flags are currently flying high amidst growing opposition but we will support and defend our true colors here. The grill got started about 2 hours ago as we are also tailgating. On the menu today is a wide assortment of beef, chicken and swine, but everyone is waiting for the main course meal, Golden Eagle is what we are all wanting! We will get this sometime elusive bird in the form of a BIG ORANGE win at Ft Neyland tonight. Although the game is not televised here, we will follow all the plays via the magical voices of Bob Kesling, Tim Priest and Mike Stowell. We all wish we could be with the rest of the BOA there at Ft Neyland but a different type of mission is already in place. We will continue to support our nation’s colors as well as the colors Orange and White. Our current mission set here is for the BOA is to recruit as many new soldiers to join our ranks and be the strongest fan base in all the land!

If you listen hard enough during tonight’s game you will be able to hear us cheering our team to another win, and starting a 13 game winning streak including wins in the SEC championship game, and another National Championship.

God bless our military, the United States and the BIG ORANGE ARMY!!!!

Best Regards,

PVT Kaeding

PS- Please keep the videos coming! We are all anxious, and love hearing all the updates!!


Thanks, Scott. We appreciate all of your hard work defending our country. We hope to have you back in Big Orange Country soon and keep the faith this Saturday!


From Mark C:

Coach Scooter,

Saw your U-tube broadcast. I liked it...except one thing. The comment concerning Brent Musbruger- That I LOVED. If I were the sole judge and had to decide on awarding the "Most annoying and retarded sounding sports authority of the Decade", it would be a virtual toss-up between Musburger and LOU HOLTZ. Good Gosh what a complete pair of jackasses. Why on earth would ESPN, I mean what could EVER posses the upper echelon at ESPN to hire Holtz as a commentator? I would rather listen to the teacher on Charlie Brown give a 2 hour recitation on parasitic protozoa in Uganda than have to listen to Holtz for 5 minutes. His voice is somewhere between the sound of drilling borer bees and a vomiting turkey vulture. While Musburger somehow manages to ALWAYS appear as being the quintessential sports junkie wannabee, knowing little about football and less about the referee signals, Holtz does know football but allows his bias and favortism to override any objectivity..PERIOD. Both of them are equally worthless as commentators. I propose taking cardboard cutouts of each and using the Big Orange Army Tank to blow the cutouts into smithereens...ON NATIONAL TV. Holtz predicts Tim Tebow to be in the running for the Heisman. When reminded that Tebow's only passing yards came against WESTERN KENTUCKY...yeah Western Kentucky, Holtz responded by expelling that little smirky huh-huh and exclaiming "yeah and he will have those kind of yards against TENNESSEE, Georgia, LSU and everybody else he faces." W h a t e v e r Holtz...go back into retirement and talk about your glory days with SOMEONE WHO GIVES A CRAP ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY. Vols Rock.

God love that Mark! I can just imagine him sitting in front of his computer spitting nails like Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles. I love his passion and energy for the Vols and hope he keeps writing in! Can the rest of the Big Orange Nation top his emails? If so, this will be an EXCITING season on the College Football Report!

That's all for Week 3, Vol Fans! Keep the faith on Saturday since Coach Fulmer and the Vols will need all of our support. Rub those orange and white rosary beads, repeat your game maxims and never take Coach Fulmer's name in vain. Don't forget to watch Sgt. Scooter's video blog on You Tube, as well as visit www.bigorangearmy.com. See you next week. GO VOLS!!