Josh Heupel new Tennessee head coach
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Agree.
Tennessee is a team I would like to see be a top ten team. Heupel’s work at UFC makes me believe he possibly can make it happen, but Tennessee fans need patience....again.
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United: "Where are you wishing to fly to Sir?"
Mike Stoops: "Knoxville please"
Mike Stoops: "Knoxville please"
A number of Vol fans on their board are underwhelmed with this hire. They pointed out that Heupel’s W-L records got progressively worse every year he was at UCF. Which is true.
It does not sound like the fans of the Vols completely understand yet what has happened to their program. They are years away at this point to recover. The NCAA punishment will not be as a SMU death blow, but with the portal available now, everyone that was good is leaving, and the scholarships will eventually be trimmed. They have a long wait for the return. Heupel will guide them for awhile. He's in a great spot really. No one is expecting him to win. So if he surprises every once in awhile, the fans will grow to love him.
There's been talk over the years that the "death penalty" that SMU was given in the late 1980's will never happen again, mainly because it's too severe and the fallout from it was....and is....felt for many decades. SMU has been rendered irrelevant since then and I am not sure there's any end in sight.
Tennessee hired a good coach in Heupel and I wish him success. At Tennessee, he has the resources, but competing in the shadows of Alabama, Georgia, LSU., Florida and ATM will be challenging, aside from the NCAA penalties.
Heupel is, to me, an iconic figure in OU's history having been such a huge part in OU's resurgence following the dismal decade of the 1990's. We should all wish him well.
And for the record, Heupel's record at UCF was 28-7 over his three years.
Tennessee hired a good coach in Heupel and I wish him success. At Tennessee, he has the resources, but competing in the shadows of Alabama, Georgia, LSU., Florida and ATM will be challenging, aside from the NCAA penalties.
Heupel is, to me, an iconic figure in OU's history having been such a huge part in OU's resurgence following the dismal decade of the 1990's. We should all wish him well.
And for the record, Heupel's record at UCF was 28-7 over his three years.
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Yep we owe them their home game of the most recent series.
Did we not beat them in OT in their home game of the most recent series?
That was the previous set (beat them in Norman in '14)
OU did come back from 17-0 deficit to beat Tennessee in overtime in Knoxville in September 2015.
Josh wins it'll be dream sickle orange. He's gotta wear the checkered pants though. " Dream sickle Josh". Imo. 😁
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Pretty safe to say he’s got at least one less fan now:
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Oxford coach: New Tennessee staff pulls Roc Taylor's offer
Oxford High School coach Keith Etheredge said Tennessee informed him Tuesday that they would not honor wide receiver Roc Taylor's longtime commitment to the school.
