I would like to take this opportunity to write a letter to the haters. I’m not talking about UT haters, I’m not talking about football haters, or even haters of our site (because who could hate such an awesome site as this?). I’m talking about Fulmer haters. I can only wonder where the hate stems from?

It obviously has to be some sort of penis envy of other schools that supposedly have better coaches or better… whatever, because unless the whiny “I hate Fulmer” commenters on the Knox News website (a great place to air your grievances btw… everyone cares what you have to say there) are 30+ years old, the only two coaches they’ve ever known at UT are Phil Fulmer and Johnny Majors.

Let’s just say for the sake of argument that 40-50+ year old folks are going online and making up clever pet names for our head coach trying to hate on him, what are you expecting, a return to the glory days of… Bill Battle? Doug Dickey had a pretty good record overall, but it still wasn’t as good as Fulmer’s. The only coach in Tennessee history to hold a better overall winning percentage than Fulmer was Robert Neyland, and if you were around to see any of his teams play, I doubt you spend your free time on the local newspaper websites talking smack.

If someone hates Fulmer that much, they must not really be a fan of UT in the first place. He’s been the head of the organization for 15 years, and you know what? He’s good. I dislike fairweather fans, but what I hate, are fans who only know how to talk shit. Wanna hate that much? Be a fan of a different team because you know what? Fulmer’s about to get a raise. Do I drink the Kool Aid? Of course I do. Why? Because it’s DELISH!

I’ll have some of the ORANGE please.

Who would be a better candidate? Any of the other SEC coaches? Les Miles might bolt to Michigan, leaving LSU without a coach after a few years again, like the girl who swears that this guy is different, and that he really really loves her. Urban Meyer? I’m sorry, but if Tim Tebow were my quarterback, I’d have to become a fan of the Big East or something. I just can’t stand to look at that goofy, sort of brainwashed face. Any other coach in the SEC? I’m sorry to point out this bit of fact, but all the other coaches save Miles and Fulmer are staying at home this weekend, awaiting their fate.

I saw a couple comments about how “talent overcame coaching” or something to that effect. Um, did you guys actually watch the game? The first half big lead? Combination of talent and coaching. The second half collapse? The talent couldn’t catch quite a few passes that could have helped put the game out of reach during regulation. So, yeah, the coaches should totally be blamed for dropped passes. Shut it.

The Vols are headed to Atlanta in what seemed to be one of the more improbable ways possible. As it turned out, it took a bit longer than three hours to book their ticket to face the Tigers for the Championship, but what an exciting four and a half hours it was. As it turns out, you can’t spell “Citrus Bowl” without “LSU” either.

1. Predict the outcome of the SEC Championship Game

2. Who will play for the National Championship?

Once again, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who wished me birthday wishes. Of course, I had to have a cake, so, I decided to make one. And what does someone who writes a blog called “fulmer’s belly” do for cake? Well, a Checkerboard Orange Velvet Cake of course.

It’s sort of like a Red Velvet Cake, but you know… awesome… because it has checkerboards and what not.

Now THAT’S a power T eh?

Of course, a Checkerboard Orange Velvet cake isn’t complete without… Orange Velvety goodness!

Mmmm, Orange… Velvet…

What did it taste like you might ask? Tasted like Victory!… Go get those Tigers.

Sometimes it’s good to try to be objective.  Other times, it’s good to be a little biased.  Almost never, is it good to always lean away.

What I am referring to of course, is the awesomest dude in the world: Brent Hubbs.

Now, I don’t now, nor have I ever, paid for online content (of the football variety, because well, man’s gotta do what he’s gotta do), and Brent Hubbs isn’t really helping himself out at all by making guest appearances on NFL Network’s show: College Football Now.

Luckily, we DO have a homer on the show in Charles Davis, a former DB for the Vols.  Davis actually picks the Vols occasionally when he feels like they have a chance to win, although he tries to be as objective as possible without appearing biased.

Hubbs on the other hand, I suppose in order to endear himself… raise the ire of fans… I don’t even know what he’s trying to do, is remarkable in his consistently anti-Tennessee picks for the outcomes of games.  I wouldn’t be surprised if Hubbs was one of the people that was sad that UT won the East because it meant keeping Fulmer around a while longer.

If there are any members of Volquest out there, does Hubbs even post or write on his own site?  Where does the money go?  To pay for Brent’s pit o’ despair?

Do you read our site Mr. Hubbs?  If so… why do you suck?  We’ll give you the opportunity to respond to us, and we’ll post up what you said (and probably edit it to make you look dumb(er)).

Les Miles Sucks

First of… Happy Birthday to ME! If you’d like to send me your finest meats and cheeses, as well as you know… your virgin sisters/daughters/cousins, etc… shoot me an email.

Secondly… Damn, I’m smart. If you might remember (about 3 posts down)… I had this clever little tidbit at the end of the post:

If Ole Miss were smart, they’d snatch him up right now, because having Nutt would guarantee at least one conference win against Arkansas every year, which is exactly 1 more than they won this year.

Now, the reasoning behind what I was saying was just sort of to be funny, but apparently Fulmer’s Belly is a huge hit with the Ole Miss Administration. That’s pretty awesome considering the fact that I thought they were dumb for firing Cutcliffe in the first place. But alas, the blog wasn’t around right around then, so how could they have known that firing Cutcliffe was the wrong move?

The Ole Miss AD also had this to say:

“You know the old metaphor,” Boone said. “When you smell blood you need to go and find out if you can get the job done.

Now, maybe it’s my dumb Tennessee education, but I’m not super familiar with that particular metaphor.  But what do I know?

Anyway, if the administration is still reading this, you should also hire Randy Sanders as your quarterbacks coach because he’s pretty good at that. Don’t ever promote him though.

Depending on how you look at it, it’s either a good time or a bad time to be a Head Coach in college football. If you’re name is something like Carr, Franchione, Callahan, Orgeron, and what is sure to be more, it’s probably not the best position right now. The reason? Well, they’re all not coaching anymore, but more importantly, unlike in other situations, those particular coaches will probably not be head coaches next year, or anytime soon. Why? Let’s run it down.

• Lloyd Carr – Well, dude’s like 800 years old. That by itself puts him in the company of Methuselah, but as we all know, Methuselah’s coaching skills diminished significantly down the stretch, and we can only assume as much about Carr.
• Dennis Franchione – His ideal classified ad would read: “Team, with morals and injury reports for sale, looking for Salesman.” Hmm, I can think of a few teams, but Bama already has a coach (oh yeah, plus he left there… or something?)
• Bill Callahan – You can’t spell “Defense” with “Bill” or “Callahan” and well, apparently you can’t spell “win” either.
• Ed Orgeron- I think the problem here wasn’t Orgeron calling bad plays or doing anything wrong, it’s just that no one could, for the life of them, understand what the crap he was ever saying. Orgeron, you’ve been CROOMED! Man, that was a great move firing Cutcliffe huh? Dumbasses

Those are the coaches currently making way to unemployment lines across the country, but no doubt, there will be more to follow in the coming weeks. Till then, enjoy this Fulmer’s Belly Favorite:

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sean Taylor’s family and friends, as the tragic news that he died early Tuesday morning as a result of injuries sustained from a gunshot wound to his leg.  Taylor was a former University of Miami standout on defense and was selected fifth overall in the 2004 draft by the Washington Redskins, where he had a very productive career.

Taylor was 24 years old.