The Vols beat the Gators of Florida 86-76 in Dane Bradshaw’s last game at home as a Tennessee Volunteer.  They were able to go 16-0 at home for the first time since Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld were able to go 13-0 at home (which was at the Stinky Stokeley Athletic Center) back in the late 1970’s.  But you know what?  You’re not here for that kind of rundown.  So here we go.
Brent Musburger… ever the drunk slow talker, decided to talk into the first few seconds of the Florida Tennessee game. Normally, I’m all about sticking with action until it’s finished, but the Michigan/Michigan State game was pretty much over when the second half started.

On to Pat Summitt. I was out of my seat singing along to Rocky Top when I saw here out there in the cheerleading outfit, and you know what? I got half a chub. Mmmm, middle aged women’s basketball coaches. It was either that or the fact that I had 9 supermodels vying for my attention at the time.

Don’t hold your breath Gino, I wasn’t talking about you

It was also cool to see Phil “Belly” Fulmer as well as his prodigal son, Peyton Manning. Fulmer has been spotted at a few games here and there, but it was cool to see Peyton there enjoying the campus. No doubt he got a parking spot on Peyton Manning Pass without fear of getting an “undercover-student-looking-like-he’s-just-looking-for-his-keys-but-is-really-a-parking-nazi” ticket.

The first half got off to an auspicious start when Florida scored a three point basket without even having the cameras on. Apparently they used up all of their focus for the half with that shot, and it was wasted, because as UT knows, you wait to score until you’re on camera.

The second half didn’t get too much better for the Gainesville Gators when Tennessee raced out to a 27 point lead. It got interesting when the Gators were able to trim the UT lead down to 6, but it wasn’t ever really in doubt.
It was interesting to see the few Florida fans in the crowd. Well, it might have been more, except the stupid ones who might wear orange to a Tennessee game (it happens a lot, and especially at football games).

Chris Lofton showed up to score, and the “ugly Noah” wasn’t able to keep on the gas as he seemingly ran out of steam after about a 2 minute spark. Way to keep up the conditioning there Joakim. Lofton was uncharacteristic when he missed 3 free throws in a row just to make it interesting. That was sneaky Chris… Very sneaky indeed.

And now, to give you all what you came here to see, the venerable Pat Summitt, all-time winningest coach I believe in any sport (she’s won more games than all the other coaches in all the other sports combined I believe), as a cheerleader. Enjoy.

Hat to be featured at this year’s Kentucky Derby

The Vols have just about cemented their spot in the NCAA Tourney, and a good run in the SEC tournament would help to cement a better seed. Hopefully they won’t have to play the likes of weird schools that are named the “Shockers” this year.