Yessir! Smokey showed Ugga what a real dog is all about. Ugga thought whoopin' up on an over sized pussy cat made him the big dog in the east; he forgot that Smokey has made a habit of going into other folk's houses and making a mess of all their plans. Like the Hurricanes last year and the Gators 3 years ago, the Georgia Dawgs underestimated the Vols and paid for it with the end of their home win streak.
Sorry about that boys.
What a game!
I was at a Little League football game taking pictures, and listening to the Vols on the radio. I announced much of the last 4 possessions as a crowd gathered around, hanging on my report of each play. Since I do the play by play for the teams during home games, it was pretty much same old same old for me, except I couldn't see the game and had to rely on Bob Kesling.
For about the last 10 minutes of the game, hearing down and distance along with time remaining in the game was critical and Bob would always leave at least one of these bits of info out, leaving us all hanging. Maybe he was trying to build suspense, but dog gone, how much more suspenseful can a game get? All the way down to the last play on the last second of the game? What more can you ask for?
This team reminds me a lot of the 98 team. There aren't any big stars, but they play as a team. Kelly Washington and Casey Clausen were corrosive to the heart off the team over the last few years; not that they're both gone, the Vols are playing with some heart.
Of course, they're very young, and I don't know if they have the maturity to maintain their intensity after a big road in like that, but no matter what happens for the rest of this season, I like this team.
Posted by Rich at October 10, 2004 1:49 AM | TrackBackI keep telling myself (though I never do) that I'm going to sit at home with a big, thick legal pad and mark down all the mistakes, omissions, misstatements and screw-ups that Bob Kesling does during a play-by-play of a UT game, and I keep betting myself I'd fill up several pages.
If it weren't for the necessity (to a UT fan) of hearing the analysis of Tim Priest and sideline reporting of Jeff Francis, I'd rather hear the TV commentators.
Seriously, Kesling seems like a great guy but someone needs to send him to play-by-play school. Or better yet, farm him off to the Titans and bring over Mike Keith and Pat Ryan, cause you know that's what they'd really rather be doing...
Posted by: Barry on October 12, 2004 11:41 AMFunny you should say that, Barry. When Mike Keith was here, I really couldn't stand him, and I hoped he wouldn't get the job.
Now, after 2 years of Kesling, Mike sounds better every game.
Posted by: rich on October 12, 2004 11:55 AM