Vols Voice Bobby Denton Passes

((HT: WIVK Radio))

For those of you who have grown up around SEC football and have had the fortune to catch a game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, you heard a particular voice...


Bobby Denton, the PA voice of the Vols and long-time talent for WIVK Radio, has passed away after a brief illness...

From the station:

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of the legendary Bobby Denton. He was part of the core group that built WIVK into the powerhouse radio station that it is today. Many knew him as the PA announcer for UT football games at Neyland Stadium for more than 4 decades. Bobby was instrumental in launching the career of Dolly Parton and was track announcer at the Talladega Superspeedway for several years. Though he retired from WIVK several years ago, Bobby remained a friend to many of us who are still here today. It can truly be said that "there will never be another one like him." Bobby Denton's death early Wednesday followed a brief illness. Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.

Head Coach Butch Jones Tweeted:
“Without Bobby Denton there would be NO “It’s Football Time in Tennessee”! Your voice will be heard forever!”

More when we know more...

Vandy Stuns Vols On Fake Jump Pass

((HT: XOS Sports/SEC))

It is painfully obvious to the HQ that both Lane Kiffin and Derek Dooley have poisoned the Tennessee Volunteer water until further notice...

And the most immediate confirmation of that fact was last night as Vanderbilt drove 92 yards in 12 plays culminating in a Patton Robinette shotgun snap, fake jump pass, bootleg for a score with 12 seconds left in regulation for the 14-10 win

IN KNOXVILLE...

BY VANDERBILT...
Here's your highlights...


Vandy is now 7-4, Tennessee is the opposite...

Here's Butch Jones postgame...
((HT: Knoxnews.com))


Joshua Dobbs finished 11-of-19 passing for 53 yards and Tennessee generated only 237 yards of offense.

Vandy now has a two-game winning streak against UT for the first time since the 1920's.

The HQ is in agreement that Jones is the right guy to bring the program back to where it should...
It may take 15 years or so...

Did Ex Ess-E-Cee Players Get Extra Benefits From Agents...??? (UPDATE: Saban Reacts)

((HT: Yahoo!Sports))

The last time Charles Robinson dropped the hammer on someone, the University of Miami was put on "Uncle Nevin" Alert...

Now, he and Rand Getlin have now come forward to disclose that former Alabama tackle D.J. Fluker, Tennessee QB Tyler Bray, Tennessee DE Maurice Couch, Mississippi State University DT Fletcher Cox and Mississippi State WR Chad Bumphis have had alleged contact with intermediaries and, possibly, agents.

Fluker, Bray and Cox are all currently in the pros. Bumphis was released by the Miami Dolphins. Couch is a senior starting for the Volunteers. Robinson and Getlin were contacted by those who felt that former Alabama TE Luther Davis was acting as an intermediary for college football players and agents.

Here's Charles Robinson with Melanie Collins...


If proven true, the NCAA violation for consorting with agents could retroactively blow up any positive stuff from Alabama, Tennessee, and Miss State during the eligibility of the five athletes.

From Getlin and Robinson:

Yahoo Sports was able to authenticate text message records, Western Union fund transfers, banking statements, flight receipts and other financial material linking both Davis and the five college football players. Yahoo Sports also found that three NFL agents and three financial advisers engaged Davis in transactions totaling $45,550. The three agents were Andy Simms, Peter Schaffer and John Phillips. The financial advisers were Jason Jernigan, Mike Rowan and Hodge Brahmbhatt.

Here are all the investigation documents

This has all the appearances of deep doo-doo if all of this checks out...
Which it looks like it does...

The schools involved are investigating and declining comment... as well they should...

Here's early reports from WBRC-TV and MyFoxAL


Wednesday was press conference day for Tide head coach Nick Saban, and he was in no mood to talk about players past...
((HT: Alabama/OKTC))


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The Butch Jones Song: The Most Tennessee Thing You'll See This Year

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It is with great trepidation that we pass on something that we can only call painfully bad.

And it's bad in a way the will ring in your brain and if you are watching during dinner, might make you throw up...just a little.

Most of all it falls into a category of things that we can only qualify as: "Things we can't Unsee" or maybe "Things that only happen in Tennessee"...

It's quite possibly the most SEC thing you will see today...or any other day this month.

((Note--Butch Jones/University of Tennessee football coach))

With that introduction...or warning, we give you the "Butch Jones" song--