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Tennessee-Florida Preview: There Will Be Blood in the Swamp

Tennessee vs. Florida. We all know what it has meant in the past, and what it means now. Two football powers ready to go at it in the first big game of the season for both teams...

Written by Michael Shibley about 2 months ago 1,265 reads 18 comments
This Is Not Michael Vick's Second Chance, It's His Last Chance

While watching all of the coverage surrounding the Eagles' signing of Michael Vick, the one quote I kept hearing from everyone was that Vick deserves a second chance. While this is true, this is not only his second chance, it is his last chance...

Written by Michael Shibley about 3 months ago 157 reads 1 comments
2009 BCS Conference Power Rankings

It is a debate we have all season long: "Which conference is the best?" Everyone has their own opinions as why their respective conference has the best football around...

Written by Michael Shibley about 3 months ago 793 reads 4 comments
1965: A Roller Coaster Season For Tennessee Football

It's a phrase thrown around too much these days, "Team X is having themselves a roller-coaster season." While it is a good metaphor, there are few teams that have had as many highs and lows as the 1965 Tennessee Volunteers...

Written by Michael Shibley about 6 months ago 375 reads 14 comments
Tony Mercurio: Worst Broadcaster in the State of Virginia

During the majority of the work week, ESPN Radio 1310, WGH-AM in Hampton Roads Virginia (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, etc) is a regular ESPN Radio affiliate...

Written by Michael Shibley about 7 months ago 232 reads 1 comments
Can Monte Kiffin and the Tennessee Defense Top Last Year's Strong Performance?

Tennessee’s offensive struggles last year overshadowed the fact that the Volunteer defense finished third in the country in total defense in 2008...

Written by Michael Shibley about 7 months ago 463 reads 12 comments
Women's Tournament Preview: Can Anyone Stop UConn?

While much of the focus will be on the men's tournament, basketball fans should make sure to watch the ESPN family of networks as the women's tournament gets underway this Saturday, as 64 teams fight to see who will make it to the Final Four in St...

Written by Michael Shibley about 8 months ago 109 reads 0 comments
Tennessee Basketball Is Hanging on the Bubble

This is the first season under Bruce Pearl where in late February the Tennessee Volunteers are worried about survival instead of seeding. The 81-76 win last night over Mississippi State was a must win...

Written by Michael Shibley about 9 months ago 234 reads 2 comments
Steroids in Football and Baseball: There Is No Double Standard

What has annoyed me the most about all the steroid talk lately has not been whether or not people believe what Alex Rodriguez has done, but rather every baseball purist is whining and complaining ...

Written by Michael Shibley about 9 months ago 629 reads 0 comments
Pat Summitt: 1,000 Wins and Counting

For Pat Summitt, win No. 1,000 is something special. After the Lady Vols' 73-43 win over SEC rival Georgia had concluded, Summitt dusted all of the confetti out of her hair and could only smile...

Written by Michael Shibley about 9 months ago 419 reads 5 comments
Laying a Brick: Don't Be "That Guy" in a Pickup Basketball Game

So I have started playing pick-up basketball games at the Rec Center mostly because I find it more entertaining than running on a treadmill or an elliptical for two miles...

Written by Michael Shibley about 10 months ago 241 reads 13 comments
Jim Tressel and The Ohio State Buckeyes Let Another Big Game Get Away

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Written by Michael Shibley about 10 months ago 714 reads 29 comments
Black College Football Head Coaches: The Real Reason So Few Get Hired

The Head Coaching Carousel has been spinning in College Football since midseason and has had all kinds of casualties: Tommy Bowden at Clemson, Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee, and Tommy Tuberville at Auburn were all front page stories...

Written by Michael Shibley about 11 months ago 722 reads 5 comments
A College Football Playoff System for Dummies

Something needs to change at the end of the college football season. While so many teams get to go to a bowl game as a reward at the end of the season, I always seem to feel unsatisfied once the season ends...

Written by Michael Shibley about 12 months ago 143 reads 6 comments
Eric Berry: A Bright Spot on Rocky Top

It has been a while since I have been motivated to write something about the Vols, but one man has given me some great inspiration to break me out of my funk. That man is Eric Berry...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 261 reads 4 comments
The Phillip Fulmer Era Ends

Well, my friends...unless you have been watching election coverage all day, you know that Phillip Fulmer, head football coach at the University of Tennessee, will step down at the end of this football season...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 294 reads 2 comments
The Real All-Americans: The All-Presidents Football Team

With all the pressure and constant squabbling going on with the 2008 Elections, I decided it was time to have a little fun...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 4,474 reads 59 comments
The Third Saturday in October: Tennessee's Best Wins against Alabama

"You never know about a football player until he has played against Alabama." -General Robert R. Neyland "You found out what kind of person you were when you played against Tennessee...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 706 reads 3 comments
Tennessee-Mississippi State Report Card: Turning in Their Homework

Tennessee was able to dominate the Mississippi State Bulldogs and get their first SEC win, 34-3. Let's take a look at the report card and see how well the Vols improved...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 230 reads 1 comments
Tennessee-Georgia Report Card: Writing Lines on the Blackboard

Remember when you were a little kid and you got in trouble and you had to write, "I will not..." 100 times? While some members of the Tennessee football team did all right, the rest of the team ...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 359 reads 0 comments
Tennessee-Northern Illinois Report Card: Better Start Earning Some Extra Credit

Tennessee had a change under center, as Nick Stephens got the start at quarterback. Tennessee went out and got an uninspiring 13-9 victory against Northern Illinois of the MAC...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 206 reads 7 comments
Tennessee-Auburn Report Card: Report To Detention

Tennessee sure needs to start playing better, first because I hate watching them lose, and second because I am running out of school-based terms for this report card segment! Anyway, let's take ...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 216 reads 8 comments
The State Of Tennessee Football: Is There an Avalanche Coming to Rocky Top?

As a storm gathers off the coast here in Virginia Beach, it looks like a storm is gathering on Rocky Top with Phillip Fulmer and the Vols in the center of it all...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 372 reads 4 comments
Tennessee-Florida Report Card: Getting Called into the Principal's Office

Legendary Tennessee head coach General Robert Neyland had seven game maxims. If you followed them, it would be a certain victory...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 325 reads 11 comments
How Many SEC Students Does It Take To Screw in a Lightbulb?

These jokes have been told and retold around SEC country for years. I thought just before the big SEC games this weekend got going I would put them here for everyone to enjoy...

Written by Michael Shibley about about 1 year ago 699 reads 6 comments

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Michael Shibley Article Archive

Tennessee-Florida Preview: There Will Be Blood in the Swamp

This Is Not Michael Vick's Second Chance, It's His Last Chance

2009 BCS Conference Power Rankings

1965: A Roller Coaster Season For Tennessee Football

Tony Mercurio: Worst Broadcaster in the State of Virginia

Can Monte Kiffin and the Tennessee Defense Top Last Year's Strong Performance?

Women's Tournament Preview: Can Anyone Stop UConn?

Tennessee Basketball Is Hanging on the Bubble

Steroids in Football and Baseball: There Is No Double Standard

Pat Summitt: 1,000 Wins and Counting

Laying a Brick: Don't Be "That Guy" in a Pickup Basketball Game

Jim Tressel and The Ohio State Buckeyes Let Another Big Game Get Away

Black College Football Head Coaches: The Real Reason So Few Get Hired

A College Football Playoff System for Dummies

Eric Berry: A Bright Spot on Rocky Top

The Phillip Fulmer Era Ends

The Real All-Americans: The All-Presidents Football Team

The Third Saturday in October: Tennessee's Best Wins against Alabama

Tennessee-Mississippi State Report Card: Turning in Their Homework

Tennessee-Georgia Report Card: Writing Lines on the Blackboard

Tennessee-Northern Illinois Report Card: Better Start Earning Some Extra Credit

Tennessee-Auburn Report Card: Report To Detention

The State Of Tennessee Football: Is There an Avalanche Coming to Rocky Top?

Tennessee-Florida Report Card: Getting Called into the Principal's Office

How Many SEC Students Does It Take To Screw in a Lightbulb?

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