P.S. I've been saying for three weeks that Georgia was going to kill us. I didn't think they would kill us, set the body on fire, and piss on the burning remains.

When your young quarterback puts balls where your receivers can touch them with their hands, yet cannot catch them, the problem lies with the receivers.

Our problem lies with coaching continuity. Jancek's indiscretions of the penile variety set the defense back three years. Scott's transformation to a real offensive coordinator is a year away. Although we need a stud 1 receiver, and for Jennings to get well at 2, we are now stocked at the three and four level. RB is stocked. O line is stocked. D line is flaky. Talent is there. Unity is a question. Backers are solid. DBs are looking for an identity.

We didn't catch many breaks today, but we're a way better team than we were before Butch got here. And we will be better next year.

Frankly, I don't know where we would go to find a better coach than Butch. We're not the easiest bunch of people to deal with.

And if we do pull the trigger on Butch, don't look for us to hire an Urban Meyer or any other proven coach. We'll hire the next outstanding, up and coming coach who had a really good year at Southwestern Boise State Tech Community College. Wash rinse repeat. I need to start buying fire_____ .org domain names.

Seems to be a common trait over there, people least suited to some of the roles and responsibilities find themselves in positions they can't perform and important responsibilities they cannot complete well.

Mediocre football team, unfortunately a fairly mediocre university administration, fielded by a mediocre board of trustees who found themselves in that role by supporting an individual for the governor's office along the way. The problems with the university of Tennessee start at the top, amplified by the organizational structure of the university system, coupled with a parallel board of regents system which provide an abundance of duplication and repetitive overlap in a day and age when higher education dollars are extremely scarce and Tennessee's current governor is much more focused on trade schools that academic institutions and the research and development that comes with that.

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