Rocky Top Trouble

Lane Kiffin won't break any records this year. In fact, he won't do much of anything. Kiffin's wrong attitude and an obvious lack of connection between brain and mouth will be his undoing.

Kiffin's approach as the Volunteer's head football coach has been aggressive. However, since taking over the program, over ten players have left the program or quit, numerous secondary NCAA recruiting violations have been reported (the latest coming yesterday) as well as the release of strength and conditioning coach, Mark Smith - another calamity.

Oh, and let's not forget Kiffin's stupid remarks towards Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, and Urban Myer, all of whom have won a national championship. Kiffin has yet to win a game.

Another example of his poor word choice and wrong attitude is the following clip. In it, Kiffin addresses the most recent recruiting violation - mentioning a recruits name on Twitter. The fact that he doesn't see the value in Twitter and refers to his motivation for the account as "everyone else is doing it" speaks to his unoriginality and wrong approach. Plus he sounds like a d-bag.

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Kiffin might get his four years as the head coach at Tennessee, but he's not a long term solution.

Idiot

Don't I look like an idiot. I didn't give UVM baseball any chance to make it to the postseason - they did.

Not only did they take three against league leading Binghamton, UVM did it in incredible fashion. In Friday's second game, UVM came up with 10 runs in the 9th inning to stun the Bearcats and keep their postseason drems alive. Then on Saturday UVM stomped their way to two wins and secured a birth in the AE tournament.

Again, don't I look like an idiot.

Brilliant Quote

Dekoda Watson, Florida State, LB.

Quote of the offseason...so far.

"Right now I've been doing ab workouts like it ain't nothing," Watson told the Sentinel. "I've got abs to my throat almost."

Dumb

James Harrison, star player for the Super Bowl Champion Steelers has refused a visit to the White House. In the following clip he explains his reasoning.

At first I thought Harrison sounded like a d-bag but by then end of his answer he just sounded dumb (lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted).

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Unlikely Scenario

The Free Press ran an article this morning, detailing the scenario that must happen in order for the UVM baseball team to win the America East conference.

Definitely not happening....

"Vermont has an outside shot at winning the conference (and hosting the league tournament). In order to accomplish that feat, UVM needs one of two scenarios to happen:

• UVM sweeps Binghamton; Maine wins two against Stony Brook; and Hartford takes three from Albany.

• Or, UVM wins three at Binghamton; Maine wins three games at Stony Brook; and Hartford beats Albany at least once."

I'd be surprised if UVM even makes it into the four team field.

What About the Field??

What is going to happen with Centennial Field? I've read many articles about the end of UVM baseball, but none of them mention anything about the field.

I believe the Vermont Lake Monsters, a minor league team, share maintenance costs with the University, so I'm left wondering if they will be willing to take on 100% of the expenses. Will UVM walk away from the field completely?

Something tells me that if UVM pulls itself away from Centennial, the Lake Monsters are gone too.

Freshman Success

Freshman, Alex Plavner, of the UVM lacrosse team ended the season as the starting goalie over returning senior starter Justin Lubas. Yesterday Alex appeared in IL's Top Saves of 2009 highlight video. Alex should develop into a strong netminder and I expect him to make big strides going into 2010.

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