Rank | ▲▼ | Coach Name | School | Age | Conf. | Compensation | Yrs. | W | L | T | Yrs. | W | L | T | Win % | W | L | W | L | |
| 1 | ▲ | Charlie Weis | Notre Dame | 51 | Ind. | $3,500,000 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | .606 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | .606 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | ▲ | Philip Fulmer | Tennessee | 57 | SEC | $2,050,000 | 16 | 141 | 44 | 0 | .762 | 16 | 141 | 44 | 0 | .762 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | ▲ | Mike Stoops | Arizona | 46 | Pac 10 | $865,000 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 0 | .333 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 0 | .333 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | ▼ | Bill Callahan | Nebraska | 51 | Big 12 | $1,690,317 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 0 | .578 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 0 | .578 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | ▼ | Houston Nutt | Arkansas | 50 | SEC | $1,049,644 | 15 | 106 | 70 | 0 | .602 | 10 | 71 | 47 | 0 | .602 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | ▼ | Phil Bennett | SMU | 52 | CUSA | $495,602 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 0 | .277 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 0 | .277 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | ▲ | Ole Miss | 46 | SEC | $905,000 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | .290 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | .290 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 | ▲ | Guy Morriss | Baylor | 56 | Big 12 | $1,144,236 | 7 | 27 | 50 | 0 | .351 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 0 | .333 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | ▲ | Kirk Ferentz | Iowa | 52 | Big 10 | $2,840,000 | 12 | 70 | 69 | 0 | .504 | 9 | 58 | 47 | 0 | .552 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | ▲ | Steve Kragthorpe | Louisville | 41 | Big East | $1,100,000 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 0 | .559 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | ▼ | Texas A&M | 56 | Big 12 | $2,012,200 | 25 | 186 | 98 | 2 | .650 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 0 |
10/22/2007
FULMER CLIMBS TO HOT SEAT 2ND PLACE
10/21/2007
21st Century Pleasure and Pain Index
If we had mood rings while watching the UT Football team this century this would be the result
Blue is depressing
Red is Anger
Black in neutral or mildly happy
Orange is Euphoric
Unlisted games were expected wins like Vandy, Miss St, Ol Miss, Ky and cupcakes
The 13/22 column next to scores is the Vol/opponent AP ranking
2000
Sept. 2 So Miss N Knoxville ESPN 13/22 19-16 W
Sept. 16 Florida Knoxville CBS 11/6 23-27 L
Sept. 30 LSU N B Rouge ESPN 11/-- 31-38 L OT
Oct. 7 Georgia N Athens ESPN 21/19 10-21 L
Oct. 21 Alabama Knoxville CBS 20-10 W
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 1 Kansas State Dallas Fox 21/11 21-35 L
2001
Sept. 29 LSU N Knoxville ESPN 7/14 26-18 W
Oct. 6 Georgia Knoxville CBS 6/-- 24-26 L
Oct. 20 Alabama Tuscaloosa CBS 11/-- 35-24 W
Nov. 3 Notre Dame South Bend NBC 7/-- 28-18 W
Dec. 1 Florida Gainesville CBS 5/2 34-32 W
SEC Championship Game
LSU ATLANTA CBS 2/21 20-31 L
Florida Citrus Bowl
Jan. 1 Michigan Orlando ABC 8/17 45-17 W
2002
Sept. 21 Florida Knoxville CBS 4/10 13-30 L
Oct. 5 Arkansas N Knoxville ESPN 10/-- 41-38 W 6OT
Oct. 12 Georgia Athens CBS 10/6 13-18 L
Oct. 26 Alabama N Knoxville ESPN 16/19 14-34 L
Nov. 9 Miami (Fla.) Knoxville CBS --/1 3-26 L
Peach Bowl
Dec. 31 Maryland N Atlanta ESPN --/20 3-30 L
2003
Sept. 20 Florida Gainesville CBS 12/17 24-10 W
Oct. 4 Auburn N Auburn ESPN 7/-- 21-28 L
Oct. 11 Georgia N Knoxville ESP2 13/8 14-41 L
Oct. 25 Alabama Tuscaloosa CBS 22/-- 51-43 W 5OT
Nov. 8 Miami (Fla.) Miami ABC 18/6 10-6 W
Peach Bowl
Jan. 2 Clemson N Atlanta ESPN 6/-- 14-27 L
2004
Sept. 18 Florida N Knoxville CBS 13/11 30-28 W
Oct. 2 Auburn N Knoxville ESPN 10/8 10-34 L
Oct. 9 Georgia Athens CBS 17/3 19-14 W
Oct. 23 Alabama Knoxville CBS 11/-- 17-13 W
Oct. 30 SCarolina Columbia JP 11/-- 43-29 W
Nov. 6 Notre Dame Knoxville CBS 9/-- 13-17 L
SEC Championship Game
Dec. 4 Auburn N Atlanta CBS 15/3 28-38 L
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 1 Texas A&M Dallas Fox 15/22 38-7 W
2005
Sept. 17 Florida N Gainesville CBS 5/6 7-16 L
Sept. 26 LSU B Rouge ESP2 10/4 30-27 W OT
Oct. 8 Georgia Knoxville CBS 8/5 14-27 L
Oct. 22 Alabama Tuscaloosa CBS 17/5 3-6 L
Oct. 29 S Carolina N Knoxville ESP2 23/-- 15-16 L
Nov. 5 Notre Dame South Bend NBC --/8 21-41 L
Nov. 19 Vanderbilt Knoxville JP 24-28 L
2006
Sept. 2 California Knoxville ESPN 23/9 35-18 W
Sept. 9 Air Force Knoxville PPV 11/-- 31-30 W
Sept. 16 Florida N Knoxville CBS 13/7 20-21 L
Oct. 7 Georgia N Athens ESPN 13/10 51-33 W
Oct. 21 Alabama Knoxville CBS 7/-- 16-13 W
Nov. 4 LSU Knoxville CBS 8/13 24-28 L
Nov. 11 Arkansas N Fayetteville ESP2 13/11 14-31 L
Outback Bowl
Jan. 1 Penn State Tampa ESPN 17/-- 10-20 L
2007 FLORIDA Gainesville CBS 3/22 HUGE DEPRESSING LOSS 59 TO 20
2007 ALABAMA Tuscaloosa CBS --/20 HUGE DEPRESSING LOSS 41 TO 17
NINE GAMES in ORANGE = Euphoria Inducing
EXCELLENT PERFOMANCE
FOURTEEN GAMES in BLACK = Expected Outcome EXPECTED PERFORMANCE
EIGHTEEN GAMES IN BLUE = Depression - poor play in loss or win
DEPRESSING PERFORMANCE
THIRTEEN GAMES IN RED = ANGER - seriously inept execution
MISERABLE PERFORMANCE
Thirty-one game day experience this century have been depressing or anger inducing.
Fifteen important games resulted in expected outcomes.
Nine games resulted in BIG ORANGE EUPHORIA due to an excellent win
Ending up expected or euphoric experiences total 24 times
Depression and Anger total 31 times.
This ratio of disappointments (anger and depression) to elation is 31 to 9
a 3 to 1 chance that were disappointed at the end of watching an important UT Football game and that ration of satisfaction to disappointment is unacceptable
SQUANDERING PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
SQUANDERING PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
Never more obvious than today - we have a serious coaching problem
A win today at Alabama and Tennessee is alone atop the SEC EAST
Ranked 13th or better in the country
and well on the way to an SECCG and a possible BCS birth
Arian Foster - running through Alabama like Sherman marched through Georgia
7.5 yards per carry - he looked unstoppable.
So what does the Tennessee brain trust do?
3rd down near midfield Tennessee up 14 to 10
3rd and short who gets the rock?
Arian Foster right?
NOPE they don't have Arian in the game (Roper dope)
and Cutcliffe calls for the run with Creer - NO GAIN
But we can correct that mistake - bring in Foster and pick up one yard
NOPE - punt
Bama marches over our 'well coached' Chavis defense and it's 17 to 14
Halftime - our brilliant brain trust of coaching will adjust wont' they?
3rd quarter down 10 - Foster still running great at 7.5 ypc
Give it to Foster right?
Nope - Cut a screen pass that's blocked
Still we have Foster and short yardage for a fourth down conversion
GIVE THE DAMN BALL TO FOSTER
Nope - lets punt because our defense can hold them thinks Fulmer
Why? has our defense held them yet?
NOPE - and the rout is on.
There comes a time when fans have to recognize the futility of supporting a staff that has no ability to adjust to adversity during a game
We have to know that the inability to give the team a chance by putting the ball in the hands of our best chance (Arian Foster on 3rd and short) is a sure sign of a breakdown in basic intelligence.
This isn't the teams fault
And you cannot work to fix stupidity
Fulmer and his staff have been turned out by Meyer, Tedford and Saban and there is no sense in supporting an intelligence deficit.
Fulmer and company are never going to get any smarter
And all the film and hard work won't make a bit of difference
I really hoped up until today that CPF & company could luck out an get to Atlanta
It was clear at UGA and MsState we had figured out how to run
If was obvious in the 2nd quarter today
But our team cannot overcome a porous defense and a massive deficit in coaching guts and intelligence.
Those two 3rd and short opportunities
With Bama unable to stop Foster
showed that
1) the staff wasn't smart enough to run Foster
2) the staff doesn't have the guts to run Foster twice (on 3rd and 4th)
Our offensive team could have won that game if the coaches gave them the opportunity - our defensive "genius" was incapable of stopping Hall
You don't punt on 4th and one 10 points down when your defense can't stop the opponent.
The staff has no idea what a halftime adjustment is - they have to study film and work like heck and you can't do that at halftime. We require enough intelligence in a coaching staff to make adjustments without film and a week to work on a game that ended on Saturday afternoon
Our staff will study Alabama film this week and work like heck to fix it.
But we won't be playing Alabama next saturday.
I really feel sorry for Erik and Arian today
These guys should be having a great season
But our coaches don't seem to think so
In fact our coaches don't seem to think.
Tennessee should be ranked 13th and leading the SEC East as a favorite to beat USC at home this week. If the team had been allowed to do what they do best - have Arian Foster run the rock until he is stopped.
But we have a coaching intelligence problem so plain even I can see it
That's what I really think and I don't know Jack.
But I'm allowed to show my ignorance on a messageboard
and make an ass of myself
so there it is - your turn to explain how wrong I am
and how great our coaching staff really is.
10/15/2007
The Greatt Pumpkin
IT LEADS TO PERVERSION
CAST A SPELL
AND FLICK THE SWITCH
IT'S TIME TO GO PHIL
YOU'VE BECOME A BAD JOKE
HALFWAY HOME - anything is possible
The Vols can still win the East, make it to the SECCG and make the Sugar Bowl and a top 5 final ranking
giving us at least 5 more years of Fulmer.
OR
The Vols could implode and lose 3 or 4 more games, make it to a lower tier bowl and end the season with mounting pressure for a coaching change at season's end.
Most likely there will be a middle ground with a 4 and 2 finish
for an 8 and 4 season and "one more year" for CPF
It all starts Saturday at Alabama.
The first CPF vs Satan match up in Tuscaloosa
Bama hasn't one win vs a team with a winning record
Bama lost to UGA at home, The Vols trashed UGA at home
Bama lost to a poor FSU team on the road
The Vols were embarrassed by Cal and Florida
This is a game that Tennessee has to win and should win.
CPF can still hang his hat on dominance of the Tide and that carries lots of weight (pun intended) with older alums. A loss to Bama the first year of Satans dark reign in the firey pit of hell could doom the scourge of Bama in Knoxville. If CPF can't beat Satan this year how can he hope to win when Satan has his own recruits?
The Vols should be able to run on Bama and control the clock
Vols 42 Bama 17
Euphoria continues in K town.
A week away comes South Carolina
Here's a real chance for some progress in the polls and a signature win for this team and CPF
The Fightin Penis comes to K-town with the coach Vols and Fulmer love to hate.
SC beat UGA on the road by 4 - Tennessee beat UGA at home by 21
SC beat MS State at home by 17 - Tennessee beat MS State on the road by 12
a pretty even comparison on the same opponent record.
UK has a loss to LSU on the road and a win vs KY at home
a mere 14 point win over La Laf, 6 points over UNC, and a blowout vs SC State.
TN was embarrassed in the 2 losses to Cal and Florida while SC stayed within a dozen of LSU
South Carolina is highly ranked - 6 in the BCS 6 in the AP 6 in the Harris 8 in the USA Today
South Carolina plays Vanderbilt at home this week while UT plays Bama on the road
South Carolina has Spurrier and Tennessee has Spurrier's dog
Everything seems to be lining up in South Carolina's favor but this game is a must win for CPF as a career saver. If CPF can beat this Spurrier led SC team in Knoxville it guarantees another year on his contract
So my pick is Tennessee 27 South Carolina 24
won on a field goal by honest Dan Lincoln and a jump to top 12 status for Tennessee
LA LAF - Vols win in lackluster fashion to go 7 and 2 on the season.
Arkansas Ambush
| 09/01 | W 46-26 | |
| 09/15 | L 41-38 | |
| 09/22 | L 42-29 | |
| 09/29 | W 66-7 | |
| 10/06 | W 34-15 | |
| 10/13 | L 9-7 | |
| 10/20 | lose | |
| 10/27 | win | |
| 11/03 | lose | |
| 11/10 | TBD | |
| 11/17 | lose | |
| 11/23 | lose |
Nutts job is on the line - in fact it's probably already lost by the time the hogs get to Knoxville
The Hogs will go down in South Carolina and may end up in the West cellar with a loss to Ol Miss
Fulmer riding high off of the Vols wins over Satan and Spurrier doesn't do enough to keep the team from hitting the field overconfident.
This is just the kind of game where some great sideline game day coaching is required to overcome the shell shock of falling behind to an inferior but dangerous opponent. It will take a bonehead play on the part of Arkansas like the 98 Stoner fumble for the Vols to pull out a win.
This one could go either way and that will infuriate the faithful - which could be a good thing for this Volunteer team with Kentucky coming up in 2 weeks. Good thing this game is in Knoxville.
Vols win 31 to 28 in OT
Vanderbilt Victory
| 09/01 | W 41-17 | |
| 09/08 | L 24-10 | |
| 09/15 | W 31-17 | |
| 09/29 | W 30-7 | |
| 10/06 | L 35-7 | |
| 10/13 | L 20-17 | |
| 10/20 | loss | |
| 10/27 | win | |
| 11/03 | loss | |
| 11/10 | loss | |
| 11/17 | TBD | |
| 11/24 | win |
This game will be a yawner
The Vols will be drained from the close call with Arkansas but determined not to make the same mistake twice
Vols 28 Vandy 14
TENNESSEE plays KENTUCKY for far more than the beer barrel
| 09/01 | W 50-10 | |
| 09/08 | W 56-20 | |
| 09/15 | W 40-34 | |
| 09/22 | W 42-29 | |
| 09/29 | W 45-17 | |
| 10/04 | L 38-23 | |
| 10/13 | W 43-37 | |
| 10/20 | win | |
| 10/27 | win | |
| 11/10 | win | |
| 11/17 | win | |
| 11/24 |
Tennessee vs Kentucky for the right to play LSU or Auburn in the SEC Championship Game and a shot at the BCS Sugar Bowl. The biggest border rivalry game in the entire long history of the series. And this is a 100 year history starting back in 1906
Kentucky has won but 3 times in the last 40 years the last time was 22 year ago
22 years ago was the last time that Kentucky had at least 9 wins in a season
Even if KY loses to Florida they will still have 9 wins when the Vols arrives in Lexington.
KENTUCKY VS TENNESSEE HISTORY
2006 vs. *Kentucky (8-5) W 17 12
2005- @ *Kentucky (3-8) W 27 8
2004- vs. *Kentucky (2-9) W 37 31
2003- @ *Kentucky (4-8) W 20 7
2002- vs. *Kentucky (7-5) W 24 0
2001- @ *Kentucky (2-9) W 38 35
2000- vs. *Kentucky (2-9) W 59 20
1999 @ *Kentucky (6-6) W 56 21
1998- vs. *Kentucky (7-5) W 59 21
1997- @ *Kentucky (5-6) W 59 31
1996 vs. *Kentucky (4-7) W 56 10
1995- @ *Kentucky (4-7) W 34 31
1994 vs. *Kentucky (1-10) W 52 0
1993 @ *Kentucky (6-6) W 48 0
1992- vs. *Kentucky (4-7) W 34 13
1991 @ *Kentucky (3-8) W 16 7
1990 vs. *Kentucky (4-7) W 42 28
1989- @ *Kentucky (6-5) W 31 10
1988- vs. *Kentucky (5-6) W 28 24
1987- @ *Kentucky (5-6) W 24 22
1986 vs. *Kentucky (5-5-1) W 28 9
1985- @ *Kentucky (5-6) W 42 0
1984- vs. *Kentucky (9-3) L 12 17
1983- @ *Kentucky (6-5-1) W 10 0
1982- vs. *Kentucky (0-10-1) W 28 7
1981- @ *Kentucky (3-8) L 10 21
1980- vs. *Kentucky (3-8) W 45 14
1979- @ *Kentucky (5-6) W 20 17
1978- vs. *Kentucky (4-6-1) W 29 14
1977 @ *Kentucky (10-1) L 17 21
1976- vs. *Kentucky (8-4) L 0 7
1975- @ *Kentucky (2-8-1) W 17 13
1974- vs. *Kentucky (6-5) W 24 7
1973- @ *Kentucky (5-6) W 16 14
1972- vs. *Kentucky (3-8) W 17 7
1971- @ *Kentucky (3-8) W 21 7
1970 vs. *Kentucky (2-9) W 45 0
1969- @ *Kentucky (2-8) W 31 26
1968- vs. *Kentucky (3-7) W 24 7
1967- @ *Kentucky (2-8) W 17 7
1966- vs. *Kentucky (3-6-1) W 28 19
1965 @ *Kentucky (6-4) W 19 3
1964- vs. *Kentucky (5-5) L 7 12
1963 @ *Kentucky (3-6-1) W 19 0
1962- vs. *Kentucky (3-5-2) L 10 12
1961- @ *Kentucky (5-5) W 26 16
1960 vs. *Kentucky (5-4-1) T 10 10
1959- @ *Kentucky (4-6) L 0 20
1958- vs. *Kentucky (5-4-1) L 2 6
1957- @ *Kentucky (3-7) L 6 20
1956- vs. *Kentucky (6-4) W 20 7
1955- @ *Kentucky (6-3-1) L 0 23
1954- vs. *Kentucky (7-3) L 13 14
1953 @ *Kentucky (7-2-1) L 21 27
1952- vs. *Kentucky (5-4-2) T 14 14
1951- @ *Kentucky (8-4) W 28 0
1950- vs. *Kentucky (11-1) W 7 0
1949-@ *Kentucky (9-3) W 6 0
1948- vs. *Kentucky (5-3-2) T 0 0
1947 @ *Kentucky (8-3) W 13 6
1946 vs. *Kentucky (7-3) W 7 0
1945 @ *Kentucky (2-8) W 14 0
1944- @ *Kentucky (3-6) W 21 7
1942- vs. *Kentucky (3-6-1) W 26 0
1941- @ *Kentucky (5-4) W 20 7
1940- vs. *Kentucky (5-3-2) W 33 0
1939- @ *Kentucky (6-2-1) W 19 0
1938 vs. *Kentucky (2-7) W 46 0
1937 @ *Kentucky (4-6) W 13 0
1936 vs. *Kentucky (6-4) W 7 6
1935- @ *Kentucky (5-4) L 0 27
1934- vs. *Kentucky (5-5) W 19 0
1933- @ *Kentucky (5-5) W 27 0
1932- vs. *Kentucky (4-5) W 26 0
1931- @ *Kentucky (5-2-2) T 6 6
1930- vs. *Kentucky (5-3) W 8 0
1929- @ *Kentucky (6-1-1) T 6 6
1928 vs. *Kentucky (4-3-1) T 0 0
1927- @ *Kentucky (3-6-1) W 20 0
1926- vs. *Kentucky (2-6-1) W 6 0
1925 @ *Kentucky (6-3) L 20 23
1924- vs. *Kentucky (4-5) L 6 27
1923- @ *Kentucky (4-3-2) W 18 0
1922 vs. *Kentucky (6-3) W 14 7
1921 @ *Kentucky (4-3-1) T 0 0
1920 vs. Kentucky (3-4-1) W 14 7
1919- @ Kentucky (3-4-1) L 0 13
1916- vs. Kentucky (4-1-2) T 0 0
1915- @ Kentucky (6-1-1) L 0 6
1914 vs. Kentucky (non-IA) W 23 6
1913 @ Kentucky (non-IA) W 13 7
1912 vs. Kentucky (non-IA) L 6 13
1911 @ Kentucky (non-IA) L 0 12
1910- vs. Kentucky (non-IA) L 0 10
1909 @ Kentucky (non-IA) L 0 10
1908 vs. Kentucky (non-IA) W 7 0
1907- vs. Kentucky (non-IA) T 0 0
1906 @ Kentucky (non-IA) L 0 21
There have been 8 ties in the series 6 before 1935