As the point chasm widened between Florida and Tennessee last weekend in the Swamp, Gators TE and special teams player Derek Baldry says a Volunteer surrendered. Here's Baldry's quote from Gatorcountry.com ($):
Not the news Tennessee fans wanted to hear. Yes, the Vols were getting shellacked, and when you're down 49-20 in the 4th quarter, it's a pretty surefire bet that you're not going to win the game."On the point-after attempt, after the 48th point, one of the guys rushing, I guess, decided he didn't want to go too hard. Instead of shooting through the gap, which is where he would have come through me, he kind of ran into me and kind of pulled up and said 'whoa, whoa, whoa' as if I were going to deliver a hit to him. Verbatim he said, 'I don't want to rush this s--- anymore, I'm too f----g tired.' That's what he said.
"As he was saying 'whoa, whoa, whoa,' I thought the play had been whistle dead or a flag had been thrown or something. I didn't understand what was going on. I kind of looked around real quick and I saw the refs with his arms up in the air, showing it was a good kick, and that's when I tapped him on the head and ran off."
But as Phil Fulmer is fond of saying, "Tough times don't last, but tough people do."
How tough are the Volunteers? It's a question Vol nation has to be asking itself.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. there is a revolt on volnation.com because of this story.
Posted at 3:25AM on Sep 20th 2007 by rowefork
2. vols need a young smart innovative coach.vols are awful and it shows.fulmer needs to go.in fact its about three years late. gene
Posted at 8:54PM on Sep 25th 2007 by gene g.sanderson
3. You fools in the "Vol Nation" have been living in the past for TEN freaking years. The national chapionship in 1998 was a FLUKE. FOOLMER has shown over the past 10 years what a waste he is !!!!!
Foolmer and his band of court jesters led by Eric "I can't hand the ball off" Ainge are barrelling down the road to a 6-6 season and spots in the unemployment line. Foolmer, see what you get for stabbing Majors in the back while he lay in a hospital bed recupperating from heart surgery !!!!
Posted at 12:46PM on Oct 4th 2007 by Bill