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When a person talks about Tennessee Volunteers baseball, they are talking about a team that is rich in tradition and has year after year provided plenty of players into the MLB system. There are few schools that have provided as many players as has Tennessee.
The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team has consistently proven that they are a team that is for real. They have had a number of appearances in the CWS, as well as several appearances in the NCAA tournament. There have been a number of SEC titles that the team has enjoyed as a result of their success in the conference.
Many of the titles and awards that the Volunteers have enjoyed in the past, have come from such greats as Todd Helton and Chase Headly just to name a few of these players.
Chase Headly for example led the Volunteers to an SEC conference championship the last year that he played for Tennessee. Since heading to the big leagues, he has shown that he is still as good of a player then that he is now. He made an impressive run at the record that fellow Tennessee player Todd Helton had set earlier.
Headly earned 62 walks as a result of his wonderful playing skills. In addition to being a dynamo on the mound, he also made an impact at the plate when it came time to hit the ball. Headly set the single season home run record, and that mark has not been touched since then. Off the field, Headly was just as impressive.
He managed to accomplish all that he did on the field, while keeping his grades up and manageable all the time he played for Tennessee.
Todd Helton was another player that put on the orange and white, to go on to a career in the majors that was more than impressive for a rookie. His first year with the Rockies, he set records all over the place, this as a result allowed him to get noticed real quick by scouts all over the country.
These records that he set at Tennessee, would carry on into his professional career. Helton made a habit of bringing the heat to the mound when he pitched. It has been said that he was one of the toughest pitchers to face in the SEC.
This reputation was continued when it came to him being in MLB. Batters hated facing him because of his different pitches that he threw.
There is a long a proud tradition that is associated with being a Tennessee Volunteers baseball player. This program has developed quite a few players from their team, and have provided a lot of players that have went on to play in the league and become all stars in their own rite.
These players have went on to have a career that allowed them to enter the Hall of Fame and ink their place in the records books as being a player that people will remember for a long time to come in the future.
Tennessee Volunteers 2010 Season prospects
There are still a lot of players as well as fans that are still angry with the results of the Lane Kiffen fiasco that the Tennessee Volunteers had to endure last season. This was as a result the worst season that the team could have experienced as a result of the coaching that they were led under. It has now been made apparent that Kiffen was waiting for the right time to head back to sunny California and head up the coaching at USC. This will be one of the worst mistakes that the team could have made in the past few seasons.
The loss of Eric Berry was one that was difficult for the team to deal with, in the other side of things there was a successful signing day for the team., this signing day allowed them to fill the holes that had been left with the departure of many of the players that made the Volunteers a powerhouse in the early part of 2000. Then the team fell into a hole, and as a result found themselves in a position that they were in need of a savior to bring them back up. This was supposed to be Lane Kiffen.
Lane Kiffen leaving the team for USC was considered to be one of the toughest things for the team to swallow as a result of the many tough decisions that they have had to deal with in the past few seasons. This was considered to be a tough decision for the team to have to accept and as a result left them scrambling to find a replacement for their coaching. Leadership. This as a result was a tough thing for the team to have to get past. This will be the beginning of the rebuilding that the team will have to go through.
There will need to be a leader on the field that will be able to lead the team through all sorts of trouble while on the field. This as a result means that the team is in need of a savior that is able to make the most out of the season in front of him and lead the team. The quarterback position has been a little lacking in the last few seasons and as a result this is the one area that the team will need to make sure that is addressed in the next sixty days.
If all of the elements line up, then this can be a great season for the team to experience in the next few weeks. If not though, there will be a long season ahead of the team as a result of having to get to the top of the conference and knock off Alabama as being the top team in the SEC. this is their destiny and if all is used properly, this will be the best season in a long while for the team.
College Football 2009 Week 1
Tennessee and Lane Kiffin dominated the Western Kentucky team. 63-7 and they looked like a Tennessee team of old. Jonathan Crompton threw 5 td passes. It should not look at as the national championship but it should be looked at as Tennessee trying to get back moving in the right direction. UCLA is next Lane Kiffin and his father did a great job.
Kentucky went to Cincinnati and Rich Brooks. Kentucky opened it up with Mike Hartline leading the charge. Kentucky finished the game at 41-0 against Miami of Ohio. They have an open date next week then take on Louisville in a rivalry game.
Joe Cox at Georgia didn’t look like a man with the flu. But Oklahoma State came back was the one team to win against the SEC. Oklahoma State sealed the win by recovering a 4th quarter fumble by Joe Cox to complete a 12 yard touchdown pass from Zac Robinison to Dez Bryant. Cowboys win 24-10
Ohio State barley beat Navy 31-27 may need to look at their rankings. Ohio State ran a 2 point conversion that would have tied the game back to put them up by 4 in the final minutes of the game.
Iowa just barely got by Northern Iowa 17-16. Northern Iowa gave them all they wanted.
Michigan over Western Michigan. Quieted down a lot of the naysayers
JoPa was back on the sideline as Penn State wupped up on Akron 31-7 holding Akron to no 1st downs until the 3rd quarter. They held them to only 187 yards total offense.
Minnesota defeated Syracuse 23-20. Syracuse played really well. They had a new coach and a new quarterback. Polus came off the hardwood to lead Syracuse at quarterback.
Georgia Tech defeated Jacksonville State. 37-17
Notre Dame looked good as expected (or hoped) 35-0 over Nevada
North Carolina handled the Citadel 40-6
Mississippi State with new head coach Dan Mullin man handled Jackson State. They looked really good in the process. Made some 1st game mistakes but looked much better than last year when they lost to La Tech in the opener.
USC started out shakey but then took off
Michigan did a great job against a much weaker opponent
Florida was picked to win by 70 but you can bet they will play well and do their best not to win by 70. Way too much class in town for that. The final was 62-3 and could have been worse but thank you Lord for the class of Florida.
Kansas beat N Colorado 49-3
Oklahoma was the story of the day losing to BYU ranked number 20 and sure to move up. Sam Bradford getting hurt and then losing the game had to be the shocker of the day. After coming off a season of having Sam Bradford win the Heisman Trophy and playing in the National Championship game expectations were high for the Sooners. The injury to Bradford doesn’t look to be season ending but his return may be too little too late as BYU defeated OU 14-13. BYU’s quarterback Max Hall was 26 of 38 for 329 yards and two touchdowns. Hall is the nephew of former Dallas Cowboy Danny White.
Alabama and Virginia Tech were in a dog fight. Playing in the Georgia Dome. The Tide prevailed with a 34-24 win. Ingram rushed for 150 yards which was the most he had ever rushed for. He had 2 forth quarter tds. McElroy threw for 230 yards. The tide held a 498-155 lead in total yards but had to rally in the 4th quarter for the win. There was the normal opening game mistakes with penalties and special team mistakes. It was Virginia Tech they were playing not some of the other so called division 3 teams on the other ranked teams schedules. Saban actually bragged on his team saying they had actually played better than the score reflected that they had responded well to adversity and don’t you know it that is what football is all about, responding to adversity
LSU struggled to defeat Washington 31-23. Jordan Jefferson threw 3 td passes to lead the tigers passed a much improved Washington Husky team its 15th consecutive loss
Vanderbilt beat West Carolina 45-0
#12 Cal beats up on Maryland 52-13
Arizona State punishes Idaho State 50-3
Clemson defeate Middle Tennesse State 37-14 but Starting Running Back Spiller was injured
Missouri didn’t seem to miss Chase Daniels as it defeated Illinois 37-9
Fresno State beats up on UC Davis 51-0
Arizona beats Central Michigan 19-6
Coach Chizik’s much anticipated debut was a success at Auburn as they defeated Louisiana Tech 37-13
San Diego beats Azusa Pacific 24-12
UNLV defeats Sacramento St. 38-3
Arkansas looks better as they defeated Missouri State 48-10
Connecticut defeated Ohio 23-16
Old Dominion beats Chowan 36-21
South Florida put it on Wofford 40-7
Louisville defeated Indiana State 30-10
Idaho defeated New Mexico State 21-6
