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Dear Tennessee Fans,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the great support you give our team. Your passion and pride for our program is what makes us special!

This year was a disappointing season for everyone in the Tennessee family. We started this season with great expectations and failed to live up to those expectations. I assure you that no one is happy about our season - especially me, and I know that our fans deserve better than what we produced this year.

Now that the season is over, I am taking a step back and re-evaluating the entire program. We're doing a lot of things well - especially our defense, but obviously not enough. We grossly underachieved offensively, and special teams were erratic at best. As I've said before, the results this year are unacceptable and accountability starts with me.

My staff and I have great determination to get things back on track. In order to get things turned around, we first have to look at what happened this season. I'm doing a complete audit of everything in our program. No stone will be left unturned and no question left unanswered as to what went wrong.

I've taken some steps already and others are in short order. I have made some coaching changes to move forward. I feel the addition of David Cutcliffe as offensive coordinator is a great step forward for us. He is a great football coach, but better yet he's a leader and teacher. He will challenge our thinking, be creative with our offense and very demanding of our players.

I appreciate the support and patience I've received from the administration and Tennessee fans everywhere to make the adjustments I need to make to get back to where I believe we should be. We have had many great moments, games and seasons together and will again. Tennessee football is about pride, and it's my first priority to restore that pride.


Go Vols!
Phillip Fulmer
Head Football Coach

SI.com - NCAA Football - Fulmer writes Vols fans about disappointment - Tuesday November 29, 2005 2:51PM: "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, who acknowledged in a letter to fans Tuesday that the 2005 season was 'unacceptable,' will not receive a raise or contract extension this year.

Athletic director Mike Hamilton said Fulmer has not yet had his formal yearly review, but they will not change his contract after the Volunteers finished the season 5-6, the first losing record and lack of a bowl bid since 1988.

Fulmer's contract was increased last year to $2.05 million annually and extended by one year to 2011.

'I'm confident in Phillip,' Hamilton told The Associated Press on Tuesday. 'I think you base pay increases on substantially successful years. ... I would think Phillip doesn't expect [a raise.]'

Fulmer normally receives a raise and extension each year. He only got a one-year extension after finishing the 2002 season 8-5, his worst record until this year."

Cutcliffe begins new era - Tuesday, 11/29/05: "David Cutcliffe didn't waste any time yesterday diving back into his encore as Tennessee's offensive coordinator.He met with the offensive players just prior to his press conference and delivered a very concise message.

His way or the highway."

thedailytimes.com - Players inspired by Cutcliffe's arrival: "Cutcliffe's arrival seemed to immediately boost the confidence of Vol players who suffered through the most impotent offensive output in 41 years. Tennessee failed to produce more than 30 points in a game for the first time since 1964, Doug Dickey's first year as head coach.

``I know everybody's real excited to have him and we're excited about putting points on the board,'' said junior wide receiver Jayson Swain. ``I think we can have a good chance of doing that.''"

CUTCLIFFE REJOINS VOLS' COACHING STAFF :: Under Cutcliffe's tutelage as offensive coordinator from 1993-98, UT twice led the SEC in total offense

VolQuest.com - Vols in the NFL Performance of former Vols in the NFL last weekend.

FOSTER NAMED SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK :: Foster Is Fourth Vol To Gain Conference Honors

Fulmer starting to make changes a little too late: "In their exit interviews yesterday, some of the players acknowledged that they knew something was amiss with this team even before things went south in October.

'We didn't have the kind of chemistry that we needed this year in order to be successful on the field,' senior defensive end Jason Hall said.

'A lot of things were overlooked even by the coaching staff. We kind of got ahead of ourselves and thought the talent would overcome all. That didn't happen.'"

thedailytimes.com - Two more Tennessee coaches to leave staff: "Offensive assistants Jimmy Ray Stephens and Pat Washington will not return to the team, multiple sources have told The Daily Times. Washington refused to answer questions concerning his future upon leaving Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium Saturday after Tennessee's 27-8 win.

David Cutcliffe already has agreed to return to his old post as the Vols' offensive coordinator. Cutcliffe, fired from Mississippi following the 2004 season, resides in Knoxville and spent 17 years on the staffs of both Johnny Majors and Phillip Fulmer before taking over the Ole Miss program following the 1998 season.

A press conference announcing Cutcliffe's return to replace Randy Sanders, who resigned Oct. 31, is expected to be held on the Tennessee campus Monday afternoon."

Juniors to weigh their NFL options - Sunday, 11/27/05: "Three UT juniors — defensive tackle Justin Harrell and offensive linemen Arron Sears and Rob Smith — said they will submit the necessary paperwork to get assessments of their potential NFL draft status before making decisions on whether to turn pro or come back for their senior seasons."

UT Report Card - Sunday, 11/27/05

USATODAY.com - Fulmer overhauling his coaching staff after 5-6 season: "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The winds of change will blow swiftly through the Tennessee football program. The Vols' first losing season in 17 years ended Saturday with very little fanfare and a ton of uncertainty.

What's coming is the first restructuring of Tennessee's coaching staff under Phillip Fulmer, whose Vols overcame three turnovers to defeat Kentucky 27-8 at Commonwealth Stadium. The win gave Tennessee a season record of 5-6 (3-5 in the SEC). (Related item: Game report)

'It's a season that got everybody's attention,' Fulmer said. 'I'll do a complete audit of the entire program.'

Much of that audit has already been done.

Barring a late snag, a deal has been reached for David Cutcliffe to return as the Vols' offensive coordinator. He's expected to be officially introduced Monday and could be on the road recruiting as early as this week.

The restructuring will also include receivers coach Pat Washington not being retained. Washington has already told people that he won't be back after 11 seasons on Tennessee's staff.

There are also strong indications that offensive line coach Jimmy Ray Stephens won't be back following a season in which the Vols struggled on offense and never found an identity.

The other change will come on special teams, where the coordinator duties will be re-assigned from Steve Caldwell, who's also the Vols' defensive ends coach. Caldwell will remain on the defensive staff, as his starting ends, Parys Haralson and Jason Hall, both had big years this season."

Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com - Jackson, TN

ESPN.com - NCF - Low: Growing pains: "The Gators are also zeroing in on former Tennessee quarterback Brent Schaeffer, who's wreaking havoc (on the field) this season at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif., after running into trouble and parting ways with the Vols last year."

The Daily Camera: College Sports: "Thanks to the courage shown by Tennessee linebacker Jason Mitchell. Lost in the Vols' disastrous 2005 flop is Mitchell's 32 tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles. This may not sound like much until you consider that the 6-1, 227-pound senior played the last nine games with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.

The nature of the tear kept the structure of Mitchell's knee relatively stable and with a brace, he played at roughly 60 percent before finally giving in and having surgery this week prior to UT's meaningless season-finale at Kentucky.

A starter in 2004, the athletic Mitchell might have had a shot at the NFL, but rehabbing his knee during the scouting combine and workouts this spring makes that unlikely. Still he has no regrets.

'I couldn't walk away from it. It just meant so much to be playing,' he said."

TriCities.com | Ugly UT season demonstrates lack of accountability, discipline: "Saturday’s debacle against lowly Vanderbilt just exposed a larger problem with the Tennessee football program.

Simply put, there is no accountability or discipline.

Over the past two years, Volunteer players have been involved in 20 incidents ranging from gun charges and disturbing the peace to shoplifting and assault.

Instead of admitting blame, many Tennessee apologists point to other troubled programs or blame a national media conspiracy (fueled by ESPN, of course) against the Vols."

These are solely in my opinion and in no particular order. List is subject to
change pending coaching staff moves, player suspensions (yeah, right), and everyone
coming around to my way of thinking.

1. Wide Receivers Coach Pat Washington. As an SEC quarterback, he was pretty
successful. His life since has been sustained mediocrity; for years, no receiver
has left Tennessee materially better than he was when he arrived. He must have a
safe deposit box filled with Polaroids of Coach Fulmer and a goat to have stayed
employed this long.

2. Retiring Numbers. An idea deeply flawed in both concept and execution. There
are many ways to honor your program’s greatest players. Freezing out those who
for whatever reason did not achieve NFL success should not be one of them.

3. Player Discipline. The only reasons an empty helmet should ever be on the
ground are (a) because an especially jarring collision knocked it there, and (b) for
repair. The only reason a player should ever smile or laugh on the sidelines is
because the game is in hand, by which I mean at least a 21-point lead in the last
six minutes of the fourth quarter. If a player lies, cheats, or steals, he should be
dismissed from the team, period. If a player strikes another human outside the
context of a football game, whatever the circumstances, he should be dismissed
from the team, period. If you cannot accept these demands and expectations, go
somewhere else and clutter the police blotter.

4. Public Address Announcer Bobby Denton. He stumbles over easy-to-pronounce
names and words and commits crimes against the hard ones. He gives opponents
ammunition by erroneously pronouncing their coaches’ (e.g., Ron Zook, 2002)
and players’ names. He does little to incite the crowd and blames conference
policies restricting announcers even though other SEC teams’ announcers do
much more. His time has come and gone; please say no more.

5. The Pride of the Southland Marching Band, in the stands: No quarrels with the
halftime shows. The pre-game show is another entry. What the band plays
during the game, though, needs a serious refresher. Twice during the Vandy
game I was forced to listen to Journey’s “Separate Ways.” That is twice more
than anyone should ever have to hear that song, or any song by Journey, the
Worst Band in the World. All copies of the band’s “music” for that song should
be gathered and burned in a ceremony in the parking lot outside the music
building. The other tripe the band regularly plays during games – Black Sabbath,
the “Gladiator” theme, anything but “Rocky Top” – should also be shelved.

6. Concessions Director Jim Bletner. Dining at Neyland is a sick joke. The hot
dogs are offensive, the only enjoyable food items are at a hard-to-find handful of
stands, and the prices are outrageous. There’s not enough bottled water for the
hot games and not enough coffee or hot chocolate for the cold ones. Nine out of
10 staffers are surly. Bletner should drop local politics and focus on his day job.

7. Running Backs Coach Trooper Taylor: At what point does enthusiasm and
emotion become moronic grandstanding? Maybe it’s when your charges fumble
away the Alabama game. Maybe it’s when your inability to assess talent becomes
clear as Arian Foster runs 40 times and looks as good on the last five carries as he
did on the first five, while Gerald Riggs nurses a hangnail on the bench.

8. The Pride of the Southland Marching Band, pre-game show: Dated and worn. Of
course they should end by forming the “T” for the players to run through, but
everything before that should be open to re-examination. Discard the needless
jingoism and forgettable mid-set songs and lively things up. Also, do we really
need that many majorettes? Are they on scholarship? If they are, that money
should be freed up to pay the new assistant coaches we’re going to have to hire.

9. Every season ticket holder between the 20’s on the west side, lower deck.
Rename this area “The Morgue.” If competing teams were covered in gasoline
and set ablaze while strippers danced along the sidelines and F-15’s dive-bombed
the field, these people would sit on their hands and mutter about their trust funds.

10. Cramped Seating. People are getting bigger, not smaller. If Mike Hamilton
wanted to become an instant hero, he would re-align the seats and undo Doug
Dickey’s ill-advised “adjustments” in the 1990s that shrank the available space
for spectators. This simple stroke would make all fans immediately happier.
Besides, the way the team is selling tickets to games other than marquee SEC
matches, a couple thousand fewer seats would make hard sellouts more likely.

11. The marketing department. Pick a shade of orange and mandate its consistent use
in your licensing agreements. There’s no reason why those “Orange Nation”
student t-shirts should be closer to Texas or Virginia orange than to Tennessee
orange. Gather all non-compliant clothing and donate it to the poor in third world
countries, so they can (a) learn about Tennessee football and its generous fans,
and (b) keep the wrong tones of orange safely offshore. Also, the new snarling
Smokey logos are insipid. Discard immediately.

12. The jersey designers. The numbers are almost impossible to read on the home
jerseys, especially on the bigger players when the jerseys bunch – as they should
not do. At a minimum the numbers should be larger, like Ohio State’s; better still,
they should be larger, outlined in black, and placed on jerseys that fit. Every
“traditionalist” who dislikes that idea should be made to read Dickens in 8-point
font, in low light, nightly for three months. The road jerseys, however, are perfect
and need no adjustment.

13. The November schedule. Almost every year, the cushy last month gives Coach
Fulmer a chance to mask his team’s shortcomings and make it appear as though
the Vols finished strong. This year’s team is so weak that even this built-in
advantage didn’t keep them from being exposed. And that’s a good thing. We
might have had substantive change sooner without this annual schedule salve.

14. Jimmy Ray Stephens, offensive line coach. There is no excuse for failing to get
enough blocking to make a first down against Vanderbilt. If it happens twice, you
should be stranded in the middle of North Dakota penniless and naked but dipped
in pink paint. This unit has been mired in mediocrity since you arrived. Florida
was happy to get rid of you, and now we know why. Should be selling Lady
Kenmores next fall, and will probably find a way to screw that up, too.

15. The Knoxville sports media. Some people gripe about the local press being too
critical of the Vols. They have it backward: the media here are not critical
enough. They have Stockholm Syndrome from too many years of taking
whatever Coach Fulmer gives them. The constant bleed from print to radio to TV
means the reporters focus more on making and keeping friends than they do on
breaking stories, which might require competition and effort. All you need to
know about the state of Knoxville sports journalism is that the best beat writer
covering the Volunteers is Chris Low, from Nashville’s Tennessean; he regularly
scoops the Knoxville reporters. Also, the News-Sentinel routinely fails basic
literacy, e.g., the headline a few weeks ago about USC that read, “Trojans Show
Why Their No. 1.” Everyone responsible for that should be unemployed.

16. Phillip Fulmer. In 1998 he led us to a national championship, which gave him an
inflated sense of his cranial bandwidth. His recruiting “successes” should
conclusively demonstrate the infirmity of all recruiting guides and gurus: if all
these kids are so great, why are we 4-6? (Oh, right, because only our defensive
assistants do anything with them once they get here.) Touts his overall winning
percentage and conveniently ignores his lackluster records in big games and
against Top 10 teams. Utterly failed to manage fans’ preseason expectations this
year when he surely knew they were at least a tad unrealistic. (If he didn’t, then
that’s even more damning.) Loyal to a fault both to people and to systems –
perhaps out of guilt arising from his own disloyalty to Johnny Majors. Has never
grasped idea that “If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep
getting what you’ve always gotten.” Refuses to give meaningful punishment to
miscreant players, refuses to shuffle or dispatch ineffective staff members, and
refuses to take responsibility for his team’s performance without prefacing it with
a list of excuses. Granted, he has earned the right to turn things around. But the
clock is ticking.

11/21/2005 - Crawley: Forecasting Tennessee Football And The SEC - Sports - Chattanoogan.com: "Vol Fans Thankful Crompton Will Be Ready In 2006"

SI.com - Magazine - High School Football: The Kid with the Golden Arm - Tuesday November 22, 2005 8:23AMArticle on the third and perhaps best Clausen

Scout.com: Hamilton Speaks: "Despite a series of unfortunate events, Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said he does not believe the football program is out of control."

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News SourceMajors said,“ I have no respect for the Judas Brutus who is coaching there now.”

UT's Fulmer suspends Toeaina for final game - Monday, 11/21/05: "Tennessee Coach Phillip Fulmer said today that he's suspended senior offensive tackle Albert Toeaina for Saturday's game against Kentucky."

Cutcliffe's rehiring is nearly complete - Monday, 11/21/05

Open thread, post your thoughts in the comments section.

Big Orange red-faced; only three discuss loss - Sunday, 11/20/05: "As senior offensive tackle Albert Toeaina left the field following Rick Clausen's interception to end the game, he angrily hurled his helmet and then cursed and spat on one of UT's JumbroTron cameramen, Scott Liston.

Toeaina's helmet was one of nearly 10 that Tennessee players threw down in disgust and left on the field for managers to take into the locker room.

'That's immature, and they don't appreciate what this university has to offer,' Mahelona said of his teammates who left their helmets in the north end zone."

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Fayton has been reliable for Vols - Friday, 11/18/05Lone standout in dismal year for receiving corps

Altercation leads Fulmer to dismiss freshman Ash - Friday, 11/18/05

Scout.com: Trick plays: Passes to the Tight End: "Tennessee fans have been known to refer to the tight end as the 'wide tackle'. Rarely used in the current Tennessee offense since its original design in the Walt Harris era, we've become accustomed to seeing the tight end primarily as an extra blocker. Former Vol Jason Witten is the only recent exception to the 'wide tackle' role at UT."

Tough Cutler impresses Vols - Thursday, 11/17/05: "In a year in which they've faced the likes of Brady Quinn, Chris Leak, Brodie Croyle, D.J. Shockley, Darrell Hackney and JaMarcus Russell, Tennessee's defenders say Cutler might be the best of the bunch."

Seniors recall all four seasons - Thursday, 11/17/05: "As 26 Tennessee seniors bid adieu to Neyland Stadium this Saturday, they hope fans remember their entire body of work and not just this season."

Clausen reflects on two seasons with Tennessee

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Chavis has been a rock for Fulmer - Wednesday, 11/16/05

thedailytimes.com - Vols ready to rely on defense ... again: "A crutch throughout the season, Tennessee's defense expects to be leaned upon again as the Vols host Vanderbilt Saturday in their home finale. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m."

thedailytimes.com - Fulmer making `good contacts' in offensive coordinator search: "Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said Tuesday he has spoken to ``several'' candidates for the open offensive coordinator position, including his former assistant David Cutcliffe."

Visalia Times Delta - www.visaliatimesdelta.com - "I think if I was there they would be a good team," he said. "They don't have the right player in the spot they need — the person to make the big plays."

Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com - Jackson, TN: "'I'm confident that we're going to finish what we started as a defensive unit,' said Simon, part of a Tennessee defense ranked 12th nationally in total defense heading into Saturday's 11:30 a.m. game against Vanderbilt.

Simon will be one of 26 Tennessee seniors playing in his final game at Neyland Stadium this weekend."

thedailytimes.com - Vols' Wilhoit finds his rhythm

Joel S. Hollingsworth » The Uh-Oh Stat in the Tennessee Volunteer-Vanderbilt Game

Clausen has ball again - Monday, 11/14/05: "Rick Clausen is the starting quarterback — for now.

Tennessee Coach Phillip Fulmer said yesterday that he had not discussed it with his staff yet, but he was sure Clausen would be the starter for the Vanderbilt game Saturday."

Q&A With UT's Phillip Fulmer Before Vanderbilt Game

UT Report Card - Sunday, 11/13/05

Ainge's struggles lead to early exit - Sunday, 11/13/05: "Sophomore quarterback loses starting job to Clausen again" .... And the Merry Go Round continues

thedailytimes.com - UT locker room: Clausen prophesy predicted arrival of Foster-child: "Tennessee redshirt freshman tailback Arian Foster has slowly been making the Vols forget injured senior Gerald Riggs, Jr. In UT's 20-16 victory over Memphis Saturday, Foster rushed 28 times for 132 yards.

He never reached the end zone, but after hitting the century mark for the third-straight time, Foster became the first Vol freshman to rush for three 100-yard games since Reggie Cobb."

thedailytimes.com - Vols notebook: Longest drive of season sparks offense: "In danger of trailing Memphis 13-7 at halftime inside Neyland Stadium on homecoming, Tennessee engineered its longest scoring drive of the season to turn around the game.

Super-sub Rick Clausen guided the Vols 94 yards in 10 plays -- requiring just 1 minute, 52 ticks"

Simon questionable: "Senior linebacker Kevin Simon is questionable for the Memphis game with a knee injury that has been nagging him for the past month"

Third-and-long puts Vols defense in bind - Friday, 11/11/05: "This year's unit ranks fourth nationally in run defense and 17th in total defense.

That's all well and good, but there is one nagging hiccup in the Vols' top unit that has frustrated UT in recent weeks. In each of the Vols' past three losses, Tennessee has given up key conversions on third-and-long that have led to game-winning scores."

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BostonHerald.com - College Sports: Bully for tough guy Tennessee: " And like the bully who has lost a schoolyard dust-up, the Vols are looking for the neighborhood geek/nerd/weakling to thrash in order to restore their confidence. Enter the Memphis Tigers.


The Tigers lost top quarterback Patrick Byrne in the opening drive of their first game, and are now down to their fourth-string signal-caller. Memphis’ only offensive threat is running back DeAngelo Williams, who is certain to be a marked man tomorrow.
That’s because the one thing Tennessee does well is stop the run. It’s fourth in the country in that statistic"

Once No. 3, Vols' Season in Shambles - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com: "even if Tennessee streaks to the finish and earns a place in the postseason, the 2005 season will go in the books as the Volunteers' worst under Fulmer."

thedailytimes.com - Time to forget `November to Remember?': "In the Fulmer era, Tennessee has lost only five games during the month of November, including last Saturday's buckling at South Bend. That's the cheery part for Volunteer fans. The down side is a loss in November is nearly always devastating, either to the SEC Eastern Division race or to national championship aspirations. This season, a second loss in November would be as gloomy for UT as, say, playing in the Georgia Dome."

Chow says Tennessee rumors are baloney : Fanblogs College Football Blog

11/8/2005 - Foster Climbing UT Freshman Rushing Chart: "Foster also is proving durable. His 28 carries Saturday at Notre Dame were the most by a Tennessee back since Cedric Houston carried 32 times for 149 yards in 2002 at Mississippi State."

Turner is one that got away from UT - Wednesday, 11/09/05 We sure could have used him......

Ainge earns another start against Memphis on Southern Standard

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Fulmer slip fuels Cutcliffe talk - Monday, 11/07/05: "During his weekly teleconference, Fulmer was asked how the communication between he and former offensive coordinator Randy Sanders was in the Notre Dame game with Sanders up in the coaches' booth for the first time this season.


'I thought it was fine actually,' Fulmer started.
'David … uh, I mean Randy was really into the game, really on top of the game. He sees a lot and knew exactly what was going on and did a good job.'"

Sports - Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com: "Should Tennessee win out this season and keep alive its postseason streak, the Music City Bowl might make the most sense for the Vols."

thedailytimes.com - Tennessee hoping to win remaining three to extend bowl streak

Joel S. Hollingsworth » Tennessee Volunteer Football and the Ironic Sponsor

Sporting News - View topic - Blame Fulmer for Tennessee's struggling QBs: "The problem is, Ainge wilted under the pressure. He should have been this team's quarterback from Day 1. The staff should have spent the entire spring and fall helping Ainge take the next step in his progression.

Instead, two quarterbacks split practice repetitions, and neither became comfortable in the offense, leaving the Vols with zero identity -- and now one loss away from a bowlless season."

Scout.com: Does Fulmer Have Equity?

UT Report Card - Sunday, 11/06/05

Fans impatient, but Hamilton, others still back Fulmer - Sunday, 11/06/05: "What was billed as Fulmer's deepest and most talented team since perhaps the 1998 national championship season will go down as his most disappointing.

Yesterday's 41-21 loss to Notre Dame assured Fulmer of his first five-loss regular season since he took over full time as the Vols' head coach in 1993. To really put that in perspective, consider this: The Vols' five losses this season match the number of games they lost in the 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 seasons combined."

Well at least Tennessee is consistent at something........

The wheels have come off the bus, it is out of gas, and its being driven by a blind drunk driver.

We have a losing record, we no longer have an offensive coordinator, we have no offense, we have no special teams........we have nothing to lose. Perfect time for an UPSET

Vols' injuries force another change at center - Friday, 11/04/05: "The revolving door at center will make its fourth stop this weekend for the Vols. Junior David Ligon will be the fourth center to start this season for Tennessee, when the Vols play at Notre Dame tomorrow at 1:30 p.m"

thedailytimes.com - Vols searching high and low for Sanders' replacement: "A source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Daily Times on Thursday that four potential candidates, including Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Dan Henning, were on a possible short list in addition to David Cutcliffe. According to the source, other names on the list were Maryland offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe, former Florida Gators head coach and current Penn State offensive coordinator Galen Hall and one unidentified candidate."

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thedailytimes.com - Simon says, ``Take him out of the hunt'': UT linebacker sets sights on stopping Quinn's Heisman hype

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Perspective Piece - Tennessee vs. Notre Dame

Fulmer broadens scope - Wednesday, 11/02/05: "New coordinator won't need to have ties to UT"

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thedailytimes.com - Calming the Chaos: Ainge likely to start as quarterback against Fighting Irish: "The big hits continue coming from The Hill, but this time someone is getting a promotion.

During his weekly session with reporters on Tuesday, Phillip Fulmer indicated he expects Erik Ainge to start at quarterback Saturday afternoon (2:30) when the Vols (3-4) visit No. 8 Notre Dame (5-2)."

WBIR.COM - SOS: Steve on Sports - How did the Vols end up in this sad state?: "'Gifted receivers, sturdy rushing game combine to give Vols explosive offensive potential.' That what the 2005 UT Media Guide says about Tennessee's offense in its position-by-position outlook.

It's been explosive, alright. It blew up"

Tennessee has to play Notre Dame this weekend.....

Joel S. Hollingsworth » Tennessee Volunteer Offensive Coordinator Randy Sanders Falls on his Sword Joel S. Hollingsworth Recap

thedailytimes.com - Program loses more than a coach