tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57703332012-02-16T19:42:12.271-05:00Building a Theology of College Footballepiscovolnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770333.post-1094848334713361192004-09-10T16:07:00.000-04:002004-09-10T16:32:14.713-04:00

Well, at least that's what Tennessee seemed to have on Sunday night during the season opener against UNLV. Both true-freshman quarterbacks hit the ground running, and oh, did I say running? That boy Schaeffer can RUN! Those were some pretty darn impressive cuts I saw as I was jumping up and down, screaming with surprise. I loved those fakes! And Ainge (yes, he's Danny Ainge's nephew!), what

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Well, the EpiscoVOL is so excited that College Football is back that I've been neglecting the blog! Of course, a coding problem prevented me from posting for the past two weeks, so I'm way behind on the news. As last year, we've got to start with the annual Tune In, Shout OUT, then Go Shake It Off! Sept. 05 UNLV at Ktown, on ESPN... WIN 42-17, what a game! comments later. Sept. 06 Fourteenth

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Yes, it has been a long dry spell. I haven't been able to bring myself back to the subject of college football after that bowl game. But, summer's here, and the smell of controversy is in the air, so we must be nearing the end of the off-season. This year's biggest controversy to date? The grandfathered tickets. Yes, *those* tickets that all yall been keepin for generations! UT announced

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Oranges and peaches both taste good, but maybe not together. And especially not on New Year’s Eve. Peaches and oranges are fruits, both carefully designed by God and tended by humanity. But when Eve took one, we all got in big trouble. In walked sorrow. I’m sad that my oranges are going to the peach.

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We started out the week with the ESPN boneheads talking nicely about us for once. That's when I knew it was all going there in the handbasket. Then, long before the 11th hour, Florida was chosen for the Outback bowl. WHAT!?!? They've got FOUR LOSSES! So for you few naive out there who thought that bowls were about the football and not about the money, here's your definitive proof. The

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Ohio State and Florida State both squeaked by in OTs this week. It seems like there have been an increasing number of OT games in the past two seasons or so. At least, I'm almost certain there has been a statistical increase in SEC overtimes in the last two years. Last year, UT beat AR in 6 overtimes, and since then Arkansas has had two games go into 7 overtimes! Now, don't get me wrong, I

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There has been so much to write about since I last blogged! If you’ve been trying to keep up, I apologize for my lengthy absence. My blogosphere attentions have been occupied elsewhere. In any case, a quick rundown of what we’ve been through in the last weeks: 1. Woo hoo! A win over the Tide in 5th overtime. That was a sure screamer! Final: 51-43 Vols. Theological lesson: Don’t give

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So, as you can see, I haven't been posting as regularly as I had intended when I started this experiment. Last week, I was just about to abandon the whole experiment. My team has eschewed their wheaties for regular doses of suckweed, and the world has been hearing too much about the ominous outlook for my church. Between trying to keep up with school, work, family duties, the puppy, and

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So so so we squeaked it past South Carolina two weeks ago, and our luck ran out last week against Auburn. Like good ol' roly poly Fullmer himself said, "you can't expect to when you let them post 14 on their first two drives." Mighty Casey has struck out . . . but you can't blame him for giving up. That last minute drive to the endzone to tie was awesome! Too bad it was squelched by the most

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If you caught the Vols game against Florida last week, well you’ll know why there's no complaining here! It was a good game, and no true Tennessee fan took the winning score for granted until the clock was out. (We've learned by experience!) And even though I've started this site to be all goofy-funny-thoughtful, like I normally am, today, I'm feeling a little more turquoise than orange.

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As you can see, this is a brand-spankin new blog, and it is still figuring out what it wants to be. Being new to blogging, I thought I'd take two of my top interests, theology and Tennessee Vols' Football (in the fall anyway), and mesh them together. And yes, that will continue. But, as I've been meandering about looking at a few other blogs, I've been able to flesh out more of a vision for

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Yowzers! You know it's bad when you say "at least we won." There was some good football in that game somewhere, but the amount of penalties and personal fouls was astounding! Leave the face masks alone already! Then there were the sacks... ouch, ouch and *OUCH*! It was a dirty game, but not as bad as some I've seen. Whew, boy, looks like we're in for some nailbiters and demoralizers this

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Aug. 30 Fresno State at Knoxville 24-6 (W) Sept. 6 Marshall at Knoxville 3 p.m. ESPN2 This weekend's game to watch: Florida at Miami 7 p.m. ABC Sept. 7 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 20 at Florida Gainesville 11am, CBS Sept. 21 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sept. 27 South Carolina at Knoxville TBA Sept. 28 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Oct. 4 at Auburn Auburn 11am CBS

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Up and running only one game into the season. The Vols looked pretty strong in the first game against Fresno State, but then again, it WAS Fresno State. My favorite game stats: "Total attendance at Fresno State football games last year, about 10,000; Attendance at last Saturday's season opener against the Vols, over 103,000 & the first time the Vols have not sold out their season opener

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