Early 80's Revisited

Oh how painful the days of the early 80' with Steve Allatore And Jeff Olszewski at the helm for the vols. That is the era of 5-6 in 1980 and 8-4 in 1981 with losses to Georgia and USC by a combined score in the first two games of 87-7. That 81 team beat powerhouse Wichita State by a score 0f 24-21. Those were the days!

We have come full circle in big orange country and we have returned to those " glory days". The only thing missing is the Worlds Fair! The offense is once against pedestrian at best and the defense cannot make key stops when needed. The Q.B play is pathetic at best and the D-line has two more sacks than me after three games this year!

One glimmer of hope though is the only complete game the Vols played in 1980 was at Auburn as the Vols won that game in astonishing fashion by beating down the war eagles/tigers 42-0. I would not count on the same thing happening in 08 as these Vols have shown us very little reason to have any optimism. I hope that I am wrong, but I have seen this same song and dance over many of the years of following Tennessee football.

Saturday, will go a long way to determining if this season has any hope left in it , and I am afraid that I know the sad truth to how things will end. Just as the Worlds Fair came and went , and K-town was the toast of the country, so has the Tennessee football program come and gone. Tennessee ten years ago was the toast of college football and now we are back to the 1980"s! Get out your foam fingers and World Fair shirts!