Tennessee's spring football practices begin today, but it's really hard to imagine how Lane Kiffin's tenure as head coach could get any more entertaining than it's been so far. (Fingers crossed!) The guy has already stuffed a career's worth of crazy into just one offseason—and these are just t...

newVideoPlayer("/lane3_deadspin.flv", 506, 392,""); If Lane Kiffin wants to revive Tennessee's rivalry with Florida, stealing two committed players on Signing Day and then publicly accusing the Gators of a recruiting violation is a good way to start. The Backstory: Pahokee, Florida, wide receiver Nu...

In a move that proves he has gigantic balls of steel, UT athletic director Mike Hamilton has replaced a national championship winning coach with an all-time record of 152-52 who graduated from and played for his university with a 33 year old who went 5-15 in 1.25 seasons as the coach of the Oakland ...

Lane Kiffin moves all of his crap into the head football coach's office at Tennessee today, only the third time someone has done that in the past 31 years. Phil Fulmer said goodbye on Saturday and Kiffin will be announced as his successor today, most likely what he's had in mind since the last Sunda...

By Christopher Gabriel , CGabriel.com The Phillip Fulmer Era at the University of Tennessee  has ended.  The final statement in his long tenure on the Vols sideline was a 28-10 win over Kentucky.  After several Gatorade showers, a brief interview on ESPN and lots of hugs, smiles and a few tears...

By Christopher Gabriel , CGabriel.com It’s deer hunting season here in Minnesota.  The first shot was fired sometime around dawn on Saturday, November 8.  More than 500,000 hunters go after deer annually throughout the Land of 10,000 Lakes.  Similarly, the first shots already have been fi...

I know I don't update the blog nearly like I used to. Part of it is Twitter, where some of my brief thoughts and opinions now end up that I used to post here. Another part is lack of current events that I either a) understand enough to blog about, or b) care enough to blog about. Or c) want to keep ...

By Christopher Gabriel , CGabriel.com When I go to sporting events, I don’t boo.  It doesn’t matter if my team is playing like a bunch of sheep wearing cleats and helmets, I just don’t boo.  I simply turn to my wife and berate the team . . . to her.  Thankfully, after 19 years...

Tennessee / Florida Thoughts and Analysis (Link Fixed) Last year's game was a disaster for UT; a year of cooling off has only confirmed that feeling. This year's game, however, shows very significant improvements: * Play Balance Even considering the late hole, UT didn't end up as a pass-only team.* ...

By Christopher Gabriel Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com The past few weeks have been loaded with what amounts to a verbal and prose buffet’s-worth of items screaming for attention in Blog Harbor.  With that in mind, grab your coffee, get comfy and let’s chat. Hi Sweetie-Pie I grew up in a f...