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TENNESSEE LOSES TWO STARTERS IN AIR FORCE GAME.

We really should be happy about this, but just can't summon the appropriate level of evil this a.m. to rejoice in the news because they're both freak injuries robbing two young guys of their seasons, and therefore totally off limits to our mockery. Defensive tackle Justin Harrell and cornerback Inky Johnson, two Tennessee starters on defense, will both be out for the year following last Saturday's game against Air Force.

Both injuries rank high on ick factor. Harrell ruptured his left biceps tendon, an injury requiring immediate surgery. If the thought of your bicep rolling up your arm like a windowshade doesn't creep you out, here's the Tennessean's description of whatever the hell happened to Inky Johnson's shoulder:

The injury to Johnson could be career threatening. He was still in the hospital on Sunday night and listed in stable condition after undergoing vascular surgery to repair torn blood vessels in his right shoulder area. Head trainer Jason McVeigh said Johnson would also require additional surgery to correct nerve damage.

Reminder: don't fuck around with the service academy games. They're real games, as Tennessee would be more than happy to tell you after winning only by defending a final two point conversion against them. If you haven't read the game summary, do it now--Fisher DeBerry may be firmly into old coot territory, but they nearly disintegrated Tennessee's comeback season in a single game.


Air Force ran right past Tennessee, even without a majority of "Afro-American" players.

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You guys take the high road. Leave to Alabama fans to enjoy the misery of Tennessee.

“Reminder: don’t fuck around with the service academy games.They’re real games…”

Army 17 Kent State14
Navy 21 UMass 20

Tough indeed.

by Cool Hand Mike on Sep 11, 2006 11:01 AM EDT reply actions  

Umm…kind of like “Bama, 13, Vandy 10?”

by Orson Swindle on Sep 11, 2006 11:03 AM EDT reply actions  

Well you can’t bask in the glory forever. Arkansas will be the beginning of the end.

by Cool Hand Mike on Sep 11, 2006 11:05 AM EDT reply actions  

That’s not a thread jack. You brought it up.

by Cool Hand Mike on Sep 11, 2006 11:06 AM EDT reply actions  

True. We doubt you can threadjack yourself. At least in public, anyway.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 11, 2006 11:12 AM EDT reply actions  

Tried one time in the Navy though.

by Cool Hand Mike on Sep 11, 2006 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

Tennessee has plenty of players waiting in the wings. They’ll be fine as much as I hate to write it.

by Cool Hand Mike on Sep 11, 2006 11:21 AM EDT reply actions  

After I watched the UT-AFA game, I have only one question…how the hell does AFA and DeBerry always wind up with a 4-7 season? That’s, like, worse than the Chan Gailey purgatory.

by Aerobab on Sep 11, 2006 11:30 AM EDT reply actions  

I noticed AF has almost entirely a senior-junior 2-deep. I suspect they’ll wind up having a winning season this year. Their conference opponents see that gimmick offense every year and so over time surely learn how to handle it.

by Oren Incandenza on Sep 11, 2006 11:50 AM EDT reply actions  

There is a part of me that hopes Alabama loses every remaining SEC game, it will just about take that poor of a performance to get Shula out of Tuscaloosa, the guy is fucking incompetent, he was one of the worst oc’s is recent NFL history and he’s the worst fucking college head coach south of Urbana-Champaign. As painful as 7-8 losses would be, lets get the fucking misery out of the way…a horrid season will be better for the program long term

by matt on Sep 11, 2006 11:55 AM EDT reply actions  

“Reminder: don’t fuck around with the service academy games. They’re real games, as Tennessee would be more than happy to tell you after winning only by defending a final two point conversion against them.”

does this mean that notre dame should be respected instead of mocked for playing army, navy, and af?

by alanon on Sep 11, 2006 11:59 AM EDT reply actions  

No, just Navy and Air Force. Army’s got a long, long way to go to be classed with those two.

by Orson Swindle on Sep 11, 2006 12:01 PM EDT reply actions  

How can you say Shula is the worst college coach? His team (with no depth) won 10 games last year and he has recruited his balls off in his years with the Tide. He has a Soph. quarterback who looks a bit better than anyone expected and will only improve, coupled with a stable of running backs and young O-Line no one expects them to blow everyone out this year. Let’s just wait to fire the guy until we lose more than 0 games.

by Tarpon on Sep 11, 2006 12:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Alanon — ND can be mocked any time for any reason. Especially when they’re the greatest. team. evah.

by Aerobab on Sep 11, 2006 12:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Let he who’s schedule is bereft of cupcakes cast the first stone. That disqualifies Ohio State (Cincy, Bowling Green), Auburn (Buffalo), West Virginia (Eastern Washington, East Carolina, Cincy), LSU (La Lafeyette, Tulane), Florida (Southern Miss, Western Carolina), Texas (North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston), Florida State (Rice, Western Michigan), and Georgia (Western Kentucky, UAB.)

Other than Southern Cal, every top-10 team scheduled a non-BCS conference doormat. Notre Dame’s is Army. I’d put ND’s schedule against that of 90% of the teams out there.

by captaineclectic on Sep 11, 2006 12:23 PM EDT reply actions  

no disputing the fact he has recruited well and that John Parker Wilson has looked like the real thing so far, but when you rack up offensive yards but fail to capitalize inside the 20, by default you have to look at red-zone play calling. Also the right side of the offensive line is pathetic…Capps can’t run or pass block, after the fourth year of this crap Shula should fire Connelly, on the bright side though Andre Smith might be even better than advertised if that is even possible.

by matt on Sep 11, 2006 12:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Inky Johnson , while named after a ghost from PacMan, may never be able to lift his arm again. I felt that hit 40 rows up and it was sickening. It is terrible to see that type of injury no matter what team they play for.

by VolBrian on Sep 11, 2006 12:39 PM EDT reply actions  

I was 40 rows up as well, and might have missed it amid all the initial shrieks in the student section, but no one around us could see the jersey number and we didn’t hear a name announced until he was being strapped to a backboard ten minutes of dead silence later. The anticipation was almost as painful as hearing it was Inky (who, copious actual football skills aside, with the full name of Inquoris, deserves a spot on anyone’s All-Name Team).

by Holly on Sep 11, 2006 2:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Somewhere Brandon Spoon felt a sudden shiver roll down his spine.

by Chili on Sep 11, 2006 2:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Please please please please please don’t fire Shula.

Thanks.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 11, 2006 3:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Uhh…Cincinnati is a Big East team….that is a BCS conference, like it or not…If you want to include them, you need to include Stanford and North Carolina on ND’s schedule as well as Army, Air Force and Navy…

by Pants McPants on Sep 11, 2006 4:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Oops. Sorry Pants, I literally forgot that Cincy joined the Big East during relegation. I swar this wasn’t an anti-OSU thing, or I would have listed Northern Illinois (I didn’t, because a team with Garrett Wolfe is not a doormat.)

That said, Cincy would probably lose handily to Navy this year, and maybe to Air Force. I’m shocked at how bad Stanford has been this year, so that might not apply in their case…

by captaineclectic on Sep 11, 2006 6:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Thank you for asking the question how does Air Force end up 4-7, I thought the same thing. Next to Steve Spurrier, Tennessee’s biggest nemesis has to be the option. Maybe if John Chavis would have coached a little better instead of chugging Gatorade on the sideline every 5 minutes it would have been respectable. Justin Harrell is from the town I live in, watched him play ball since Jr. High, hate to see him go out like this.

by VOLPIMP on Sep 11, 2006 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

“True. We doubt you can threadjack yourself. At least in public, anyway. "

Only Ohio State fans threadjack themselves in public…libraries.

by MiseanAUFan on Sep 11, 2006 7:35 PM EDT reply actions  

This is going to very much like the UT-UF games from the ‘90, I’ll go with the ’97 score and say 33-20 Gators.

by John on Sep 12, 2006 12:52 AM EDT reply actions  

Four point favorites. On the road. I don’t even know how oddsmakers do that stuff. I’m a GATOR fan for 3 hours next Saturday. Get it done.

by Boclive on Sep 12, 2006 9:33 AM EDT reply actions  

I saw that UT-AFA score, and two words entered my mind- Beau Freekin Morgan.

shudder

by crazy tom on Sep 12, 2006 10:30 AM EDT reply actions  

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