TENNESSEE HATE WEEK: MEET LAWRENCE WRIGHT.
We’ve never seen someone killed all the way. Killed halfway? Yes, in the form of a guy we saw hit by a scooter on a Taiwanese street so hard his shoes flew off in both directions. Killed around the 75% mark? Yup, in the sight of a guy in Thailand who fell off of a moving motorcycle and smacked his unhelmeted skull on the pavement and lay motionless for a full twenty minutes before ultimately walking away from the crash.
Killed about 95% of the way? Oh, yes, yes. There was something about it that troubled us. What was that, says General Allenby? Answer: we liked it.
For an instant, no one knew whether to cheer or call a mortician; it remains the second worst hit we’ve ever seen, and the worst we’ve ever seen in person due to the sickening noise of impact, audible from our seats at field level in the North Endzone. Afterwards, Kent’s whole face swelled up as if he’d been stung by a hog-sized bumblebee, and he reportedly had difficulty breathing. Video almost doesn’t do it justice…almost. (HT: Thomas.)









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Kenny says:
So that’s where Orson is. The youtubes.
We have names for people like you. And we don’t always use American Idols’ names in a good context either, sir.
Heh.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
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Whitey says:
Ladies and Gentlemen…
That’s how you lead without the helmet and still fuck a guy up. I honestly think it takes Mr. Wright a second to comprehend the collision.
Day-um.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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Brewster Crew says:
Mommy….
September 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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Tidefan23 says:
No way a catch and fumble…
September 12th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
lawrence wright is hung like reggie fucking nelson.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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Bully Van De Graaff says:
I hope the fucking mutt felt it too.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
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Spanky says:
Kent had a little less tongue after that one as well. Bit part of it off.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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Rival says:
Urban Meyer thinks that punishment was harsh.
Wait. No he doesn’t.
…
Kent could have avoided the collision, but he was distracted by the image of Fulmer birthing a donut that was zipped into his head from somewhere/sometime in the future.
I’ve learned to believe that Gator fans can do anything these days.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
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Out of Conference says:
That’s some hatred right there.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
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Out of Conference says:
I bet Manning whined like a little bitch that Kent coughed it up, too.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
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Out of Conference says:
By the way, does Pat Summit in the labor room count as today’s Mustache?
September 12th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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Oops Pow Surprise says:
That’s nice, but it doesn’t even come close to Andre Krimm’s block against the Colts where he knocked off that guy’s entire facemask.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
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Jmuthaf'nT says:
gawd I love SEC FOOTBAW!
September 12th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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Brewster Crew says:
#12-
Best hit by a vegetarian that I’ve ever seen.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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Jmuthaf'nT says:
does anyone remember the draft tape a few years ago on the lineman that shows him bearing down full speed on a qb, but the qb sees him outta the corner of his eye and crumples up and falls right when he’s supposed to get hit, simultaneously, the lineman sees this, and goes from full speed to dead stop and watches the qb fall over and just stands over him laughing? That was a lot
September 12th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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Ltrain says:
The indignity of it is Wright knocked Kent out of the game in Knoxville the year before on a similar hit, but not a pivitol game changing one like seen here.
And to the Tenn lurkers, yes, Kelvin Kight got F’d up in ‘01, but it wasn’t quite like this.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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LSUJoshua says:
Wrong call. Not a fumble.
One of the greatest hits I have ever seen.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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matty blue says:
it’s up to me, as usual – cleaner than nelson’s hit (the player was at least involved in the play, unlike reggie ‘cheapshotting’ nelson’s), but let’s not act like he had his head up.
it’s exactly how the buffalo dude broke his neck.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
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Gator03 says:
What’s the worst hit you’ve ever seen? Quentin Coryatt? Broken jaw = ow.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
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The Last Dragon says:
Hey young man. You got knocked the fuck out!!!!!!
September 12th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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Native says:
He caught the ball and turned to run upfield. That’s a catch. The fact that he instead met a freight train head-on does not change that fact. If Keith and Bob acknowledge possession in slow motion, he did indeed have possession. Good Day, Sir!
September 12th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
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ChicaGoBlue says:
I have to say that this — http://youtube.com/watch?v=rdzS9ZfejSg — is the worst hit I’ve ever seen. Neither guy ever played football again.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
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Allahver Fist says:
I’ll have to see the vid outside of work. I cherish the memory of the hit on Tee Martin (among many) that put him into the cameraman and gashed (below?) his mouth. Stitches, muthafucka! That may have been Alex Brown night at the Swamp, if my poor memory serves me correctly.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
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The Last Dragon says:
#18. Give me a break. When you are moving as fast as that SOB was and using your body as a missle, that’s as much as head up is going to happen.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
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Flop says:
The lesson here? Keep you head on a swivel when you’re in the Swamp. Or Asia.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
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Scalz1 says:
You know it’s a good hit when the head stays stationary, and the momentum of the body keeps moving.
Good stuff right there.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
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Stockman says:
I gurantee Kent called his mama after that shot. BTW I was there too Orson, damn I miss Peyton at UT.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
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Stockman says:
umm, i really can spell, guarantee…honest.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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Signal to Noise says:
Lordy mama, you can still feel that one. Ouch.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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RowdyRoddyPiper says:
ChicaGoBlue, that’s what happens when you go helmet to helmet.
I’m partial to the hit below:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Quh63kQBUk
Who say’s you need special rules to protect the QB?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
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crimson daddy says:
Orson, a Tennessee fan has returned fire…….
http://3rdsaturdayinblogtober.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/take-this-florida-fans/
**yes, shameless plug, I know***
September 12th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
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Ryan Karl's Helmet says:
Hi
I am Ryan Karl a Tennessee linebacker. I introduced myself to Andre Caldwell’s femur in 2005. Can Andre come out to play Saturday?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
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El Guapo says:
I’m not sure if this was the hardest hit I’ve seen but it was one of the only times I’ve ever watched a football game and wondered if he would ever get up.
Reggie Brown, Ansel “Junior” Rosegreen, Ansel, Reggie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Y9wt3XkHo
September 12th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
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Jeremy says:
ChicaGoBlue, I knew what video that was before I clicked it. And you’re right.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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Willet says:
Hard to believe all those big teneleven guys get hurt hitting when they are moving so slow. Like watching Rosie and Rosanne bumping each other going for the last chicken wing
September 12th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
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cowen says:
There was a hit, delivered by Luis Oliver in the mid-late 80’s, that was the loudest thing I have ever heard. We have season tix on the 42, near the ‘ole governers box, before they enclosed it, like the pussies they are. Oliver hit a cat so hard, it took off his helmet, and rendered the whole crowd (75,000.00+) completely quiet. It was so clear on row 75, it was like a bell ringing.
I will never forget the great mid 80’s Gators. Never forget the KFC in Lake City, where I pounded 10 years worth of chicken livers and gizzards, and I will never forget that hit.
GO GATORS
September 12th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
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Damon says:
#33
That is a classic, cheap, dangerous, helmet to helmet shot. boooo
September 12th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
This is why a lot of Vanderbilt gentlemen do not , or will not play pro football.
To quote:
“They do not have enough money for me to get hit by these crazy negro’s on a daily basis for 80 plays.”
September 12th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
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cowboycane says:
Is it wrong to say that gave me an erection?
September 12th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
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Verdigo says:
http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=12584&html=football/news/20070912110600.html&sport=footb
September 12th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
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Boomer says:
I love how the announcers don’t pay any attention to the guy writhing in pain — just the ball.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:48 am
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the bachelor says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uBxX4UI0y4
September 13th, 2007 at 9:06 am
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Gator Pride Inside says:
Man does anybody have video of 1992 Sugar Bowl
UF vs. WVA.
Gators Monty Grow lights up Darren Studstill, after the hit the QB lines up under guard with his helmet half turned backwards!!! Prob up there with Kent vs Wright
Go Gators.!!!
“Rocky Top ya’ll ways be 2nd in the SEC!!!!…. F U Rocky Top!! Whoooooooo”… g’luck this weekend you will need it.
And to Ryan Carl bro..you may have taken Andre’s femur out…but we still kick that as** regularly..enjoy the beat down this Sat. 10-4 past 14 yrs!! Starting to be like UGA!!
September 13th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
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Dave says:
HARDEST. HIT. EVAHHHHHH
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-186801825688903855&q=cornelius+bennett&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
I don’t know if anyone remembers this, but a year or two ago Steve Beuerlein was on ESPN(i think) doing a Alabama game, and they showed that clip during a break in play. Beuerlein couldn’t even comment or watch it because it was so painful for him.
In second place……(not really but it’s Bama-Ark weekend so its fitting)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-896343044446228756&q=andre+smith&total=192&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
September 13th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
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D says:
Good hit, but search YouTube for “Zach Dumas” or “Stacy Danley.”
Hated his classic Cooper-era “Look at me” celebration, but best hit ever.
September 13th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
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NDL89 says:
Nice Lawrence of Arabia reference. Truly, you are underappreciated.
September 13th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
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Dave110 says:
One of my favorite hits from the past few years…
Dominic Jones laying out Ray Small
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wL-4aYmMGk
September 13th, 2007 at 10:22 pm