Mr. Beast, aka Montario Hardesty, aka Monterrey Jack, aka Eddie George’s lovechild, is well on his way to inserting himself onto the First Team All-SEC list in ‘09. At this point in the season, one could guess that Mark Ingram will take a spot on the 1st team. The second spot is up for grabs, and Hardesty has a seriously legit shot of claiming the distinction.

He currently is 10th in the NCAA in avg. yards per game at 115 (has four less yards total than Ben Tate who currently sits atop the SEC), and the way the Vols offense is operating that doesn’t look to slow down. And frankly, The Vols’ season rests squarely on his broad, well-defined shoulders (strong homo). Now that he’s finally healthy, he’s got scouts around the country getting all hot and bothered. Watching him punish defenders is akin to seeing an M1A1 Abrams tank run roughshod through a hapless cell of Iraqi insurgents. Jusk ask Joe Haden.

Let’s take a look at the remaining games on the schedule and estimate how Hardesty finishes up.

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After a inspired performance in the Swamp on Saturday, although the Vols are 1-2, you have to feel good about where the program is headed.  As fans, you should be resigned to the fact that the QB situation is what it is, which sadly, is pure shit.  That being said, after watching the gameplan employed by Coach Kiff against Florida, I do believe that they will continue to cater the offense towards Crompton’s strengths (LOL)… i.e. plenty of rollouts, plays designed to work only half the field, pass plays with 2 options only, etc. etc.   A vertical passing game just doesn’t look like it’ll happen this year, so we can just go ahead and throw out 50% of the playbook right off the bat. joy!

Anyway, taking what we’ve seen in the first couple games, lets apply that to the rest of the schedule:

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gainesville crew snapped this gem during the tailgate, well done boys.  you know this beastud was licking his lips at the thought of playing for Monte and Corch O after today.

don’t forget to checkout the V,B twitter all day, shit is gonna get real.  It’s already starting:

oh my

Meyer will actually say “I must break you” to Kiffin at midfield pre-kickoff.

1st quarter will be all hate from BHG Stadium from all sides as the Vols get pummeled early.

Vols will keep hanging around though and by halftime the Drago/Gators will have a cut under their eye. Spikes comments that Hardesty is not a man, he is a piece of iron.

3rd quarter will be a brawl and the crowd will become enamored with the marginally talented Greasy Italian Tank that is UT Football. Pauley aka David Reaves aka the useless brother-in-law will tell Crompton to aim for the WR in the middle.

4th quarter will find unparalleled doubt on the Gator sidelines as Meyer’s ueber bitch of a wife looks on with desperation. The crowd slowly begins to cheer for UT. Vols pull off the impossible victory.

A bloodied Kiffin makes a speech at midfield draped in an American flag blabbering about change and inadvertently committing 12 secondary violations.

CBS fades out with John Cafferty singing in the background.

props to invisblekid

We’re doing it live on Saturday, in addition to the Twitter updates from Gunsville, we’ve got our first ever liveblog for the game. We’ll be starting around 3pm. The comments will obviously be uncensored… so come one, come all, V,B.

Really?  Really?  REALLY?  I too am guilty of buying way too much into Crompton’s WKU performance.  And overlooking the two horrible INT’s he had, whilst having unlimited time in the pocket.  I was going to make a big post about how much I hate this guy, but I’ll just leave you with this picture, as it sums it up better than any words could.

Fisted.

In the ass.

(editor’s note: V,B’s PB6 dropping some knowledge)

Other than the obvious influence of his father, legendary NFL coach Monte Kiffin, Lane Kiffin’s primary mentor has been USC Head Coach, Pete Carroll. From what Tennessee fans have witnessed since his hiring, it appears that Kiffin has learned the lessons well.

As happens in the real world, when Kiffin landed the job as an offensive assistant at USC he was undoubtedly assisted by Monte Kiffin’s connection to Pete Carroll. While it may have helped to get his foot in the door at USC, no promises of future success were made. It was either sink or swim in the ocean that is USC football. Detractors of Lane Kiffin point to him as having little substance other than being Monte’s son. In rebuttal, I ask how can a young coach proceed from an assistant coach to co-offensive coordinator on a national championship team, to the youngest head coach in the modern era of the NFL (albeit for the wackiest franchise), to a D1 head coach by the age of 33 unless he has something special.

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