Vol fans convinced Petersen is heading to Tennessee

Edwin_Bambino said:

Woke up with a wicked Apple Cup victory hangover which would explain why I was playing fast and loose with the facts last night and bashing Tennessee however most of my points still stand. I will say that I love Nashville however last time I checked that is not where Tennessee is located.

1) Tennessee has 76.3% acceptance rate. It is not a respected academic institution. I would be hesitant to call out the education level of someone else if I were an alumni of UT but hey knock yourself out. That's just as delusional as thinking you are still a national brand but whatever.

2) You did win a National Championship after Peyton Manning, that's my mistake. My apologies for forgetting a Natty from almost two decades ago. That doesn't change the fact that you haven't been a relevant member of college football for at least a decade.

3) Vol fans may have missed my point (which was not very eloquent) about money. Yes your athletic program makes more money than ours. However UW's endowment is almost twice that of UT's, UW has mega rich boosters that love Chris Petersen and a fan base that adores him, if we didn't lose him to Texas or USC we are certainly are not going to lose him
to Tennessee. We can match any offer you make. Also the point about Tennessee being objectively a much poorer state still stands. Median house hold income is 42nd in the country versus 9th for Washington.

4) Tennessee is not a national program. At least not anymore. No one west of the Rockies even thinks about UT. Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Florida sure. Tennessee nationally is about as well respected currently as the University of South Carolina.

5) Knoxville is one of the fastest growing regions in the country! You don't say! People in Seattle wouldn't know anything about being the fastest growing city in the country and one of the most desirable places to live in the United States (if you can afford it).

6) I hate to tell you that Chris P has pretty significant ties to Seattle outside you know of just living here and coaching Washington. His father was born here and grew up a Husky fan.

7) Currie was in Seattle last night. However you know who else was in Seattle and a much more plausible hire than Chris P? Mike Leach. His post game presser didn't do much at least in my eyes to dissuade that he could be going to UT. He spent a lot of it complaining about how WSU will never be able to recruit to UW's talent level. Well guess where he could recruit at a competitive level? Tennessee. Texas Tech and Wazzu are never going to attract top end talent on a consistent basis, I am sure he is intrigued by Tennessee for that reason alone.

Enjoy being second fiddle in your own state to the powerhouse of Vanderbilt and enjoy whoever you get as a head coach. But it sure as hell won't be Chris Petersen.

Gladstone said:

I stand in solidarity with @Swaye. I'd like to see Tennessee make a good hire and Schiano would be just brutal levels of bad.