Life After Death - A Tennessee Volunteers Dynasty (NCAA 07)

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One of the elite programs in the history of college football, the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team has racked up some serious accolades over the years. 13 SEC Championships and 16 times overall, the Vols have finished at the top of their league. 6 claimed national titles, in almost every era of the sport.

Yes, Tennessee has certainly racked up it's share of championships. However, that all changed on February 2, 2007. The era of Tennessee winning championships was seemingly demolished in one 15 minute press conference...

"Due to recent developments regarding the egregious violations of the University of Tennessee's football program, the NCAA has made a decision to suspend the university's football program for 3 academic years, starting with the 2007-2008 academic year, and ending with the 2009-2010 academic year. During this time, the university may not use any scholarships, and the football program is considered to be terminated. The football program may resume play in the 2010-2011 academic session with the full 25 scholarships allotted in place.

Thank you, and have a nice day."

Vol fans were in stunned disbelief. Sure they thought violations would come from the illegal benefits scandal that broke in late 2005, but they never imagined a punishment as severe as this. Not having a football team for 3 years could end up permanently damaging the loyal fan support that Tennessee had enjoyed. Either way, the university decided to continue on, and hope that their program did not suffer the same fate as the SMU Mustangs did 20 years earlier.

They had to continue on. For the school. For the fans. For the state.

NCAA 07
System - PS2
7 minute quarters
All-American w/Coach Mode Sliders
Since I'm starting in 2010 with a game set in 2006, most of the rosters are computer generated.


Update - Not doing Coach Mode anymore. Drives me crazy to do.

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2006 - Miami Hurricanes (6th national title)
2007 - Oklahoma Sooners (8th national title)
2008 - Texas Longhorns (5th national title)
2009 - Texas Longhorns (6th national title)
2010 - Virginia Tech Hokies (1st national title)
2011 - West Virginia Mountaineers (1st national title)

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2006 - Alabama Crimson Tide (22nd SEC Championship)
2007 - Georgia Bulldogs (13th SEC Championship)
2008 - South Carolina Gamecocks (1st SEC Championship)
2009 - Auburn Tigers (7th SEC Championship)
2010 - Georgia Bulldogs (14th SEC Championship)
2011 - South Carolina Gamecocks (2nd SEC Championship)
2012 -

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS SEASON RESULTS AND COACHES

2006 - 7-6(4-4)
2007 - DEATH PENALTY(NO SEASON)
2008 - DEATH PENALTY(NO SEASON)
2009 - DEATH PENALTY(NO SEASON)
2010 - 2-10(1-7)
2011 - 4-8(0-8)

2006 - Phillip Fulmer
2010 - De'Monte Murphy
2011 - De'Monte Murphy
2012 - George Quarles

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2010 - Sean Bailey - HB - Virginia Tech
2011 - Ryan Kucera - HB - Virginia Tech
2012 -

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Life During Death - What Happened In 3 Years

2007 - 2007 saw Oklahoma take home their 8th overall national title with a perfect 14-0 record. Georgia took home an SEC title in an upset over South Carolina.

2008 - The 2008 college football season saw Texas win their 2nd national title in 4 years as they beat #1 ranked and undefeated Miami in the national championship game. The national title was not uncontroversial, in that Texas did not even win the Big XII South. In the SEC, South Carolina took home their first ever SEC title and their first conference title since 1969.

2009 - Texas took home their second national championship in a row as they defeated undefeated USC in the championship game. Texas actually won the Big XII this time on their way to a 13-1 record. Auburn took home an SEC championship, upsetting #2 ranked South Carolina. The NCAA also decided to limit Tennessee to just 5 scholarships in 2010 with no possibility of TV games or bowl game (not exactly like Tennessee was going to do that anyways).

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2010 Off-Season Report

Players Signed During 2010 Recruiting Season - 5 (4 - 4* players, 1 3* player)
Roster Size - 53 (5 FR/2 SO/10 JR/36 SR)

2010 Orange And White Game - April 26, 2010

- Orange rolls 49-22 in annual spring scrimmage. 75,000 show up for game despite seasonably cool tempratures. Quarterback Jordan Webb impresses with a 12-17, 5 touchdown performance against White team.

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Game Review *|* September 4, 2010
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Tennessee State Tigers (, Away)		Tennessee Volunteers (, Home)
Game Notes Gameday felt...right for a change. The tailgating was back. The Vol Walk was back. The Vol Navy was back. Everything was right for a change. Except for the actual football team, that is. Tennessee started off well, even scoring a field goal on their opening drive. However, Tennessee State then squashed Tennessee's hopes and dreams in a big, big way. Tennessee State scored 35 unanswered, and by halftime, it was 35-3, TSU. The Tigers went on to roll in Neyland by a count of 63-17, and thus, Tennessee's first game back was one in which they were crushed. It looks as if this will set the scene for the rest of the season. With only 53 players, and only 5 of them on scholarship, the Vols will be undermanned by a large margin for the rest of the year.

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Matchup Preview *|* September 11, 2010
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Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks (, Away)		Tennessee Volunteers (0-1, Home)
Game Notes The Vols are hoping for their first win tonight against the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks, however, the task will be difficult. Normally, the Vols would dispatch a team like Tennessee-Martin with ease, but this is no normal Vols team. The Vols are short of players with even FCS caliber ability, but they have proven to be scrappy. This game could be close, but a Vols win could be in the cards if they can finish drives.

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Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks at Tennessee Volunteers
Sep 11, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks (1-0)	7	7	21	14	49
Tennessee Volunteers (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
	UTM	TENN
Total Offense	355	220
Rushing Yards	163	90
Passing Yards	192	130
First Downs	20	19
Punt Return Yards
Kick Return Yards
Total Yards
Turnovers	1	4
3rd Down Converstion
4th Down Conversion
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties
Posession Time

Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jordan Webb 17/40 130 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Courtney Scott 26 118 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jacob West 4 47 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jon Brown 6 4

Coach's Corner

- Kill the gamefilm. Kill it with fire. Uggh, why can't we score? Oh, I know. It's because we're only playing 5 scholarship players. UT-Martin is playing 10 times that.

- Scott played pretty well, but still, the fact that we lost 49-0 doesn't make up for that in any way.

- Next week is Florida. Holding them to under 70 is going to be the objective of the week.

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In First SEC Game, Tennessee Gets Demolished

Florida Gators at Tennessee Volunteers
Sep 18, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#14 Florida Gators (2-0)	13	20	35	14	82
Tennessee Volunteers (0-2)	0	0	7	6	13

Team Stats Comparison
	FLA	TENN
Total Offense	475	420
Rushing Yards	147	131
Passing Yards	328	289
First Downs	14	22
Punt Return Yards
Kick Return Yards
Total Yards
Turnovers	2	6
3rd Down Converstion
4th Down Conversion
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties
Posession Time

Florida Gators

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jordan Webb 21/44 273 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Courtney Scott 23 57 0 Jordan Webb 20 61 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jacob West 7 131 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Justin Davis 7 0 0 0

Coaches Corner

- We just got smashed. Badly. Again.

- Our defense played with their hair on fire for the first half for the most part. Our depth then caught up with us and we gave up scores at will.

- Webb is definitely not an SEC caliber QB. He can make some pretty decent throws, but he is far too inconsistent for us to win often.

- Scott got thrown back to reality for this week. Less than 2.5 yards a carry is going to end up killing us.

- The option game will be sprinkled in next week. We had great success in the closing minutes against UF with Webb being quick and Scott being a bit powerful.

- Florida's QB is just ungodly. He hit 5 in a row. Then we stopped him. Then he hit another 4 in a row. Then we stopped him twice. Then he hit 3 in a row.

- Can't say I expected much more today. Reality is, we're not that good, and we're a long way from being a Tennessee-caliber football team again.

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Tennessee Volunteers at LSU Tigers
Sep 25, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee Volunteers (0-3)	0	0	0	0	0
LSU Tigers (2-1)	0	20	31	14	65

Team Stats Comparison
	TENN	LSU
Total Offense	234	394
Rushing Yards	166	239
Passing Yards	68	155
First Downs	17	15
Punt Return Yards
Kick Return Yards
Total Yards
Turnovers	8	2
3rd Down Converstion	1-13(7%)	2-9(22%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0-1(0%)	2-2(100%)
Penalties	2	5
Posession Time

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jordan Webb 8/21 68 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jamar Stoval 27 109 4.0 0 Jordan Webb 21 83 3.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jesse Davis 2 38 19.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Brad Lindsey 6 0 1 0 Jon Brown 3 2 0 0

LSU Tigers

Tennessee traveled to LSU and Death Valley hoping to get some type of favorable result. Early on, it looked as if they would get it. The offense, with Jordan Webb, the walk-on from Knoxville Central High School, leading it and it's new option attack, would drive into LSU territory 3 times on it's first 4 drives. However, a fumble by freshman Jamar Stovall, an interception thrown by Jordan Webb, and a missed field goal derailed that.

Luckily, the Tennessee defense was playing well through the first 25 minutes of the half. However, with the score still 0-0, the LSU Tigers took charge, as they started to give their star running back more carries. LSU surged ahead 20-0 before the break on the back of their running back and misfires by Tennessee's offense.

The second half seemed like it would never end for the Vols. The rain pounded on the stadium, and so did the LSU scoring run. They scored an astounding 31 points in the 3rd quarter. In the 4th, LSU continued to run the ball well, and Tennessee continued to get buried. After it was all said and done, the Vols were just happy to get out of there. Jordan Webb was lost for 3 weeks, leaving the backup to take the slaughtering.

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WEEK 4

Week 4 - Drive To The National Championship

Results

#10 Florida State - 49, Florida Int'l - 7

#9 Colorado - 49, Colorado State - 14

#8 Nebraska - 30, Ole Miss - 19

#7 Wisconsin - 56, Florida A&M - 21

#6 Auburn - 41, Arizona - 7

#5 Virginia Tech - 35, East Carolina - 21

#3 Texas - 51, Temple - 7

#2 Penn State - 56, Pittsburgh - 7

#1 USC - 42, Navy - 10

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S PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Princeton Tigers at Tennessee Volunteers
Oct 2, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Princeton Tigers (3-1)	0	0	7	0	7
Tennessee Volunteers (0-4)	6	20	7	14	47

Team Stats Comparison
	PRIN	TENN
Total Offense	257	474
Rushing Yards	35	253
Passing Yards	222	221
First Downs	12	27
Punt Return Yards
Kick Return Yards
Total Yards
Turnovers	7	3
3rd Down Converstion	2-12(16%)	8-16(50%)
4th Down Conversion	0-1(0%)	3-4(75%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-2
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-3(33%)	4-8(50%)
Penalties	2	2
Posession Time

Princeton Tigers

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tim Parker 22/37 221 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jamar Stovall 25 121 4.8 1 Tim Parker 15 150 10.0 3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jacob West 5 114 22.7 0 Bo Branch 4 45 11.2 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jamil Vogel 7 0 0 0 Michael Johnson 5 0 2 0 Brent Dawn 4 0 1 1

Tennessee was looking for a win, and the defending Ivy League champs were coming to town hoping to get what would be the biggest win of their season by far. The Vols came out in their 1970's away uniforms, trying to bring that magic back to this team that has struggled.

The Vols struck first with a 35 yard TD run to start the game by quarterback Tim Parker. However, a penalty on the extra point forced them out of range, so they had to go for two. They did not make it, so the first quarter ended with Tennessee up by the margin of 6-0.

The second saw Tennessee extend their margin even more. Parker was actually giving the Vols a passing attack they hadn't seen in forever, and their running game was working wonders for them. Jamar Stovall, one of only five scholarship players on the team, was getting holes to run through, and the confidence of the Vols was soaring. They struck with 3 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter to extend their halftime lead to 26-0.

The second half saw Tennessee go into afterburner mode, as they continued to pound the ball with efficiency. However, Princeton scored their only touchdown of the game on an astounding 4 play, 97 yard drive that ended with a 50 yard TD pass. That would be one of the only highlights for Princeton.

Tennessee dominated, putting up 2 more TD's in garbage time. However, the result was no longer in doubt, as the Vols won by a 40 point margin. The students rushed the field and tore down the goal posts, and carried them out of the stadium. The town had reason to celebrate, at least for tonight.

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WEEK 5

Week 5 - Drive To The National Championship

Results

#10 Florida State - 38, North Carolina - 28

#1 USC - 31, Arizona - 13

#2 Penn State - 35, #12 Iowa - 28

#3 Texas - 38, Iowa State - 14

#4 Ohio Sate - 41, Indiana - 10

#6 Auburn - 35, #15 South Carolina - 15

#8 Nebraska - 40, Kansas - 14

#9 Colorado - 59, Missouri - 7

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Tennessee Volunteers at Georgia Bulldogs
Oct 8, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Tennessee Volunteers (1-4)	0	0	0	0	0
#24 Georgia Bulldogs (4-0)	13	27	28	17	85

Team Stats Comparison
	TENN	UGA
Total Offense	159	561
Rushing Yards	125	152
Passing Yards	34	409
First Downs	11	18
Punt Return Yards
Kick Return Yards
Total Yards
Turnovers	9	0
3rd Down Converstion	2-12(16%)	4-11(36%)
4th Down Conversion
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0-0(0%)	7-9(72%)
Penalties	4	7
Posession Time

Tennessee Volunteers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tim Parker 4/11 34 0 0 Carlos Williams 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jamar Stovall 27 84 3.1 0 Carlos Williams 13 70 5.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jesse Davis 1 14 14.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Michael Johnson 12 0 0 0 Brent Dunn 6 1 0 0

Georgia Bulldogs

Tennessee went down to Georgia, however, they did not play like devils. They more or less played like little girls in tutu's and all that other stuff that goes along with it. The first quarter was just bad, however, it was nothing compared to the rest of the game.

Georgia massacred a struggling Tennessee team by a count of 85-0. Tennessee's coach was just trying to run the clock down and get out of Athens without breaking the NCAA record for worst margin of loss in modern college football history. Mark Richt looked like he was hellbent on showing Tennessee who was boss for years to come.

The Vols have the week off next week. They'll need it.