We are committed to continuing Wednesday’s trend of addressing commentors with an old-school, street gangster nickname. (Side gangster note: The end of Eric Clapton’s Layla is on the Rushmore of popular song-movie connections, meaning when we hear the song we instantly think of the movie. Off the top of our heads, we offer Layla-Good Fellas, Lunatic Fringe-Vision Quest, Tiny Dancer-Almost Famous and Eye of the Tiger-Rocky III. Thoughts?)
Two reminders before we get the party started: One, we have a couple of spots open for Friday’s mailbag; two, we’re planning on Tweeting (@jgreesontfp) throughout the Tennessee-Mississippi State basketball game today. Check it out if you can.
From the Bubble bubble (toil and trouble) inside the “Talks too much” studios, remember the boulevard is not that bad.
Win or go home… for the NIT
We have said since early February, when the University of Tennessee basketball team was 11-10 and staring at a quiet spring, that for the Vols to get into the Dance, it needed to go 8-1 through the rest of the regular season and win two tournament games.
The first tournament game for the Vols (19-11) is today against Mississippi State at 3:30 p.m.