Comments on: The Jinx Strikes Again? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/30/the-jinx-strikes-again/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/30/the-jinx-strikes-again/#comment-53337 Brian Fri, 01 May 2009 05:30:47 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=19885#comment-53337 The last time the university of Tennessee was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated(at least something like, not even sure) back in 200... They bounced back from a couple losses and got themselves ranked #7 in the nation, and got shafted to the Chick Fil A Bowl to face (unranked) Clempsun. Phillip Fulmer's top ten team got owned by an unranked ACC team. It HAD to have been BAD luck... Tennessee had TOO MANY players that season that are still currently in the NFL(most of which start) to fall to a mediocre ACC team. Jason Allen DB(first round pick) Miami Dolphins Rashad Baker DB Philadelphia Eagles Kevin Burnett LB Dallas Cowboys Dustin Colquitt P Kansas City Chiefs Robert Meachem WR (first round pick) New Orleans Saints Jonathan Mapu DE (undrafted Free Agent) Washington Redskins Brad Cottam TE Kansas City Chiefs Omar Gaither LB Philadelphia Eagles Jabari Greer DB New Orleans Saints Chris Hannon WR Detroit Lions Tony McDaniel DT Miami Dolphins Arron Sears OT Tampa Bay Buccs Eric Young OT (Freshman that year, but still) Cleveland Browns Kevin Simon LB Washington Redskins That many guys with NFL contracts, and they lost to an unranked Clemson team... unbelievable... The last time the university of Tennessee was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated(at least something like, not even sure) back in 200… They bounced back from a couple losses and got themselves ranked #7 in the nation, and got shafted to the Chick Fil A Bowl to face (unranked) Clempsun. Phillip Fulmer’s top ten team got owned by an unranked ACC team. It HAD to have been BAD luck…

Tennessee had TOO MANY players that season that are still currently in the NFL(most of which start) to fall to a mediocre ACC team.
Jason Allen DB(first round pick) Miami Dolphins
Rashad Baker DB Philadelphia Eagles
Kevin Burnett LB Dallas Cowboys
Dustin Colquitt P Kansas City Chiefs
Robert Meachem WR (first round pick) New Orleans Saints
Jonathan Mapu DE (undrafted Free Agent) Washington Redskins
Brad Cottam TE Kansas City Chiefs
Omar Gaither LB Philadelphia Eagles
Jabari Greer DB New Orleans Saints
Chris Hannon WR Detroit Lions
Tony McDaniel DT Miami Dolphins
Arron Sears OT Tampa Bay Buccs
Eric Young OT (Freshman that year, but still) Cleveland Browns
Kevin Simon LB Washington Redskins

That many guys with NFL contracts, and they lost to an unranked Clemson team… unbelievable…

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