The Tennessee Volunteers take on the Virginia Tech Hokies on New Year's Eve in the Chik-fil-A Bowl.

The Hokies opened up as 4.5 point favorites. The line has held steady & the game features a 49-point over/under.

As we normally do, and are quite sure our competition will begin to emulate, we have sought out the opinion from the opposing team's fans. The guys from The North Endzone (Bloguin team mates) came through & drove it out of the park.

Will the UT faithful let the fans of the Hokies get in the last bit of smack? NEZ brought it, that is for sure.

Who are these coaches and what have they done to deserve inclusion on our Coaches Hot Seat List?

Please note:  This list is what it is ... it is my opinion and if you believe my opinion sucks, that is fine:  put it in the comments and we'll talk about it because we are always up for solid conversation.  Also, the indicated records are only the records the coach has compiled at that school.

What will get a football coach fired faster?  A poor record or lost concession stand sales?  If you said concession stand sales, then you would be correct.  Money drives everything.  If you want your coach canned simply do not show up to the game or if you do attend, don't buy anything.  Fan apathy can be a killer.  Don't believe me?  Just ask Phillip Fulmer about that one. 

The Kentucky Wildcats face off in the Music City Bowl on December 27th against the Clemson Tigers. This will be the Wildcats' third trip to Nashville in the post season ... can the Cats get up for one more game this year or will they fall to the Clemson Tigers?

Kentucky has been here before. Victorious in 2006 and 2007's Music City Bowls, will the Wildcats view this trip as ho-hum return trip to Nashville? That is difficult to determine, but one thing is for sure: Rich Brooks tends to have his football team's attention when it comes to bowl season.

Kentucky has never had four straight bowl appearances in school history until now.

This game will come down to two simple things: Kentucky must be able to get the ball to Derrick Locke and Randall Cobb on offense ... and not allowing the homerun pass while stopping CJ Spiller on defense.

Sounds easy enough until you look at the stats.

Phillip Fulmer once sat atop Rocky Top as a lone sentinel, guarding the Orange Nation ... oh who are we kidding?

Fulmer, regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches to ever coach in the South, has been passed over time after time, after time, after time the past two seasons ... has the game left Phillip Fulmer behind?

Fulmer, owner of the second best winning record in UT football history (152-52 over all), was a good coach.  Somewhere along the way, Fulmer lost sight of what UT football was ... in a Freudian way, Fulmer had installed himself as UT football.

That might sound crazy to some, but if you go back and listen to the comments the man made the last four years he was the head coach at Tennessee, it will be obvious.

From 1992-1999, Tennessee had never had a better football coach.  The team was poised, it seemed to always be ready ...

Mark Ingram became the first Heisman Trophy winner in Alabama Crimson Tide history.  In receiving the award this past weekend, Ingram was humble and even had a Tim Tebow moment by crying at the podium.

The looming question is:  Will the Ingram led Tide fall victim to the curse that follows the Heisman Trophy winner?

You know the curse:  Win the trophy, lose the bowl game.