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It's as sure a bet that I'm going to be in Huntsville this time of the year as it is that the Tennessee football team will be auditioning for 'The Longest Yard,' '' joked Davis, whom QB Club member Steve Wilson described as .

Mel Allen

You could make an argument that Tennessee shouldn't be a No. 2. You can make an argument that we shouldn't be a No. 15. We match up well with Tennessee.

James Shuler

Public safety organizations across the country have come to depend on the state-of-the-art wireless solutions for their communications needs. We are pleased to bring this expertise to the seven-county consortium to assist them in providing the residents of south central Tennessee with a higher level of security and safety.

Laura Johnson

Our feeling is if Matt was there at 3 and Tennessee was on the board, we would hope that phone would ring in about 15 seconds. That is the vote of confidence that we would be looking for. Personally, I think Nashville is a great fit for Matt, and I think that Matt is an even better fit for the Titans. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Chuck Price

This is a very big rivalry. I think these are the two toughest teams, high school level, in Tennessee. It's always very close with two goals.

Colleen Taylor

I expected them to make a comeback. They're Tennessee. But we had so much depth, we were able to keep going and going and going. It seemed like we never got tired.

Lindsey Harding

Rooting together for Tennessee has been great for our marriage.

Lindsey Gormley

Tennessee is full of families - rich and poor - who manage to achieve balance. They use the resources they have, and add faith in God, love and commitment to each other, hard work and a focus on their children.These are the real families, the families that work, the families that shine. And that balance is the lesson for us.

Phil Bredesen

It is going to be a great game and we're prepared of it. (Tennessee) will be prepared, too. I don't think they're used to the Cameron Crazies, though.

Chante Black

With Tennessee and North Carolina, I could easily put them No. 1. I thought North Carolina was very impressive in what they did to Connecticut. I've had them in my top three all year. And Tennessee, the way they've destroyed people has really been impressive, too.

John Paul Jones

Everybody makes comments and said, 'I transferred to Tennessee because I wasn't good enough to play here.

Rick Clausen

East Tennessee is a really beautiful place. My business isn't really based here at all, but I like living here. It's a really good place to raise a family and to live. I think a lot of people are finding that out.

Ray Flynn

It makes me feel good. But it's over now. I'm here to stay. I'm worried about Tennessee and that's it.

Chris Lofton

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab does not have the capacity to quantify the amount of methamphetamine in a separating liquid.

John Norton

Al Gore inherited a fighting streak for the underclass from his father. If you were a poor factory worker with a backyard satellite dish in rural Tennessee as your only real link to the world and big cable companies were telling you to shove it, then Al Gore was your guy.

Roy Neel

When you come out and stop a team like Tennessee that you know is capable of running between the tackles all game, that's making a statement. That's what we came out to do. We knew we could do it. It was showing everyone else that we could do it, and that's what we did.

Brandon Siler

We here all this stuff and it sounds so overwhelming. I think that's where America on the Move and Tennessee on the Move have the right approach. It doesn't matter where you are now -- just start something little.

Pat Wallin

I think if you were a gambler and you had a million dollars, you should have gone to Las Vegas and bet a million dollars that Tennessee and Rutgers would meet in the NCAA tournament.

C. Vivian Stringer

Last year there were a lot of good teams in West Tennessee. This is just a really good area for high school basketball.

Farris Lowery

We realize after the Tennessee game that we're not real effective defensively. You don't have a lot of time to work on it this time of year ... but it was a focus of our halftime to apply more pressure.

Andy Landers

This is the worst ran department in the state of Tennessee. Swear to God it is.

Boyce Mccall

Every year, Tennessee always gets the most out of their players and they did tonight. We knew we had to be ready to fight because Tennessee never lays down and stops playing regardless of the score. I'm happy where we are because we're getting better every day. We've been talking about playing with more passion and more fight and that paid off for us in tonight's match.

Roland Thornqvist

If the kid gets it a foot inside the uprights, I'm probably still in Tennessee.

Mike Heimerdinger

The ACLU has not given up on free speech in Tennessee. Tennessee residents who are pro-choice should have just as much right to express their view on a specialty license plate as those residents who are anti-choice.

Hedy Weinberg

When they say plants are closing, they're going elsewhere. And it's not just China; it's Tennessee, Texas, more business-friendly states.

Vince Green

The fact is it just goes to show you the strength of the players we have in West Tennessee. It's a credit to our kids and the type of players we have here.

Shane Sisco

In the past, Peach County sent kids to Florida, they sent kids all over. There have been kids come out of Middle Georgia and go to Nebraska and Michigan and Middle Tennessee. I just think more of them are going to Georgia now.

Andy Scott

Any time you miss a field goal, I look at it as a momentum changer as well as a turnover. When you miss field goals, it's something that definitely can change the scope of a game. As you saw today, when you miss three, what it will do to you. It takes away momentum. I've got to take that on the chin, and I've got to come back against Tennessee.

Matt Stover

In Tennessee, duck numbers are good, but dry conditions are proving to be a major problem. No significant rainfall has occurred in several weeks, and ducks are beginning to deplete food sources on refuges.

Tim White

At Tennessee, we had a great crowd ... and they were loud. Here, it's a whole new level.

Andre Dyson

We're pleased to see that President Bush knows where Tennessee is on the map, even though he has no clue about Tennesseans' daily concerns over vital issues like Social Security and Medicare.

Bob Tuke

This is something the kids will cherish for a lifetime, ... Even though we're not going to Williamsport we've made the state of Tennessee proud.

James English

Jones gives Tennessee a true vertical threat, and already he and quarterback Steve McNair seem to be on the same page.

Brandon Banks

I do believe there are kids who will choose a Tennessee or a Connecticut because of who they are and what they've done and not think about being the last kid on the bench. If we had 13 scholarships, that gives me two they can't get. But we need 15 because it gives you more room for error. You can gamble on some kids and work with them.

Leon Barmore

Some of the original members of the agency said they can't remember anything as big as this all the way back to 1951. Even though this weather pattern is normal for Tennessee, it's just not this intense normally.

Donnie Smith

Tennessee is on the rise. It's been known for football, but basketball is also very good. I think we set the bar really high.

Brandan Wright

I started the people who competed the hardest against Tennessee. I didn't care what class they were in.

Jody Conradt

I've been to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and we were delighted that things worked out so we could be here this weekend.

Jim Rhodes

If you look at the stats, you back off him a little bit and that's probably what Tennessee did.

Mark Turgeon

I'm sure a lot of us from Tennessee are ready to go play in front of our family and our friends. It'll be a big game.

Sha Brooks

By increasing the cigarette tax, Tennessee will reduce smoking, save lives and help offset the rising health care costs caused by smoking.

Jeanette Schatz

Some of the environmental issues we confront today in Tennessee are the legacy of things that occurred before modern day environmental regulations were in place. Unfortunately, we cannot turn back the hands of time to change these circumstances.

Dana Coleman

Yeah, we let our fans down, but it's just the first home game, ... Hopefully, the next home game (Tennessee on Oct. 9) we won't let them down.

Corey Bradford

Chances are pretty good that these people are going to live all over Middle Tennessee, depending on the kind of lifestyle they want.

Janet Miller

I tried to call Charter, but I got someone in Tennessee who was kind of clueless. She told me the games would be on Channel 13, but that's the station for public TV.

Judy Mcgorty

I was a product of the Depression. My father struggled to make a living for our family. He worked as a wrestler, a Marion County policeman, and both a car and insurance salesman. During World War II, he worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority's defense plant as a guard.

Charles Moore

The guys can take pride because when we started on Nov. 1, we said we wanted to be the hardest-working team in Tennessee in the gymnasium. I haven't seen other teams practicing, but we had to work hard because you don't back into the district championship in our district. Not in Clarksville. You don't back into it. You take it from the other teams, and that's what these guys were able to do.

Ted Young

Concerns about ethics tend to be episodic, and those episodes are stimulated when there are horror strikes. And, of course, Tennessee Waltz was a real horror story.

Bruce Oppenheimer

This is one of the many ways the state is working to ensure our high school graduates can attend college. Dozens of programs in Tennessee offer advanced graphic design training that constitutes what a freshman in college would be learning.

Sue Tucker

It's been a long, long season. We've come a long way since the Tennessee game. We came back from that game real well. Now the way we played against Georgia gives us a little edge to show everybody what we can do against Miami. Hopefully, we can become a good defense again.

Jessie Daniels

We get a lot of runners from all over the state and Tennessee, Texas and Georgia. A lot of times local people move off, remember the race and keep coming back. It's been really steady. They're really strong, and you see their names in all the competitive races.

Kay Ketchings

Me and Paul (Davis) and Shannon (Brown) have to play at another whole different level to where we can make up for the youngsters. (Tennessee Tech) got a lot of second-chance points (in the first half). We turned the ball over too much and they got a lot of easy baskets.

Maurice Ager

I have been forced to leave Knoxville, and East Tennessee, after living here for almost 16 years. I do not want the same thing to happen to any unsuspecting GLBT person in the future who may get a job at AAA East Tennessee.

Tom Oswalt

We were trying to get K.B. coming off a screen, but everybody in the state of Tennessee knew what we were trying to do. We had a good look. It just didn't go in.

Marc Higdon

Nowhere in Middle Tennessee will you find a more creative, diverse experience for children of all ages than Rivers & Spires Festival. With over 20 booths and hours of entertainment, this is a great place for parents to bring their kids.

Lisa Martin

It means a great deal. For three hours, Middle Tennessee will be talked about, it will be seen. We'll be the only college football game that day, so we'll get nationwide attention that this university has probably never had.

Chris Massaro

I thought we played well. Oklahoma is a tough squad. We had some tight sets, and a good doubles set. We couldn't have asked for a better warm up for Tennessee on Sunday.

Ty Tucker

We've dealt with tragedy, with an unfortunate situation involving a team member ... I just feel so good for these kids to have weathered that storm and accomplished this. If there is a team in the state of Tennessee that deserved this, it's my kids.

Dexter Williams

I remember it like it was yesterday. Nine years of age, Chattanooga, Tennessee. We were entered to the National Boys Championship, and we could not get into the tournament.

Lenny Simpson

He's a lifelong friend. They just want to be out of Los Angeles. They've got a little boy and they love Tennessee.

Bill Fauver

I had been keeping track of him since he played at Tennessee. I would keep in touch with him and speak to him from time to time. I saw a show (on television) about him last night and he was talking about religion and football. To see that, and then to come in today and find out that he passed away, for me, it hurts me deep inside.

Leonard Little

That's what eventually pushed North Carolina over the divide. It gave Governor Easley an argument: Why should our people be paying for schools in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina?

Ferrell Guillory

When I was young growing up, Tennessee is where I wanted to go to school and play, and to have the opportunity now to play against them is great for all of us.

Krystle

Chris is really a special young man. They just don't come along like him very often and it's nice to know that so many people in the state are proud of him even though he's playing at Tennessee.

Dave Buchanan

We have seen individuals coming to Tennessee to take advantage of the driver's certificate program because they are easy to obtain.

Russ Dedrick

Hawaii was great for our team chemistry; to spend time with our teammates and winning that tournament brought us together. But now we're back here and we still have to get stuff done. We won't overlook Tennessee State.

Ross Marsden

We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.

James Agee

Denver is like Washington, D.C.. We've got so many government workers that labor is really expensive. That's why we are in Tennessee.

Jack Weil

The issue that arises with respect to this airport is whether or not this airport is a single government entity or whether the joint venture of ownership would be ignored and this would be considered five Tennessee entities that would have liability limits.

Bill Bovender

The kids turned on the TV over the weekend and they're watching Connecticut against Tennessee and they're watching Michigan State and Rutgers. That's where we want to be.

Jose Fernandez

In the summer, Pat and I play every weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. In the winter months we travel to places like Florida and Phoenix to golf with friends. I've played a Greg Norman course and was excited to find out he would be designing and building a course in East Tennessee.

Steve Newberry

We grew up a lot today. But the way we're going to measure our growth is how we play next week (at Tennessee). We've had strong practices every week and finally we're able to carry it over to the game.

Brandon Lloyd

I told him you better get that (flight) insurance because we're going to beat Tennessee.

Ryan Bradley

The thing that concerns me the most is the contrast between Miami and Tennessee. You're talking about going from a big, somewhat methodical offensive basketball team to a small, extremely quick, unpredictable offensive basketball team.

Andy Landers

Our students are a little less overweight, and their academic scores are high. I want the same for every student in Tennessee.

Kathy Clark

The resolution is an all-out attack on the women of Tennessee and seeks to rob women of their right to make choices about their own health, safety and personal welfare.

Hedy Weinberg

Weather conditions are gearing up. We're working with military departments to make sure they have supplies on standby, and we are still receiving firefighters from Alabama and Tennessee.

Michelann Ooten

The defense you saw last week wasn't the real Tennessee defense, and hopefully we're not going to play like that anymore.

Albert Haynesworth

If we have to shine flashlights at the stage, the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival will take place as scheduled, March 30-April 2, in our beloved French Quarter.

Patricia Brady

They're coming to Tennessee with a couple of changes of clothing, and that's all. They've lost everything.

Tony Hitt

This is certainly the best showing and the best play we've had against Tennessee in a long time.

Susan Walvius

Hopefully, we can run the ball equally as well, ... I'm sure Tennessee is focused on not letting that happen again.

Brian Billick

When kids are saying my family comes from Poland or Russia, you have to say my family comes from Georgia or my family comes from Tennessee.

Gina Paige

The Bristol folks are going to let us know what they're thinking at some point down the line. Mike Hamilton [Tennessee AD] and I both feel like we've got to listen.

Jim Weaver

The similarities to Ireland are very close in East Tennessee. We wanted to build a subdivision that sort of reflected a little bit of where we were raised. ... When it's finished, I think it will have a lot of the look. You know, it's kind of like a little piece of Ireland in the hills of East Tennessee.

Ray Flynn

He is a starter. Why would he want to mentor a young guy to take his place? He is not ready for the rocking chair. It doesn't make sense for Steve McNair to take a huge cut in pay ... to be a mentor for some young guy no matter who it is. It might be great for Tennessee, but it wouldn't be good for Steve.

Bus Cook

We're not dwelling on whether it's good or bad for us. We're just preparing for another great North Texas-Middle Tennessee game, and we're not worrying about the schedule.

Darrell Dickey

Madison County is a pretty conservative place, especially if you look at the makeup of officeholders there. Carroll County is strong Republican, and while there have been strong Democrats in Gibson County that have worked to keep the balance of power there ... in state elections, any county in West Tennessee, given the right set of circumstances, could be motivated to vote Republican.

Richard Chesteen

Tennessee cannot pick and choose who among its residents is allowed to speak freely. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will recognize that only allowing an anti-choice plate violates free speech rights and that the appeals court will prevent production of the plate while the case is under review.

Julie Sternberg

We were uniquely situated with access to the Tech pre-docs and post docs in computer science and engineering, but we're also connected with GTRI, the CDC and the national labs in Tennessee.

John Endicott

We play Tennessee, it's never really about us. It's always about Tennessee, and now it's about Pat and Tennessee.

Melanie Balcomb

It doesn't surprise me. Again, I'm not saying it doesn't surprise me because it is Tennessee. I am just not convinced that that sort of special treatment -- changing of grades, making sure kids are eligible as opposed to really educating them -- isn't going on at a lot more places than Tennessee. I don't think Tennessee is unique in that regard.

John Gerdy

It's Tennessee. Tennessee brings out the best in everybody. We expect them to bring their best game, too. It's huge.

Brodie Croyle

Having the weekend off helped us a lot. We're definitely refreshed. We have had just the right amount of time off. At Tennessee we kinda forgot how to race.

Katie Braun

Mississippi and Tennessee offer some of the best deer hunting opportunities in the nation and are noted for having high quality state wildlife conservation and management programs. We are confident we can lay the groundwork in these two states for a program that expands to several other states in future years.

Gary Morris

Tennessee has put a lot of pressure on me), and my family has also. I'm going to have to take some time with it.

Brandon Warren

I threw up on the airplane coming back from Tennessee, ... I don't know if it's a bug I caught on the plane or fear. It could be nerves. Till we get that first preview audience, we don't even know where our laughs are.

Hal Holbrook

Almost all the refiners are now putting marketers on allocation east of the Rocky Mountains. Some terminals in Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas and South Carolina are completely out of product. It's just a very precarious situation we're in.

Dan Gilligan

It would be a big step for our program no matter who we played to get to the Sweet 16. We know how hard we've worked to get here. We respect Tennessee and it's going to take one of our better games to beat them, but I can promise you we're not intimidated.

Matt Braeuer

So we used a coliseum address and we were evacuated again to Tennessee ...it's just been crazy.

Annie Evans

(Tennessee) is a well-coached and very disciplined team. It will be a tough battle for us.

David Richmond

(Ole Miss) brought in a new offensive coordinator (Dan Werner) and I thought it was kind of too late to get to know him and the coaching staff before I could make up my mind. I thought it was too late so I just decided to choose between Michigan and Tennessee.

Nick Stephens

The carwash will pull from a five-mile radius around Cool Springs, but we think the accessories and garage components will attract car lovers from all around Middle Tennessee. With Nissan moving from California, I hope this can be the beginning of a 'car culture' here.

Miles Johnson

What percentage of the playbook will he have access to? ... When you have a quarterback who throws like that, there's no way Mike Heimerdinger is making him make the same throws he made Steve McNair throw in Tennessee.

Cris Carter

Two years ago at Michigan the crowd noise was pretty heavy there, obviously, with 110,000 that had to play a big factor. It was one of those situations where I think our team had to resort to silent counts. We adjusted pretty well with it at Tennessee last year, but not so well at Michigan two years ago.

Brady Quinn

It's a result of a hit or a blow he took in the East Tennessee State game. ... When he was examined, the physician thought it best to sit out a while and let this antibiotic really start to do its job, and it appears like it is improving.

Dave Loos

There's no way we shouldn't play like we did against Tennessee all the time. We can bring it. We're not scared.

Lauren Roussell

The Prince of Tennessee.

David Maraniss

We're getting better every game, and it's just a matter of time before we do win a big game like Tennessee or LSU.

Alexis Kendrick

Tennessee is a truly great and competitive opponent. I can tell by the way we played them today that we are really starting to come along.

Michael Hegarty

I pay $2.95 per bushel of corn now. If I bought the corn from farmers in Middle and West Tennessee, it would cost $1.93 to $2.13 per bushel. By the time I add shipping charges, it would cost $2.95 a bushel. I am paying local farmers the difference in the transportation cost to help keep them in business.

Ronald Dawson

The rule has been in there. I took Tennessee a few years ago to the Dominican Republic. They have tried to do away with it, but it didn't go through.

Buzz Peterson

Erik Ainge has played, so he is our No. 1 quarterback as we start the spring. Erik has done some good things at Tennessee, but the fact is we don't have a proven quarterback. He has good enough feet and a good enough arm to play the position. But there is a lot more to it than that.

David Cutcliffe

You never stick a fork in Tennessee. When people think that, that's when you become more dangerous.

Shanna Zolman

We are just growing by leaps and bounds. About 30 years ago, we could fit all the Republicans in a closet. But now there's a feeling that the state of Tennessee is becoming Republican.

Pat Allen

I think everyone that came here came to get a championship and get a banner hanging from the ceiling. We have a good chance of doing that and making history for the Tennessee men's basketball team.

Jajuan Smith

I couldn't point to a finer example of cooperation. This has resulted in a dismantling of a major drug organization that I'm sure has its tentacles out into our homes and children throughout East Tennessee. This case is being prosecuted in federal court but could not have happened without the law enforcement agencies in Upper East Tennessee.

Russ Dedrick

Really did a lot to boost the popularity of the game. Viewers immediately liked Moneymaker a down-home boy from Tennessee and average players everywhere could identify with him. He's not flashy or fancy. He's a good guy who's not full of himself.

Greg Raymer

Except for two seniors that graduated. They have a tailback committed to University of Tennessee. Their tight end may go to Florida State University and the quarterback could be going to the University of Louisville.

Dixie Jones

I was very pleased with our fight and our performance. Especially in comparison to our previous game in Tennessee.

Stephany Smith

This isn't the first time we've had momentum. There was momentum coming out of the Tennessee game two years ago. What we've got to do now is capitalize on it.

Joker Phillips

We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will agree that Tennessee cannot discriminate against people because of their point of view. If the state is going to give some people the opportunity to express their opinions on their license plates, it must allow people with opposing viewpoints the same opportunity.

Julie Sternberg

We could hold Tennessee under 10 points.

Chad Jackson

If this were women's NCAA basketball, this would be like going into Tennessee - there's nothing like it. We're fired up for this; when you walk out and there are 15,000 people screaming and the walk-out is like the NBA finals - hey, it this doesn't get our kids ready nothing will.

Scott Bauman

President Bush has made this declaration so Tennessee can get back on their feet and go on with their lives as quickly as possible.

Joe Allbaugh

When Al Gore went to the Congress, he was (a) fairly conservative, Southern Democratic congressman from rural Tennessee. But as he learned more about national issues and he saw the tragedies happening because of gun violence all across the country, he's grown.

Mike Barnes

I'm very happy for the win, I believe it's the first time ETSU has ever defeated Middle Tennessee. The girls all played well from top to bottom, we played well as a team and we are looking forward to getting back on the courts tomorrow.

Steve Brooks

We have had 90 employees in southern Florida since last week and now that they have completed their work, they are being redeployed to Mississippi. And we now have 44 employees in route to Tennessee where they will be staging for relief efforts.

Janice Lantz

Tennessee is very progressive in the training of school board members.

Barry Breen

If you look at how it all broke down, we're in a perfect situation. We match up well against Tennessee.

James Shuler

Kids coming out of high school are coached better today. Nothing against the coaches I had in high school; I thought they were great coaches. But everything is so specialized now. I watch Gary Rankin (Riverdale head football coach). He was a teammate of mine at Tennessee. (Riverdale) has a different game plan for everybody they played.

David Parsons

I think we were agreed that he has already entered the canon of modern American drama among the immortals, along with Eugene O' Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller. It's just delightful that he would even consider accepting our offer because his stature is so unique in world literature.

Michael Cadden

I knew it was between us and Ohio State once I saw Tennessee was in, but it just didn't go our way.

Crystal Langhorne

Our Tennessee Guard unit lost no soldiers in that mishap, but the two crew members on the Apache perished, ... We've been in prayer for all our soldiers throughout the mission.

Dorothy Russell

Teams come in and see Tennessee on the jersey and fold. The game is over before it even starts. It's a matter of coming out and giving it everything you've got, and that's what we did.

Sarah Lowe

He's on the ... list and as soon as they find a heart for him, he's going to have a transplant. Eva won't leave Tennessee until he gets a new heart.

Maria Enriquez

The belief is that after Katrina makes landfall, it will move north to the Tennessee Valley and then northeast through the Ohio Valley and onto eastern Canada.

Bob Larson

At first I didn't have anyone to block, then Skyler came my way and I tried to give the defender a good hit, and wound up giving myself one, ... I'm cool though; all of us will be back for Tennessee.

Craig Davis

Tomorrow, we'll practice, but it won't be a long practice. Then, we'll get ready for a fine Tennessee team this weekend.

Ron Polk

It's early, but it looks as though Tennessee is a very good offensive team. I've always felt like they've had talent. Major Wingate and Andre Patterson are improved offensive players. They are a team that likes to play in transition, like us. Both teams are going to get up and down the floor and do what they like to do.

Billy Donovan

It was great being back in Tennessee.

Levi Brown

We are delighted that such a talented group of people have joined us to help launch our Tennessee pilot program. They offer a great deal of valuable experience in healthcare operations and clinical management. With their skills, we'll be able to successfully execute our unique disease management approach for participating chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries in Tennessee.

David Hollis

The thing Tennessee has going for it is there's a heck of a lot of automotive in Tennessee.

Bill King

This new place is a classy deal. Probably the only other state with something as nice as this is Tennessee.

Kurt Cunningham

The loss is disappointing. Physically and mentally we gave in there at the end. It doesn't mean we didn't try. We made bad decisions at the end and you can't do that against a team like Tennessee.

Dave Odom

It all depends on how efficient they are. We're kind of in the same boat as Tennessee State.

George Small

It was just ourselves. We got together and said, 'We don't want to beat this team by 10 or 15 points. It's time to step up our game and get back to the Tennessee way.

Alexis Hornbuckle

This acquisition was particularly attractive because it will allow us to expand our western North Carolina and Virginia franchises as well as our existing presence in northwest Georgia into East Tennessee.

John Allison

The new Tennessee location sits in a strong labor market and has an extensive transportation network to support our growth businesses.

Paul Hanlon

As we were thinking about trying to freshen up the campaign to make it more dramatic, we thought if we could match her up with another Tennessee celebrity, who would it be? What if we could get Elvis?

Jerry Ehrlich

We do not underestimate them at all, but it appears the Republican Party in Tennessee is in considerable disarray.

Bob Tuke

I see Tennessee coming in here wanting to run the ball, be physical with us, try to run the ball the whole game. I mean that's the only thing I'm looking at, the only thing I'm really focusing on right now is stopping the run.

Ray Mcdonald

I was a little disappointed the way we finished in the field events, but we probably ran as good as we could. Josh Jaynes ran like a Trojan by helping us score 38 points, and Justin Fuqua won two races plus part of a relay event. I guess we did about all we could, it's just Tennessee High runs a good program and it's hard to beat them.

Jim Presnell

If Chad says he can go, that's his body. It was the same thing with Steve McNair (at Tennessee). You go with what those guys feel.

Mike Heimerdinger

I've got a friend from Seton Hall, so I was surprised to see them make the tournament. I was also surprised to see Tennessee get a No. 2 seed. We've really got to win some games to meet those guys.

Boo Davis

Given his violent history and the violence in this case in Tennessee, I would consider parole to be unlikely.

Jason White

I'm just glad someone from West Tennessee won a state title this year. Liberty's a great team. They played together and pulled it out.

Willie Kemp

I was born and raised in Louisiana, but going to Tennessee gave me a chance to do something different. I didn't want to be hanging out with the same friends every day, every day. I wanted to learn how to do stuff on my own.

Jason Mitchell

We're definitely disappointed. For beating Tennessee, probably one of the biggest wins of our career here, it didn't feel as good as I wanted. We definitely got to get better.

Randy Hand

This was a big statement game for us. People were saying we were overrated. They were writing us off. The only losses we have are to Duke and Tennessee.

Shay Doron

To see one in Tennessee of course if very unique.

David England

[When I went to Tennessee], I could name you every quarterback in the SEC for the last 20 years,'' said Peyton, the draft's No. 1 overall pick in 1998.

Ole Miss

I would say Tennessee has more talent than Alabama, both sides of the ball. Our defense, if we come out with the right state of mind, playing hard, we should come out with a good victory. I can't say how [good]. The way our defense has played the last four weeks, anything is possible. It could be a blowout or just a regular victory.

Jeremy Mincey

We felt that Tennessee was a two-seed this year.

Joni Comstock

Hartmann and country music share a long and rich history in Tennessee and it is therefore only natural that our two iconic brands be linked in this celebration of this year's very best.

David Herman

Let me tell all of you how proud all of us are of the 913th and the Tennessee Guard.

John Tanner

George has made great strides in his time at DMACC. He is a good kid who will be a good division 1 player at Tennessee-Martin.

Orv Salmon

I believe she was having dreams of grandeur that we'd dunk on Tennessee.

Ashley Magnani

I don't think (Pearl) had bad intentions whatsoever. I can't tell you what he was thinking, but I know Coach Pearl is excited about what's going on with Tennessee basketball, which he should be. I just don't think it's a good idea to have the student athletes in the crowd because it breaks down the entire mechanism for protecting the players.

Damon Evans

Illinois is not a trendsetter, but it's not a right-winger. We're not Massachusetts or California, but we're certainly not Alabama or Tennessee. ... Illinoisans are reasonable people. We are cautious, but we want to do the right thing.

Rick Garcia

I think the Tennessee game was just a big eye-opener as far as like we need more offensive threats. And I just wanted to make sure that I could help them with that. When I'm open I was just always looking for somebody to pass it to instead of looking to score myself. I just never looked to score.

Renee Montgomery

Anytime you play Tennessee, you're going to get that. A lot of big, big linemen. They play with big linemen on both sides of the ball, so I think that up front is going to be the real key this weekend.

Andrew Whitworth

Tennessee is a quality organization and they could use a quality corner. He would solidify what they've done in free agency. Obviously the situation there is something we would look at if they need some help at the corner spot, and he could also play free safety.

Carl Poston

A lot of people throughout Tennessee are going to remember us. I just don't know if they are going to consider us some of the greatest players or the greatest players. I guess we're all going to be remembered just by coming through this city (Memphis) and coming through Jackson and Bolivar.

Thaddeus Young

The game was lost in the first half. We didn't play Tennessee basketball. We came up short. The little things got to us.

Alexis Hornbuckle

Teams keying on me just drives me to work even harder, and makes you an overall better player. It excites me to know that people recognize what I do on the court because there are so many great players in Tennessee. It's a great feeling to know that working hard has paid off.

Dawn Evans

We're already having a lot of problems in Tennessee with Asian carp and Zebra mussels. We don't need the snakehead added to that.

Bobby Wilson

If you look at the numbers, we almost played a perfect half offensively. It took that, because I thought Tennessee played at a high, high level (Saturday). I thought they played really good. Our guys just wanted it.

Mark Turgeon

As long as there was an NFL game on, especially the one Tennessee was in, it hurt bad to watch.

Marcellus Wiley

I don't know much about the teams from the East, but I find it hard to believe that there are other teams as talented as Bolivar, Haywood and Mitchell. We play each other all year in West Tennessee. You'd think they could find us someone else to play.

Dexter Williams

Obviously you want to start, but if I don't start I still have to prepare like I'm a starter because you never know what's going to happen, ... That's something I learned in college. During my junior year I was playing behind Mike Doss now with Indianapolis and Donnie Nickey now with Tennessee so I just had to stay focused and ready.

Will Allen

Tennessee has one of the most confusing laws in the country.

Bryan King

I definitely think this helps put Tennessee on the map. The bigger states like Texas and North Carolina get all the exposure because they have the better players.

Jordan Leedle

Sixty-five is OK, but we have states in this region - West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia - that have a 70 mph speed limit. There's no reason we can't transition (to that).

Brett Hall

Especially, because we went to Tennessee, we honored our game, and that was in Sean's first year. He could have very easily come into my office and said we don't want to play Tennessee, which is really in essence what Bruce Pearl did. We've never been in a situation where a team hasn't returned the game.

Dawn Rogers

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

Roy Acuff

I'm very pleased to see this. It always seemed crazy to me to have the senior management sitting in suburban New York and have the divisional people all out of Memphis, Tennessee.

Mark Wilde

We have to stay focused. We have to play all 40 minutes. We have to play just as hard as we did against Tennessee in order to get this win against Mississippi State.

Sha Brooks

We feel like we get everybody's best shot because we're Tennessee, but we have to learn how to give everybody our best shot.

Pat Summitt

The framers of the Tennessee Constitution put specific safeguards in place to guarantee that the voters are given ample opportunity to engage in public debate and discussion before amending the Constitution. Those requirements should be followed exactly as the founders required.

Hedy Weinberg

We're still fighting an uphill battle in Tennessee, no about it.

David Lubell

I'm hoping they'll think we're some people from Tennessee who don't know how to play soccer and take us lightly. And then we can just prove them wrong. We have a great defense, and we hardly ever get scored on.

Jordan Leedle

In order for Tennessee to be competitive in the global economy, we have to continuously build on our foundation as a hub for research and development, and providing assistance to our technology councils is one great way of doing this.

Matt Kisber

I don't want to comment on what they are willing to do and what we're willing to do. The first thing we want to do is put Travis in the right situation. It is about Travis being in the right football situation and the right atmosphere, and we believe Tennessee is the right place for him.

Hadley Engelhard

The most overlooked and yet the rarest antique in my home is the sugar chest in the dining room. It doesn't have any lavish carving, or fancy painting; it is very simple. One reason I love this piece so much is that it's a piece of furniture that is unique to Tennessee and a few of the adjacent states.

Gail Henry

East Tennessee State gave me some (real) basketball interest. They're looking for a point guard.

Tim Shankle

I'm very excited to be playing Tennessee, and it's a great opportunity for us.

Krystle

We are very strong when you think about it like that. Just look at the seniors that are top-ranked in the country and the number of Division I scholarships that guys from West Tennessee had signed - that's your answer right there. Those are numbers that don't lie.

Thaddeus Young

That's probably part of the reason why our numbers increased this year. I believe the state of Tennessee is starting to see this more and more.

David Sturgill

I'm from the South and I really studied Tennessee Williams, ... I love plays that are poetry-based, but last year, when all those Williams plays went to Broadway ('A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'The Glass Menagerie'), it didn't occur to producers to ask me if I was interested.

Kenny Leon