Vol-in-Atl
July 13th, 2010, 01:13 PM
Check out this blast from a generation ago to get a taste of that rotten UT culture everyone keeps talking about.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136303/index.htm
Things seem to be getting out of hand in Knoxville. In May 1989 tailback Chuck Webb was arrested for forging a teammate's signature on a check. Webb was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. Majors added another 100 hours. But Webb's troubles weren't over. He was suspended from school for the spring 1990 semester for cheating. Now back in school, he hasn't played since injuring his knee in the first game of the season.
Last May defensive end Chuck Smith allegedly punched, and broke the jaw of, a Tennessee baseball player. He was scheduled to appear in court this week, but Majors has taken no action. Fullback Greg Amsler was twice arrested in Knoxville over the summer, first for DWI and two months later for public intoxication and fleeing police. Amsler is undergoing counseling, and the charges could be dropped later, but Amsler has not missed a game.
On Sept. 28 four players allegedly confronted a student named Kirby Salton at his dormitory, and defensive back Jeremy Lincoln accused him of harassing Lincoln's girlfriend. Lineman Chris Mims thought he saw Salton reach for a weapon, and broke his jaw. Salton had a starter's pistol, the kind used at track meets. He refused to file charges. Majors has taken no action pending a student code-of-conduct hearing.
Majors responded to suggestions that he is reluctant to discipline his players by saying, "I vehemently disagree. Anyone who says that doesn't know me. There are a lot more important things than winning a football game. We have our own rules and regulations, and we don't release them to the public. I'm harder than folks might think."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136303/index.htm
Things seem to be getting out of hand in Knoxville. In May 1989 tailback Chuck Webb was arrested for forging a teammate's signature on a check. Webb was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. Majors added another 100 hours. But Webb's troubles weren't over. He was suspended from school for the spring 1990 semester for cheating. Now back in school, he hasn't played since injuring his knee in the first game of the season.
Last May defensive end Chuck Smith allegedly punched, and broke the jaw of, a Tennessee baseball player. He was scheduled to appear in court this week, but Majors has taken no action. Fullback Greg Amsler was twice arrested in Knoxville over the summer, first for DWI and two months later for public intoxication and fleeing police. Amsler is undergoing counseling, and the charges could be dropped later, but Amsler has not missed a game.
On Sept. 28 four players allegedly confronted a student named Kirby Salton at his dormitory, and defensive back Jeremy Lincoln accused him of harassing Lincoln's girlfriend. Lineman Chris Mims thought he saw Salton reach for a weapon, and broke his jaw. Salton had a starter's pistol, the kind used at track meets. He refused to file charges. Majors has taken no action pending a student code-of-conduct hearing.
Majors responded to suggestions that he is reluctant to discipline his players by saying, "I vehemently disagree. Anyone who says that doesn't know me. There are a lot more important things than winning a football game. We have our own rules and regulations, and we don't release them to the public. I'm harder than folks might think."