Jon Gruden to Tennessee by Mark

Champion(s):

Ekherndon
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Runner(s)-Up:

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Quiz Description

While fans of other football teams are worrying about playoff positioning, we University of Tennessee fans are left to track flights and follow the movements of Jon Gruden, who may or may not have been offered the head coaching job, and who may or may not be interested in that job. Answer these questions related to the fun!

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Questions:

What portmanteau is often used describe stories related to Gruden and the Tennessee coaching search?

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GRUMORS

Tennessee is searching for a new coach because it recently fired what head football coach?

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Lyle "Butch" JONES

People citing ties between Gruden and Tennessee bring up the fact that his wife was a cheerleader at the school. What is her first name?

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CINDY

Gruden won a Super Bowl as the head coach of what NFL team?

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TAMPA BAY or BUCCANEERS (Bucs)

Gruden's Super Bowl win came at the expense of what NFL team, for whom he had previously served as head coach?

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OAKLAND or RAIDERS

Critics say that in his Super Bowl win, Gruden benefited by having players on the team assembled by the team's previous head coach. Who was that previous head coach?

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Tony DUNGY

Critics also point out that Gruden last coached in college while coaching tight ends in 1989 for what school that last played football in 1995 while a member of the Big West Conference?

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University of the PACIFIC

Though he professes an affinity for Tennessee, Gruden played football for three years as a back-up quarterback for what FCS school that is a current member of the Pioneer Football League?

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University of DAYTON

Gruden stirred up things himself last week in a radio interview with a Seattle station when, without prompting, he stated he loved what Tennessee fight song that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year?

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ROCKY TOP

This past Saturday a restaurant apologized for passing on an unconfirmed story that Gruden was dining there. What is the name of that restaurant that sits very near Neyland Stadium on the banks of the Tennessee River?

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CALHOUN'S on the River

Gruden was reportedly dining at the restaurant in question 10 with what former Tennessee quarterback who was in town with other members of the 1997 SEC Chamionship team celebrating that team's 20th anniversary?

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Peyton MANNING

Speaking of that 1997 team, many point to the beginning of the prolonged coaching carousel fun being when Tennessee fired the head coach of that 1997 team in 2008. Who was that coach who won a national championship with Tennessee for the 1998 season?

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Phillip FULMER