My cup (of Orange) runneth over!

The gods are smiling up on the BOVB of late. Since the weekend I've been inundated with excellent, ground-breaking images of super sweet OVs of all kinds, from baby strollers (see post below) to airplanes to motorcyles (all still on the way).

And just when I thought I didn't need another pic for weeks, I spot this awesome older model BMW in downtown Jacksonville. It was parked in a fenced-in lot along Ashley Street.

I was drawn to it like a moth to fire. I diverted from my destination and snapped the shot of its rear end, then parked across the street from the lot for the other shots. As a result I had to walk several blocks to my destination, but the gorgeous weather and this sweet Beemer made it worthwhile.

Meanwhile, if anyone knows the year and model of this BMW, please e-mail me at orangevehicles@gmail.com or, better yet, post it here as a comment.

Jeff

Kiffin: Lamborghini or old Beemer?

It's one thing to read about all the great coaches Tennessee has hired since the end of the 2008 season. It's quite another, though, to see how much they are being paid as a group: $5.3 million, according to the Associated Press. That's about $12 million for coaching salaries when you count the $6 million it cost UT to get Coach Fulmer out the door.

Some are understandably displeased, especially after tuition increases and cuts in faculty pay. It may not be apples to apples, though, because AD Mike Hamilton says the money generated by a winning program will help fund all athletic programs and thereby free up university dollars for other expenses.

Whatever. But here's my point: The embarrassment of 2008 will pale compared to the grief and humiliation we'll feel if Kiffin and Co. don't come out strong in 2009. Kiff might — might — be allowed to lose to Florida one time, but that's it. But he better whoop everybody else. For $5.3 million, I don't see how we can expect anything less.

Let me explain it in terms of Orange vehicles. Let's say you put up the money for the sweet Lamborghini Murcielago pictured here, but when you went to the lot to pick it up, you found this weathered old BMW instead? Yes, they're both sports cars. But you'd be pretty PO'd, I reckon (especially since the Beemer is closer to UF Red than true Orange).

Jeff