Dooley To Knoxville, New Restaurant Update, Grove Game Dinner

Derek Dooley has been announced as the new head football coach at Tennessee-Knoxville. Dooley is a solid coach with a coaching pedigree (son of long-time Georgia coach Vince Dooley) and coaching experience at Georgia, SMU, LSU, Miami (NFL) and Louisiana Tech . Many Volunteers fans aren't fans of the hire, but Dooley will prove them wrong over the next several years. His first task will be to assemble a quality staff and to put together a top-notch recruiting class.

Dooley was also the athletic director at Louisiana Tech, so he might be the perfect candidate when Mike Hamilton gets fired over the Kiffin fiasco.

Side note - Bruce Pearl can keep the official title of "mad man" on campus.

The new restaurant mentioned in the previous post will be called Aldo's Pizza Pies. Aldo also owns Bardog.

The Grove Grill is holding a Game Wine Dinner on Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30pm. The menu will feature fresh game from Tennessee and Texas. All four courses and wine is $55 plus tax and tip. Here's the menu:

First Course
Venison Carpaccio
with apple-jicama slaw and chardonnay-vanilla bean reduction

Gary Farrell Chardonnay, 2006, Russian River, California

Second Course
Braised Tennessee Duck Bresaola
with brioche toast, green tomato marmalade and sauce espagnole

Patz and Hall Pinot Noir, Hyde Vineyard, 2006, Sonoma, California

Third Course
Wood Grilled Broken Arrow Ranch Wild Boar Chop
with a sweet potato soufflé and Spanish chocolate sauce

Neal Family Vineyard Cabernet 2005, Valley, California

Fourth Course
Flourless Chocolate "Bete Noir"
with fresh raspberry sauté and coulis

Pacific Rim Framboise, California