Regardless of your thoughts on Pruitt, this is pretty impressive

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Russdaddy2027 said:
Maybe I'm dumbing this up, but it wouldn't be 6 attempts because he has not played 6 ranked opponents away as HC?
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If you want to look at it in the lens of opportunities as you suggest, Pruitt won on the road against a ranked opponent in his second attempt (the first was Georgia, WVA was neutral). That hasn't been quantified for the other coaches to my knowledge, but almost certainly wouldn't be beat.
 
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Still a nice, much needed win over Auburn but anything would look good compared to what we had under Jones with his record against ranked opponents and home/road splits.
 
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Larry Coker won his first road game against a ranked team, also his first game against a ranked team at any location. I wonder if there has ever been a coach with a better first year than LC?
 
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Thought this might be of some interest to Vol fans.
Here is the full list of how many attempts it took each current SEC coach to win a road game against a ranked opponent, courtesy of Tennessee Football on Twitter:

Jeremy Pruitt — 6
Jimbo Fisher — 6
Matt Luke — 12
Kirby Smart — 15
Will Muschamp — 15
Dan Mullen — 19
Gus Malzahn — 20
Nick Saban — 44
Mark Stoops — 48
Ed Orgeron — 48
Joe Moorhead — n/a
Barry Odom — n/a
Chad Morris — n/a
Derek Mason — n/a

The Vols will look to build momentum following the big win when they host No. 1 Alabama on Saturday.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Larry Coker won his first road game against a ranked team, also his first game against a ranked team at any location. I wonder if there has ever been a coach with a better first year than LC?
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Given what he inherited, one of the most loaded college football teams of all time, likely not.
 
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No idea what kind of predictor it is, but any win over an SEC team at this point is progress. If we can get 2 SEC wins I'll consider this an adequate coaching job in year one by Pruitt. I'd prefer 6 wins but after the start of the season it looked like a 3 win disaster was most likely. Still may only get to 4 wins, but I can see a path to 7-8 if we win all the 50/50 games remaining. 3-4 wins = disaster. 5-6 = adequate. 7+ = big success imo.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
No idea what kind of predictor it is, but any win over an SEC team at this point is progress. If we can get 2 SEC wins I'll consider this an adequate coaching job in year one by Pruitt. I'd prefer 6 wins but after the start of the season it looked like a 3 win disaster was most likely. Still may only get to 4 wins, but I can see a path to 7-8 if we win all the 50/50 games remaining. 3-4 wins = disaster. 5-6 = adequate. 7+ = big success imo.
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Wouldn't say disaster, but not a good look.
 
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General Jack said:
If you want to look at it in the lens of opportunities as you suggest, Pruitt won on the road against a ranked opponent in his second attempt (the first was Georgia, WVA was neutral). That hasn't been quantified for the other coaches to my knowledge, but almost certainly wouldn't be beat.
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I wasn't suggesting, that is how the stat was presented......as attempts. Either way cool! Meaningless, but cool!
 
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This sounds like something Butch Jones would have said. I don't think it is meaningless, but at the same time It is not terribly meaningful either. You have to have opportunities to play ranked opponents on the road to even have a chance to fulfill the obligation of the stat. I do think CJP is a good coach. The improvement of the team since the start of the season and this stat also helps me to form that opinion.
 
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