That's right. We were pinned in something like the 2 and ran it up the middle. I was afraid that's what we were going to do. Teams smell blood in those situations and pin their ears back going for the safety. That game was ours for the taking
What are you basing this off of? All of the players that weren't coached up properly under Dooley really hurt us. So unless you have some sort of magic formula that accounts for coaching, development, etc. this is complete nonsense. IMO year one we should've won 4-6 games (all we did win minus USCe, and possibly add a Vandy win) and last year the 7-8 wins was a maximum. That was my "formula" based on my eyes and week to week play as well as player improvement/development, and coaching.
So a C- for a formula? And that's what he says it is. So my guess is that's optimistic. Yeah formulas for things with so many variables and unknowns is absurd. JMOI'd also point out the magic formula the poster referenced is by his own admission wrong 30% of the time. Further, if it uses trailing four years talent rather than a formula based on talent actually on the roster as of the start of the year, then it probably didn't account for transfers, players leaving early for the draft, etc. My instinct is that the formula may work for programs that have stable coaching and rosters, but probably not for Tennessee these past two years.
