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unioncityvol said:
What the playoff ranking tells me is if UNC beats Clemson, OSU is in.
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OSU will probably get in if Carolina beats Clemson or Florida beats Alabama. The winner of Iowa and Michigan State is in also.

Gotta hope Bama and Clemson win. I dislike OSU more than Bama.
 
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I would say 04 Florida game was right up there. It's really hard to actual say what games where louder but def a good debate.

2001 Georgia game ranks up there as well.
 
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justwatch123 said:
I would say 04 Florida game was right up there. It's really hard to actual say what games where louder but def a good debate.

2001 Georgia game ranks up there as well.
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OU game was unreal. I was there. I was at the 2001 Georgia game too, but that was nothing compared to OU. Wish so badly that we would have won.
 
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When we went up 17-0 against OU, I thought we were going to win 31-7, play QD in mop-up time and skyrocket to nearly top 10 in the polls.
 
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Just some interesting stats I was looking at today.

Tennessee finished the regular season 21st in rushing offense nationally this season with averaging about 223 yards per game and 4.7 ypc. They did this despite playing the #1 (Bama), #7 (Florida), #18 (Arkansas), and #28 (Mizzou) rushing defenses. Overall, Tennessee played against 5 of the top 40 rushing defenses in the nation. If those teams hadn't played Tennessee, they'd all likely be a few spots higher (or further separated from the pack in Bama's case).

Our most likely bowl opponents, Wisconsin and Northwestern, are #5 and #15 respectively in rush defense. Wisconsin has played 3 top 40 rushing offenses, #28 (Bama), #32 (Iowa), and #40 (Northwestern). Against Bama, they gave up 238 yards for 4 tds (6.4 ypc). Bama averages about 206 yards per game and 4.9 ypc on the season. Against Iowa, they gave up 144 yards and no TDs (3.6 ypc). Iowa averages about about 203 yards per game and 4.8 ypc. Against Northwestern, they gave up 149 yards for 1 TD (3.0 ypc). Northwestern averages about 193 yards per game and and 4.12 ypc.

Among top 40 rush offenses, Northwestern has faced the #22 (Stanford) and #32 (Iowa). Against Stanford, they gave up 85 yards and no TD (3.1 ypc). Stanford averages 222 ypg and just over 5 ypc. It's worth noting that this was the first game of the season before Stanford and McCaffrey really caught fire, but this must be one of the most impressive defensive performances of the season as far as rushing defense goes. However, against Iowa, they gave up 298 yards for 5 tds on 5.8 ypc. This could be among the worst defensive performances of the season for rushing defense.

I'm not really sure what the point of any of this was. I'm just excited about our bowl game (fingers crossed for Outback against one of these teams or even Michigan) and impressed by how far our rushing attack has progressedunder Butch and Debord. Go Vols.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Just some interesting stats I was looking at today.

Tennessee finished the regular season 21st in rushing offense nationally this season with averaging about 223 yards per game and 4.7 ypc. They did this despite playing the #1 (Bama), #7 (Florida), #18 (Arkansas), and #28 (Mizzou) rushing defenses. Overall, Tennessee played against 5 of the top 40 rushing defenses in the nation. If those teams hadn't played Tennessee, they'd all likely be a few spots higher (or further separated from the pack in Bama's case).

Our most likely bowl opponents, Wisconsin and Northwestern, are #5 and #15 respectively in rush defense. Wisconsin has played 3 top 40 rushing offenses, #28 (Bama), #32 (Iowa), and #40 (Northwestern). Against Bama, they gave up 238 yards for 4 tds (6.4 ypc). Bama averages about 206 yards per game and 4.9 ypc on the season. Against Iowa, they gave up 144 yards and no TDs (3.6 ypc). Iowa averages about about 203 yards per game and 4.8 ypc. Against Northwestern, they gave up 149 yards for 1 TD (3.0 ypc). Northwestern averages about 193 yards per game and and 4.12 ypc.

Among top 40 rush offenses, Northwestern has faced the #22 (Stanford) and #32 (Iowa). Against Stanford, they gave up 85 yards and no TD (3.1 ypc). Stanford averages 222 ypg and just over 5 ypc. It's worth noting that this was the first game of the season before Stanford and McCaffrey really caught fire, but this must be one of the most impressive defensive performances of the season as far as rushing defense goes. However, against Iowa, they gave up 298 yards for 5 tds on 5.8 ypc. This could be among the worst defensive performances of the season for rushing defense.

I'm not really sure what the point of any of this was. I'm just excited about our bowl game (fingers crossed for Outback against one of these teams or even Michigan) and impressed by how far our rushing attack has progressedunder Butch and Debord. Go Vols.
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Good stuff.

Northwestern's offense sucks and they will be slow on special teams. It will be like playing a better coached version of Vandy. Probably somewhat close in the first half with us having a small lead, and then we blow it wide open in the second half.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
It's Smart. Mullen would do well there but it would also be a change in philosophy which would immediate make them lose Eason and probably both running back commits.
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I totally get this line of thinking, but I'd hire him in a minute if I was in charge. Have him keep Pruitt and assume that Mullen will be able to get a top QB for his system by 2017.
 
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vol2002 said:
Reality is that Miami is above us in the pecking order. It's as simple as that. That's a program that with the right guy can do everything Bama has done over the last 8 years and more.
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Aesius said:
Good stuff.

Northwestern's offense sucks and they will be slow on special teams. It will be like playing a better coached version of Vandy. Probably somewhat close in the first half with us having a small lead, and then we blow it wide open in the second half.
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FWIW, Northwestern's rushing offense is 48 spots higher than Vandy's, though their passing offense is worse than Mizzou AND Vandy's. Total offense, they're two spots ahead of Vandy at #115.

But they're 5-10 spots higher than Vandy in every defensive category. They're #8 in scoring defense. Of course, they didn't have to play us or many potent offesnes, either.

But I do agree that we should wax Northwestern. I think Wisconsin would be a moe difficult matchup for us.
 
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