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#51
#51
05_never_again said:
I'm talking as far as results on the field.

If not that, what is it? Beating Florida last year?
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Well Since you changed the rules and 2 top 5 recruiting classes doesn't count, I'd have to go with beating Florida last year, beating Georgia back to back or beating an 11 ranked Spurrier team would all be better than winning bowl games that don't matter. :)
 
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#52
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Originally Posted by v011s View Post
If I'm taking a plane from Boston to LA, I'm not happy that we only have fuel to make it to Denver.
Headed the right direction but will never get there.
So you're advocating that we fire the pilot in Denver? Butch has his faults, but if u had asked most on here if we could break both Uga and UF streaks would they take that. We haven't beaten UF since I was a Soph at UT in 2004. God it's like we hate our own coach every damn day of the week. I can see if we were 6- whatever.

This guy would want him fired on approach into Denver.......:blink:
 
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#53
#53
volfan102455 said:
Three straight bowl wins have occurred only 3 other times in the history or Tennessee football.


1994-1996 (Fulmer)

- Tennessee beat VT, Northwestern, Ohio State

1985-1987 (Majors)

- Tennessee beat Indiana, Minnesota, Miami

1970-1972 (Battle)

- Tennessee beat LSU, Arkansas, Air Force
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Total Number of Bowl Games 14-17:40

Total Number of Bowl Games 94-96:18 (19 in 94)

Total Number of Bowl Games 85-87:18

Total Number of Bowl Games 70-72:11

Pretty disingenuous of you to pretend that getting to a bowl game in 2017 is the same as getting to a bowl game in any of the 3-year stretches that you've mentioned.
 
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#54
#54
PEPPERJAX said:
Cools stats OP but KY and Vandy build statues for coaches that accomplish back to back 9 win seasons and 3 straight bowl wins. Butch needs to win at a higher level soon.
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For the past decade we've been on KY and Vandy's level. Fulmer dropped off and wasn't handled well, Kiffin was bad and made us the laughingstock of college football, then Dooley was salt in the wound and failed at everything but recruiting some decent WRs.

We're improving. Sure we aren't on the level we're used to but we're getting there.
 
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#57
#57
allvol123 said:
3 bowl wins over 3 mediocre big 10 teams.

Everyone really needs to cool it on that stat.
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Harking back to the 80s and 90s, fans of Big-10 football said "Tennee-who" when referring to Tennessee (I know I had a boss from Ohio State and his boss was from Michigan).

So even though they were mediocre, they were Big-10 teams.....and I love it.
 
#58
#58
BeardedVol said:
Total Number of Bowl Games 14-17:40

Total Number of Bowl Games 94-96:18 (19 in 94)

Total Number of Bowl Games 85-87:18

Total Number of Bowl Games 70-72:11

Pretty disingenuous of you to pretend that getting to a bowl game in 2017 is the same as getting to a bowl game in any of the 3-year stretches that you've mentioned.
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Getting to a bowl game has never been a problem for Tennessee. Winning 3 in a row is a different story.
 
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#60
Also if you take the Big 10 teams out of the picture - then Tennessee has won 3 bowl games in a row only once 1970-1972 under Battle.
 
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volfan102455 said:
Getting to a bowl game has never been a problem for Tennessee. Winning 3 in a row is a different story.
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There are twice as many bowl games now as there were in the 80's and 90's, and four times as many as the 70's.

Of course it was harder to get to a bowl 3 years in a row.

Getting a bowl invite in 2017 and getting a bowl invite in 1972, aren't even in the same universe in comparison.
 
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#63
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volfan102455 said:
Good grief! All teams play other teams that build status for coaches (as you put it). Why do you beat up on the team you support for what every team that wins 9+ does???
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Don't get me wrong CBJ and staff have improved things but I just get the feeling that many UT fans have lowered expectations of where our program should be. Is it nice we have back to back nine win seasons & 3 straight bowl wins? Yes but when is it time to expect more? Year 5, 6, or 7? UT won 5 SEC championships & 1 NATTY between the coaching careers of Majors and Fulmer. I am glad Butch has brought us out of the Kiffin/Dooley depths but it would be nice to see UT take the next step under Butch. Is it too much to ask for one trip to ATL? I will support this team whether they go 3-9 or 12-0.
 
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BeardedVol said:
There are twice as many bowl games now as there were in the 80's and 90's, and four times as many as the 70's.

Of course it was harder to get to a bowl 3 years in a row.

Getting a bowl invite in 2017 and getting a bowl invite in 1972, aren't even in the same universe in comparison.
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Whether you care or not, That's not his point. Out of 9 times Tennessee has been to 3 consecutive bowls, only 4 times have they won all 3. The last time was under Butch.
 
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#65
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BeardedVol said:
Total Number of Bowl Games 14-17:40

Total Number of Bowl Games 94-96:18 (19 in 94)

Total Number of Bowl Games 85-87:18

Total Number of Bowl Games 70-72:11

Pretty disingenuous of you to pretend that getting to a bowl game in 2017 is the same as getting to a bowl game in any of the 3-year stretches that you've mentioned.
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You do realize a lot of the bowls that have been added are to allow the smaller conferences opportunity to play in a bowl game. A lot of them are match ups between the non P5 conferences.
 
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#66
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BeardedVol said:
There are twice as many bowl games now as there were in the 80's and 90's, and four times as many as the 70's.

Of course it was harder to get to a bowl 3 years in a row.

Getting a bowl invite in 2017 and getting a bowl invite in 1972, aren't even in the same universe in comparison.
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Once again Tennessee has never had a problem getting a bowl invite when they have a winning record. There are only 2 years between 1965 - 2016 where Tennessee had a winning record and was not invited to a bowl game.

They were in a bowl every year from 1965-1974, 1981-1987, 1989 - 2004. They have had lots of chances to win 3 in a row.
 
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#67
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volfan102455 said:
Once again Tennessee has never had a problem getting a bowl invite when they have a winning record. There are only 2 years between 1965 - 2016 where Tennessee had a winning record and was not invited to a bowl game.

They were in a bowl every year from 1965-1974, 1981-1987, 1989 - 2004. They have had lots of chances to win 3 in a row.
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"I don't think you understand the definition of "chances". "

:)
 
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#69
#69
Behr said:
"I don't think you understand the definition of "chances". "

:)
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Well when you play in a bowl 16 years in a row there is a lots of "chances" to get 3 in a row. :)

Another interesting tidbit is that there are only a few 2 wins in a row. I guess the other good thing is that the losses in a row top out at 3 too.

There is actually a series where Tennessee won 5 bowl games they played in .. in a row .... but they didn't play in one in 1988 due to the 5-6 record so it is not consecutive. That was all under Majors.
 
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#70
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volfan102455 said:
Well when you play in a bowl 16 years in a row there is a lots of "chances" to get 3 in a row. :)

Another interesting tidbit is that there are only a few 2 wins in a row. I guess the other good thing is that the losses in a row top out at 3 too.

There is actually a series where Tennessee won 5 bowl games they played in .. in a row .... but they didn't play in one in 1988 due to the 5-6 record so it is not consecutive. That was all under Majors.
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Yea, I looked it up and ended up looking at the page for like 30 minutes. Haha.
 
#73
#73
What about the back to back top 25 finishes? We can debate the quantity of bowl games each year, but it doesn't really matter because we're not playing in the dumpster bowls. We're in the top half or even third of those bowl games.

Finishing ranked is huge, in my opinion. Shows we're respected around the league or at least the body of coaches that vote on that.
 
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#75
#75
volfan102455 said:
You do realize a lot of the bowls that have been added are to allow the smaller conferences opportunity to play in a bowl game. A lot of them are match ups between the non P5 conferences.
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So the Music City Bowl was created in 1998 so that schools from the Mountain West conference could play in a bowl game? Someone should let the SEC, ACC, and B1G know that they shouldn't be sending teams there every year.
 
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