Radio poses a good question

[Sin City Vol]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

I'll take 7-5 with 5 blowout losses. I've had just about enough of losing on the last possession.

 

[USAFgolferVol]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

The latter

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Give me 7-5.
A winning season is a winning season. Don't matter if you lost by 3 or by 30. It's still a lost

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

7-5 for sure. You get a chance for an eighth win in the bowl game.

 

[rocky top buzz]

There is no way they could go 5-7 and have 7 that they lose on their last posession.

 

[volmanjr]

Winning season: helps morale, helps recruiting, helps reputation, and losing just sucks no matter what the final score

 

[SayNoToJorts]

Would prefer not to relive the 2005 season. 7-5 please.

 

[Gandalf]

Id rather take 8-4 with losses however they come + bowl game.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Tough one to answer, but I am tired of last second losses, so 7-5 with 5 blowouts then UT goes to a bowl game and blows out the opponent to end at 8-5.....

 

[Catbone]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

What?! 7-5 all day not close

 

[OrangeEtBlanc]

7-5, possibly 8-5 with a bowl win creates good momentum for the next season. Close losses are still losses.

I say we do one better and win 8, 9 with bowl.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

5-7. You know the team is about to break through with all losses being close. At 7-5 or 5-7, the next season is the focus. Potential for great improvement is higher with a competitive team, rather than a team that gets blown out.

 

[ChrissyJ2k]

Rather go 7-5 and win all games and go 12-0?

 

[VOLfrombama]

Would you rather take 5 uppercuts to the groin, or 7?

Seems pretty obvious to me

 

[gunner]

Too easy 7-5!

 

[08Vol]

Listening online today and The Sports Animal posed a good question (shocking I know)…would you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last possession

5-7 and lose them on the last possession. If Heupel can come within one play of beating Bama, UGA, & UF it shows his system not only works in the SEC, but works against teams with superior talent. That would be huge for recruiting and momentum for next year.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

For you guys saying you’re tired of close losses… when have we lost close recently? BYU?

Seems like every game we’ve lost we’ve lost by at least a touchdown and it wasn’t like it we had the ball with a chance to win.

 

[tallahasseevol]

I see radio hosts are still being useless.

 

[IndianaVol]

This is indeed a tricky question and after some thought I say 5-7 with 5 close losses.
Here is my reasoning:
- As @Enki_Amenra pointed out, close losses point better to a team that is close to a break through than blowouts
- Some point to recruiting would be better at 7-5, but I say pump the brakes...if we lose those 7 in very, very close games imagine the highlight sessions we will be featured in which double our exposure to recruits
- Also, exposure will be through the roof at 5-7 because when it gets to the playoff, every commentator will undoubtedly be bringing up the close games against the Vols that Bama, UGA, or Fla had to fight through
- I'm not generally one for 'moral' victories, but there is something to be said for 'morale' victories...it's easier to keep the morale up of a team that is right on the cusp of being successful than one that trots out and gets embarrassed in blowouts.
- I argue that recruiting will actually be better in the 5-7 scenario because the highly-ranked, competitive, hungry guy will look at that and say to himself there is a place I can make a one or two play difference and make them a winner

 

[08Vol]

For everyone saying 7-5 with blowouts, you’re basically saying getting wins over Pitt and Mizzou is worth being blown out by our 3 main rivals plus UK and Kiffin.

 

[peaygolf]

That might be the stupidest question ever.


7 wins
Or
5 wins


7>5
I’d rather lose......and get a “atta boy” pat on the back? B!+€h please

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Interesting question.

Id go 5-7 fir reasons mentioned already.

Close losses to Bama, UF, and GA would ostensibly mean they are closing the gap unless all 3 just had really bad games or some other fluke.

 

[peaygolf]

Interesting question.

Id go 5-7 fir reasons mentioned already.

Close losses to Bama, UF, and GA would ostensibly mean they are closing the gap unless all 3 just had really bad games or some other fluke.

Seriously?

I’ll take more wins than loses every day. Wins are better than loses.

 

[DickeyD]

you rather Tennessee go 7-5 with 5 blowout losses or go 5-7 and lose those 7 on the last pos

Dumb question...take the 7 wins, bowl game, drink a beer and get hyped for next year! All day long!