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SSVol said:
I haven't read the books. I enjoyed the series. I can see why people complained though and it definitely has some "message" elements.
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I've read all 14 books (listened on audiobook technically) and i've seen season 1 of the show. The books are fantastic and audiobook is a great option if you're not a big reader. Season 1 definitely deviates from the books but if you never read the books i imagine that you'll be able to enjoy the show alot. another thing to keep in mind is that book 1 of the series is about the slowest of them all and things really pick up at the end of book 2 and onward so i imagine season 2 should be good.

Also due to the covid lockdowns and the character playing Mat literally quitting midseason they did not get to do the season 1 the way they wanted. They had to skimp on the storyline and the CGI due to covid. So if you can get through season 1 of the show all indications are that WOT Season 2 should be an improvement and more what the show was meant to be.

With that being said, if you're a book reader and looking for it to be absolutely true to the book lore then it's not going to be for you. it's a 14 book series they're trying to cram into an 8 season project so some liberties are going to be taken naturally.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Someone posted a while back that if our defense avgs 2-3 more stops per game, we'd be in the top10 defenses nationally.
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Not sure if that's supposed to sound small, but that would be a huuuge improvement. Games are usually only ~11 possessions. 12-13 for us typically.

"Just" getting 3 more stops would be going from a 42% 3rd down rate to a national best 24%.

Just to say, that sounds a ton easier than it actually is. But still, we need just need a slight improvement from 102nd nationally, to say, 70th. Given our other defensive rankings in the 50s-60s (above average nationally) and I think we'd be pretty stingey. Matched with our ~top 20 offense from last year, maybe improved, would make for one nasty team.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i don't think the SEC cares who is at the top as long as the SEC is at the top.

GA, Bama, LSU, Auburn, FLorida, TN, aTm....don't care. even better, financially speaking, if all of those teams go in to every year with legit title hopes.....you think the SEC doesn't want as many of those 12 spots as they can get in the new play off? with TX and OU now in, and the new scheduling format that likely won't have divisions at all....it would be possible for half of the 12 to be from the SEC.

no way the SEC doesn't want as many teams "back" as possible.

it's all about money. they love money more than they hate any individual program......
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I agree..it is my hope is that the decade long paradigm has changed with the league expansion and expanded playoff...

That is why I said...IF they are still intent on keeping us down.
 
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Devo182 said:
Not sure if that's supposed to sound small, but that would be a huuuge improvement. Games are usually only ~11 possession. 12-13 for us typically.

"Just" getting 3 more stops would be going from a 42% 3rd down rate to a national best 24%.

Just to say, that sounds a ton easier than it actually is. But still, we need just need a slight improvement from 102nd nationally, to say, 70th. And given our other defensive rankings in the 50s-60s (above average nationally) and I think we'd be pretty stingey. Matched with our ~top 20 offense from last year, maybe improved, would make for one nasty team.
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As bad as we were on 3rd and 4th down, 1 extra stop per half isn't asking too much.
 
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gordonr24 said:
Vacant office buildings everywhere. My wife’s global company has a small office space in Austin, TX that’s just under 1000 sq feet for 1000+ employees. It’s just there for business guidelines.

People were already working from home before the pandemic but the pandemic accelerated that transition
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It’s a weird time for CEOs of large companies. Make your employees come to the office but pay more for those employees because of the shrinking employment pool because it’s not WFH? Or move to WFH and try to figure out what to do with your office space you have leased/purchased?

My company has 3 large office buildings in Brentwood/Franklin. 2 are in an adjoined campus so they are shutting down 1 half this year, and the 2nd one next year. The final office in Brentwood will stay open for staff get togethers, trainings, teams that chose not to stay remote, etc. The business gave every team their choice.. not surprised that most teams decided to stay at home.
 
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scienceteaching_vol said:
Used to love the chili cheese burrito and then poof it was gone. Found it a few years later in a random town in Virginia.
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Omg! I haven't had a chili cheese burrito is soo long!!! I loved them, now I can't find a place that has them.. should we turn on the vol Twitter signal? Haha
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I think we see a lot more stunts and zone blitzes. More interior pressure. I think we get enough pressure to disrupt Slovis and help out our dbs & lbs in coverage. One of our cbs likes to hit hard. Hopefully we dial up 1-2 CB blitzes and he knocks Slovis into next season.

I think Sampson will have his 1st 100yd game and Hooker goes over 300pass yds. 55-24 Vols.
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IF we win big like that....I am going to have an aneuryism caused by overwhelming excitement....and my expectations will go way up.
 
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Revived2002 said:
You and I are in a similar spot. I fundamentally think - I don't trust Tennessee yet. On paper, I can see all the arguments for why Tennessee might win handily. I just don't quite trust them yet. It's nothing against the coaches, etc. But I just got to see this team win a few games like the Pitt game before I fully trust that we've arrived and can be counted on to execute at a high level consistently in games like this. We're still at the beginning of Year 2 of a new coach, afterall.
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Exactly...I just can not justify bloated expectations based on blind faith.
 
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@Enki_Amenra - the most concerning thing to me is LFC don’t appear to have any desire out there, which is not what you’re accustomed to seeing with Klopp’s sides. I’m almost curious if the players have lost hope without a midfield. This is on LFC’s management for not bolstering midfield in transfer market, which I knew was going to haunt us. You can have Mbappe, Halaand and your pick of the litter for third forward up top and it won’t matter if the opposition are just going to sleep walk through your midfield.
 
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