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[TheRain]

Has any win really been far even as decided to lose even go want to do look more like?

Man, I wish I would have posted this.

 

[TurnoverTrashCan]

 

[Ron Swanson]

I am simply saying that 8-4 would still be a success, just like it wouldve been in preseason. So you would rather have wins over SC & Mizzou instead of the wins we have, to preserve "momentum."

We're not losing 4 of the next 5, but the season will still be an overall success if we did, based on preseason expectations. . . unless, in the preseason you expected 10+ wins.

The issue would be the potential losses to SC & Mizzou. We expected to beat them in the preseason as well, so losing to them would be disappointing. It wouldn't change the fact we got to the # of wins that was thought to be the marker for success.

No, it wouldn’t. People don’t walk back expectations like that. Even 10-2 would be disappointing now. 8-4 would be a disaster at this point.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

And your Dad was a rust picker?

I grew up around a lot of great Navy people, on Navy bases, so I don't have any grudges. The jests are all in fun.

No, it's a requirement. Veterans can make fun of each other, but watch out if a non veteran does it. We take up for each other regardless which branch of service they were in.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

I think you left at least one digit off of your age there, Doc Methuselah.

I didn’t want to freak out the youngsters. All us really old VFLs start anew every time we hit 100…

 

[WangoTango]

Fant looked a lot faster than I thought he was.

Fant will play at least 5 years at the next level. He's such a versatile player and that will make him very attractive as an UDFA.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Fair enough, but most people hide their crazies. Somehow, this fanbase has promoted this guy to the point of being on ESPN and he is known by our rivals as a caricature of Tennessee fans.

It really is a shame that he gets any attention at all. He is definitely a product of the social media generation. I scroll right by any posts with him in it , just like that psycho guy who is a dawg fan…just need to ignore them and then they will get back on their medication.

 

[Volbucky]

Flying out of Memphis airport this morning to go to a wedding in Houston.

Gotta say, this airport is looking nice. $245M well spent.

You should punch whoever is having a wedding in October.

 

[VolsnCards5]

You should punch whoever is having a wedding in October.

Wedding is tomorrow night. I’m free and clear on Saturday.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

upset alert?

CBS Sports Network analysts put 2 SEC teams on upset alert this week (saturdaydownsouth.com)

The closest that kentucky will get to an upset is the score before kickoff. 0-0 is the best that they can hope for. That will end with the Vols first possession. If we can easily put up 21 on bamas defense in the first quarter, then I can’t wait to see this first quarter. Kentucky is getting all this press attention. They are about to get steamrolled.
Only fans are looking ahead to uga. The coaches and players are totally focused on this week’s opponent. They are going to leave no doubt about the results of the game. Poor wildcats are believing the press. It’s going to be so loud and hostile that they won’t want to play after the first quarter. I typically don’t predict scores, but I agree with the post that said my 60 years could be the Vols score total as well.

Gotta win this game to continue our march towards

15-0

 

[Ashevolle]

Saban was 14-6 at this same point at Alabama

 

[Playdo]

It is weird how I can almost quote the whole commercial in my mind...I haven't heard that in nearly a quarter century.

NATURAL. GAS.

 

[Devo182]

ESPNU listing teams they think have a legit shot to win it all. They all said yes for us and included us in their top 4.

 

[Memphisvol87]

ESPNU listing teams they think have a legit shot to win it all. They all said yes for us and included us in their top 4.

I think this is where the nerves about the Kentucky game and this whole would it be a disspointment if we went 8-4 after the 7-0 start talk on the board is coming from.
This is a whole new perspective for a lot of fans who didn’t see us in the 90s early 2000s. Now the nerves are because we have a shot to make the big one which is phenomenal. This doesn’t detract from the wins this year, but now it’s clear we have a team that could win it all. So that’s now stepped up expectations. Expectations should be variable each year as the season progresses. There is always a baseline and Huepel is clearly well above that. It would seem there is no debate on is he the guy. The debate is now can he take us all the way this year or what will he need next year and on to bring us to the big dance. This year, there is no question this offense can and will score on ANYONE. Are we ready to play with the target on our back?

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Nope, it’s impossible!! Kirk Herbstreit picked us to lose a game 14 years ago and doesn’t constantly sing our praises at every turn, which shows how much he hates Tennessee and is a huge Bama/Georgia/Ohio State homer.

That’s probably closer to truth than blue font. Don’t really care about any media opinions though. Until we win the SEC East and then the SECCG and then the first playoff game and then the NC game, they will look at our Vols as a fluke who really haven’t been tested yet. Haven’t played a real team…

We will take all of their souls.

15-0

One damn game at a time.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Has anybody seen the Heupel Trap thread in the FF?

The OP makes the suggestion that we are weak in the Defensive secondary on purpose.

They really are a different bread over there!

Oat Nut

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

My uncle used to be a regional director for the health department here in good ole Tennessee and had some GREAT stories along these lines (especially when relaying 'you have an STD')

When I was a medical student in my ER rotation, one of my friends had a patient with abdominal pain. Ended up being gonorrhea. She tells the woman to notify all her sexual partners that they need to go to the county health clinic to be tested and treated. Not the ER…

Well, the next night, the woman is back with two men. This little skinny man and a guy the size of an NFL defensive end.

The ER doc would assign the med student cases. He comes over and sends the woman with my friend again. The skinny guy with my other buddy. Assigns the big guy to me.

We have to get swabs from these people…I start to talk to the big guy. I am thinking that the woman cheated on her skinny little husband with this big muscular guy…nope, the big guy is the husband. The little guy’s the one the wife cheated with. The husband had no idea why he was there, nor did he know the other guy at all.

So here I am trying to explain why he needs to be swabbed. Then I am trying to keep him from killing everyone in a 10 mile radius. I finally get him calmed down. Get the swab done and get the heck out of his way. City hospital so there are police officers there at all times. I was able to convince the husband that the ER wasn’t the place to “discuss events”

Meanwhile, the ER doc and police told the skinny guy that Connecticut was no longer a safe place for him to live. That he should choose to move rather than stay and die. So he was long gone before I came back out…

Freaked me out. Thought that the big guy was gonna destroy everything. But once he regained his composure, he very calmly walked up to his wife, told her not to come home and that her stuff would be on the curb when she wanted to get it.

Definitely a learning experience!

 

[Glitch]

No Tennessee fan on the planet would call 8-4 a success if we lose 4 out of 5 to end the season. There's your answer. Recency bias is real and expectations change.

Yeah. 8-4 before the season started likely meant losses to UF, LSU, Bama, and UGA. We have beaten 3 out of 4 of those. To finish 8-4 would be disappointing. The preseason goal posts have been torn down and thrown in the Tennessee River. We are winning the whole effing thing. So everyone had better just get used to that fact.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Talent evaluation is key. And knowing you have to identify talent that can score points. You can’t just recruit off a defensive perspective all the time. If a kid wants to play Rb & you see him as a player, hell, recruit him as a RB.

Charles Davis came in a class with 8 QBs. All dreamed of being the QB at Tennessee until they saw Tony Robinson throw. 7 were outside Majors door want to change positions after 1st practice. I think all 7 played elsewhere

Chris White was one of those, as well. Became an All American Safety and led the nation in INTs in 1985.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Looks like you had a great BD Doc! Happy Birthday!! I just hope its not your Birthday again by the time you catch up to this post.

I had to skip ahead when I realized that I was over 200 pages behind…
I left a multitude of likes behind. Sorry’bout that. I am sure that I missed some comedy gold as well.

 

[Orange_Crush]

If we win the national championship (or really even go 11-1 and finish top 5), it would have to be one of the greatest coaching jobs in CFB history by Heupel.

By any coach.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Saban was 14-6 at this same point at Alabama

Do you know what else Saban did his second year at Alabama? He went undefeated during the regular season…

 

[Orange_Crush]

So let me get this straight, UK thinks that their D is better than UA's? And they think even though we put 52 on Bama they can keep us to around 21? Bama would kick UK's butt almost as bad as we are going to do.

They think several of our touchdowns won't count because if we score quickly it's not real football. Only the ones after long, sustained drives will count, so it'll only count three touchdowns. Not the other 7.

 

[TurnoverTrashCan]

Good take here.

 

[Vol464]

Ok. So a loss to Vandy is worse than a win against Alabama is good. Got it.

At least equal.