Best opponent all season

Based on on any metric you want, who was the "best" team that Tennessee played all season?

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fryeguy93

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This is a surprisingly hard question.

Based on on any metric you want, who was the "best" team that Tennessee played all season?
 
#3
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Based on:

(1) Talent
(2) Performance against Tennessee

I think it was actually Texas A&M and Auburn next.

If not for errors and checking runners, the Vols were in real position to beat Arkansas, LSU, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
Based on:

(1) Talent
(2) Performance against Tennessee

I think it was actually Texas A&M and Auburn next.

If not for errors and checking runners, the Vols were in real position to beat Arkansas, LSU, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
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Yep, when those 2 teams have their bats smoking, they can beat anybody.
 
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UGA and Texas are not on list as Vols did not play.

All the teams had -or have, glaring problems.

Texas A&M has poor leadership or coaching. They are simply too talented to be a last-4 teams
LSU has the most resources, the most money, the most support, the most talent; but I think they have been poorly coached for years. I think Skenes and Crewes disguised some of the decisions their coaches made in 2023
Auburn is young but well coached and talented
Arkansas plays like warmed over poo on the road, and to be honest, I don't think they are as coached well as they think. Their road performances got worse as season went on.
 
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txbo said:
Tough question. On their best day, all of them are very close.
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It's funny how hard that question really is in 2025?

A&M was embarrassed after getting run ruled by Tennessee and got their **** together the rest of that weekend and the next two weekend after that. They lost that Texas series on road but every game was one-run, last At bat sort of games. The beat Tennessee, South Carolina (yawn), Arkansas in consecutive weekend and then beat LSU. The completely stunk it up the last 2 weekends as they lost steam
 
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I went with Kentucky. Not because they are the best or most talented, but because they are the worst matchup for us. The things the do “best” are the exact things we do worst. Horrible matchup.

The most talented team is probably Arkansas.
 
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Based on how the series went, I would say Auburn. We had to fight, claw and scratch to win one game by a run in extra innings. The two we lost (6-1 & 8-1) felt like we were totally shut down and never even in them. Even losing multiple other series, they all felt more competitive to me.

As far as talent, Arkansas was very impressive offensively but that’s doesn’t seem to travel well for them for some reason.
 
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VolFan_stuck_in_the_901 said:
Which is why it's gonna be funny AF when they choke in a regional/Super regional again
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Eh. They are an Omaha team sadly. Hate to say it. They’ve got everything you’re looking for this time of year. Hot. Elite starting rotation. Great bullpen. Good defensively and execute the little things. I would be shocked if they aren’t in Omaha as much as I hate to say it.
 
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thegeneralneyland said:
I think top to bottom, Texas is the best team we've played. Was that Doyle's shortest outing of the season?
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In my opinion, Doyal should never been in a game until next week. His finger would have had time to heal and his arm would have been rested. This improve our chances o getting to and winning at Omaha.
 
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