AP Poll #17

[BP4Prez]

It’s more than fair. Who should we be ahead?

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

We are a bad football team. The sooner you accept it the better you will be. We are out of the playoffs so who cares how we finish. Hope Joey does well for the nfl resume

I am going to feed the troll once, I think I will let it play out. Let’s talk again in a month. GBO

 

[derekg_05]

I am going to feed the troll once, I think I will let it play out. Let’s talk again in a month. GBO

Sounds good, wanna hit lower Broadway with me when we go to the music city bowl?

 

[Mustng959]

Not as bad as I thought. Once we committed the pick 6 before halftime, it completely deflated us. We were in it until then.

 

[vol94]

So we drop 6 spots for losing at Bama. Makes no sense man

We got blown out. Makes perfect sense. We were down by 17most of 2nd half. We threw a 99 yard pick six and gave up two TD drives of 99 and 91 yards.

 

[vol94]

How many of our fans would have predicted this ranking at this point in the season after we lost our starting QB the day after spring practice ended and lost our 2 starting CBs to injury, one of which was an All American?

Luckily we have 2 teams ranked above us on the schedule and those games are at home. Fun year especially considering how things looked over the summer with Nico leaving and us getting a player to be named later in return.

Expectations changed once we saw Joey was the real deal. We had (have) talent at every position. 10-2 is what i predicted after UGA game, though I thought we’d play much better and cleaner.

 

[TheDirector]

Expectations changed once we saw Joey was the real deal. We had (have) talent at every position. 10-2 is what i predicted after UGA game, though I thought we’d play much better and cleaner.

That's fair. Also clock management and lining up in a run formation with no timeouts on the goal line and then passing after a timeout from Bama is fair criticism, I agree expectations changed. However Heupel also deserves credit for getting Joey ready in a short time. I also think our 2 starting corners being out is killing us more than our fans realize. We can no longer run man to man on the outside and we are forced to play mostly zone D and that IMO is the biggest difference from last years D. We still have a lot to play for and 10-2 is still possible.

 

[KeyVol14]

I feel like Oklahoma would likely be favored over Tennessee at this point

That’s bull. Have you watched them play…their offense is non existent

 

[Orangeslide]

IMO it could have been way worse. UT looked embarrassing last night. humiliated.

I was dumbfounded at our lack of tackling skills/effort at times last night. Heup should blow a gasket on this guys and their lack of effort and softness. Couple of times our DBs turned down contact. Embarrassing would be an understatement. We are a soft defense.

 

[Orangeslide]

AP is a joke and should be treated as such

And I’ll say it again, the only rankings that matter are the playoff rankings. We’ll see after the Oklahoma game where we stand

 

[VFL 89]

Well, back to climbing that ladder again!

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Vandy going to come into Neyland ranked higher than the Vols, smdh

 

[TrueOrange]

Vandy going to come into Neyland ranked higher than the Vols, smdh

Maybe. They still have to get by ranked Missouri, ranked Texas, and then an Auburn team whose defense makes opponents look like an offensive mess (though Auburn itself also can’t score that well itself).

 

[90 Vol]

That #18 team is why we're not elite. Golish was Heups secret to success. Since he left things haven't been the same.

I'll admit that there's an eerie resemblance to Fulmer without Cutcliffe coupled with the infamous 3rd and Chavis defense.