Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

[TheBigOne10]

I hope Oklahoma kicks Alabama all over the field tomorrow..

Doesn’t help us at all lol

 

[drvenner]

How so? It’s factual. He’s in Year 5 and we’re potentially looking at 7-5, if you think that’s success, maybe you’re misinterpreting what the word success means. I’m not acting like anything, just utilizing facts. And the facts say that Heupel is a great coach BUT, as I said, 7-5 in Year 5 is not a good look. And if you think this fanbase is patient enough to allow two rebuilding years, which next year will most likely be if we don’t attack the portal as we should, you’re lying to yourself.

So as I said in the post, we should stop caring about where Iowa is and focus on what the team has to accomplish these last 3 games to ensure we go into 2026 without a target on Heupel’s back.

7-5 in Year 5 not being a "good look" is an opinion. Not a fact. We're currently looking at 6-3. I do believe it will be difficult to beat both Vandy and Florida but it's far from a forgone conclusion that we're losing both. If we do go 7-5 this year, I don't think he has a target on his back at all unless the wheels come completely off next year. You're making a lot of assumptions that have no foundation in fact.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Doesn’t help us at all lol

We're not going to the playoffs and if alabama loses the rest of their games, they won't get to go either.

HATE THE TIDE

 

[knoxvol52]

We're not going to the playoffs and if alabama loses the rest of their games, they won't get to go either.

HATE THE TIDE

 

[drvenner]

That's his job.
He's damn good at it.

Eff him

 

[TheBigOne10]

We're not going to the playoffs and if alabama loses the rest of their games, they won't get to go either.

that's what I want.... bama tears

It’s truly not impossible. I’ll keep watching with a rooting interest for whatever gives us the slightest chance!

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

7-5 in Year 5 not being a "good look" is an opinion. Not a fact. We're currently looking at 6-3. I do believe it will be difficult to beat both Vandy and Florida but it's far from a forgone conclusion that we're losing both. If we do go 7-5 this year, I don't think he has a target on his back at all unless the wheels come completely off next year. You're making a lot of assumptions that have no foundation in fact.

Theres a very loud, very vocal, mind you very stupid, part of this fanbase that’s literally already saying they’d be fine if he bolted for [insert any other school here], and the season isn’t even over. And you’re honestly telling me if we go 7-5 that very vocal part won’t become even louder and less easily to argue against? Dude, come on.

A 7-5 showing will absolutely put him on a very warm seat going into 2026, setting up very high hurdles he’ll need to overcome to not have that seat become even warmer if not incredibly hot. If you’re telling me you don’t believe that to be the truth based on how this fanbase works and the expectations we should have as the university of Tennessee, then maybe we should just say mediocrity is okay. 7-5 is unacceptable. That’s not an opinion, that’s a fact. 7-5 should not be something we’re okay with. 7-5 isn’t fireable this season, but to say 7-5 should be acceptable and thus no need for some form of course correction…well that’s just dumb.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

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That's all I ever want out of SEC football....
bama tears and BIG ORANGE wins

 

[TheBigOne10]

Looking at the teams ahead of us and their schedules, there will be SEVERAL more 3 loss or more teams in the next two weeks. It’s really not impossible for us to sneak in lol. Unlikely but not impossible

 

[drvenner]

You know nothing about me so save your sorries for something you know about.

I see the positive side of and the negative side of. So I see reality.

I argue with the ones that wear orange tinted glasses and see that being in the SEC makes you automatically better than anyone else.

Nega Vol handbook page 1

 

[drvenner]

For what it’s worth, I’ve had this feeling in my gut that Heupel won’t be here in 2026. I’m hoping I’m dead wrong, but when I saw all these openings and the coaches that are available or being used as pipe dreams (Kiffin is apparently going everywhere) I thought it was only a matter of time before we have another Tony V situation.

Heup's going to leave to coach the San Francisco Giants?

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

This kids got a leg

https://247sports.com/player/tommy-bauchiero-46161267/

 

[drvenner]

Every Sports agent is hated, some more than others... Scott Boras named mentioned in MLB makes teams cringe....

Because agents ruin everything

 

[Weezer]

Looking at the teams ahead of us and their schedules, there will be SEVERAL more 3 loss or more teams in the next two weeks. It’s really not impossible for us to sneak in lol. Unlikely but not impossible

We're not making the playoffs, but it would be nice to finish high enough in the rankings for a Florida bowl game.

 

[Weezer]

Heup's going to leave to coach the San Francisco Giants?

Dallas Cowboys.

 

[GVol1966]

Nega Vol handbook page 1

Another myth. There isn’t a such thing as a nega vol. it’s just something the ones who refuse to acknowledge that everything isn’t always Rosie calls the ones that see the good AND the bad.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Dallas Cowboys.

 

[Vol423]

Dallas Cowboys.

Wow! You must really hate Heupel.

 

[Weezer]

Wow! You must really hate Heupel.

Naw. I just based it on how Jerry Jones hires coaches.

 

[knoxvol52]

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I wouldn't worry about that statement because it will never happen...

 

[tnvols72]

 

[JacketVol]

Reality is reality. Calling something reality doesn’t make it so.
You can call a sheep Morgan Fairchild and pretend it is but it’s not reality.

Whoever believes it is needs mental help.

Glad you are going to see a doctor.

 

[ETNVolunteer1]

Not sure if it’s already been discussed but Nico has been ruled out vs Ohio St.

Is anyone shocked

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[knoxvol52]