Recent content by sjt18

Playing Vandy and UK just guarantees that more quality teams are in the rotating schedule. UT will continue to have a SOS good enough to compete for a playoff spot with a loss and sometimes two. Each year, UT will face 6 of the other 10. I'm going to say it will be rare to avoid LSU, UGA, UF...

I wish it weren't so... but what you suggest is a formula for NOT being competitive for the best HS players. Maybe you can do it all with the portal. No one has made that work at a championship level yet... but maybe. I actually agree that it is a slippery slope when you start to make...

He makes good athletic football plays. He is an extraordinary talent. He could be talked about as the nation's top player... if his preparation work had matched his talent. I saw him misaligned and out of position on several of their pass completions. I don't really have a bias for or...

I did. What's your point? He again missed assignments and busted coverage. His raw athleticism shines through often. If he put in elite preparation to match his elite talent... he'd be talked about as the best player in the country.

In retrospect one of the dumbest in a whole line of dumb decisions. Cut might have brought NC's back to UT.

I do. But here's the thing and Bama is probably facing it now. When you have a great or even good coach at a program that expects results and you lose them... you are probably going to wander in the wilderness for a while. You can obviously self-sabotage as UT did with some of its hires. You...

I'm OK with running up the score. They're getting paid to take that beating. Better that than what UT used to get for their money... similar to what UCLA got recently from New Mexico. But it is more than just running up the score. You put a trick play on film in a game where it can't back...

Maybe. Or they could enhance revenue sharing. They could even subsidize teams with low NIL support. None are things I want to see. But it will change over time.

I hate UF. The timing isn't great since UF is still struggling while the Vols are getting their act together. That said, I am more interested in winning championships than any of the other concerns. Do that... then add UF back. Playing Vandy and UK will help UT win championships. I'm old...

I see the complaints. I'd probably feel the same. OTOH, Vandy is in state and UK is a historic rivalry even if it has been one-sided for a while. I suspect UK would complain more than UT if it weren't one of the permanent games. They ever live the life of a Cub fan when it comes to beating...

Those two guys even without the CBs could have tipped the UGA game to the good guys. I despise Kirby but give him credit. He saw UT's DL worn down and pounded them.

I used to buy that too. I don't any more. Go do it. Execute it. Force later opponents to spend time preparing for it.

No one really escapes... but UT did better than most. Vandy or UK may advance to the middle of the SEC but for now those are all but automatic wins. They're kind of at a high water mark with the current coaches. When those two are gone, it could become a much bigger advantage. Games where...

They're not good either. ASU hasn't figured out their new offense/personnel whatever their losses were. They're averaging under 30 ppg against the light part of their schedule. They're 11th in the B12 in scoring and total O. I'm not saying they're terrible... but would be surprised if they...

The problem there is that UT's O has considerably more talent. There are FCS programs that run a similar style but who do not compare in talent to any SEC team. If I were an opposing coach who could... I'd try to tempo UT considering the defensive injuries. However, if it didn't work and you...