Recent content by VFL-82-JP

This is exactly the kind of negativity that's gonna drive Vols fans away from VN.com. You know, the ones who just want to celebrate our program, not crap on it regularly. What will be left? Those who like wallowing in the mud. Good luck with that.

I think 2026 is the year the Volunteers return to Atlanta after a nearly two-decade absence. Whether 11-1 or 10-2 gets us there, we'll have to wait and see. To get 11-1, a couple of games (looking at you Bama, UTjr and A&M) would have to have the ball bounce our way. And after Atlanta...

Yes. I could support this approach 100%. And for any who would say, "but, but, the 2nd best team in the SEC is better than the best teams in most of the other conferences": probably true. But beside the point, because the point of the playoff is _only_ to find the best team in the nation...

Some of us have been hoodwinked by ESPN and other corporate powers into believing a larger playoff is a better thing. But harken back to its original intent: to find the best team in the country, proven on the field. How many teams do we honestly believe COULD be the best team in the country...

How is pride not still a factor in every bowl game? Indeed, in every contest between our team and any other? It certainly is for the players, else they wouldn't bother to put on the pads and take the field. So the problem seems to be with some of us fans. When we fans boil our interest in...

Don't worry, OP. The lads have this. Go Vols!

The most competitive, yes. And I define that having two parts: the teams are close to the same ability level, and they are both at the upper tier of college football. In other words, both ranked, and ranked roughly evenly. But not the biggest in importance. Not to us. To Vandy, sure. But...

Not true. It's 4 more. lol ~ ~ ~ The thing is, no one knows for sure where Tennessee belongs. Including Tennessee. Our body of work this year simply doesn't provide much clarity. If we had beaten the #5 team in the country, then lost to the #3 team, most folks would think, "okay, within...

To be a bit more precise, I said you were doing stupid, not that you are stupid. There's a subtle difference. One is conditional, in the present. The other is eternal. I do not believe the latter of you, have no reason to. As for Heupel, your comparison with Vitello is flawed. In the...

When I was a kid, my dad told me, "son, you grow up to be anything you like. Just be the best at it. Hell, you can be a ditch digger, but be the best damn ditch digger around." So I see you're doing stupid. Well, at least you seem to be aiming for being the most extreme stupid possible...

Here are some reasonable things that would help: We beat Vandy soundly, earning us a bump upward, WHILE... Ohio State thrashes Michigan, who drop well below us...and... A&M beats Texas, causing the Longhorns also to drop below us...and... Texas Tech, Utah, and BYU cannibalize each other so...

No, we lost the game because the other team scored more points than us. To divvy responsibility, you're going to have to point fingers EVERYWHERE someone contributed to the other team's points being more than our points when the clock reached 0:00 in the 4th quarter. Hint: it's the entire...

Let's don't get rid of Max, he's fine. Good football player, fine young man. Let's get rid of you. Go Vols!

In addition to 3 semesters in college, I also lived in Germany three years. And here's all I remember: "Wo ist der burgermeister? Er ist im keller mit die madchen machen kinder, nicht wahr? Ja wohl!" Funny the stupid things that stick in our brains long after the more useful stuff fades...

Or perhaps he was always evolved, and it is our understanding (some of us, anyway) of the man's genius that is evolving.... Something to consider. Go Vols!