2021 schedule/predictions/expectations

#26
#26
Easy wins (4): Bowling Green, Ten Tech, Vandy, S Alabama

Probable wins (1): Pitt

Possible wins (3): Mizzou, SC, Kentucky

Probable losses (4): Bama, FL, GA, Ole Miss

That means if UT had an absolutely perfect, pie-in-the-sky, stunningly good season, where they won every single game against evenly-matched teams and avoided upsets to any “inferior” teams, you could see 8 wins.

Most likely, they’ll get the 4 easy wins and then split the 4 games between Pitt, Mizzou, SC and Kentucky and end up around 6 wins, which I think would be a pretty damn good start for Heupel.

Also, things could go really bad and you could lose all the evenly-matched games and end up with 4 wins. I still say, with the exodus of players that left a really bad 3-win team, youre looking at 5-6 wins at best.
 
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Jaws said:
Easy wins (4): Bowling Green, Ten Tech, Vandy, S Alabama

Probable wins (1): Pitt

Possible wins (3): Mizzou, SC, Kentucky

Probable losses (4): Bama, FL, GA, Ole Miss

That means if UT had an absolutely perfect, pie-in-the-sky, stunningly good season, where they won every single game against evenly-matched teams and avoided upsets to any “inferior” teams, you could see 8 wins.

Most likely, they’ll get the 4 easy wins and then split the 4 games between Pitt, Mizzou, SC and Kentucky and end up around 6 wins, which I think would be a pretty damn good start for Heupel.

Also, things could go really bad and you could lose all the evenly-matched games and end up with 4 wins. I still say, with the exodus of players that left a really bad 3-win team, youre looking at 5-6 wins at best.
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stfu gator
 
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OffTackleVol said:
Geez, hope you stay at home and don't attend games.........
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Season ticket holder for several years. I’m 27 and have watched us be garbage most of my life so sorry if I’m not oozing with enthusiasm and positivity about the state we are in. Truth hurts but we are hot garbage only sec program we are above right now is Vandy
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
Season ticket holder for several years. I’m 27 and have watched us be garbage most of my life so sorry if I’m not oozing with enthusiasm and positivity about the state we are in. Truth hurts but we are hot garbage only sec program we are above right now is Vandy
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Wow, you joined volnation.com when you were 15. That's pretty impressive.

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According to some, you're not supposed to be here. Young people (anyone younger than 30, by some accounts) don't come to sites like this. Just you know, twitter and tiktok and instagram and so on. This is a place for old people. :)
 
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7-5 ... will win one of Miss, Ole Miss or KY but I will put L besides Ole Miss since its a Home Game .. but we may sneak out another ..and go 8-4 .. that would be great accomlishment ..


Bowling Green- W
Pitt- W
Tennessee Tech- W
Florida- L
Missouri- L
South Carolina- W
Ole Miss- W
Bama- L
Kentucky- L
Georgia- L
South Alabama- W
Vandy- W
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
4-8
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If that's the case then go ahead and start the search for your 2024 coach. UT has more talent than most if not all of the teams he listed as "Tier 2". Losing to all of them would indicate that this staff... has no clue.

But honestly... it seems like they have more of a clue than that.
 
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#37
Here are my predictions based on the amount of talent I think our team has today.

6-6

Bowling Green- W
Pitt- W
Tennessee Tech- W
Florida- L
Missouri- L
South Carolina- W
Ole Miss- L
Bama- L
Kentucky- L
Georgia- L
South Alabama- W
Vandy- W

I could also see us beat KY as we seem to be in their head and beat them even when they have the better team.
 
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#39
#39
99gator said:
I use this example all the time because I think it’s a good one.

Most people think Steve Spurrier is a good coach and a really good offensive coach.

When he got to Florida in 1990, Kyle Morris was the starting QB. And Spurrier couldn’t do anything to make him any better than the bad QB he was.

But, he found a fifth stringer named Shane Matthews that went on to become the two time SEC player of the year.

So, the question is not only is how good is Heupel and company but how many Kyle Morris types (guys you can’t fix) are on that roster and how many Shane Matthews types (guys who need the right coach and system to flourish) are on that roster.

My belief is that there are too many guys you can’t fix to have a breakout year.
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Name them... and then prove that they aren't as good or better than the "Kyle Morris" types on the rosters of UK, Mizzou, Pitt, USCe, and possibly even Ole Miss. I don't know if Heupel is the answer but am quite sure that Pruitt's decisions and philosophy/style of play suppressed what talent UT had. Particularly on O.

UT has holes. Some big holes. Some great big holes possibly at LB. UT may have to win games by scoring 50 points... but that's something that CJH's O at least has shown it can do against GOOD opponents.

Expecting them to have a "breakout" is too much. Six wins vs this schedule would not come close to a "breakout". Eight would be a very good performance. Six considering strength of schedule should be the minimum.

PS- I said this about the last two coaches as well. Both had rosters and schedules that should have yielded 6 wins. Jones needed a win over the worst UF team in a generation or Vandy... and couldn't do it. He was fired for not being a competent coach. Pruitt needed a win over a bad USCe team or a typical Vandy team to get to 6 and couldn't do it. He was fired for cause but would have been fired for performance. If a guy cannot win the games he "should" win then that isn't likely to improve with time.... or anything less than an infusion of elite talent... which doesn't come to coaches who fail to pick off some upsets beyond just beating those he should beat.

PSS- Heupel's O at Mizzou hung 50 on Jones.... with less talent than he's working with now.
 
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VolBricks said:
Here are my predictions based on the amount of talent I think our team has today.

6-6

Bowling Green- W
Pitt- W
Tennessee Tech- W
Florida- L
Missouri- L
South Carolina- W
Ole Miss- L
Bama- L
Kentucky- L
Georgia- L
South Alabama- W
Vandy- W

I could also see us beat KY as we seem to be in their head and beat them even when they have the better team.
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I'd feel better about the Pitt game if it was later in the year.
 
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#41
#41
VFL-82-JP said:
stfu gator
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We’re all just strangers on here but from one Vol fan to another you sound a little immature when a Florida fan offers a very reasonable, in my opinion generous prediction and this is your well thought out reply. Not telling you how to live your life, but keep in mind: college football is a game at the end of the day, and also the people posting on here are mostly regular people who I’d imagine value health, family, and financial security before they even think about what team of kids playing a game they like best.
 
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#44
#44
unfrozencvmanvol said:
I'd feel better about the Pitt game if it was later in the year.
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Why? Pitt isn't a good offensive team. In the last 3 years they've scored 25 ppg, 21 ppg, and 26 ppg in the ACC. They are "known" as a defensive team. But they aren't that great on D either. They've allowed 29, 23, and 27 ppg over the last 3 years. They are a very, very, very middling to lower tier ACC team. They aren't incredibly talented.

It would probably be to their advantage to have more game film on the O before playing UT.
 
#47
#47
I expect 7-8 wins in the regular season, it's one of the weaker schedules we've had in years we have the talent against this schedule to win that many. I will will be disappointed with anything less.

I predict 4-5 wins.
 
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#48
#48
sjt18 said:
Based on talent or a presumption that this staff won't survive to see a 4th year?

Talent is going to be a very hard case to make as you look at this schedule.
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Our SEC talent level is average at best. We get blown out by Bama, GA, and Ole Miss. Our offense keeps us in the FLA, MZ, SC, and KY games, but in the end our defense gives up late scores. Pitt upsets us in week two, and we lose to either Bowling Green or Vandy.
 
#49
#49
Border Vol said:
Pitt will be tough no matter when Tennessee would play them. I think they go 8-4 this season.
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How did you come to that conclusion?

They lost a 3 year starter at QB... for an offense that wasn't exactly ripping it up to start with. They were 13th in the ACC in rushing in both of the last two seasons and return only one back who had more than 30 carries last fall. They skewed their O toward the pass and finished 8th in the ACC... and break in a new guy.

If Heupel's O is close to what we think it might be and can score early then Pitt will be in a very unfavorable situation. And IMHO... that comes down to one of UT's four QB options being able to hit receivers who should be able to run past Pitt's secondary.

I could be wrong. But I think you guys are overestimating Pitt.
 
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#50
ftsandersvol said:
Our SEC talent level is average at best. We get blown out by Bama, GA, and Ole Miss. Our offense keeps us in the FLA, MZ, SC, and KY games, but in the end our defense gives up late scores. Pitt upsets us in week two, and we lose to either Bowling Green or Vandy.
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If so... fire the staff after the BGSU or Vandy game. Hire HS coaches if necessary. That would be a level of incompetence far beyond anything we've seen over the past 15 years. Even worse than the GSU loss. A loss to the mess in Columbia, SC would be almost as bad.

What about Ole Miss impresses you so much?

I can only hope that you are taking this line because you don't want to be disappointed.
 
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