2022 Army game bought out (merged)

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JoAllan said:
theres nothing “scared” about it.

However one is pretty much a win. One would be a grind out game before Florida and a “maybe”….probable win.

$500k

Vs easier route to a bowl……it’s common sense finance.
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Pathetic.
 
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Doesn’t this game slot fall in between Florida & LSU? Duh. Any coach in America would not want to play Army between those 2 games.
 
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Vol423 said:
If you want to look thin, you hang out with fat people.




Rather than wanting to actually be good, UT just wants to look good by playing the worst possible teams in the nation.
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lol

I don’t think you get it.

Tennessee is NOT good. Most of us understand this. Tennessee understands this.

Their “trying” to get better and maybe become “good.”

They play Florida, Bama, Georgia, LSU and Pitt in non conference.

Their simply trying to make it to a bowl. One step at a time my friend. Why on earth play a grind out game before Florida, when you can play an easy game before Florida…..and you don’t “lose” anything?

Why on earth take a chance on players getting hurt…..on losing the game, on having a harder time making a bowl, on losing even more revenue…….if you don’t have to.

This has ZERO to do with being “good” as Tennessee isn’t…….their coming off their worst season in our lifetime.
 
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JoAllan said:
lol

I don’t think you get it.

Tennessee is NOT good. Most of us understand this. Tennessee understands this.

Their “trying” to get better and maybe become “good.”

They play Florida, Bama, Georgia, LSU and Pitt in non conference.

Their simply trying to make it to a bowl. One step at a time my friend. Why on earth play a grind out game before Florida, when you can play an easy game before Florida…..and you don’t “lose” anything?

Why on earth take a chance on players getting hurt…..on losing the game, on having a harder time making a bowl, on losing even more revenue…….if you don’t have to.

This has ZERO to do with being “good” as Tennessee isn’t…….their coming off their worst season in our lifetime.
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I very much get it. I know I'm very much in the minority here, but I don't give a damn about making a toilet-level bowl game on the strength of barely eking out a 0.500 season by beating the likes of Ball State, Akron, UT-Martin and Vanderbilt. The rest of you can pound your chest that UT is bowl eligible due to that rousing victory over Jerry's Kids. If that's what it takes for UT to be bowl eligible, then I just assume they sit at home.
 
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njvols said:
We sure do love to pay folks not to step foot in Neyland.,.teams, ex AD, ex coach, not ever ex coach who never coached here, two week $860k consultants etc, etc.
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You would need a mathematics professor to come up with a dollar figure of what Tennessee has wasted on our football program. Since 2007 we've gone through:

6 HC's
8 Off Coordinators
10 Def Coordinators
61 position coaches
10 Strength & Conditioning coaches

Now the shotcallers want to spend big bucks on a stadium they can't fill. Just frustrating.
 
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Vol423 said:
I very much get it. I know I'm very much in the minority here, but I don't give a damn about making a toilet-level bowl game on the strength of barely eking out a 0.500 season by beating the likes of Ball State, Akron, UT-Martin and Vanderbilt. The rest of you can pound your chest that UT is bowl eligible due to that rousing victory over Jerry's Kids. If that's what it takes for UT to be bowl eligible, then I just assume they sit at home.
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That’s how far this fan base has sunk to be thrilled with wins over awful teams.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Why do you honestly believe we are scared to play Army? Especially when we schedule many other cupcake teams in the season.
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Because we paid them not to play us and replaced them with the worst team in college football. You only do this if you are scared to get beat.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Why do you honestly believe we are scared to play Army? Especially when we schedule many other cupcake teams in the season.
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That question wasn’t directed at me, but I’ll respond to it anyway. I have a problem with all the cupcakes on our schedule. Apparently it’s not enough that we play like Vandy. Now we schedule like Vandy too. We’re terrified to schedule any team with a pulse because we know we might lose to real teams. There are worse things than losing or not being bowl eligible. I’m tired of this once proud program constantly exhibiting outright cowardice.
 
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Vol423 said:
That question wasn’t directed at me, but I’ll respond to it anyway. I have a problem with all the cupcakes on our schedule. Apparently it’s not enough that we play like Vandy. Now we schedule like Vandy too. We’re terrified to schedule any team with a pulse because we know we might lose to real teams. There are worse things than losing or not being bowl eligible. I’m tired of this once proud program constantly exhibiting outright cowardice.
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Literally everybody schedules the way we do; especially in the SEC where you’re automatically going to play 5 or 6 ranked teams. And we’ve got a P5 OOC opponent on the schedule every year for the next 7 years.
 
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Vol423 said:
That question wasn’t directed at me, but I’ll respond to it anyway. I have a problem with all the cupcakes on our schedule. Apparently it’s not enough that we play like Vandy. Now we schedule like Vandy too. We’re terrified to schedule any team with a pulse because we know we might lose to real teams. There are worse things than losing or not being bowl eligible. I’m tired of this once proud program constantly exhibiting outright cowardice.
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This post is ridiculous. Bama schedules teams like Mercer and Citadel. You don’t schedule powerhouse OOC teams as if it’s some sort of badge. Every big time programs schedule cupcakes. Your post is almost as dumb as PG1s.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
This post is ridiculous. Bama schedules teams like Mercer and Citadel. You don’t schedule powerhouse OOC teams as if it’s some sort of badge. Every big time programs schedule cupcakes. Your post is almost as dumb as PG1s.
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Bama played Miami this year. Next year, Bama plays Utah State and Texas. Georgia just played Clemson. South Carolina plays Clemson every year. Everyone DOES NOT schedule the putrid lineup of non-conference opponents that UT has lined up in 2022.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
This post is ridiculous. Bama schedules teams like Mercer and Citadel. You don’t schedule powerhouse OOC teams as if it’s some sort of badge. Every big time programs schedule cupcakes. Your post is almost as dumb as PG1s.
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Ok but you agree then we are scared to play Army?
 
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I wonder what inky thinks of this.

Here’s a guy who ended his career making a play against Air Force. I know he has said several times Tennessee doesn’t back down to anyone, Tennessee takes the back seat to no school. Unfortunately, I don’t think our current AD or HC thinks the same. Or rumor has it this cancellation happened under Pruitt’s watch??

Me personally, I think it is disrespectful on so many levels to cancel the game against Army, regardless of reason.
 
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Vol423 said:
Bama played Miami this year. Next year, Bama plays Utah State and Texas. Georgia just played Clemson. Everyone DOES NOT schedule the putrid lineup of non-conference opponents that UT has lined up in 2022.
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In all fairness, Tennessee led the way for the SEC in scheduling top OOC teams for years. Pitt is on the schedule next year, OU is in ‘24 or ‘25. A trip to BYU is coming up soon also.

I go back a long way being old. The first major non-conference regular season game I remember is Tennessee-UCLA in 1965. I think that was the first regular season game a west coast team ever played in the South. The UT legacy for bringing the SEC to modern times is very under appreciated. They ignored the integration impact for years. Finally, this year they recognize it. No school in the SEC has the history of Tennessee in opening the door for minority athletes. Our AD administration and fans should promote these issues instead of constantly attacking our program.

Bama hit hard times in the 90s and ditched a series with Penn State and other series, I think OU. They can’t say jack$hit.
 
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wmcovol said:
In all fairness, Tennessee led the way in the SEC in scheduling top OON teams for years. Pitt is on the schedule next year, OU is in ‘24 or ‘25. A trip to BYU is coming up soon also.

I go back a long way being old. The first major non-conference regular season game I remember in Tennessee-UCLA in 1965. I think that was the first regular season game a west coast team ever played in the South. Out legacy for bringing the SEC to modern times is very under appreciated. Our AD administration and fans should promote this instead of constantly attacking our program.

Bama hit hard times and ditched a series with Penn State and other series, I think OU.
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Our past doesn’t excuse our present or future. Our administration is actively seeking to weaken what was already a pathetic OOC schedule. We’ll see if those Oklahoma games remain on the schedule, particularly with them joining the SEC.
 
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Vol423 said:
Our past doesn’t excuse our present or future. Our administration is actively seeking to weaken what was already a pathetic OOC schedule. We’ll see if those Oklahoma games remain on the schedule, particularly with them joining the SEC.
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So you were so excited to play Army? I’m calling bull$hit on that right now!
 
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Who cares. Paul Finebaum is like that turd that won’t flush , finally you have to plunge it away. Can’t wait for that turd 💩 to finally hit the sewer down below.
 
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