2022: Game-by-game Predictions

#2
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I'll take 9-3, but personally think we'll beat LSU and FL ..just a feeling, and maybe slip up somewhere along the way w/ the SC, MIZ, KY. However, if FL solves their QB issue, that may be a L.
 
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GetYouSomeofThat said:
Sooo
Drinking amd predicting do not mix well

He says we beat Georgia and lose to the Gamecocks? Oddest prediction ive seen since Harold Camping called May 21st 2011 the last day for all of us..
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Who would’ve thought we’d beat both FL and GA to only lose to South Carolina and Vandy in 2016. Bama and A*M were understandable but not the other two.
 
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I think our only games on the schedule that look like losses are bama and uga. Every other game is winnable. If we lose 3, lsu is the third. If we lose 4, uf is the fourth. None of the other games should be losses. Most capable team of beating us would be kentucky, and we ain’t losing to kentucky at home. South Carolina was the worst 7-6 team I’ve ever seen last year, and they will be garbage again. If I were a betting man I’d say 4 but alas I am not so I’m guessing we go 9-3 and I will be ecstatic if we go 10-2 or beat either of uga or bama. Go Vols!
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
We lose to UGA, UF, Bama and LSU. All other games should be wins. If we lose to South Carolina we have HUGE problems.
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If UT loses to this UF team at home then Heupel has HUGE problems. I like him. I think he gets that win. But if he can't beat them this year then he ain't beatin' them. If he doesn't beat UF... then he's on a short clock.
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
Our defense was horrible last season and we lost a lot off of that defense. Defense will likely be even worse this season
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There are reasons it could be worse and also reasons it could be significantly better. They need to improve on 3rd down. Do that... and at least two of those games are reasonable wins.

The thing about folks like you is that you live in a little bubble. You never consider what the opponents lose.
 
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sjt18 said:
If UT loses to this UF team at home then Heupel has HUGE problems. I like him. I think he gets that win. But if he can't beat them this year then he ain't beatin' them. If he doesn't beat UF... then he's on a short clock.
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Laughable. Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, Jones, Pruitt. None of those coaches could really beat UF. The Florida game, at this point, should not be used as a measuring stick for the success or failure of a head coach at TN.

Here you go with yet another ignorant take. Yeah if Heupel can’t bet UF this year then might as well fire up the coaching search again right? Why can’t you understand it? Getting rid of coaches every 3-4 years isn’t the answer. We can’t get a high profile head coach to come here now. You think we can get one if we fire Heupel in a couple of years?
 
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Ball State - W

Pitt - W, but a dog fight most likely

Akron - W

Florida - L, prove me wrong

LSU - W, off a bye week, we have the better QB and historically play well in Death Valley. The crappy ‘05 team won there and if Dooley wasn’t an incompetent bum, we win in ‘10 with a vastly inferior team.

Bama - L, their offense is slightly better and their defense is way better

UT-Martin - W

UK - W, it’s UK and they will find a way to lose

UGA - L, but we will give them a fight.

Mizzou - W, their defense is still dumpster juice and their offense doesn’t scare me. Good matchup for UT.

South Carolina - L, prove me wrong. We don’t play well in Columbia and UT usually has one WTF game. USCjr will be 5-5 and desperate to win to reach bowl eligibility knowing Clemson is on deck.

Vandy - W, they’re in as worse shape as a program as I’ve ever seen them, and that is saying something.

Just feels like an 8-4 team. Defense will be better, but isn’t ready for prime time. If we don’t pull a UT and lose to USCjr, 9-3 with an outside shot at a NY6 Bowl.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Laughable. Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, Jones, Pruitt. None of those coaches could really beat UF. The Florida game, at this point, should not be used as a measuring stick for the success or failure of a head coach at TN.
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Do you even think or just spew that stuff out? What do all of those coaches have in common except Kiffin? Yes. UF is the next level up so they ARE the measuring stick for progress. Lack of progress = FAILURE.

Here you go with yet another ignorant take. Yeah if Heupel can’t bet UF this year then might as well fire up the coaching search again right?
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Do you think it gets easier if he cannot beat them this year... at home... with an established QB and a year head start?

Why can’t you understand it? Getting rid of coaches every 3-4 years isn’t the answer.
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You're right... just accept mediocrity forever in the name of "stability" in the hopes a coach incapable of getting wins when they should will some day "luck out" and win some games. You're the one who thinks you can't win without a roster loaded with 4/5* players. Well guess what... coaches that can't win games like the UF game this year... that win 5-8 games over their first 3 or 4 years DO NOT GET THOSE PLAYERS OR THEIR EQUIVALENT 3*.

What you want has worked maybe... MAYBE 5 times in the last 30 years. But to you recognizing a CLEAR historical pattern... is "ignorant".

Recruiting DIRECTLY ties to WINNING. Want to get those players... to take them away from UF? You have to beat them.

We can’t get a high profile head coach to come here now. You think we can get one if we fire Heupel in a couple of years?
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Build a roster. If a coach loses and that losing begins to erode recruiting then you MUST replace them. If the players are there then you raise your chances of getting a high profile coach. If you let your HC drive the roster into the ground like Jones did for his last two years... You get Pruitt.
 
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sjt18 said:
Do you even think or just spew that stuff out? What do all of those coaches have in common except Kiffin? Yes. UF is the next level up so they ARE the measuring stick for progress. Lack of progress = FAILURE.

Do you think it gets easier if he cannot beat them this year... at home... with an established QB and a year head start?

You're right... just accept mediocrity forever in the name of "stability" in the hopes a coach incapable of getting wins when they should will some day "luck out" and win some games. You're the one who thinks you can't win without a roster loaded with 4/5* players. Well guess what... coaches that can't win games like the UF game this year... that win 5-8 games over their first 3 or 4 years DO NOT GET THOSE PLAYERS OR THEIR EQUIVALENT 3*.

What you want has worked maybe... MAYBE 5 times in the last 30 years. But to you recognizing a CLEAR historical pattern... is "ignorant".

Recruiting DIRECTLY ties to WINNING. Want to get those players... to take them away from UF? You have to beat them.

Build a roster. If a coach loses and that losing begins to erode recruiting then you MUST replace them. If the players are there then you raise your chances of getting a high profile coach. If you let your HC drive the roster into the ground like Jones did for his last two years... You get Pruitt.
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Dude what makes you think we can honestly beat UF? We have less than. 10 wins against them TOTAL since 1990. The bottom line is it doesn’t matter about the coach, the QB, the defense of the recruiting classes. TN just doesn’t beat UF.

But yeah like you keep stammering on 3 years blah, blah, blah. I have said repeatedly, and you cannot understand it, that we cannot win at the level of UGA, Bama and OSU without a roster full of 4 and 5*. And you cannot prove me wrong because actual data proves you wrong.

When Pruitt was hired, I never expected him to beat UF. When Heupel was hired, I never expected him to beat UF. It’s just a TN thing. Are we ever going to beat UF? In all honesty? I think we will get a fluke win like Butch got in 2016. Could that happen this year? Doubtful but maybe. I think Napier is gonna be a better coach than Mullen was.

So you think if Heupel loses to UF this year that our recruiting will begin to erode?
 
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