A tiny bit of football talk, and a bunch of 'the sky is falling"

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Get a hold of yourselves. Step back from the ledge. Put that razor blade down. Take the hose out of your tailpipe and open the garage door.

We played like **** against a school who won 11 games last year,something that I have actually forgotten the last time a UT team has done, and we still won.

Some of you are probably too young, but the 1998 season was FILLED with dog fight games like this. And all the dumber UT fans would say stuff like, the only pass Tee can make is a screen pass! We play not to lose!

UT fans need to learn to stop giving a **** about perception and just enjoy the win. You think App State feels good today?

App State feels like **** today.

We are the ones who put down a W, and they have to put down an L.

Folks, it doesn't matter what the wins look like, only that you beat the other team. We keep doing that, and the rest doesn't matter.

The Gators looked like slaw the entire last part of their season - they have a career backup at QB, but to hear their fans, they're coming for the Ship.

You ******* need to get your balls back.
 
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Bope said:
Get a hold of yourselves. Step back from the ledge. Put that razor blade down. Take the hose out of your tailpipe and open the garage door.

We played like **** against a school who won 11 games last year,something that I have actually forgotten the last time a UT team has done, and we still won.

Some of you are probably too young, but the 1998 season was FILLED with dog fight games like this. And all the dumber UT fans would say stuff like, the only pass Tee can make is a screen pass! We play not to lose!

UT fans need to learn to stop giving a **** about perception and just enjoy the win. You think App State feels good today?

App State feels like **** today.

We are the ones who put down a W, and they have to put down an L.

Folks, it doesn't matter what the wins look like, only that you beat the other team. We keep doing that, and the rest doesn't matter.

The Gators looked like slaw the entire last part of their season - they have a career backup at QB, but to hear their fans, they're coming for the Ship.

You ******* need to get your balls back.
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A #9 team should wax a Non ranked team..
 
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Bear Bryant made a career of and went into the Hall of Fame with a slew of ugly wins, often with the help of zebras. They do not put asterisks beside ugly wins, they're just wins. Second place is first loser, never forget it. We and team 120 were winners last night, Crampalation State are losers this morning, can they chalk one up for a moral victory? Sure put an x in that NCAA statistical column for them.
 
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Ok let's talk football.

1) the offensive line averaged weighing 50 lbs more per player than appy st. But consistently whiffed and got destroyed.

2) the coaches are scared to let dobbs throw. Period. So we don't even have a passing option

3) the play calling was so damn bland they were not prepared for a dog fight and got hit in the mouth.

4) pressure and hype got to the team at certain points. Sutton never fumbles, but he was wanting to make a highlight play when he should've called a fair catch.

5) I was proud of the defense though. This appy st offense is very complicated but one dimensional. They won the game

6) expect more sweeps, QB runs, etc against va tech our offense will play better.. But if we are scared to throw downfield on appy st when they are begging us too.. LOL we're screwed. 7-8 win season. People forget we were lucky to win South Carolina and Georgia last year...
 
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We had two bad turnovers, the first one really gave them hope and momentum after app st had two penalties that backed them up to the 5 yard line. We battled back and had some breaks go our way with the mixed extra point and field goal plus the bad clock management on their last drive that prevented a field goal attempt.

We will get back on track and will figure out what needs to be done. Was it a "feel good" win? No, but it still felt good to be 1-0 still. We now have 9 days to get ready for Va tech.
 
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VolunteerAlumni said:
Ok let's talk football.

1) the offensive line averaged weighing 50 lbs more per player than appy st. But consistently whiffed and got destroyed.

2) the coaches are scared to let dobbs throw. Period. So we don't even have a passing option

3) the play calling was so damn bland they were not prepared for a dog fight and got hit in the mouth.

4) pressure and hype got to the team at certain points. Sutton never fumbles, but he was wanting to make a highlight play when he should've called a fair catch.

5) I was proud of the defense though. This appy st offense is very complicated but one dimensional. They won the game

6) expect more sweeps, QB runs, etc against va tech our offense will play better.. But if we are scared to throw downfield on appy st when they are begging us too.. LOL we're screwed. 7-8 win season. People forget we were lucky to win South Carolina and Georgia last year...
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Alabama was LUCKY to beat us in 2009 and hell last year too.

We don't get any points for that though.

I will gladly take this win and have teams relax in their preparations for us. You folks that care about perception don't even realize that this could turn out to be highly beneficial.
 
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Only Tennessee fans would be b*tching over a W. I understand it was an ugly win but hell, you'd think we just lost last night from the way our fans were acting. I say move the hell on to the next game.
 
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Bope said:
Alabama was LUCKY to beat us in 2009 and hell last year too.

We don't get any points for that though.

I will gladly take this win and have teams relax in their preparations for us. You folks that care about perception don't even realize that this could turn out to be highly beneficial.
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Nothing is beneficial about our inability to move the football
 
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The scary part is that the Vols lines, offensive and defensive, are bad. The scarier part is that unlike the so-called skilled positions, bad linemen don't tend to get better during a season. It was pretty obvious the Appy State linemen were quicker than the Vol linemen. I don't think they are nearly as quick as the ones Bama and Georgia will suit up.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
Only Tennessee fans would be b*tching over a W. I understand it was an ugly win but hell, you'd think we just lost last night from the way our fans were acting. I say move the hell on to the next game.
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Fans from every team in the SEC and the Top 25 would be *****ing over an ugly win like this. Some fanbases would be *****ing a lot worse.
 
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arkyvol said:
The scary part is that the Vols lines, offensive and defensive, are bad. The scarier part is that unlike the so-called skilled positions, bad linemen don't tend to get better during a season. It was pretty obvious the Appy State linemen were quicker than the Vol linemen. I don't think they are nearly as quick as the ones Bama and Georgia will suit up.
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Are DE's are really good.. Vereen and of couse Barnett are pro players
 
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LA Vol said:
Fans from every team in the SEC and the Top 25 would be *****ing over an ugly win like this. Some fanbases would be *****ing a lot worse.
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I highly doubt there's a fanbase worse than ours when it comes to games like this.
 
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Bope said:
Get a hold of yourselves. Step back from the ledge. Put that razor blade down. Take the hose out of your tailpipe and open the garage door.

We played like **** against a school who won 11 games last year,something that I have actually forgotten the last time a UT team has done, and we still won.

Some of you are probably too young, but the 1998 season was FILLED with dog fight games like this. And all the dumber UT fans would say stuff like, the only pass Tee can make is a screen pass! We play not to lose!

UT fans need to learn to stop giving a **** about perception and just enjoy the win. You think App State feels good today?

App State feels like **** today.

We are the ones who put down a W, and they have to put down an L.

Folks, it doesn't matter what the wins look like, only that you beat the other team. We keep doing that, and the rest doesn't matter.

The Gators looked like slaw the entire last part of their season - they have a career backup at QB, but to hear their fans, they're coming for the Ship.

You ******* need to get your balls back.
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No it wasn't. The season opener against Syracuse was against a ranked (#17) team on the road with Donovan McNabb at QB. Arkansas was ranked #10. If we lost either of those games it certainly would have been an upset, but nothing like if we lost to App.

This "feels like '98" stuff needs to stop. This team is not in the same universe at that team, and I don't say that to knock the 2016 team. Remember, the 1998 squad still had guys on it who had gone 11-2 and won the SEC the year before.
 
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