Another streak will come to an end Saturday...

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For the first time in over 20 years I will not watch one play of this football game. I'm done watching games where the outcome is known before the ball is snapped. I am also done watching this program go into its 5th death spiral in 12 years. It's inconceivable to me that this team is no better and maybe worse than the team that lost to Georgia State last year. I'm not ready to get rid of Pruitt yet, but I'm also not going to witness another embarrassing nationally televised debacle. If UT by some miracle wins I can always go back and watch one of the hundreds of rebroadcasts they will have. I won't watch the team fall completely apart again. I'm done until it changes.
 
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Yeah it’s pretty brutal. Like that scene in American Violence where the guy has to bite the curb, just over and over.
 
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I'd suggest that you record the game, start an hour or 2 late, watch until bama scores, then FFW until Vols goose egg disappears, rinse & repeat...
Compress the stress.
 
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Yeah, I'm not much for watching the Vols when I already know the outcome. Sad that it has gotten to that point, but yet here we are.

I'm still a believer in Pruitt moving forward, but he has got to make the leap from top-notch DC when he has a loaded roster -to- top-notch HC when he has to build a roster. It can be done, and I think his resume' indicates that he can do it...but he has a ways to go yet. Recruiting is on the upswing; he's done okay with his coaching hires; but he is obviously still learning how to manage the "El Grande Mosaic". Georgia State, Kentucky, and Jarret Guarantano being Exhibits 1, 2, and 3 against him so far. Time to put all three behind him, IMO, and move forward.

I also believe that finding a functional QB will solve a lot of problems this team currently has. The offense will rally around a QB they believe gives them a chance; tipping the TOP scales back in our favor will help the defense; and the entire team will play harder...and better...when they believe they can win the game. Again, JMO.

If you have BVS, skip the Bama game. Don't watch the score on your cell phone. Get completely off the grid. Enjoy a Saturday in October doing anything other than watching college football. Go catch that fat bass you just know is out there in the river. Go take that 8-pointer that has shitted you for 3 years running. Go play golf. Take your family to the mountains, or the lake, or the beach. For once in your life, relax and enjoy a Saturday in October.

Then wake up Sunday morning...check the score just to confirm what you already know, and go to church. Ask the Good Lord to help Jeremy pick the right QB as UT moves forward into the second half of the 2020 season. Those are the 5 games that will actually tell you what you can look forward to for the UT Football program. The 2020 season will be a "good one" if UT can (a) get bowl eligible and gain those extra practices; (b) continue to recruit well; and (c) find an SEC-caliber QB heading into the 2021 season.

Gotta take the long view here. Go Vols.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
For the first time in over 20 years I will not watch one play of this football game. I'm done watching games where the outcome is known before the ball is snapped. I am also done watching this program go into its 5th death spiral in 12 years. It's inconceivable to me that this team is no better and maybe worse than the team that lost to Georgia State last year. I'm not ready to get rid of Pruitt yet, but I'm also not going to witness another embarrassing nationally televised debacle. If UT by some miracle wins I can always go back and watch one of the hundreds of rebroadcasts they will have. I won't watch the team fall completely apart again. I'm done until it changes.
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Sorry for your pain.
I will watch it even if it's 50-0 by halftime Tide.

I do understand you though.
 
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I mean I admit, I'm just going to watch to see what the other QBs will do. Yeah JG will start, and unless he miracously plays one of his once in a blue moon amazing games, other QBs will get a shot this game.
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
Yeah, I'm not much for watching the Vols when I already know the outcome. Sad that it has gotten to that point, but yet here we are.

I'm still a believer in Pruitt moving forward, but he has got to make the leap from top-notch DC when he has a loaded roster -to- top-notch HC when he has to build a roster. It can be done, and I think his resume' indicates that he can do it...but he has a ways to go yet. Recruiting is on the upswing; he's done okay with his coaching hires; but he is obviously still learning how to manage the "El Grande Mosaic". Georgia State, Kentucky, and Jarret Guarantano being Exhibits 1, 2, and 3 against him so far. Time to put all three behind him, IMO, and move forward.

I also believe that finding a functional QB will solve a lot of problems this team currently has. The offense will rally around a QB they believe gives them a chance; tipping the TOP scales back in our favor will help the defense; and the entire team will play harder...and better...when they believe they can win the game. Again, JMO.

If you have BVS, skip the Bama game. Don't watch the score on your cell phone. Get completely off the grid. Enjoy a Saturday in October doing anything other than watching college football. Go catch that fat bass you just know is out there in the river. Go take that 8-pointer that has shitted you for 3 years running. Go play golf. Take your family to the mountains, or the lake, or the beach. For once in your life, relax and enjoy a Saturday in October.

Then wake up Sunday morning...check the score just to confirm what you already know, and go to church. Ask the Good Lord to help Jeremy pick the right QB as UT moves forward into the second half of the 2020 season. Those are the 5 games that will actually tell you what you can look forward to for the UT Football program. The 2020 season will be a "good one" if UT can (a) get bowl eligible and gain those extra practices; (b) continue to recruit well; and (c) find an SEC-caliber QB heading into the 2021 season.

Gotta take the long view here. Go Vols.
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I stopped reading at the point where I don’t care what you think. That’s a lot of typing for you to poor out your heart like a school girl.
 
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volKano said:
I stopped reading at the point where I don’t care what you think. That’s a lot of typing for you to poor out your heart like a school girl.
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Well, I tend to be a bit on the sensitive side from time to time. You just caught me in a weak moment.
 
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