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hatvol96

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I mentioned that a Tennessee win tomorrow would dwarf any upset the Vols have pulled in my lifetime. That prompted the folks with me to ask if I could come up with anything comparable from the other two programs I am confident I can speak with a level of historical expertise about, Oklahoma and Miami. I came up with one. In John Blake's first year at OU, the Sooners were 0-4 going into the Texas game, with the most recent loss being a 52-24 home loss to Kansas in which the Jayhawks had scored touchdowns in every way imaginable. Final Score at the Cotton Bowl that day: OU 30 Texas 27 in overtime. That's as close as I can come to an optimistic post this week.
 
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I have my daughter this weekend and I'm glad for it because I won't be able to watch the game live.
I will tivo it and then after she goes down for the night, I'll watch it..

I can't think of much else worse than watching a high-anxiety game AND having to deal with commercials. ....and the gushy "Tebow bromance" from the broadcasters..

plus, having her there will probably prevent me from screaming at the TV...
 
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How about Stanford v USC a few years ago? Or UCLA v USC when UCLA won by a couple of points? That was around 2005 or 2006, I think.
 
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SGMVols said:
I feel the same way. I can't remember any other time when we were a 30-point underdog.
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The spread is simply a measure of Vegas guessing the betting patterns of the public, not an attempt to measure the teams. Thus, I don't take it into account when measuring an upset. For example, Tennessee was a smaller underdog in the Sugar Bowl against Miami than they were in the '01 Florida game but the former was a much, much bigger upset than the latter. I mentioned the '96 OU-Texsux game because it was an example of the worst team fielded in the modern era by a program defeating an eventual conference champ.
 
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hatvol96 said:
You must have not seen that Oklahoma team play. They'd be a 45 point underdog tomorrow.
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I don't remember that team, I was 12. I see they finished 3-8, Texas 8-5. But it still doesn't quite compare.... If UT's players have watched any TV this week, they should be absolutely fired up though.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I mentioned that a Tennessee win tomorrow would dwarf any upset the Vols have pulled in my lifetime. That prompted the folks with me to ask if I could come up with anything comparable from the other two programs I am confident I can speak with a level of historical expertise about, Oklahoma and Miami. I came up with one. In John Blake's first year at OU, the Sooners were 0-4 going into the Texas game, with the most recent loss being a 52-24 home loss to Kansas in which the Jayhawks had scored touchdowns in every way imaginable. Final Score at the Cotton Bowl that day: OU 30 Texas 27 in overtime. That's as close as I can come to an optimistic post this week.
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It would be upset of the year. Would love to celebrate that.
 
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Sadly, I think tomorrow is going to look a whole lot more like that OU team's 73-21 loss to Nebraska.
 
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If Kiffin and Tn somehow comes us with the surprise..... What do you think it would do for recruiting, the future..etc ???
 
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Coastypop said:
If Kiffin and Tn somehow comes us with the surprise..... What do you think it would do for recruiting, the future..etc ???
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Kiffin would become an instant legend if that were to happen. I just don't see it happening though. The talent gap between the two teams is wider than the Grand Canyon at this point. But that will change in the near future.
 
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I agree that tomorrow's upset of florida would rank right up there with the greatest in VOL history (although I will always be partial to the 85 Sugar Vols).

A couple of others I remember from way back 1970 USC upsets ND 38-28
and then ND with the "Green jerseys" upsets USC in 77 49 to 19.

GO VOLS make history
 
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hatvol96 said:
I mentioned that a Tennessee win tomorrow would dwarf any upset the Vols have pulled in my lifetime. That prompted the folks with me to ask if I could come up with anything comparable from the other two programs I am confident I can speak with a level of historical expertise about, Oklahoma and Miami. I came up with one. In John Blake's first year at OU, the Sooners were 0-4 going into the Texas game, with the most recent loss being a 52-24 home loss to Kansas in which the Jayhawks had scored touchdowns in every way imaginable. Final Score at the Cotton Bowl that day: OU 30 Texas 27 in overtime. That's as close as I can come to an optimistic post this week.
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Thats something I guess.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Sadly, I think tomorrow is going to look a whole lot more like that OU team's 73-21 loss to Nebraska.
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If we try to throw the ball very much it could get ugly real quick. If for some reason the cosmic order get in line and we dont have a ton of turn overs it will be closer than that. I think a 3 td loss is what we are in store for.

Imagine that. A damned 3 td loss and the world will think we played better than expected! What a fall from grace we find ourselves.
 
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Florida opened their season with two cupcakes. They haven't played anyone yet. If anyone is a betting man I'd take TN -30 in a heartbeat

Florida thinks they're going to just walk all over the vols and I've got news for them, it's not gonna happen.
 
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