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BKVOLMAN59 said:
anything can happen remember a couple of years ago a horible kentucky team beat LSU
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You mean the horrible Kentucky team that it took Tennessee about 15 overtimes to beat, had its QB drafted into the NFL, and made a bowl?
 
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ukvols said:
I figure every above-mentioned upset involved an underdog with a decent QB.
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to me it would be as big as the braves winning the pennant in 91? or 92 not sure when sid the flash bream was rounding 3rd ...i suffered threw watching the braves on tbs all threw the 80's it was so enjoyable!
 
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#30
soda23 said:
how 'bout Appy St vs Michigan @ The Big House
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Could be reaching here, but I might call that the biggest upset in modern college football.

Especially considering Michigan went on to beat the rest of the Big Ten (except tOSU of course) and played in a Jan. 1 bowl IIRC.
 
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Stanford was a 38-point dog to USC. I guess I hang my hat on that one as my own personal barometer of hope, such as it is.
 
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milohimself said:
Could be reaching here, but I might call that the biggest upset in modern college football.

Especially considering Michigan went on to beat the rest of the Big Ten (except tOSU of course) and played in a Jan. 1 bowl IIRC.
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And beat UF in that Jan 1 bowl game, correct?
 
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billbattle said:
Stanford was a 38-point dog to USC. I guess I hang my hat on that one as my own personal barometer of hope, such as it is.
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Jim Harbaugh, like Kiffin, also ran his mouth in the general direction of Pete Carroll soon after he got hired.

How they beat USC and Cal that season, I still can't comprehend.
 
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I've been on the woe-wagon all week, but I'm sick of UF and all the bragging, media piling on, etc. I've even come almost close to praying that CLK would not permit Crompton to pass once...

My wife called this morning and said it looked like an orange convoy heading South out of Kville, horns blowing, flags flying, lights on... so I'm going to look for Berry & Company to return several pics and stack some TDs up for us. Think the offense would perk up?

Who knows? Instead of naming CUM coach of the century and giving the gators the NC right now, why don't let the boys play the game.
 
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Oldblood said:
And beat UF in that Jan 1 bowl game, correct?
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Correction: They also lost to Wisconsin that season. They also lost to Oregon at home after App St. And yes, they beat Florida in the Capital One.

Carr's teams always were talented, they just never really turned the corner as far as being able to game up and beat a more talented team. App. St. just happened to be an aberration of unprecedented size.
 
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milohimself said:
Could be reaching here, but I might call that the biggest upset in modern college football.

Especially considering Michigan went on to beat the rest of the Big Ten (except tOSU of course) and played in a Jan. 1 bowl IIRC.
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Appalachian State went on to win a national title.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Appalachian State went on to win a national title.
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And? Wasn't Michigan a top 5 team (granted rankings that early are worthless)?

App St is still a I-AA team. They also lost to Kansas, Furman, LSU and NC St their prior two nat'l champ seasons. Richmond won it last year after getting blanked by Virginia.

Us winning this game would very closely reflect Harbaugh's first season at Stanford, IMO. As previously mentioned, he popped off at the mouth and actually backed it up on his way to an otherwise mediocre season. Difference is Kiffin would be able to translate this into great recruiting.

All this said, I still feel we're gonna get beat by 4-5 TD's.
 
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volfanbybirth said:
Yeah you are right I seem to remember App State beating Michigan. I believe the VOLS can win if they want it bad enough.
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No sir, it takes a hell of a lot more than just want. I want to be able to average shooting below par by a few strokes on every game of golf and I want it bad. It doesnt happen because the talent isnt there.
 
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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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Dude, that's one of the funniest posts I've ever seen you write. I'm reading along and thinking, "Wow, where's he going with this?" I just about spit my beer through my nose. Not that anything is inherently about funny about it, it just hit me funny. That's great. LOL
 
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Don't forget that Texas team in 1996 somehow knocking off Nebraska in the conference championship game as well.

The game of James Brown's life was all that prevented a team from winning four straight national championships.
 
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#44
Bring on the Gators, baby!!! One day you will be happy again, hatvol. Maybe not this year, but CLK is going to get things turned around. Hang in there!
 
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ukvols said:
I figure every above-mentioned upset involved an underdog with a decent QB.
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I can think of a comparable upset involving UT without a big name quarterback leading the underdogs.

Quadry Anderson, anyone?
 
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#46
For what its worth, despite all my jabs at you guys, I respect the optimism for tomorrow and, more importantly, the long term prognosis for UT football.

The worm is turning.
 
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#47
hatvol96 said:
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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There were the same expectations for that Sugar Bowl that there are for this game. Tennessee had absolutely no chance to win in the medias and fans eyes. The only thing brought up is if the schools ahead of Miami in the rankings lose can the Canes win the National title when they beat the Vols.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
There were the same expectations for that Sugar Bowl that there are for this game. Tennessee had absolutely no chance to win in the medias and fans eyes. The only thing brought up is if the schools ahead of Miami in the rankings lose can the Canes win the National title when they beat the Vols.
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Those canes had Testaverde, who had the propensity to go all Crompton. It's cause he was colorblind ya know.
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BigPapaVol said:
Those canes had Testaverde, who had the propensity to go all Crompton. It's cause he was colorblind ya know.
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I remember talking to somebody before that game and they mentioned Vinny Testaverde and I asked "who is that, a porn star?" :p
 
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