Battered Vol Syndrome

#28
#28
The EPIC way of the soul crushing ways of losing that we continue to explore is beyond me. There is light at the end of this tunnel but our own ineptitude in our Administration created this debacle. Feel bad for our younger generations of simply accepting this defeatism as the norm. My ten year old finally has some bragging rights with his Georgia cousins and he is loving it, more to come soon.
 
#29
#29
Vol logic said:
The EPIC way of the soul crushing ways of losing that we continue to explore is beyond me. There is light at the end of this tunnel but our own ineptitude in our Administration created this debacle. Feel bad for our younger generations of simply accepting this defeatism as the norm. My ten year old finally has some bragging rights with his Georgia cousins and he is loving it, more to come soon.
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I live in Georgia, tell him rub it in good!
 
#30
#30
lonelawyer said:
Folks, in the victimhood culture we currently live in there is one mental health issue that is falling through the cracks.

That condition is BVS. Battered Vol Syndrome.

After nearly a decade of rollercoaster emotions, unexplained failures, rejections and abuse; the Vol fanbase has achieved its own class of victimhood.

The symptoms of BVS include:

1. A belief that the 1990s were an aberration and that we actually don't deserve to be a top tier program.

2. Certainty that any third string walk on who takes the field against us is simply using us to add drama to his Heisman campaign.

3. An inability to enjoy a lead during a game because of the knowledge that we will lose it.

Volnation at least gives the sufferers a support group and a place to engage in therapeutic ranting.
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I'm older than most on here...

1. Tennessee is a top 10 program all time...from the College Football Data Warehouse...
1 Alabama
2 Notre Dame
3 Southern California
4 Oklahoma
5 Ohio St.
6 Michigan
7 Texas
8 Nebraska
9 Louisiana St.
10 Tennessee

Unfortunately, the last decade saw LSU pass us in the rankings...

2. We're not the only school to have given up big numbers to a player who comes in with no history...last year Dobbs came in against Bama and had great numbers in part because they hadn't practiced or prepared for his style...but of course the 2001 SECCG is the most memorable time for us Vol fans to see a backup QB come in and just kill us...and in 1980 Georgia went to their backup TB in the second half and the rest is history...it happens for us and it happens against us...

3. Losing leads isn't new for Tennessee and it's not something others don't experience...seems like Georgia lost a game this year after building a 3 TD lead late in the second quarter...and Bama lost a game (against OSU) after building a 21-6 lead...we gave up a 16 point 4th quarter lead against Auburn back under Johnny (Phil was the OC for those who don't remember how conservative he could get)...of course we had overcame a 14 point 4th quarter lead against Auburn a few years earlier...if you've watched much football, you realize that no lead less than 4 TDs is safe against good competition...
 
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Christian Lowe said:
I was 9/10 years old in 2005. I was just starting to really understand football.. by that, I mean the rankings system, the rivalries, all the implications.

We were #3 preseason that year and we finished 5-6.

So, yeah. I guess you could say I don't expect nearly as much as someone in their 30s-40s, and older. If anything, I expect a full collapse every year.

BVS affects the young Vol fans more than the old ones, I believe.
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We are in the same boat Mr Lowe! I agree
 
#35
#35
lonelawyer said:
Folks, in the victimhood culture we currently live in there is one mental health issue that is falling through the cracks.

That condition is BVS. Battered Vol Syndrome.

After nearly a decade of rollercoaster emotions, unexplained failures, rejections and abuse; the Vol fanbase has achieved its own class of victimhood.

The symptoms of BVS include:

1. A belief that the 1990s were an aberration and that we actually don't deserve to be a top tier program.

2. Certainty that any third string walk on who takes the field against us is simply using us to add drama to his Heisman campaign.

3. An inability to enjoy a lead during a game because of the knowledge that we will lose it.

4. Expectation that any reviewed call will go against us simply because we don't deserve any better.

5. A gut feeling that every opposing coach is some evil genius out of a James Bond movie, while our coaching staff consists of the Three Stooges and Patrick from SpongeBob.

6. A fear that law enforcement is looking for reasons to arrest our players while other teams have the local authorities in their pocket.

7. Finally, sufferers of BVS believe that even the weather and the playing surfaces are part of some conspiracy to keep the Big Orange in its deserved place of mediocrity.


Volnation at least gives the sufferers a support group and a place to engage in therapeutic ranting.
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ESPN and the refs hate us too.
 
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