Dont Be Surprised If...

[rexvol]

Heard this segment on ESPN radio and thought it would be interesting to hear your top 5 for the Vols and a top 5 for around college football.

Dont be surprised if;

1) Tennessee wins 9 games
2) Eric Berry is the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft
3) Greg King is starting by the Ohio game
4) Crompton ends up 3rd team all SEC
5) Lincoln is first team all american

College Football

1) Ole Miss loses 5 games
2) LSU wins the SEC West
3) Sam Bradford wins another Heisman
4) Randy Shannon is fired by the Clemson game
5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10

 

[utvols16manning]

Arkansas top 10??
Naaaaa

 

[Rynovol]

Heard this segment on ESPN radio and thought it would be interesting to hear your top 5 for the Vols and a top 5 for around college football.

Dont be surprised if;

1) Tennessee wins 9 games
2) Eric Berry is the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft
3) Greg King is starting by the Ohio game
4) Crompton ends up 3rd team all SEC
5) Lincoln is first team all american

College Football

1) Ole Miss loses 5 games
2) LSU wins the SEC West
3) Sam Bradford wins another Heisman
4) Randy Shannon is fired by the Clemson game
5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10[/qu


Of the Tennessee ones, only #5 is a giant stretch. The others are certainly possible.

Of the national ones, I could see #2, 3 and 4, but not a big believer in #1 and believe #5 calls for a drug test. Not that Arky won't be improved, but that the West probably prohibits more than two top ten teams. OM and Bama are better bets to me than Arky.

 

[vols kick balls]

Heard this segment on ESPN radio and thought it would be interesting to hear your top 5 for the Vols and a top 5 for around college football.

Dont be surprised if;

1) Tennessee wins 9 games
2) Eric Berry is the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft
3) Greg King is starting by the Ohio game
4) Crompton ends up 3rd team all SEC
5) Lincoln is first team all american

College Football

1) Ole Miss loses 5 games
2) LSU wins the SEC West
3) Sam Bradford wins another Heisman
4) Randy Shannon is fired by the Clemson game
5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10

None of those UT predictions will be true.

Ole Miss doesn't have the schedule to lose 5 games.

 

[hatvol96]

5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10

Pretty sure .500 teams don't end up in the Top 10.

 

[oUTKickedCoverage]

1) The WKU game is closer than the UCLA one...
2) Eric Berry leads the team in tackles, but has less than 5 INTs
3) Jon Crompton ends up with a better than 3/1 TD/INT ratio
4) Either Ohio or Memphis ends up scaring the crap out of us... neither UK nor Vandy come close
5) Montario Hardesty ends up getting drafted by the end of round 5 next year.

Nationally
1) In the West, only Alabama finishes with less than 3 losses.
2) Penn State gives the BCS a close scare by being ranked in the top 2 for a while
3) Oklahoma ends up winning their conference games by an average of 30+ points.
4) Baylor, Stanford, and Northwestern all have winning records.
5) North Carolina spends several weeks in the top ten.

 

[CaVOLfn]

1. Eric Berry throws two complete passes
2. Crompton blows an easy game but is hero in an 'unwinnable' one
3. Rod Wilks earns some respect at WR
4. Eric Berry breaks the interception yardage rec. in the first game
5. UT finishes in the top 20 AP
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[BigOrangeFanatic]

Heard this segment on ESPN radio and thought it would be interesting to hear your top 5 for the Vols and a top 5 for around college football.

Dont be surprised if;

1) Tennessee wins 9 games
2) Eric Berry is the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft
3) Greg King is starting by the Ohio game
4) Crompton ends up 3rd team all SEC
5) Lincoln is first team all american

College Football

1) Ole Miss loses 5 games
2) LSU wins the SEC West
3) Sam Bradford wins another Heisman
4) Randy Shannon is fired by the Clemson game
5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10

I think Berry being the number 1 pick or Greg King Starting are the most likely of the Vol picks, but I still would call them stretches...

Although if all of the Tennessee predictions come true, I would have to say it would be a pretty awesome job by our staff after year 1...heck if all we did is win 9 games that would be an awesome start, but don't see it happening this year

If Florida runs the table again, Tebow will win the Heisman hands down...Arkansas definitely won't be in the top 10, and I don't see Ole Miss losing 5 games, 3 is more realistic

 

[BigAl]

Dont be surprised if;

15) Lincoln is first team all american

I've got a better chance of winning the lottery than ever seeing this happen.

 

[oUTKickedCoverage]

Going to be hard for any safety to be a #1 pick...

particularly with the QBs coming out at the end of the season.

 

[utvolpj]

I would bet money not a single one of those happens

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Vol Predictions

1. We nearly double our rushing totals from last year
2. We win 8 games this year
3. 3 Vols make first team freshman All America Team (Brown, if he gets to play, Hughes, and maybe one of the WR's or DB's)
4. Tennessee finishes first in the SEC in sacks
5. Eric Berry pushes his interception yardage total to 150 yards past the NCAA record

NCAA

1. Texas makes it to the National Title game this year
2. LSU goes to a BCS bowl
3. Auburn goes 5-7
4. Cal upsets USC this year
5. Alabama loses to Va Tech in the opener

 

[VOLnMiami]

Vol Predictions

1. We nearly double our rushing totals from last year
2. We win 8 games this year
3. 3 Vols make first team freshman All America Team (Brown, if he gets to play, Hughes, and maybe one of the WR's or DB's)
4. Tennessee finishes first in the SEC in sacks
5. Eric Berry pushes his interception yardage total to 150 yards past the NCAA record

NCAA

1. Texas makes it to the National Title game this year
2. LSU goes to a BCS bowl
3. Auburn goes 5-7
4. Cal upsets USC this year
5. Alabama loses to Va Tech in the opener

I agree with the above highlighted :good!:

 

[Volfan8282]

I hope Shannon is not fired. If so, then Tubberville might end up in Miami and take Gran with him. Gran has been the best hire in my opinion.

 

[cwil74`]

Pretty sure .500 teams don't end up in the Top 10.

He meant top 10 in the SEC.

 

[General Jack]

I hope Shannon is not fired. If so, then Tubberville might end up in Miami and take Gran with him. Gran has been the best hire in my opinion.

Now you just watch yourself there mister...

 

[doozer]

i don't get the love affair with Arkansas. not the first person on message boards i've seen picking them.

i don't recall having heard anybody, with any kind of merit, picking them though.

 

[Jaytrain5]

Don't be surprised if...

Rex goes 0 for 5 on his UT predictions.

The Arky prediction is way out there. They'll be improved, and Mallett should emerge as a big-time college qb...but the schedule's brutal, and they're just not that good. I see 'em going 7-5.

 

[VS#1]

i don't get the love affair with Arkansas. not the first person on message boards i've seen picking them.

i don't recall having heard anybody, with any kind of merit, picking them though.

I don't either. I think it has to do with Bobby Petrino and what he did at Louisville; It is as if his bizzaro time and piss poor people skills, with the Falcons never happened.

 

[BeecherVol]

BOLD

1. UT will finish in the top 3 in the SEC in rushing.
2. UTs D will finish in the top 3 of the SEC, and top 10 Nationally.
3. UT will take a game from, UGA, Bama, or Ole Miss.
4. UF 27 - UT 17
5. UT wins 9 games, 10 counting the bowl.

Nationally
1. UF loses to LSU 27 -24, and still plays for the NC
2. OU loses 3 games
3. Vandy wins 7 games this year, before a bowl game
4. ND wins 9 games, and Charlie still gets canned.
5. Steve Spurrier retires, and takes a job pumping gas at the BP, in Columbia.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

I agree with the above highlighted :good!:

Cal upsetting USC, Tennessee finishing first in sacks, and 3 freshman making All America team were more wishful thinking than anything, but I don't think some of them are out of the realm of possibility...

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

BOLD

1. UT will finish in the top 3 in the SEC in rushing.
2. UTs D will finish in the top 3 of the SEC, and top 10 Nationally.
3. UT will take a game from, UGA, Bama, or Ole Miss.
4. UF 27 - UT 17
5. UT wins 9 games, 10 counting the bowl.

Nationally
1. UF loses to LSU 27 -24, and still plays for the NC
2. OU loses 3 games
3. Vandy wins 7 games this year, before a bowl game
4. ND wins 9 games, and Charlie still gets canned.[/B]
5. Steve Spurrier retires, and takes a job pumping gas at the BP, in Columbia.

yep...my avatar will be a good start

 

[BeecherVol]

yep...my avatar will be a good start

My bad, I meant the Shell, not BP.

 

[volger]

Going to be hard for any safety to be a #1 pick...

particularly with the QBs coming out at the end of the season.

EB will be in NY come draft day.

 

[defaultusername]

Heard this segment on ESPN radio and thought it would be interesting to hear your top 5 for the Vols and a top 5 for around college football.

Dont be surprised if;

1) Tennessee wins 9 games
2) Eric Berry is the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft
3) Greg King is starting by the Ohio game
4) Crompton ends up 3rd team all SEC
5) Lincoln is first team all american

College Football

1) Ole Miss loses 5 games
2) LSU wins the SEC West
3) Sam Bradford wins another Heisman
4) Randy Shannon is fired by the Clemson game
5) Arkansas ends the year ranked in the top 10

UT

1) I think Tennessee wins 8 games tops.
2) Agree w/ Eric Berry.
3) Greg King? Sure.
4) Don't know about Crompton, but sure!
5) Don't see Lincoln performing that well at all.

College Football

1) I'll say Ole Miss loses 4.
2) LSU does win the West.
3) I'm going with Tebow or Jahvid Best.
4) Agree w/ Shannon firing.
5) I can see Arkansas top 25, but not top 10.
6) Mississippi State wins three games!