ESPN: Biggest Disappointment of 2016 in college football

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Yep.. Pretty much points the finger at coaching. It was obvious from the start that something wasn't right...
 
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Couldn't agree more. Could be the most disappointing season in the past 2 decades.

This season had been hyped for 4 years by everyone, Butch included and he failed to deliver. 2017 will be another mediocre season followed by a coaching change and we're back to another rebuild.

I looked at UT football this season to really prove to the country that we're not a team that just lives in the past and that we're still relevant on a national level. Unfortunately, UT proved that we are a national pretender not a contender.
 
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Sam Khan Jr.: Tennessee

Without question it's Tennessee. When you look at how the SEC East shook out and how much talent the Volunteers returned on the roster, it's easy to see why they were the favorites to win the division. Instead, they were underwhelming from the start, showing signs of what was to come in their struggles to beat Appalachian State in the season opener. Injuries hit this team hard, certainly, and that was unfortunate, but these Vols should have been better than they were. I asked at the beginning of the season, if Butch Jones and the Vols don't win the East this year, when will they? I'm still wondering and I'm also wondering if Jones is the right guy for this program long term.
 
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I'd say it was the State of Tennessee's biggest disappointment in 2016 college football. To h**l with ESPN. It was painfully obvious against App State that we were broken and couldn't find the cure all season. It was not injuries itself; they just gave Butch an area he could point a finger at.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
Sam Khan Jr.: Tennessee

Without question it's Tennessee. When you look at how the SEC East shook out and how much talent the Volunteers returned on the roster, it's easy to see why they were the favorites to win the division. Instead, they were underwhelming from the start, showing signs of what was to come in their struggles to beat Appalachian State in the season opener. Injuries hit this team hard, certainly, and that was unfortunate, but these Vols should have been better than they were. I asked at the beginning of the season, if Butch Jones and the Vols don't win the East this year, when will they? I'm still wondering and I'm also wondering if Jones is the right guy for this program long term.
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So what you're saying is Sam Khan is a negavol?
 
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2016 was like 2015 passing game. So many little and big things adding up to 4 losses, all unacceptable in the way they happened.

Get it together Butch!

Go Vols!
 
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1982Alum said:
I'd say it was the State of Tennessee's biggest disappointment in 2016 college football. To h**l with ESPN. It was painfully obvious against App State that we were broken and couldn't find the cure all season. It was not injuries itself; they just gave Butch an area he could point a finger at.
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Jones should have spent more time on correcting issues with his team after the App game than charting the media blow ups.

Your offensive and defensive lines can't hang with Alabama? Fine. No shame in that.

Not being able to push App around on the line of scrimmage was a red flag to everyone but Jones.

That comment about charting the media made him come off completely childish and he really hasn't done much to disprove that this week by going into hiding.
 
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bigsteve13 said:
Couldn't agree more. Could be the most disappointing season in the past 2 decades.

This season had been hyped for 4 years by everyone, Butch included and he failed to deliver. 2017 will be another mediocre season followed by a coaching change and we're back to another rebuild.


...Could be the most disappointing season in the past 2 decades.


This season was a massive letdown. I have no idea how the team does next year or if Butch is the long term answer to restore TN to prominence. He absolutely has rebuilt TN to a much better level than where it was when he arrived.

We have some very good talent on the roster and some very good talent committed. Folks like Ty Chandler in this current class are HUGE recruiting wins because they are Top 100 players and they just make plays.

QB play will be the wildcard next year. If the QB protects the football we may surprise a lot of people and that's not a jab at Josh Dobbs as he's been a great ambassador of TN football. He has had a high# of turnovers and many at critical times. Of course, one could argue we've won more games than we've lost because of Josh so it is what it is.

Ultimately I really really hope Butch looks in the mirror and realizes he MUST change his game day coaching philosophy and LIGHTEN UP, HAVE FUN, BE AGGRESSIVE and COACH TO WIN. Start by unbuttoning that top button and go WIN BIG Butch!
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Bit of a misleading title baiting hopelessness and ESPN hate.

Now that the regular season has come to an end, our SEC writers give their thoughts on the most disappointing aspects of the season in the SEC.
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It's not the biggest disappointment in college football, it's the biggest disappointment in the SEC.

Even still, agreed on all points made.
 
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I think the best point made was that we were injury free when we played App State and if it wasn't for a missed PAT, we would have lost that game. Internal issues inside the program, whether it be poor coaching or the Hurd saga or something else, derailed the team from the moment they stepped on the field vs App St.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Bit of a misleading title baiting hopelessness and ESPN hate.



It's not the biggest disappointment in college football, it's the biggest disappointment in the SEC.

Even still, agreed on all points made.
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I could argue it's the biggest in college football given where we started in the ranking and where we were after 5 games into the season. UT fell harder and faster than anyone else? Probably.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
I could argue it's the biggest in college football given where we started in the ranking and where we were after 5 games into the season. UT fell harder and faster than anyone else? Probably.
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To us fans, it's a pretty big disappointment.

ESPN didn't call the Tennessee season the biggest in college football, though.

Texas
Oregon
Notre Dame
Michigan St

all examples that media like ESPN will point to
 
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BigSteve09 said:
To us fans, it's a pretty big disappointment.

ESPN didn't call the Tennessee season the biggest in college football, though.

Texas
Oregon
Notre Dame
Michigan St

all examples that media like ESPN will point to
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Notre Dame is comparable, but the others aren't. Even though Oregon and Texas did worse than expected, they weren't expected to do much this year. Texas wasn't even ranked and Oregon was like 24 or 25. Michigan State was ranked near UT but they were not expected to win their division ahead of Michigan and Ohio state. UTs failure was worse than any of those.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
To us fans, it's a pretty big disappointment.

ESPN didn't call the Tennessee season the biggest in college football, though.

Texas
Oregon
Notre Dame
Michigan St

all examples that media like ESPN will point to
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To sum up my previous post, UT had an easier path to the playoffs than any of those other teams. That makes it worse.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
To sum up my previous post, UT had an easier path to the playoffs than any of those other teams. That makes it worse.
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:good!: Again, as a fan, I think this season was awful.

I'm not arguing my opinion.

I'm telling you that ESPN didn't call Tennessee the biggest disappointment in all of CFB, this article is calling Tennessee the biggest disappointment in the SEC.

I've read, seen, and heard ESPN personalities describe Oregon, Mich St, ND, and Texas as bigger disappointments.

So I don't think that ESPN has said or will say that Tennessee is the biggest disappointment in CFB, which is the contrary to your somewhat misleading thread title.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
:good!: Again, as a fan, I think this season was awful.

I'm not arguing my opinion.

I'm telling you that ESPN didn't call Tennessee the biggest disappointment in all of CFB, this article is calling Tennessee the biggest disappointment in the SEC.

I've read, seen, and heard ESPN personalities describe Oregon, Mich St, ND, and Texas as bigger disappointments.

So I don't think that ESPN has said or will say that Tennessee is the biggest disappointment in CFB, which is the contrary to your somewhat misleading thread title.
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I hear ya, but....

If you look at the headline of the article itself the idea is biggest disappointments in college football but the article was written by the SEC blog writers so it's SEC focused. That doesn't mean that it's just the biggest disappointment in the SEC.
 
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