ESPN Says Vols Can Crack the Top 25

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There is an Insider article I can't read that is teased with how UT can crack the Top 25 with a bigtime O and a more disruptive D. Anyone care to summarize to prove that maybe ESPN doesn't hate us quite as much?
 
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What a shocking revelation. With a big time O and disruptive D any team can crack the top 25.

24 hour news/ information is ruining the world....I guess you have fill space with something. Oh yeah, ESPN hates UT.
 
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I hope people realize that while making the top 25 would be an improvement, Tennessee doesn't really have to be good to get there.
 
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Phil Steele has the Vols with a top 20 offense and top 25 defense, yet has the Vols ranked at 27.

Its definitely possible, and I expect the Vols to be in the top 25 at some point during the season
 
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All I know is for the past few years some of the teams ranked over has made me sick to my stomach.....how far we have fallen. I pray for our men to kick the SEC East door in and....

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Brays development, best WR corps in CFB, offensive line improvement, Defense forcing more errors, favorable schedule. All stuff we've heard before
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
Phil Steele has the Vols with a top 20 offense and top 25 defense, yet has the Vols ranked at 27.

Its definitely possible, and I expect the Vols to be in the top 25 at some point during the season
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That, accompanied with our special teams, should put us at about 150.
 
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Not exactly a breakthrough article...it basically says if we improve on all aspects of the game, and Bray gets rid of his "lazy habits" then we will break the Top 25...NO KIDDING! Although I thought it was interesting that Joyner said we had one of the top (if not the best!) receiving corps in the SEC. Nice to finally hear that from ESPN and I actually agree with it too...
 
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bignewt said:
There is an Insider article I can't read that is teased with how UT can crack the Top 25 with a bigtime O and a more disruptive D. Anyone care to summarize to prove that maybe ESPN doesn't hate us quite as much?
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8-4 or better in the SEC will likely get a top 25 ranking. 8-4 is the worst case scenerio IMO. That would occur if UT lost to:

1) Bama (expected)
2) UF (you know the history here, UT has a solid chance))
3) UGA (UGA is better right now, UT could win though)
4) USC (game is at USC, UT will be dogs)

After those 4 games, the rest of the schedule sets up nice for 8 wins plus however many UT can pull out of the list above. MSU is a potential trap game, but UT should nail that one down. Win the 8 games not mentioned above and maybe one upset from that list and UT is 9-3 or better. That spells top 25 all day.
 
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Article states 8 wins like that would be a great result. This team can do more, and i would expect an article about how TN will have a big year would predict more than 8 wins. That proves it - ESPN still hates us.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
Phil Steele has the Vols with a top 20 offense and top 25 defense, yet has the Vols ranked at 27.

Its definitely possible, and I expect the Vols to be in the top 25 at some point during the season
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It makes sense. He is factoring in our special teams. We have the ability to be one of the worst teams in the nation in all kicking aspects.
 
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