Who did you think would be our most likely opponent? I actually don't recall. At 6 - 6 I would have thought us bound for Weedwacker / Music City.
Didn't you know that repeating something over and over counts as proof?
Sort of like when the GoF cry:
Foul!
Link!
What data?!?
Says who!
That data is meaningless!
And yet, there is a TON of data right here right now showing not just numbers but ACTUAL NFL TALENT DISCREPANCY.
Oh, and the GoF NEVER have data.
GSM.
Independence Bowl. Music City bowl was already locked up. We'd have likely played... Louisiana Tech. Against common opponents, the Bulldogs actually outperformed the Vols.
Data suggests that during Fulmer's indentured servitude to Steve Spurrier that he had more NFL talent than Steve, but an equal amount to Bobby Bowden, who regularly ate Steve's lunch.
Damn, actually I would really, really, really liked to have seen that game, especially given where we are now.
Damn you, Hambone!
We would have won it, but it would have been interesting. Crompton though would have been a lot better by that game.
What are you talking about?
Everybody has stars. It's 5th-20th best players where the talent discrepancy happens.
Data shows not only MORE NFL talent, but even greater RELATIVE NFL talent.
Sorry if the data upsets your ideology. But that's what data does to ideology.
By the way, that's 10 teams on the schedule now. However, I'll cut Kiff some slack and stick still go with the original 9.
Ergo, I'm erring on your side of the argument, and you still come up two wins short.
UCLA - 35th, 104th, 219th
Auburn - 58th, 138th
Ole Miss - 36th, 85th, 136th, 175th
Tennessee - 5th, 26th, 59th, 129th, 151st, 168th
The single most meaningful statistic for college football success - NFL talent.
Boys, that's GSM.
Wipe your noses on a proper tissue, please.
2008 was underachieving by TN standards, of course. But without the Hambone Experiment, it would have been a bowl winning season.
How many teams with multiple walkons starting on the offensive line? How many teams did we play that would have been hurt by losing a no talent guy like Nick Reveiz? How many guys will UT have drafted in the next three years? I'm pretty sure the games were played with more than one class of players on the field. Of course, you don't want to get into that because it would expose the abject lack of talent the fat piece of garbage you worship left in his wake.So, is anyone going to disprove my point:
We had equal or greater talent than nine teams we played last year.
Game... Set... well, you know the rest.