Georgia Tech with a message to Tennessee....

[Remy]

Get a lead and they're toast.

This! I don't see GT having the ability to stop our offense, even if we become very conservative due to play calls protecting an inexperienced QB. They don't have the depth on defense to hang with us four quarters IMO.

 

[Madscientistvol]

Yeah, I've gotta say, TF1 seems like good people. If you go over and read techswarm or whatever, there are some real pretentious pricks.

A few that have actually come out and said Tennessee is beneath them, things like that.

This is a generalization, but a lot of fan bases for more academically inclined schools tend to lean on the pretentious side in my experience. Especially when dealing with a state university.

They can just "lol rednecks" and feel superior.

 

[JacketVol]

I see you aren't familiar with the phrase "months on end".

Having several months in which to prepare for App State =/= spending all of those months preparing for App State alone. I stated the former.

No, I understand completely and also understand what is truth. You sir are not truthful. They spent very llittle time on State and it almost cost them. Plan was vanilla. They spent a lot of time on VT. They needed that win perception wise and thought they could just throw their helmets out there and win the opener. You just can't do that but it happens with 18-22 year olds.

 

[BeardedVol]

No, I understand completely and also understand what is truth. You sir are not truthful. They spent very llittle time on State and it almost cost them. Plan was vanilla. They spent a lot of time on VT. They needed that win perception wise and thought they could just throw their helmets out there and win the opener. You just can't do that but it happens with 18-22 year olds.

By all means, don't let the nuances of the English language get in the way of your misguided attempt to be a sycophant.

Feel free to quote me where I said "Butch Jones spent months solely preparing for App State."opcorn:

 

[UT-Rex]

GT is easy to prepare for if you have time.

Which is why they lose a lot of openers, ...

It's a pretty common pattern.


Vols should win.

Looks like they've lost only 1 opener/VT, since 2008 (the pattern is, they don't typically open against the likes of Tennessee). Vols should win.

 

[Techfan1]

This! I don't see GT having the ability to stop our offense, even if we become very conservative due to play calls protecting an inexperienced QB. They don't have the depth on defense to hang with us four quarters IMO.

I wouldn't say it's because of depth, if anything it would be because of talent, GT surprisingly has more depth on the D than they have had in a long time. Key thing for GT will be getting the D off the field fast, something we weren't that good at last year. This could end up being a high scoring game.

 

[Behr]

 

[1974Vol]

The GT offense can be very effective but it can also be a turnover machine when breaking in a new QB. The last time they did, 2015, the averaged 2.8 fumbles per game 127 out of 128 teams. When you start pitching the ball all over the park some of them end up on the ground.

 

[JacketVol]

By all means, don't let the nuances of the English language get in the way of your misguided attempt to be a sycophant.

Feel free to quote me where I said "Butch Jones spent months solely preparing for App State."opcorn:

Here is a definition from a dictionary. The thing that explains those little English language words. It is from Collins dictionary. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/on-end

phrase
When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned.

 

[BeardedVol]

Here is a definition from a dictionary. The thing that explains those little English language words. It is from Collins dictionary. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/on-end

phrase
When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned.

And if I had said "Butch Jones spent months on end preparing for App State", then that would mirror the example in your definition, but that's not what I said is it.

Months on end to prepare for a sunbelt team, and we had to go to overtime and rely on a miracle fumble recovery to eke out a win.

See the difference? Idioms are a difficult part of English, and even more so when they are the subject of a sentence instead of an adverb phrase.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

The idiomatic expression "months (or days, weeks, years, etc.) on end" is pretty simply defined. It means, "something that happens or continues for several months (days/weeks/years) without stopping."

Which means you said that Butch prepared for App State for months without cease.

Bearded, you're lecturing people on English idioms and don't even know them yourself.

You flat out said that Butch Jones spent months preparing for a sunbelt team. Not preparing for a sunbelt team and the rest of their schedule; you only mentioned one team. You were clearly implying that the sunbelt team was the focus of those months of effort.

So, yeah....


p.s. Since you brought up the subject of idioms, a "beard" is idiomatically a false front that hides a person's true activities, preferences or allegiances." Did you choose your forum name as a secret admission that your allegiances aren't what they seem? If true, that would explain a lot about your post history. Just wondering.

 

[Behr]

!

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Haha, hey Behr, good to see you. I got a laugh out of the pile of poop earlier in the thread.

 

[butchna]

The idiomatic expression "months (or days, weeks, years, etc.) on end" is pretty simply defined. It means, "something that happens or continues for several months (days/weeks/years) without stopping."

Which means you said that Butch prepared for App State for months without cease.

Bearded, you're lecturing people on English idioms and don't even know them yourself.

You flat out said that Butch Jones spent months preparing for a sunbelt team. Not preparing for a sunbelt team and the rest of their schedule; you only mentioned one team. You were clearly implying that the sunbelt team was the focus of those months of effort.

So, yeah....


p.s. Since you brought up the subject of idioms, a "beard" is idiomatically a false front that hides a person's true activities, preferences or allegiances." Did you choose your forum name as a secret admission that your allegiances aren't what they seem? If true, that would explain a lot about your post history. Just wondering.

 

[Behr]

Haha, hey Behr, good to see you. I got a laugh out of the pile of poop earlier in the thread.

Good to see you back around. Hope life has been kind to you.

*Steaming pile of crap.

 

[jakez4ut]

And if I had said "Butch Jones spent months on end preparing for App State", then that would mirror the example in your definition, but that's not what I said is it.



See the difference? Idioms are a difficult part of English, and even more so when they are the subject of a sentence instead of an adverb phrase.

actually i agree. you basically said he had months on end to prepare, but apparently either chose not to, or at least not to the extent that he should have, according to you.

either way, pond or pool. no one expected him to prepare months on end for app, and you at least insinuated that he should have spent more time, otherwise why the poor performance?

i posed this question in another thread....CBJ has been great at bowl prep. arguably the best games we've executed in his tenure have been in the 3 bowls we've been in.

it begs the question why we have come out flat after byes and in openers. we had inspired performances in losses to GA in 14 and Bama in 15 after byes, beat USCe (top 10 at the time) in 13 after a bye. fell flat last year against USCe (not top 10 at the time...). 12 and 13 came out big in openers against a lot lesser competition. came out flat as pancakes against BGSU and App the last two years.

not sure why that's the case....mixed bag when he has time to prep.

you can at least know that they started working on some stuff defensively this spring in preparation for GT and the cut blocking they'll see. so you got that going for ya.:thumbsup:

 

[Tin Man]

The idiomatic expression "months (or days, weeks, years, etc.) on end" is pretty simply defined. It means, "something that happens or continues for several months (days/weeks/years) without stopping."

Which means you said that Butch prepared for App State for months without cease.

Bearded, you're lecturing people on English idioms and don't even know them yourself.

You flat out said that Butch Jones spent months preparing for a sunbelt team. Not preparing for a sunbelt team and the rest of their schedule; you only mentioned one team. You were clearly implying that the sunbelt team was the focus of those months of effort.

So, yeah....


p.s. Since you brought up the subject of idioms, a "beard" is idiomatically a false front that hides a person's true activities, preferences or allegiances." Did you choose your forum name as a secret admission that your allegiances aren't what they seem? If true, that would explain a lot about your post history. Just wondering.

 

[jakez4ut]

The idiomatic expression "months (or days, weeks, years, etc.) on end" is pretty simply defined. It means, "something that happens or continues for several months (days/weeks/years) without stopping."

Which means you said that Butch prepared for App State for months without cease.

Bearded, you're lecturing people on English idioms and don't even know them yourself.

You flat out said that Butch Jones spent months preparing for a sunbelt team. Not preparing for a sunbelt team and the rest of their schedule; you only mentioned one team. You were clearly implying that the sunbelt team was the focus of those months of effort.

So, yeah....


p.s. Since you brought up the subject of idioms, a "beard" is idiomatically a false front that hides a person's true activities, preferences or allegiances." Did you choose your forum name as a secret admission that your allegiances aren't what they seem? If true, that would explain a lot about your post history. Just wondering.

lol:

 

[Tin Man]

Summation a la Les Miles:

BeardedVol did post

Months on end to prepare for a sunbelt team, and we had to go to overtime and rely on a miracle fumble recovery to eke out a win.

.

BeardedVol contends that he did not intend to convey that the sole focus in the preceding months was preparation to play Appalachian State. However, it's apparent that he "lacks the chest" to admit that his choice of words could easily be construed to mean just that by the average FFer.

 

[Tin Man]

Next sub-topic?

 

[Tin Man]

Pretty please?

 

[Iam4utalways]

Pretty please?

With GT running the option, will we run more zone defense rather than Man to Man?

 

[BeardedVol]

The idiomatic expression "months (or days, weeks, years, etc.) on end" is pretty simply defined. It means, "something that happens or continues for several months (days/weeks/years) without stopping."

Which means you said that Butch prepared for App State for months without cease.

Bearded, you're lecturing people on English idioms and don't even know them yourself.

You flat out said that Butch Jones spent months preparing for a sunbelt team. Not preparing for a sunbelt team and the rest of their schedule; you only mentioned one team. You were clearly implying that the sunbelt team was the focus of those months of effort.

So, yeah....


p.s. Since you brought up the subject of idioms, a "beard" is idiomatically a false front that hides a person's true activities, preferences or allegiances." Did you choose your forum name as a secret admission that your allegiances aren't what they seem? If true, that would explain a lot about your post history. Just wondering.

Knowing the difference between the use of of an idiom as a noun, and an adverb phrase would go a long way to help your reading comprehension.

Let me remove "Butch Jones" from the statement since that seems to be a trigger for you.

Take these two statements:

Months on end to get the roof fixed, and it's still leaking.

You've spent months on end fixing the roof, and it's still leaking.

Literally the same words, with two very different meanings because the idiom is the subject of the first sentence, and an adverb phrase in the second. The first denotes the amount of time available to accomplish the task, and the second describes the time spent on trying to accomplish the task.

It's pretty disingenuous of you to try to apply the incorrect meaning to support your attempt to cast me as being dishonest.

 

[malinoisvol]

6 point dogs? Against Tennessee? We're gonna light the scoreboard up against those asshats.
- GT Fan

Can't wait for this game.

 

[Iam4utalways]

Bunch of idioms on VN.