If UT loses to UF......

#151
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willinhf said:
The sun will still rise on Sunday morning.

I under-expect for this year.
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not in NC, SC and large parts of GA and East TN. just sayin'.
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#152
What remotely desirable results can come from a thread such as this? Mental gymnastics generating a snarknado fest?

Sounds good, carry on.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Losing to Florida automatically means an 0-8 season for starters. That's how somebody started out this thread. Wonder who that was.
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I never said it "automatically mean 0-8" I said "You may very well see another 0-8 SEC season. " It's literally been quoted 100 times in this thread, but you missed it somehow?

If you think that means some kind of guarantee, then You may likely be wired one million dollars in the next 10 minutes if you hold your breath starting.....now.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
I never said it "automatically mean 0-8" I said "You may very well see another 0-8 SEC season. " It's literally been quoted 100 times in this thread, but you missed it somehow?

If you think that means some kind of guarantee, then You may likely be wired one million dollars in the next 10 minutes if you hold your breath starting.....now.
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It worked! Some guy sent me $10 mil. He thought I was a prince. Thanks for the advice
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Beating Florida this year is like the first time UT beat USC jr under Lyle. Everybody lined up to sniff his jock strap because we be a traditionally terrible team that we should beat every year. It was dumb then and will be dumb now. Those were the days when only a few of us could see through Lyle's crap.

News flash, Teddy Roosevelt just tied a dead aligator to a tree and asked UT to shoot it. It litereally cant get any easier than it is now. And I find myself saying that every single year, but it keeps getting easier and easier.
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I heard it would be Monumental.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
You may very well see another 0-8 SEC season.

I'm already on record as saying UT wont win a road SEC game this year. After seeing UF get thumped by Kentucky on their own field, I see one of two possibilities...

We beat UF and UK and go on to have a nice 7 win season or we lose to both of them and Vandy too and go 0-8 in the SEC again.

I think UF, UK and VU are our only viable SEC wins this year. If UF beats us, watch out.
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What are these predictions based on? There really is not a large enough sample size to go on with only 2 games down. We don't know if UK is really good or if UF is really bad. And even when we do know the answers to how good someone is, there is always the chance that a team has a fluke week or one coach just has the other's number. If you are making predictions this early they are barely any better than preseason predictions.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
that was a lower case monumental :)

and yes, I believe it could be the difference between 3-9 and 7-5 seasons. Momentum and confidence is everything.
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Yea, I comprehended what I've read several times. Lulz.
 
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Your prediction doesn't account for the fact that Tennessee should improve as the year goes on. We have a real coaching staff now. This team will improve as the season progresses.
 
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Longsufferingvol said:
Your prediction doesn't account for the fact that Tennessee should improve as the year goes on. We have a real coaching staff now. This team will improve as the season progresses.
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I dont understand. Saying that they SHOULD improve is not a fact. Its a wish. you hope to God they improve. If you're saying that they will in fact improve, well thats a prediction.

I'm not counting on anyone improving beyone the UF game. I havent seen a UT team improve as the season progressed in many many years. I think teams peak about week 3 of a season. If you havent figured it out by then, it's probably not gonna happen once you consider the attrition due to injuries and just fatigue of the season.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
I dont understand. Saying that they SHOULD improve is not a fact. Its a wish. you hope to God they improve. If you're saying that they will in fact improve, well thats a prediction.

I'm not counting on anyone improving beyone the UF game. I havent seen a UT team improve as the season progressed in many many years. I think teams peak about week 3 of a season. If you havent figured it out by then, it's probably not gonna happen once you consider the attrition due to injuries and just fatigue of the season.
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so what is your prediction of 0-8 if we lose? is that a wish/hope too?

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On the contrary, I could see UT winning at home against the Gators, but not winning another conference game. It's a long season. The team will improve the further along we go. The last three games of the season (at home against KY and MO, and Vandy in Nashville) will tell the tale of this season. None will be easy, but I think we win at least one of those.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
The only possible signature wins this year would be Bama, UGA or Auburn. Beating UF or USC would be a big win, but not outside of the realm of actually happening.
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Ok. I see it differently because of where we are. I think either would be signature for this year. But I do agree we wouldn’t reference either when talking about career defining wins.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Beating Florida this year is like the first time UT beat USC jr under Lyle. Everybody lined up to sniff his jock strap because we be a traditionally terrible team that we should beat every year. It was dumb then and will be dumb now. Those were the days when only a few of us could see through Lyle's crap.

News flash, Teddy Roosevelt just tied a dead aligator to a tree and asked UT to shoot it. It litereally cant get any easier than it is now. And I find myself saying that every single year, but it keeps getting easier and easier.
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I think it is a bit different considering USCjr was a ranked team. Although we went 5-7 that year that win sparked hope that Butch could turn the program around. I, myself, was not sold that Butch was a bad coach until his 3rd year. I think you can't tell much of anything about a new coach during the first year, so I guess you are right that we should not get our hopes up. As an example, Kirby's first year at Georgia was nothing special. In fact, they regressed the first year from Richt. I am not at all saying Pruitt will be on the level of that hire, or on the level of any other hire, but the jury is still out.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
that was a lower case monumental :)

and yes, I believe it could be the difference between 3-9 and 7-5 seasons. Momentum and confidence is everything.
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I see us beating the Non Conference teams on the schedule, ETSU, UTEP, UNCC. I also see us improving to the point that we beat Vandy & Ky.
That puts us at 5 -7, which is an improvement over last season. Then next season, we will, at a minimum, win 8 regular season games. With automatic losses to Florida & Alabama....
 
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I see no reason for us to not have 8 wins next season. Georgia State, BYU, UTC., UAB should be wins. USC, Vandy, Ky. & Missouri should be wins also next season.
We will improve enough from year one to year two to beat USC, Ky. & Vandy. Missouri's q.b. will be a first round NFL draft selection. I think their offense is him and really nothing else. Once he leaves, I think we can beat them.
Florida & Alabama are automatic losses. Mississippi State & Georgia are maybe's..........


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Volunteersforlife said:
I think it is a bit different considering USCjr was a ranked team. Although we went 5-7 that year that win sparked hope that Butch could turn the program around. I, myself, was not sold that Butch was a bad coach until his 3rd year. I think you can't tell much of anything about a new coach during the first year, so I guess you are right that we should not get our hopes up. As an example, Kirby's first year at Georgia was nothing special. In fact, they regressed the first year from Richt. I am not at all saying Pruitt will be on the level of that hire, or on the level of any other hire, but the jury is still out.
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I agree. you wont be able to call it one way or another on Pruitt until most/all of Butch's players are off this team and Pruitts entire system is in place with his recruited players.

the Vols being bad this year isnt a reason to speak poorly of Pruitt unless you begin to see things that clearly arent right (which you could see with Butch because that dude had a list of excuses drawn up before his plane ever landed in Knoxville). Pruitt isnt that way though. He's already taken full responsibility even though most of the blame lies with the guy who never took the blame ever.
 
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