If we play like we did 1/1/07

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Fine Vol

Fine Vol

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Next year we will be 7 and 5 with losses to
1.Cal
2. Fla
3. SC
4. LSU
5 Arky

We had better man up!
 
#2
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finevol said:
Next year we will be 7 and 5 with losses to
1.Cal
2. Fla
3. SC
4. LSU
5 Arky

We had better man up!
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Sounds about right. The current coaching regime is incapable of of the changes that need to take place to avoid it.
 
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#3
Well, then lets make our Music City Bowl game plans now. How about we all meet at Hooters a few hours before kickoff and walk over to LP Field together!
 
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#10
and if we play like we did on 9-2-06 we could win all of those games.

and that's the problem. which one is the real deal?

the only think i know for sure is that the one we saw last is the one that will be remembered unforutnately.
 
#11
#11
you can't assume UK and Vandy are automatic wins either. There's potential for a 5-7 season.
 
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MG1968 said:
you can't assume UK and Vandy are automatic wins either. There's potential for a 5-7 season.
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This just keeps getting better and better. Which program is more laughable? Bammer for not being able to find a coach, or UT for keeping the one they have.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Not a Hooter's fan myself but I'd gladly meet a the Gerst House or tailgate with ya' for a bit.
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Not against Hooters but if we have a choice, I am all in for the Gerst House-does the same family still own Sportsman's Grill or is it under "new" management (from circa 1998)
 
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#14
If Eric Berry pans out and Meach stays, there is no reason we shouldn't finish top 7 next season. We have all the offesnive weapons we could ask for in Ainge, Coker, Meach, and our D should be a little better with Fellows, DMore learning more and Berry making an impact on D and possibly special teams. BUT, b/c of our coaching style of playing conservative and playing not to lose, i'd be willing to bet we will be sitting here next year in the same spot we are now lucky to be top 25.


IMHO, if CPF and Pete Carrol switched teams, then UT would would have played Michigan last night and USC would have played PSU.

Just my :twocents:
 
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MG1968 said:
you can't assume UK and Vandy are automatic wins either. There's potential for a 5-7 season.
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... Yes you can. As a supposed "higher tier" team in the SEC, with the lower level teams, there are built-in wins every season. And if you do lose to them, that makes you truly awful. I don't know what to say about Georgia this year.

We'll see how our SEC schedule goes next year. We got exploited hardcore, but then again, Florida and Georgia are the only two programs whose coaching ability rivals that of Penn State. South Carolina has good coaching in Spurrier... But they're going to have to get some amount of real talent before I'm convinced of anything.

I sense an 8-9 win season. We get out-matched some, and out-coached some.
 
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jakez4ut said:
and if we play like we did on 9-2-06 we could win all of those games.

and that's the problem. which one is the real deal?
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Let's not forget, too, that we followed the great performance against Cal by a near-miss debacle against AF, then a loss to Meyer (again). After a nice stretch of wins against inferior teams and a tremendous comeback at Georgia (our signature win of the year, IMO), we followed with back-to-back L's against LSU and Arkansas, squeeked by Kentucky, and got embarassed by an unranked team in our New Year's Bowl.

Unfortunately, it seems that our play on 9-2-06 was the exception, not the rule.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Let's not forget, too, that we followed the great performance against Cal by a near-miss debacle against AF, then a loss to Meyer (again). After a nice stretch of wins against inferior teams and a tremendous comeback at Georgia (our signature win of the year, IMO), we followed with back-to-back L's against LSU and Arkansas, squeeked by Kentucky, and got embarassed by an unranked team in our New Year's Bowl.

Unfortunately, it seems that our play on 9-2-06 was the exception, not the rule.
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Just like the Monday Night Miracle of '05.
 
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#18
Unfortunately we seem to have regressed throughout the year, Ainge's injury notwithstanding.

Maybe the fire under our rear's during the offseason was extinguished after some early season success?
 
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#19
I would like to call that first game against Cal the barometer for the season, but we saw how much that counted this season.

Heaven forbid they actually lose to Cal to kick off 2007...
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
You forgot UGA. That would be 6-6
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I'm going to play it conservatively and say at least 4 losses during the regular season... the 4 coming somewhere from amongst:
Cal
UF
UGA
Bama
Carolina
Arkansas

... with a keen eye on the Bama and Carolina games because those will have been our 8th and 9th consecutive games without a bye...
 
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General Jack said:
Unfortunately we seem to have regressed throughout the year, Ainge's injury notwithstanding.

Maybe the fire under our rear's during the offseason was extinguished after some early season success?
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I'm not sure of the cause but I agree with you. UGA finished with a 9-4 record including "embarassing" loses to KY and VU but they have improved through the season and beat three solid football teams in a row to finish things off. That's the kind of "mediocre" season I can accept, a year when you really are young and you build-up your team through the course of a season.
 
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tidwell said:
I would like to call that first game against Cal the barometer for the season, but we saw how much that counted this season.

Heaven forbid they actually lose to Cal to kick off 2007...
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Then turn around and whoop ayse on the rest of the SEC? Who knows. Cal does not play an SEC style game, that game will not be indicitave of the Vols SEC performance.
 
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milohimself said:
Then turn around and whoop ayse on the rest of the SEC? Who knows. Cal does not play an SEC style game, that game will not be indicitave of the Vols SEC performance.
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Which would make a loss to them even more embarassing.
 
#24
#24
right now, we're not playing SEC style football.

i think as the year went on, we all knew what our weaknesses were, but we generally made big plays that made a difference. our defense while not imposing was pretty good at getting turnovers.

we got neither yesterday. we are an average football team capable of being great (against Cal) and being bad (yesterday).

we don't have the talent up front that could make us great all the time.

Next season should be alot like this year...3-5 losses, 7-9 wins.

and it does look like we have regresses since the beginning of the year, but it is hard to ignore, especially this year given our depth issues, the injuries we suffered on the D line, secondary, Ainge being out, Coker being out etc...I don't know that it would have made much difference against Arkansas, but the LSU game, if they play the exact same way and we're healthy...we probably win that game.

as for yesterday....i think we've covered that. we just stunk it up.

i'm just sick of "what ifs". that's all. if this, if that....it gets old.
 
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