CMcEver
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Stop saying "we" with that attitude.After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
That's not true if Heupel is the right guy. That's especially not true with the opportunity for reshaping a roster the portal offers.Tennessee has a 5-7 year timeframe realistically to get where those teams are. We will have some good seasons prior to that, but 5-7 years to find that kind of consistency. Rome wasn’t built overnight.
After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
Tennessee has a 5-7 year timeframe realistically to get where those teams are. We will have some good seasons prior to that, but 5-7 years to find that kind of consistency. Rome wasn’t built overnight.
Dang, I hadn't even noticed.After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
Back from the brink seems like quite an overstatement. I think you’re confusing a bounce back with a turnaround. We’re back where Pruitt had us at the end of 2019 season. You want to see a turnaround, look at Baylor, 2-7 in 2020 and just won their conference. Wake was 4-5 last year and just played for a conference title. Michigan was 2-4 and is in the playoff as a conference champion. Northern Illinois just won the MAC after being 0-6 last season. Utah State won the Mountain West after being 1-5 last year. Those are turnarounds.I suppose estimates about "where we are now", and wild guesses about how many years to be competitive with Bama are fun for some people to exchange but have no meaning. Coach Heupel and the team he inherited/recruited through the portal just brought Tennessee Football back from the brink.....IN ONE SEASON. How's about we respect that accomplishment and accept it as an indicator of what Coach is capable of and LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB.
I'm excited for the future of Big Orange Football for the first time in years...You should be too.
GBO...!!!
After reading this post, it’s abundantly clear that you are a lower tier Vol Fan and should, for the foreseeable future, STFU. That attitude don’t go around here, Savvy?After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
After losing 30 to 40 players including some of the best on the team, having a coaching change, new offense and defense, we are lucky we are not dead last. I want to be top tier also, but reality is reality. I think this team overachieved given the circumstances at the beginning of the year. Don't be a pollyanna. Face reality for what it is.
Thanks, Jimmy.After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
Tennessee is one of the best teams in the country….for the first half. I believe we have the coaching. We just need more talent and depth to get us through the second half.We can play with anyone in the country right now, but for a limited amount of quarters. When we get the talent, watch out!
I suppose estimates about "where we are now", and wild guesses about how many years to be competitive with Bama are fun for some people to exchange but have no meaning. Coach Heupel and the team he inherited/recruited through the portal just brought Tennessee Football back from the brink.....IN ONE SEASON. How's about we respect that accomplishment and accept it as an indicator of what Coach is capable of and LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB.
I'm excited for the future of Big Orange Football for the first time in years...You should be too.
GBO...!!!
After watching Georgia and Bama go at it and the amount of talent on both of those teams it’s abundantly clear we are a middle tier SEC team and will be one for the foreseeable future. We aren’t even close to being on those team’s level. 8-4 and 7-5 seasons will be the benchmark and scrapping it out with Mizzou, Kentucky and South Carolina.
We had the most losses in the transfer portal of any team in the country, including some key starters. This is Heupel's first year here, and we have one of the tougher schedules in the country. Yet, we lost only to UGA (12-1), Bama (12-1), Ole Miss (10-2), Pitt (11-2) and of course the lowly Gators. Only the latter was an embarrassment. The rest of the teams will end up in the top 10 or 15. We gave Bama and UGA a better game than most. And Pitt and Ole Miss could have gone either way. How could a Vol not be encouraged for the future?