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#126
#126
ChattaTNVol said:
The GT message board has an interesting thread on this game. One of the comments was about a fantasy outcome in the game (below). They seem to cover the game pretty well and perhaps to our OP's dismay are seemingly enjoying the lead up to game day.



https://gtswarm.com/threads/tennessee-game-1.12174/
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I love that in their fantasy world to win the game Butch has to be kicked out, something that never happened to any coach last year with the new rule.
 
#128
#128
08Vol said:
No upside? We will be the only team playing on Monday because of this deal so everyone will be watching. We get $2.85 million for playing this game. We will be the home team which means we can invite recruits. Know if there are any good HS players in the Atlanta area that might use an official visit since the game is close but they wouldn't come all the way to Knoxville? I mean since GA has the 4th most talent behind CA, TX, and FL.
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well since you put it that way, you make a good point except I can't see this as a home team game. Recruiting is good anytime you can cultivate it. I stand corrected, kinda.
 
#129
#129
American_PitVol said:
WHY is everyone so scared of GT??? It's ASSIGNMENT FOOTBALL. Play your keys and ONLY YOUR responsibilities. Be disciplined and aggressive...We will have to use our hands to push GTS helmets away and keep our feet. Get upfield with inside out pursuit. Where the head goes...the body will follow. See your keys and arrive violently with nasty intentions. Guessing is what get folks in trouble with these cats.
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I dont think anyone is scared of GT. I think most are worried about how our team will be able to handle the challenge of their offense.
 
#130
#130
volsportsfan said:
You do not face the triple in the sec. You most likely will never face it in a playoff ( the ACC and GA will take care of tech because they face it every year and know exactly how to contain/stop them ). If the athletic department scheduled this game while Paul Johnson was coach at tech, it may be regretting that decision in the near future. There is a difference between knowing what to do and still having to think about it to be sure, and knowing to the point that it comes natural and you can play fast. Those acc teams and ga have faced it enough that they know and play fast. We haven't.

This game in my mind is 50/50 for both teams, UT and CBJ with the most to lose. If we still had dobbs, I would be a UT lean, 60/40. We are gonna need plenty of offense to keep up with tech. Dobbs leading this offense would have given me the confidence that we wouldn't shoot ourselves in the foot, and put at least 35 on the board. We are gonna need 35 points to win this game imo. Idk if we can count on that with Dobbs gone.

Folks, if we escape with the W, be happy. Be very very Happy. I don't care if it takes a miracle catch or tech giving us the ball 6 times for no good reason for us to get the W. I'll take it any way I can get it against this offense and this team.
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Why would you not want your team playing risky games? No one can be truly successful unless they push themselves to compete against the best, or at least the best at what they do, and GT run one of the best triple options in the nation.
 
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#133
LargeOrange1 said:
Simmer down....the Vols are NOT losing to the North Avenue Trade School. :good!:
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The Dawg side I sense in you...
 
#136
#136
Tennessee has never shied away from challenging OOC opponents and has open the season with these match-ups in the past. As an alumnus and fan, I am proud of this and hope it will continue without surcease.
 
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#137
I expect the coaches will focus almost exclusively on GT in the preseason, unlike Appy St last year. If Hoke can get the DL playing well enough to keep the GT OL from getting to their second level blocks and our contain people play disciplined assignment football then I expect the Vols to win perhaps decisively if the Vol offense is clicking. However, if we play run defense like last year it will be an embarrassing blow out win for GT. Nothing more disheartening then seeing a dive play go 80 yards for a TD.
 
#138
#138
say what you want about CBJ but he is good at getting the team ready for a single opponent. See our last bowl opponents.
 
#139
#139
Volanta said:
say what you want about CBJ but he is good at getting the team ready for a single opponent. See our last bowl opponents.
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Should always beat the teams you're more talented than.

So good job Butch for not losing to inferior competition.
 
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#142
dan4vols said:
well since you put it that way, you make a good point except I can't see this as a home team game. Recruiting is good anytime you can cultivate it. I stand corrected, kinda.
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Being listed as the home team is all about recruiting. Only the home team is allowed to have recruits on official visits which pretty much means the university can provide tickets, lodging, entertainment, and access to coaches before and after the game. If we weren't the home team then recruits and their families would have to buy their own tickets. GA Tech doesn't need an Atlanta recruiting boost for obvious reasons so it was probably an easy part of the deal to negotiate.

Imagine you're a top recruit in GA. You play a game Friday night then CBJ wants you and your family to wake up early Saturday and drive 3 hours to Knoxville to get the entire game day experience and meet with coaches. If you are big on UT then you do it, if not then you probably won't. Now imagine that CBJ invites you to a game less than an hour away from home and you aren't exhausted from playing the night before.
 
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#143
08Vol said:
Being listed as the home team is all about recruiting. Only the home team is allowed to have recruits on official visits which pretty much means the university can provide tickets, lodging, entertainment, and access to coaches before and after the game. If we weren't the home team then recruits and their families would have to buy their own tickets. GA Tech doesn't need an Atlanta recruiting boost for obvious reasons so it was probably an easy part of the deal to negotiate.

Imagine you're a top recruit in GA. You play a game Friday night then CBJ wants you and your family to wake up early Saturday and drive 3 hours to Knoxville to get the entire game day experience and meet with coaches. If you are big on UT then you do it, if not then you probably won't. Now imagine that CBJ invites you to a game less than an hour away from home and you aren't exhausted from playing the night before.
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As I understand it, no team can have visitors at neutral site games.
 
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#144
American_PitVol said:
WHY is everyone so scared of GT??? It's ASSIGNMENT FOOTBALL. Play your keys and ONLY YOUR responsibilities. Be disciplined and aggressive...We will have to use our hands to push GTS helmets away and keep our feet. Get upfield with inside out pursuit. Where the head goes...the body will follow. See your keys and arrive violently with nasty intentions. Guessing is what get folks in trouble with these cats.
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The fear of GT has less to do with GT and more to do with Tennessee. Behind all the off season trash talk, silly slogans, talk of pkaying in ATL 3 times and such, most people know we probably are not gping to be very good. We lost a ton of talent, we have a questionable (at best) head coach that just cant seem to put it all together. Sure the team has lots of potential, but folks are trying to convince themselves that there are more questions than answers. So the want to be seen as homers with crazy expectations.

For me, the ol negavol here, i think we beat GT pretty good. Its the rest of the season im worried about.
 
#145
#145
On paper, the two programs are pretty closely matched:

2016 Record:
-- Ga Tech: 9-4 (4-4 in conference)
-- Tennessee: 9-4 (4-4 in conference)

2016 Scoreboard:
-- Ga Tech: scored 367 pts, allowed 318 pts
-- Tennessee: scored 473 pts, allowed 375 pts

2016 Ranked Opponents (AP):
-- Ga Tech: 1-2 (beat Va Tech; lost to Clemson, Miami)
-- Tennessee: 2-1 (beat Florida, Va Tech; lost to Bama)

Common opponents in 2016, Ga Tech went 4-0, Volunteers went 3-1:
-- Virginia Tech (lost to Tennessee, 45-24, lost to Ga Tech, 30-20)
-- Georgia (lost to Tennessee, 34-31, lost to Ga Tech, 28-27)
-- Kentucky (lost to Tennessee, 49-36, lost to Ga Tech, 33-18)
-- Vandy (beat Tennessee, 45-34, lost to Ga Tech, 38-7)

Three Toughest 2016 Opponents:
-- Ga Tech 1-2: #1 Clemson (L), #16 Va Tech (W), #20 Miami (L)
-- Tennessee 2-1: #2 Alabama (L), #14 Florida (W), #16 Va Tech (W)

Two Worst 2016 Losses:
-- Ga Tech: North Carolina, Pitt
-- Tennessee: South Carolina, Vandy

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So yeah, on paper it's a tight match-up for a season-opening non-conference P5 versus P5 game. Should be fun. #WGWTFA.
 
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#146
#146
A GA Tech athletic board member has told me Tennessee is NOT the Home team for this game. GT was the "arbitrary" Home team pick for this neutral site.
 
#147
#147
volfannbama said:
The fear of GT has less to do with GT and more to do with Tennessee. Behind all the off season trash talk, silly slogans, talk of pkaying in ATL 3 times and such, most people know we probably are not gping to be very good. We lost a ton of talent, we have a questionable (at best) head coach that just cant seem to put it all together. Sure the team has lots of potential, but folks are trying to convince themselves that there are more questions than answers. So the want to be seen as homers with crazy expectations.

For me, the ol negavol here, i think we beat GT pretty good. Its the rest of the season im worried about.
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"Most people KNOW we probably aren't"...diagram that sentence. :pinch:
 
#148
#148
if our defense don't play assignment football we will get blown out and they will rush for over 450 yds I watch em every year when my canes play them..it took years for us to get our d in order to stop that option..but we play them 1st game of the season not a good idea..would rather play them early them late..
 
#149
#149
9 in a box, corners on an island. Everyone does their job.

And GA Tech isn't the only team that can play keep away with the ball. We can go long punishing drives too.
 
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