Official Volunteers/Bears GameThread

#2,752
#2,752
VOLinthaATL said:
If we want to start comparing our team to a perinnial middle of the road PAC-10 team than we have reached the lowest of lows...
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I said "at worst." The concensus has been that we are potentially in rebuilding in at least 3 crucial elements of our game; in rebuilding, 9-3 isn't bad. We may do better. I just don't buy the pity party after game 1, when we lost by 2 TD's to a team that is very much in the discussion for the title this year.
 
#2,753
#2,753
tvolsfan said:
Do you think anyone will agree with that?
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Of course not.

If I admitted that lots of people feel the same way since it's merely the simple result of taking a deep breath and looking at things objectively, I'd completely lose my Assininely Patronizing Curmudgeon merit badge.

I'm kind've proud of that merit badge. Most curmudgeons concentrate solely upon the patronizing aspect, but I think I've really discovered a real genius for the assinine.
 
#2,754
#2,754
Geez, 7-10 years ago we anticipated BCS bowls berths every year and to compete for the title, 5-7 years ago, it was to win 10 games and to win the SEC east, 3-5 years ago we began to accept losing 3 and 4 games a year, now we want to win 8 or 9 games a year. How many consecutive rebuilding years are we going to have?
 
#2,755
#2,755
TennesseeFan07 said:
We'll be very very very lucky to win more than 8 games if we play like we played tonight
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As I said, those STUPID two yard passes on third and long were not progressional descisions....that's what we were throwing for......and it's sad that when we get no press on qb that we are'nt covering either
 
#2,757
#2,757
volbreaker said:
As I said, those STUPID two yard passes on third and long were not progressional descisions....that's what we were throwing for......and it's sad that when we get no press on qb that we are'nt covering either
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106 yards on 17 2nd half completions is just funny. On 3rd and 12 down 7 in the most critical part of the game we decided to throw a 3 yard completion. That was terrible
 
#2,758
#2,758
All Vol! said:
I said "at worst." The concensus has been that we are potentially in rebuilding in at least 3 crucial elements of our game; in rebuilding, 9-3 isn't bad. We may do better. I just don't buy the pity party after game 1, when we lost by 2 TD's to a team that is very much in the discussion for the title this year.
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Teams like FLorida, Georgia, USC, Texas, Ohio State and at one time Tennessee NEVER rebuild they just reload...

Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Cal...those teams rebuild...
 
#2,759
#2,759
All Vol! said:
I said "at worst." The concensus has been that we are potentially in rebuilding in at least 3 crucial elements of our game; in rebuilding, 9-3 isn't bad. We may do better. I just don't buy the pity party after game 1, when we lost by 2 TD's to a team that is very much in the discussion for the title this year.
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I gathered my family and left a game party because I knew what we would do when down...."rebuilding" is a cop out.
 
#2,761
#2,761
"Rebuilding" means that you are actually building towards something. What are we building towards here? I see the same results year after year with no hope of future improvement.
 
#2,763
#2,763
Godfatha said:
"Rebuilding" means that you are actually building towards something. What are we building towards here? I see the same results year after year with no hope of future improvement.
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Yep, there's no rebuilding going on. We're just stuck.
 
#2,765
#2,765
I remember being a borderline bowl BCS team was bad, now we probaably aren't going to contend for a new years day bowl. What's it going to be like in 4-5 years. sup 500 seasons or 7 or 8 wins at best?
 
#2,766
#2,766
TennesseeFan07 said:
Geez, 7-10 years ago we anticipated BCS bowls berths every year and to compete for the title, 5-7 years ago, it was to win 10 games and to win the SEC east, 3-5 years ago we began to accept losing 3 and 4 games a year, now we want to win 8 or 9 games a year. How many consecutive rebuilding years are we going to have?
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we hope for a championship every year, but when we expect it, we will be disappointed most of the time. I don't know what to tell you...maybe you need a new team to root for, but I know that it takes more than the right stuff..it takes magic too. Look at UF..they came out of virtual oblivion (3 coaches in 6 years)..to emerge as a perrenial power - in a relatively short time. Look at the Florida Marlins..a baby franchise winning 2 World Series titles in 7 years when the Red Sox waited for almost a hundred. Just because the talent is arguably there doesn't make anything automatic. It's a philosophical argument, I know, but the happiest sports fans are the ones that find a way to keep on rooting with optimism, win or lose. The joy of being a fan is more in the anticipation than the conquest.
 
#2,768
#2,768
But AllVol, I'm not trying to be one of those sore losing fans. We're paying a coach big money and we expect big results. I mean, if I was a Kentucky fan I would expect 7 or 8 wins this year. But they don't have the history we do. Fulmer isn't getting paid to be average
 
#2,770
#2,770
I am thoroughly convinced that coaches when they reach a certain age or tenure become complacent, and are mechanically going about their business. Chavis used to be a fired up individual who would blitz like a madman and we always had pressure on the QB's. Now what I see, is something akin to Larry Marmie's "bend but don't break" defense of the early/mid 90's.

Offensively, I think we initially had a great gameplan, and it was obvious that it was working, but as the game progressed, and we got two TD's or more behind in the late 4th quarter, it became evident that the short game wasn't going to get it done. Cal had it figured out by that time anyway.
 
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#2,771
All Vol! said:
we hope for a championship every year, but when we expect it, we will be disappointed most of the time. I don't know what to tell you...maybe you need a new team to root for, but I know that it takes more than the right stuff..it takes magic too. Look at UF..they came out of virtual oblivion (3 coaches in 6 years)..to emerge as a perrenial power - in a relatively short time. Look at the Florida Marlins..a baby franchise winning 2 World Series titles in 7 years when the Red Sox waited for almost a hundred. Just because the talent is arguably there doesn't make anything automatic. It's a philosophical argument, I know, but the happiest sports fans are the ones that find a way to keep on rooting with optimism, win or lose. The joy of being a fan is more in the anticipation than the conquest.
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I don't know, I was pretty damn happy when we were going to BCS bowl games and opponents actually dreaded playing us.
 
#2,772
#2,772
Excactly godfatha from an unbiased perspective if you asked me to name the current top SEC programs it would go
Florida
LSU
Auburn
Georgia
then UT, Alabama, Arkansas and SC
 
#2,774
#2,774
All Vol! said:
we hope for a championship every year, but when we expect it, we will be disappointed most of the time. I don't know what to tell you...maybe you need a new team to root for, but I know that it takes more than the right stuff..it takes magic too. Look at UF..they came out of virtual oblivion (3 coaches in 6 years)..to emerge as a perrenial power - in a relatively short time. Look at the Florida Marlins..a baby franchise winning 2 World Series titles in 7 years when the Red Sox waited for almost a hundred. Just because the talent is arguably there doesn't make anything automatic. It's a philosophical argument, I know, but the happiest sports fans are the ones that find a way to keep on rooting with optimism, win or lose. The joy of being a fan is more in the anticipation than the conquest.
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Bulls#@%. Les Miles, Myer, Richt.. now Satan and even freakin' Sly,Surrier and Orgeron....we are being outcoached....PERIOD....I know "wait and see" on the ones we have'nt played, but I don't have to. This game was given to Cal
 
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