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#252
#252
Christian Lowe said:
If Tony gets his super team and Arkansas isn't on the schedule next year I'm going to be so mad lol. We really never get them when all things are equal, or we have the upper hand.
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Tony’s numbers vs DVH are definitely very skewed.

Didn’t have to play us in 22 or 24 when we were the best team in the country.

We’ve gone to them twice (now 3 times in a row) as well
 
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#253
#253
rockytop25 said:
Tony’s numbers vs DVH are definitely very skewed.

Didn’t have to play us in 22 or 24 when we were the best team in the country.

We’ve gone to them twice (now 3 times in a row) as well
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If the SEC doesn't put Arkansas in LNS for the 2026 then they are "trifling" as the kids say
 
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#254
If SEC schedules correctly then we should definitely have series vs Texas, Mississippi State, Georgia, Missouri and Oklahoma. These were the five teams we missed this season. The rest is whomever . Probably Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Florida plus plug in the other two.
 
#255
#255
rockytop25 said:
Tony’s numbers vs DVH are definitely very skewed.

Didn’t have to play us in 22 or 24 when we were the best team in the country.

We’ve gone to them twice (now 3 times in a row) as well
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I think that’s what is frustrating. The 22 and 24 teams didn’t play Arkansas and those Arkansas teams were the two most underwhelming teams of Van Horn’s past 5 years.

I hope we get to see Arkansas in LNS next year. They haven’t been since 2021.
 
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#256
#256
knoxvol52 said:
If SEC schedules correctly then we should definitely have series vs Texas, Mississippi State, Georgia, Missouri and Oklahoma. These were the five teams we missed this season. The rest is whomever . Probably Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Florida plus plug in the other two.
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LSU will absolutely be on there on the SEC seems hellbent on making Tennessee/LSU a "thing" in baseball
 
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#257
#257
VolFan_stuck_in_the_901 said:
LSU will absolutely be on there on the SEC seems hellbent on making Tennessee/LSU a "thing" in baseball
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Fine by me. We need testing/seasoning.... whatever you want to call it. Frankly, I think we need to take a page from hoops and schedule better opponents in the preconference portion of the schedule. This year's early schedule looked good on paper, but it did us no favors in getting us ready for the grind that was to come.
 
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#259
CAVPUT said:
Fine by me. We need testing/seasoning.... whatever you want to call it. Frankly, I think we need to take a page from hoops and schedule better opponents in the preconference portion of the schedule. This year's early schedule looked good on paper, but it did us no favors in getting us ready for the grind that was to come.
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What about a road mid week game like Ga Tech? Or you think just a better weekend series?
 
#261
#261
knoxvol52 said:
If SEC schedules correctly then we should definitely have series vs Texas, Mississippi State, Georgia, Missouri and Oklahoma. These were the five teams we missed this season. The rest is whomever . Probably Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Florida plus plug in the other two.
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SEC Schedule should be reversed next year every team we went to is home next year and we go to all SEC schools that were in Knoxville. Just like it for Football the coming fall
 
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#262
CAVPUT said:
Fine by me. We need testing/seasoning.... whatever you want to call it. Frankly, I think we need to take a page from hoops and schedule better opponents in the preconference portion of the schedule. This year's early schedule looked good on paper, but it did us no favors in getting us ready for the grind that was to come.
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I think it's more time to practice and easier for for the players staying at home. The lesser teams allow you to get the young kids playing time to see what they can do. The team did really good to start the SEC season but started to fall back as so many players hit slumps. SOS takes a hit but we do play in the toughest conference. Only Tony knows why he scheduled as he has.
 
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Again, nobody had a problem with the easy out-of-conference schedule when we were making it to Omaha and winning a Natty (the 2024 team didn't exactly play a hard OOC schedule either), so I refuse to believe that scheduling is the reason why this team didn't live up to it's potential
 
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#265
#265
VolFan_stuck_in_the_901 said:
Anybody have an On3 subscription? Nakos shared some intel today about our portal targets
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Advincula visited today. Vols well positioned to close that one out.

Sounds like the Vols walked Garrett Wright into the portal from Bowling Green. He has a no contact tag and the Vols are team to watch.
 
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VolFan_stuck_in_the_901 said:
Again, nobody had a problem with the easy out-of-conference schedule when we were making it to Omaha and winning a Natty (the 2024 team didn't exactly play a hard OOC schedule either), so I refuse to believe that scheduling is the reason why this team didn't live up to it's potential
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Our non conference SOS was much better last year. Bowling Green was RPI 101 in a 3 game series, and Illinois was 43. Also played a midweek game against a ranked Kansas State. I’ve been advocating to at least host a P4 northern team for a 3 game series. They will end the season being a top 75-100 team based on schedule. Playing a midmajor series against a 200+ RPI team for our third home series does not help.

I don’t know that it had any influence whatsoever, but our program is now so good that we can play a series against a midtier Big Ten or Big 12 team and be just fine.
 
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#268
THEONLYTENISEE said:
What about a road mid week game like Ga Tech? Or you think just a better weekend series?
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What about playing Georgia Tech in Chattanooga every year?
Or possibly a home game vs Louisville, then next year go there
Clemson already plays Georgia at home an away an a 3 game series with South Carolina, so I doubt they are looking for any new competition but
Virginia Tech a home 1 season on road next season
 
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Ringgoldvols said:
What about playing Georgia Tech in Chattanooga every year?
Or possibly a home game vs Louisville, then next year go there
Clemson already plays Georgia at home an away an a 3 game series with South Carolina, so I doubt they are looking for any new competition but
Virginia Tech a home 1 season on road next season
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I think Louisville already plays Vandy and UK. Tennessee likely plays VA Tech in Dallas next year.
 
#270
#270
Can we use this thread to see who's committed, who we are hosting/talking to, and who might be looking elsewhere? Seems we have this for other sports but for baseball we could really enjoy this conversation as we seem to be a consideration for any major transfer.
 
#271
#271
volfanstuckinga said:
Can we use this thread to see who's committed, who we are hosting/talking to, and who might be looking elsewhere? Seems we have this for other sports but for baseball we could really enjoy this conversation as we seem to be a consideration for any major transfer.
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There is already a thread for this in here. 6 posts down.
 
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#275
VolFan_stuck_in_the_901 said:
Four BaseVols to the portal this morning, according to Ben McKee:

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They are all good players, we all know that. No opportunity to get any rhythm on the field.
Ariel is so fun to watch, but he needs more playing time. It's so tough.
Z spoke to CTV a number of times; "you have to leave me in longer". Thank goodness he finally let him go 🍊⚾️🏆
 
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