Predictions on Football Vols 2007 Record & Y U Think So

#231
#231
"while i agree with this statement, if i were a cal fan, i would be very very scared if our DBs are our strength"

I'd certainly rather have it be the d-line. Our linebackers should be very good too. All we lose is bishop and there are a lot of guys behind him with a lot of playing time.
 
#232
#232
CAL will be strong this year, especially when they have the luxury of Forsett coming in to take over for Lynch, but they still may be a bride's maid to USC for the PAC-10 championship. I expect the Vols will be at least as good as they were this last year.

I know Cal is tough at home, so while I'm not going to even try to make a prediction on this one, I will say that I'm glad the Gators don't have a road game like this to start out the season.
 
#234
#234
The SC game is at Cal this year. I'm not sure SCs offense is going to be great. They never really got a running game going and they lose their two best receivers (and their only playmakers on offense).
 
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#238
droski said:
I don't even know where to start. . .

first off. cal did not play a easy schedule. And a team that plays the vandy's, kentuckys, memphis, air force's etc of the world shouldn't be throwing stones. Cal's schedule was ranked #3 in the country by difficulty by sangarin.

Next we are not losing 3 starters on our offensive line and they were not 1 or 2 stars. Mack is coming back and he was second team all pac-10. We lose two guys who didn't even start every game. Tepper returns and started 6 games and was at least a 3 star (I believe 4 star). Really we only lost one olineman.

We do not lose both starting CBs. The only secondary player we lose is hughes. Once again you show you know nothing.

Jackson averaged 18 yards per punt return (#1 in the country) and broke the pac-10 record for punt returns for a td in a season. He's the best punt returner in the country. You are high if you think you will do better with "whoever we put back there."

The all-mighty SEC didn't help you beat penn state, at best a mid level big-10 team. The big-10 was HORRIBLE this season, much worse than the big-12.
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pac-10 schedules are easy, simple as that. i would put last year's kentucky team against teams 3-10 in the p10 and i guarantee they have a winning record. vandy might as well.

if you seriously think that the big 10 was worse than the big 12 last year, you have lost any and all credibility you may have had. the big 12 was absolutely attrocious last year, the big 10 had plenty of teams that could hang with almost anyone, they just beat the crap out of each other in conference.
 
#239
#239
i finally caught up, so where we at now? the pac 10 is still a terrible conference that doesn't play defense outside of LA right?
 
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#240
emainvol said:
i finally caught up, so where we at now? the pac 10 is still a terrible conference that doesn't play defense outside of LA right?
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Exactly, good offenses must admit. Terrible d's outside of USC.

Overall 3rd or 4th best conference...Overrated this year
 
#241
#241
i still think the big east may very well have been the second best top to bottom conference last year, i mean it may sound dumb, but they showed that they belonged in the bcs
 
#242
#242
VolinArizona said:
You should, as I will be probably forming a VN get together if we get enough. I'm definitely going. Flights from Phoenix to Oakland are on the cheap.
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i may be going, i am moving to portland somewhere around that time, and if i am already there i will amtrak it.
 
#245
#245
VolinArizona said:
The Big 10 was nowhere near the 2nd best conference last season. Top to bottom it was awful.

SEC
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ACC
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Big Ten was a tie for second best top to bottom (a distant 2nd to sec though, Big East & Pac 10 right there w/ B10).

OSU & Mich just happened to run into a buzz-saw; both were still solid teams. Wiscy took down our sec west champ, and then of course we all remember what a pathetic job Phil and his guys did against Big Ten.
 
#246
#246
knxfbfan said:
Big Ten was a tie for second best top to bottom (a distant 2nd to sec though, Big East & Pac 10 right there w/ B10).

OSU & Mich just happened to run into a buzz-saw; both were still solid teams. Wiscy took down our sec west champ, and then of course we all remember what a pathetic job Phil and his guys did against Big Ten.
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There is no way I can even take this post seriously. The Big 10 was pathetic.
 
#247
#247
Big 12 in no way matches up to the Big 10. what did OSU do to Texas. USC is the Pac 10. top to bottom, the big 10 is a distant second to the sec.
 
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#248
tvolsfan said:
Big 12 in no way matches up to the Big 10. what did OSU do to Texas. USC is the Pac 10. top to bottom, the big 10 is a distant second to the sec.
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Look at bowl entrants. The Big 10 had 6 of 11, or 54%. The Big 12 had 8 of 12, or 66%. You can't point to ONE game between the best Big 10 team and the 3rd or 4th best Big 12 team.
 
#249
#249
droski said:
I don't even know where to start. . .

first off. cal did not play a easy schedule. And a team that plays the vandy's, kentuckys, memphis, air force's etc of the world shouldn't be throwing stones. Cal's schedule was ranked #3 in the country by difficulty by sangarin.
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Which proves a flaw in the Sagarin ratings. It only looks at wins and losses. That really doesn't tell you the whole story. For instance there is no way that Cal should have been ahead of UT at the end of Sept. Both teams were 4-1. UT had beaten Cal badly and lost to only UF by 1. Cal had played a 1AA school. Both of the teams Sagarin punished UT for would have beaten Port St and maybe even Minnesota.

UK was a good team this year and went to a bowl. They were as good as any team Cal beat except Oregon St. Memphis and Vandy would beat Stanford, Arizona, Portland St,... Vandy would have been equal to Minnesota based on their comparable games against Michigan.

Next we are not losing 3 starters on our offensive line and they were not 1 or 2 stars. Mack is coming back and he was second team all pac-10. We lose two guys who didn't even start every game. Tepper returns and started 6 games and was at least a 3 star (I believe 4 star). Really we only lost one olineman.
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My info comes from Rivals and I'm fairly sure they had Tepper a two star: http://cal.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=43384#bio

We do not lose both starting CBs. The only secondary player we lose is hughes. Once again you show you know nothing.
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Again, my source is Rivals. If they have it wrong then maybe its Cal's guy that updates them that knows nothing, maybe? College Player Database - Depth Chart

Jackson averaged 18 yards per punt return (#1 in the country) and broke the pac-10 record for punt returns for a td in a season. He's the best punt returner in the country. You are high if you think you will do better with "whoever we put back there."
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You're high if you think he saw anywhere near the speed and athleticism on coverage teams that UT does every week... even when they play Vandy.
The all-mighty SEC didn't help you beat penn state, at best a mid level big-10 team. The big-10 was HORRIBLE this season, much worse than the big-12.
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UT put it on the ground against PSU for the difference in the game. In case you didn't watch the game, they were driving for a go ahead score when Foster fumbled and PSU took it back 80+ yards.

They played a horrible game and were by no means physically dominated except at DT late in the game where one of the guys should have been playing DE. UT dominated Cal in every respect until Fulmer called off the dogs mid-3rd qtr.

The Big10 was bad... but no one was as bad as the Big12. Consider how their top 3 teams (top 4 if you count A&M) performed in their Bowls. Neb beaten. Texas taken to the wire by an absolutely pathetic Iowa team (Big 10 btw). OU got beaten by Boise St.
 
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