Realistic Expectations for the season.

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What are your realistic expectations for the season from this point on?

After the last few games and witnessing just how bad our offense is I've been forced to change my expectations. At the beginning of the season I had fairly decent hopes, at least, that we'd be able to go bowling this year. I was by no means one of those fans that really thought we could go 7 or higher in the win column. I've eaten the humble pie since then and I'm sorry to say I just don't see us going bowling unless we pull off some miraculous win AND beat KY. Three weeks ago if you had asked me if we could beat KY I would have laughed at you and said of course. Ask me today and I truly don't know if we can.

My new expectations at this point are that we probably won't be going bowling, but instead just beat both Vandy and Kentucky and likely end with another 5-7 season. Those are my new realistic expectations.

Let's hear them!
 
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Coug said:
What are you realistic expectations for the season from this point on?

After the last few games and witnessing just how bad our offense is I've been forced to change my expectations. At the beginning of the season I had fairly decent hopes, at least, that we'd be able to go bowling this year. I was by no means one of those fans that really thought we could go 7 or higher in the win column. I've eaten the humble pie since then and I'm sorry to say I just don't see us going bowling unless we pull off some miraculous win AND beat KY. Three weeks ago if you had asked me if we could beat KY I would have laughed at you and said of course. Ask me today and I truly don't know if we can.

My new expectations at this point are that we probably won't be going bowling, but instead just beat both Vandy and Kentucky and likely end with another 5-7 season. Those are my new realistic expectations.

Let's hear them!
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I said pre-season that I think this is a 6 win team. I hold to that. I don't think this team will perform as bad offensively again like they did against UF. Florida did give other teams a blue print so some things will need to get cleaned up, but I hold to 6 wins. 5 wouldn't surprise me though.
 
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8and4 Jones is better than vols think, he's smart, berry to rb , Pearson getting healthy, he knows how to fix the problems and the line will be much improved and the orange crush has risen from the ashes our d will win games for us alone
 
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Wildasamink16 said:
8and4 Jones is better than vols think, he's smart, berry to rb , Pearson getting healthy, he knows how to fix the problems and the line will be much improved and the orange crush has risen from the ashes our d will win games for us alone
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If our O-Line does not improve I say 5-7,,,, Our D is starting to force more and more turnovers and I see some pick-6's in our future. This along with a somewhat improved O-line, 6-6.
 
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Coug said:
What are you realistic expectations for the season from this point on?

After the last few games and witnessing just how bad our offense is I've been forced to change my expectations. At the beginning of the season I had fairly decent hopes, at least, that we'd be able to go bowling this year. I was by no means one of those fans that really thought we could go 7 or higher in the win column. I've eaten the humble pie since then and I'm sorry to say I just don't see us going bowling unless we pull off some miraculous win AND beat KY. Three weeks ago if you had asked me if we could beat KY I would have laughed at you and said of course. Ask me today and I truly don't know if we can.

My new expectations at this point are that we probably won't be going bowling, but instead just beat both Vandy and Kentucky and likely end with another 5-7 season. Those are my new realistic expectations.

Let's hear them!
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6-6 or 7-5
 
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UTC - W: We beat UTC by a decent margin but don't see much from Hurd/Pearson/etc. We do see a lot of Pickett and Scott which gets them some good experience.

Ole Miss - L: We get Pearson/Smith back and Hurd at full health and Scott off of a good learning experience with UTC. If the UT offense that played UGA comes out and the D stays consistent I think it comes down to Bo choosing to have a good game or not. If the Offense plays like the UF game then Bo could throw 8 interceptions and it wouldn't matter. But with consistent O play and the return of some starters this could be a trap game for Ole Miss. Objectively though I think they are probably the best team on our schedule so I think it's a L.

Bama - W: Bama just does not look the same as they have in the past. Their D is unorganized and the O seems to have regressed. I can't count how many turnovers I've seen from them. I really think we have a shot and it would just be oh so sweet for our first win in a while to be the first year Kiffin is there!

USCe - W: I think (barring injury) we beat a very inconsistent USC team. Even if they come playing lights-out I think our D is stout enough to get us the W. I also think this is the time where our O starts to gel a little better and we won't see Worley on the ground as much.

UK - W: I think Kentucky has looked really good thus far but I just don't see them beating us. The coaching staff should have all of the kinks worked out by this time of the year that we should beat them. It might be close but I'm calling for a win here.

Mizzou - W: Same thing as USC. Mizzou looks decent but I think we win at home.

Vandy - W: Oh dear lord we better end up with this as a win. If not then the homepage for Volnation better redirect to a suicide hotline because it will look nasty on here. Not much to say other than Vandy is far and away the worst team we will play this year. Maybe worse than UTC.

Final prediction is a 7 win season plus a bowl game, MAYBE 8 wins if we pull some gypsy magic out of our a$$e$ and beat Ole Miss. Worse case scenario is we drop one to Mizzou or USC and still end up with 6 wins on the season and go to a bowl game. I really don't see us only winning 5 unless we implode and USC and Mizzou get it together.
 
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You've got to remember that from here on out every team we will play is going to rush Worley because they know they can and they know it works.
 
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Six to 8 wins are still realistic. I personally never counted UF, UGA, or OU. UF was a possibility that slipped away. Ole Miss is still beatable if UT can get good OL play. Bama looks more vulnerable than they did. The rest are plainly beatable.

UT NEEDS better OL play.
 
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UTC and Vandy will be it. 4-8. Which also begs the question when will the process be done and it be time to start winning football games around here?
 
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Sorry. Just being a realist with our present situation and I'm sure many will disagree.

As I sat in the stands watching OU have their way with UT's OL, I thought that with time it will get better and improve. It has to, right? Then the road game with UGA. Same issues. Then the home game with Florida. Same issues.

As someone stated previously, the blueprint is out there to slow down and stop UT's offense and it doesn't require sending 6 or 7 guys consistently. Fill the interior run lanes/gaps and the running game will be abandoned soon after. UT doesn't run much outside the tackles. After this has effectively neutralized the rushing attack, sending 4 to 5 consistently with a few disguised coverages as well and it's game over.

I'll give Worley his due, he's a fighter and is a better than average QB but he can't win the game for UT while he's being sacked 6 or 7 times a game. Not to mention having a one dimensional offense to work with.

Tennessee's slam dunk remaining wins - Chattanooga and Vanderbilt. The possibility is there to win against Kentucky and Missouri but it's 50/50 at this point. 4-8.

It's gonna be a long off season again.
 
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I expected to be disappointed at 5-7 due to trying to break in a new O line before the season.

I am more disappointed in how they are arriving at those 7 losses in blowing games against UGA and UF that they had in hand and see no reason to change the expectation overall, just how they are arriving at the end result.
 
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