Setting yourself up to fail

#26
#26
As best I can tell the UT fans have not failed at all. Maybe the title should instead say.. to be disappointed.
 
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#27
You should try to contact Phyliss. Shes the Bammer that calls in on the Finebaum show. Shes a fan of a rival but I heard her the other day and just "WOW". :bammer:
 
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volfanjustin said:
I have been at this point for about 5 years now. I used to live and die with every play/every game. When we would lose I would be crushed and very angry. I would never miss a game if I could not make it in person I would for sure plan my day around watching. Now if I am home I will watch but don't plan my whole day around them anymore. Every game where the opponent is average to good I always just assume UT will lose.
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Losing causes apathy
 
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DD4ME said:
As best I can tell the UT fans have not failed at all. Maybe the title should instead say.. to be disappointed.
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We have the luckiest athletic department in the history of college football. No matter how inept they have managed it or how many games we lose 102,000 fans not only show up but paint the damn stadium checkerboard with their shirts! Name a school that would support what we have seen here these last few years the way this fan base has? Go ahead....I'm waiting.....
 
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Wilson27 said:
We have the luckiest athletic department in the history of college football. No matter how inept they have managed it or how many games we lose 102,000 fans not only show up but paint the damn stadium checkerboard with their shirts! Name a school that would support what we have seen here these last few years the way this fan base has? Go ahead....I'm waiting.....
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No kidding. And then soon afterward, when the football team has laid an egg yet again, folks will flood onto volnation to cry about what an awful fanbase our poor coach has to deal with.
 
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FLSTF-VOL said:
For the past several years, especially the last two, I have been like a lot of other Vols fanatics in my wishful thinking. Even though my brain tells me otherwise, I have let my emotions override my common sense and fall into that trap of thinking we can win these games. I get all excited thinking this is the game that we turn it all around, bust that seal and get over the hump! Then bam! I get crushed and wishing that I had never got sucked back in and regretting that I let myself ever get invested in this insane BS again. I go into a funk refuse to watch espn, read anything football related, etc. only to get slowly drawn back in and it starts all over again.

Not any more. I refuse to do it any longer. I'm simply refusing to set myself to fail.

We may or may not win another game this season. Thats the only way I can look at it.
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Hi, my name is FLSTF-VOL, and I'm a Tennessee Vol fan....
 
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Not a tru fan....got to be like a raider fan they lose every year week in and week out but they never lose faith and always cheer for there team and never turn there backs on the team
 
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oregonvol said:
No kidding. And then soon afterward, when the football team has laid an egg yet again, folks will flood onto volnation to cry about what an awful fanbase our poor coach has to deal with.
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Yep, but yet people are supposed to be positive when things are going bad. That's not how it should work and it won't with most of the sane UT fans. I'm never alright with a loss, screw the process. This team is plenty good enough to be sitting at 4-1 if not for coaching errors on the offensive side of the ball.
 
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It's funny. Most thought this would be a 5-7 or 6-6. On paper that's what we appeared to be before the season started. Seems like once the season starts we think with our heart more than our head. On paper we're still right were we should be. Defensively we're ahead of where we should be.
 
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DaddyChad said:
It's funny. Most thought this would be a 5-7 or 6-6. On paper that's what we appeared to be before the season started. Seems like once the season starts we think with our heart more than our head. On paper we're still right were we should be. Defensively we're ahead of where we should be.
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There are a lot of teams out there exceeding "expectations". Why can't UT fans be frustrated when we know that there was more than a good shot of exceeding some of our own fans and staring 4-1 in the face? That's why I'm not a fan of preseason predictions. Nobody thought UK, Ole Miss and MSU were gonna be where they're at.
 
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#39
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FLSTF-VOL said:
For the past several years, especially the last two, I have been like a lot of other Vols fanatics in my wishful thinking. Even though my brain tells me otherwise, I have let my emotions override my common sense and fall into that trap of thinking we can win these games. I get all excited thinking this is the game that we turn it all around, bust that seal and get over the hump! Then bam! I get crushed and wishing that I had never got sucked back in and regretting that I let myself ever get invested in this insane BS again. I go into a funk refuse to watch espn, read anything football related, etc. only to get slowly drawn back in and it starts all over again.

Not any more. I refuse to do it any longer. I'm simply refusing to set myself to fail.

We may or may not win another game this season. Thats the only way I can look at it.
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Future Bama fan....
 
#40
#40
On Sunday through Friday I'm a realist who knows where we are as a team. I know full well that we are a 5-6 win team. However when Saturday comes around I get up all excited and expect that my team will find a way to win. Otherwise there is no point watchingthe game.
 
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Wilson27 said:
We have the luckiest athletic department in the history of college football. No matter how inept they have managed it or how many games we lose 102,000 fans not only show up but paint the damn stadium checkerboard with their shirts! Name a school that would support what we have seen here these last few years the way this fan base has? Go ahead....I'm waiting.....
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Honestly, although there are not as many Ky fans as UT fans, that team has been horrible for decades upon decades and they always draw very well. About 60k per game, 29th in the country last year, won 2 freakin games.

That being said, I'm fully on board with your post.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
On Sunday through Friday I'm a realist who knows where we are as a team. I know full well that we are a 5-6 win team. However when Saturday comes around I get up all excited and expect that my team will find a way to win. Otherwise there is no point watchingthe game.
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We honestly had a good shot at winning 7 games this year until the egg they laid in the 4th qtr vs Florida. Now some of the momentum is gone and the math doesn't work.
 
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#43
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FLVOL_79 said:
Pro tip..try not to let a teams performance on the field, good or bad, be a personal reflection of yourself in real life..
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In before someone corrects grammar...Well... Well.. said FL neighbor :yes:
 
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GreveHaller said:
Did you honestly think that when Vegas set the over/under on the number of wins for us at 5.5 that they did this cause they hate us???
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Just curious what did they set Kentucky, both Mississippi' s and Arkansas number to?
 
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DaddyChad said:
It's funny. Most thought this would be a 5-7 or 6-6. On paper that's what we appeared to be before the season started. Seems like once the season starts we think with our heart more than our head. On paper we're still right were we should be. Defensively we're ahead of where we should be.
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Ummmm no. Losing to a very crappy UF team by one and at home is no where near where we should be in our hearts or on paper. Outside of that game you make a good point.
 
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HaywoodVol said:
You should try to contact Phyliss. Shes the Bammer that calls in on the Finebaum show. Shes a fan of a rival but I heard her the other day and just "WOW". :bammer:
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She is Bama BIG TIME. I heard that call-in and was she lighting Paul up or what?
 
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checkerboards09 said:
Yep, but yet people are supposed to be positive when things are going bad. That's not how it should work and it won't with most of the sane UT fans. I'm never alright with a loss, screw the process. This team is plenty good enough to be sitting at 4-1 if not for coaching errors on the offensive side of the ball.
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A young, developing O line is the biggest issue, imho. A top-shelf offensive lineman in the S.E.C. is the hardest position on the roster at which to excell. Added strength, timing, and technique all take time. Usually, the top O lines consist of 3rd, 4th, and 5th yr players. These kids are getting their "baptism of fire" early, but, it will pay dividends, sooner rather than later. These young guys are still growing; physically and mentally. Opponents had better beat TN this year 'cause we're going to be hard to handle starting the next year or two. Just wait....
 
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The Tall Gguy said:
I hear you. I knew coming into the season it would be a rough one. Despite the opinion of many other posters who think we should just smile and clap while we lose, it is hard to watch.
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I could seriously get over it if i didnt have to hear all the crap from these in state bandwagon Gator Bama etc. Fans! Thats what drives me crazy! Because i care too much!
 
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