The Coosa Valley News surveys Vols prospects for 2016.

[Orange_Crush]

I'll let you and OC finish the tete-a-tete....

but reread the passage....I think his "joking" relates to the VOLS were the sexy favorite last year, failed to perform, and when they do repeat again this year, will still remain the sexy favorite the next year.

He is being flippant for his gator brethren....and you're falling for it. :no:

Bingo. He stated incorrectly that the Vols were picked to win the SECE, then used that untrue statement to launch into a joke about us failing to meet expectations again and still being hyped next year.

That was the springboard for his entire pick against UT. Always hyped, never lives up to the hype, so discard this year's hype. The problem is that the Vols have not been hyped to win the east in a long time.

He digs the homer-hole deeper with the disparity in how he picks UF, compared to how he doesn't pick UT. He picks UF based on many unproven question marks as likely improvements, (i.e. transfer QBs, an inexperienced secondary, unproven/talented youth...). Then he states that UT is "on paper" a better team, while refusing to pick them because he doesn't believe until he sees.

He lists all the reasons that UT is a better team, admits that UT is a measurably better team, then discounts that for the very reasons that he used to pick UF. It's blatant and it's laughable. (Not to mention how he threw in the "streak" voodoo for good measure.)

So... UF will win the east based on unproven potentials? UT will not because they are better, but you won't give them credit for being better until they actually win it?

It's a total homer move to predict while refusing to predict favorably until it's not a prediction anymore.

So, what was he wrong about? He was wrong about the very definition and essence of predictions, within a prediction article.

 

[Orange_Crush]

So what..... "All joking aside..." Not falling for anything, he opened with a joke, or if you like a "flippant remark."
I've heard a lot worse, I dont think a lot of you guys would survive down here if you're upset about his "sexy favorite"
comment that everybody in the media is also talking about.

That seems to be your issue. We are not upset. We are trying to describe why we think his 'predictions' were skewed. We're trying to explain why they carry no weight with us. And despite your defensiveness, we're trying to explain to you why he wasn't "100% correct".

The conversation shouldn't be about what you hear every day. Maybe hearing frank BS every day has made you immune to its smell.

 

[JC61]

So what..... "All joking aside..." Not falling for anything, he opened with a joke, or if you like a "flippant remark."
I've heard a lot worse, I dont think a lot of you guys would survive down here if you're upset about his "sexy favorite"
comment that everybody in the media is also talking about.

I'm not upset brother....I've got good, well developed Rhino skin.

I just think he set this up with the same derision that a lot of other fans, especially most of the UF guys I know, use to get a good laugh among themselves or at other fans....you know, like many of us do w/ UK or Vandy.

I don't take exception to anything he writes...don't fully agree, but there is a sprinkle of truth in there. I don't think our D is weak...but they did have trouble closing out a couple games...and I don't think our coach is timid either....made some questionable calls, maybe...but he just might have a little more insight on various things during the heat of the game than anyone who has the luxury of second guessing.

 

[HoptownVol]

Bingo. He stated incorrectly that the Vols were picked to win the SECE, then used that untrue statement to launch into a joke about us failing to meet expectations again and still being hyped next year.

That was the springboard for his entire pick against UT. Always hyped, never lives up to the hype, so discard this year's hype. The problem is that the Vols have not been hyped to win the east in a long time.

He digs the homer-hole deeper with the disparity in how he picks UF, compared to how he doesn't pick UT. He picks UF based on many unproven question marks as likely improvements, (i.e. transfer QBs, an inexperienced secondary, unproven/talented youth...). Then he states that UT is "on paper" a better team, while refusing to pick them because he doesn't believe until he sees.

He lists all the reasons that UT is a better team, admits that UT is a measurably better team, then discounts that for the very reasons that he used to pick UF. It's blatant and it's laughable. (Not to mention how he threw in the "streak" voodoo for good measure.)

So... UF will win the east based on unproven potentials? UT will not because they are better, but you won't give them credit for being better until they actually win it?

It's a total homer move to predict while refusing to predict favorably until it's not a prediction anymore.

So, what was he wrong about? He was wrong about the very definition and essence of predictions, within a prediction article.

This has got to be one of the funniest replies I've ever read on here. The "sexy pick" was obviously an exaggeration and was
intended in good humor. Again, you seem upset that an admitted Gator homer picked his own team.... with a caveat that if Butch
gets his act together in the 4th quarter its a different story, and thats exactly what I'm hearing down here.

And yes you are visibly upset, and lack objectivity. Bottom line is there's nothing the guy said about UT that is inherently wrong,
no matter how much you twist and take out of context. So sensitive.

 

[Orange_Crush]

...Again, you seem upset that an admitted Gator homer picked his own team.... .

So, we both agree that it was a homer pick. Cool. We're in agreement.

I just carried it further by stating that because of the homerism, I don't put much stock in it.

When I'm upset, I'll let you know.

:hi:

 

[HoptownVol]

I'm not upset brother....I've got good, well developed Rhino skin.

I just think he set this up with the same derision that a lot of other fans, especially most of the UF guys I know, use to get a good laugh among themselves or at other fans....you know, like many of us do w/ UK or Vandy.

I don't take exception to anything he writes...don't fully agree, but there is a sprinkle of truth in there. I don't think our D is weak...but they did have trouble closing out a couple games...and I don't think our coach is timid either....made some questionable calls, maybe...but he just might have a little more insight on various things during the heat of the game than anyone who has the luxury of second guessing.

Its "derision" now? Oh lord. More likely the "sexy pick" line would have ended with a "Nyuk Nyuk" if it had been intended that way. I cant believe you guys are focusing on that one line. And the guy doesn't say our D is "weak," he was very complimentary in fact.

 

[gordonr24]

Gave S.C. a fightin' chance with the meteor strike.

As opposed to:

Vandy wins the East if-who are you kidding-they aren’t going to win the East

I believe Vandy finishes ahead of South Carolina in the east.

 

[HoptownVol]

So, we both agree that it was a homer pick. Cool. We're in agreement.

I just carried it further by stating that because of the homerism, I don't put much stock in it.

When I'm upset, I'll let you know.

:

My opening comment refers to the guy as a "Gator homer." But if it makes you feel better, you got me.

 

[JC61]

Its "derision" now? Oh lord. More likely the "sexy pick" line would have ended with a "Nyuk Nyuk" if it had been intended that way. I cant believe you guys are focusing on that one line. And the guy doesn't say our D is "weak," he was very complimentary in fact.

and you want to hang on words...while chiding the others for hanging on words....nyuk, nyuk.

go back and read what he wrote about the D....it wasn't exactly complementary.