The Official #8 Seed Tennessee @ #1 Seed Texas SEC Tourney Quarterfinal Game Thread (Thurs. May 22 4PM EDT) (SEC NETWORK)

[SCSmokey]

Tony needed to take him out before the wild throw to first. Poor management.

Lol. Maybe he should call you for some game management advice you learned on The Show.

 

[SCSmokey]

Ballgame

Bump

 

[TAF]

 

[PowerT4me]

How anyone has not beat the living snot out of the whistler, I will never understand.

I believe a Mississippi state fan left him tango uniform in the parking lot after a game several years ago.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Yep. Today I was among a bunch of Tennessee haters, mostly from Alabama. Teen boy beside me, when he learned we were from Nashville asking "Why aren't you vandie fans? I replied, "I'd cheer for Communist China first.,"

That’s a dumb question.

Because, kid, Nashville is in Tennessee, and there are far more Tennessee fans in Nashville than there are Vandy fans.

 

[NighthawkVol]

If we don’t host, it would be dumb. RPI of 9 is closer to a national seed than a 2-seed.

If we win the next 2 in Hoover against Vandy and, let’s say, Arkansas, are we then in the conversation to host a Super?

 

[vol9799]

I believe a Mississippi state fan left him tango uniform in the parking lot after a game several years ago.

Perhaps it's past time for a rerun. Surely no one could be prosecuted for providing that civic service?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

If we win the next 2 in Hoover against Vandy and, let’s say, Arkansas, are we then in the conversation to host a Super?

Doubt it. Our RPI would be good enough, but I think you’re going to have a lot of people struggling to look past 5 straight series losses to end the year.

 

[TechnoVol]

Just read through this thread... every page. So many negas calling game and other defeatist comments. They're all probably not happy we won.

 

[ArmchairQB]

"Why aren't you vandie fans?"

Everyone in Montgomery, AL should be an Auburn fan by this towering accomplishment of logic. It's closer than Tuscaloosa.

 

[feathersax]

That’s a dumb question.

Because, kid, Nashville is in Tennessee, and there are far more Tennessee fans in Nashville than there are Vandy fans.

Yes, & more Bama, Georgia, Florida, Ohio state etc. Vandie is irrelevant.

 

[AthensVol2007]

Yep. Today I was among a bunch of Tennessee haters, mostly from Alabama. Teen boy beside me, when he learned we were from Nashville asking "Why aren't you vandie fans? I replied, "I'd cheer for Communist China first.,"

I was about 5 rows above yall. That bunch was annoying as hell. I was waiting for the Vol in a tank top to come across the aisle.

Don’t know you if heard the one 2-3 rows behind you who kept saying, “what the f&@k is a Vol”? I saw him in the concourse during the Vandy game and asked “do you know what the f&@k a Vol is now”? He smiled and said yes sir.

 

[WillisWG]

Just read through this thread... every page. So many negas calling game and other defeatist comments. They're all probably not happy we won.

Reading through a game thread in of our forums just isn't something I can do anymore. Baseball is hard, SEC baseball is brutal, some don't get that.

 

[LAVol1]

Don’t know you if heard the one 2-3 rows behind you who kept saying, “what the f&@k is a Vol”? I saw him in the concourse during the Vandy game and asked “do you know what the f&@k a Vol is mow@? He smiled and said yes sir.

You have to excuse the Tide fan. Like so many, they are illiterate and have no knowledge of American history.

I lived in Texas for 6+ years and loved to tell boastful Texans: "If it weren't for us Tennesseans, all you Texans would be speaking Spanish!"

 

[darsinewman]

You have to excuse the Tide fan. Like so many, they are illiterate and have no knowledge of American history.

I lived in Texas for 6+ years and loved to tell boastful Texans: "If it weren't for us Tennesseans, all you Texans would be speaking Spanish!"

My friend and I got approached by a girl with a camera and guy with a microphone outside the stadium yesterday. They asked us "Who is the real UT and why?" My answer: "Without Tennessee Volunteers, there would be no Texas." The guy with the microphone looked thoroughly confused; I'm thinking he may also have no knowledge of American history.

 

[txbo]

Doubt it. Our RPI would be good enough, but I think you’re going to have a lot of people struggling to look past 5 straight series losses to end the year.

5 straight wins and a SEC tourney title would speak pretty loud though.

 

[Switch 625]

Just read through this thread... every page. So many negas calling game and other defeatist comments. They're all probably not happy we won.

This makes no sense. If they were upset about bad plays, errors, etc then why would they be unhappy we won? Seems like they really wanted UT to win. This is a completely illogical take.

 

[VolsLFC]

I was about 5 rows above yall. That bunch was annoying as hell. I was waiting for the Vol in a tank top to come across the aisle.

Don’t know you if heard the one 2-3 rows behind you who kept saying, “what the f&@k is a Vol”? I saw him in the concourse during the Vandy game and asked “do you know what the f&@k a Vol is mow@? He smiled and said yes sir.

During Wednesday's game against Bama, there was a Bammer behind me with his wife and two kids. He was mostly quiet until they came back. He then got very into the game and dropped several F bombs. Now don't get me wrong - I can cuss with the best of them. But, the SEC baseball tournament is probably not the time or place given the amount of youngsters around.

 

[taylorvol]

Same here. It's like being in Knoxville on Game Day & seeing everything decked out in Crimson!

I mean it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know you should probably provide the SEC Channel for guests traveling to the home of the SEC and SEC Baseball Tournament. The GM of a large hotel chain told me they got it 3 weeks ago as it was a “contractual requirement“. They still don’t have it. #BamaIncompetence

 

[taylorvol]

Do you watch college baseball other TN? Obviously not as errors and mistakes are prevalent throughout college baseball.

Totally giving a game away, had the batter in a two strike hole, runner not going to steal with nobody out, air mail a throw that never should have been made, the two strike batter plunks it into left field to tie the game up, nobody else plays this inconsistently, mistakes at this level are unacceptable, playing to win or just going through the motions?

 

[gordonr24]

Pretty much every projection has UT hosting now.

I am hoping that we draw Vandy or UNC on the other side of the bracket. Those would be fun.

I only say Vandy, because the selection committee loves to match up SEC teams in the supers to eliminate the abundance of teams.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

5 straight wins and a SEC tourney title would speak pretty loud though.

I think it would just be 4 straight wins, right? I don’t necessarily disagree with you, especially when you stack resumes and ours currently compares pretty well with LSU who is a projected Top-5 seed. But I can’t remember the last time a team not even projected to host vaulted all the way to a national seed just based off conference tourney performance. Feels like it would be a large leap we’d have to make.

 

[Vol737]

5 straight wins and a SEC tourney title would speak pretty loud though.

I just want this team to have the post season attitude of “Anywhere, anytime. Just win, tear down their dreams in the process and make em’ like it!”

 

[txbo]

I think it would just be 4 straight wins, right? I don’t necessarily disagree with you, especially when you stack resumes and ours currently compares pretty well with LSU who is a projected Top-5 seed. But I can’t remember the last time a team not even projected to host vaulted all the way to a national seed just based off conference tourney performance. Feels like it would be a large leap we’d have to make.

You're correct. 4 straight wins. You make good points but I also can't remember a time when a team not projected to host won the SEC tourney. Most other conference tourneys, I would agree with you, but 4 straight SEC wins against ranked teams will be hard to ignore.

We definitely have the number of SEC wins we need already. The argument against us was our second half trend. That trend has already been reversed.

 

[txbo]

I just want this team to have the post season attitude of “Anywhere, anytime. Just win, tear down their dreams in the process and make em’ like it!”

There's not a team in the country that wants to play host to a squad of pissed off Volunteers.