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Volstylexx said:
Vols up to 29th in rpi and #13th in ELO. I imagine we will be very close to being ranked in the top 25 tomorrow.
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Yep, I think there’s 7 teams somewhere between 10-11, 11-10 and in terms of Hoover the teams at the top have separated and may rest arms. We need to go to Lexington and handle business. We are gonna have opportunities to make a case we just gotta buckle down.
 
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vol66 said:
Yep, I think there’s 7 teams somewhere between 10-11, 11-10 and in terms of Hoover the teams at the top have separated and may rest arms. We need to go to Lexington and handle business. We are gonna have opportunities to make a case we just gotta buckle down.
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If we can take 2/3 vs Kentucky that makes us 12-12 in SEC. I believe we can go 3-3 vs Texas and Oklahoma in final 2 season series and end up at .500 in conference.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
I recognize that much has been made of Jay’s transfer portal acquisitions, but I truly believe that it’s going to be much tougher to put together an “everything school” now that NIL has become so bonkers. Women’s gymnastics probably funds itself (Livvy might be the only person to ever gain from NIL “properly”), but how are you going to pay Wade/give him an entire roster, pay Kiffin/build out his squad, pay Kim/keep that cupboard stacked, pay Jay… it’s just too much, and I feel the same way about Tennessee as well.

Every P4 school has mega-rich boosters, but I’m concerned only Michigan/UCLA/Texas+Texas A&M (hah!) will have the financial wherewithal to be consistent all-sports schools in a few years. Haslam and Boyd could fund Tennessee athletics fully just as the Raising Canes guy can handle LSU, but I don’t feel that most programs have the same volume of whales as the major coastal/oil schools to sustain a completely top-flight athletics department.
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Fair analysis. Many see it the same way. We also have to consider how much Congress will get involved, and what comes of that. Im not a fan of politics / politicians getting involved in college sports, but this might be one time I silence my own objections in that regards. But, that will also largely depend on what exactly they legislate. A lot of unknowns at the moment.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Fahr, Jay Johnson.👀👀
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This made me lol We literally had fans on tRant after we took our first loss this season to a mid major, screaming that CJJ was on the hot seat! And of course now, there’s a bunch that want him fired! It’s pure craziness. Ya know, no matter how bad of a day I’m having, or how crappy life can get, and the days I’m feeling down about myself, I can always count on nut jobs like that to make me feel a whole hell of a lot better about myself!!
 
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TigerMan said:
This made me lol We literally had fans on tRant after we took our first loss this season to a mid major, screaming that CJJ was on the hot seat! And of course now, there’s a bunch that want him fired! It’s pure craziness. Ya know, no matter how bad of a day I’m having, or how crappy life can get, and the days I’m feeling down about myself, I can always count on nut jobs like that to make me feel a whole hell of a lot better about myself!!
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It's hilarious how soon fans forget you guys have won 2 out of the last 3 National Championships and Jay Johnson was the Head Coach. I truly hate and despise the "win now" mind frame a lot of fans have in sports today, especially College.
 
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