The Silverest of Linings

#27
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loservol said:
Sometimes, there are no silver linings. This was bad as all get out. If the rumors are true, he has lost the team and it might be another 5 years or longer and who knows how many coaching changes before this opportunity opens up again. Some of us have family members who won't be around much longer to see the Vols win another championship or at least contend for one. My eldetly father was heartbroken after what went down Saturday night and I'm still not in the mood to hear any Mary Sunshine try to put a positive spin on this epic disaster.
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Try getting a little more dramatic! We had a bad game, they had a great one. We are 9-2. Fixing to be 10-2! GBO
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
Try getting a little more dramatic! We had a bad game, they had a great one. We are 9-2. Fixing to be 10-2! GBO
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We have all seen this movie before and there is no happy ending. Usually it ends with the team staring over again with a new coach.
 
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Beat Vandy and win the bowl game finish 11-2 and a top 10 ranking. Nobody at the beginning of the season would have thought that would be possible in year 2. The silver lining is that we are back on the college football map and some good things might be in store for the next 4 or 5 years at least
 
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loservol said:
Sometimes, there are no silver linings. This was bad as all get out. If the rumors are true, he has lost the team and it might be another 5 years or longer and who knows how many coaching changes before this opportunity opens up again. Some of us have family members who won't be around much longer to see the Vols win another championship or at least contend for one. My eldetly father was heartbroken after what went down Saturday night and I'm still not in the mood to hear any Mary Sunshine try to put a positive spin on this epic disaster.
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Wow....you really are a LOSER. GO...F.....YOURSELF
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
Try getting a little more dramatic! We had a bad game, they had a great one. We are 9-2. Fixing to be 10-2! GBO
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I lost my VFL’s mom and dad between March 2021 & July 2022. They would be thrilled that TN got the Gator and Crimson turd monkeys off the back plus 7 more wins with the chance for an 11 win season that hopefully includes a NY6 BG

My 92 year old grandfather who saw his first live game in 1945 (TN 45/ Candy 0 ) and at one point had so many tickets that Gus Manning would call him when he needed extra tickets is ecstatic with how far Heup has brought the program in so short a time .

A little perspective goes a long way. Bringing so much drama into your life increases the potential for ass cancer ya know

Edit - sorry Woodlawn , I see now that post shouldn’t have been directed at you but rather THELOSERVOL
 
#36
#36
The only silver lining I see, is in a few years, we would still be in the playoffs. I hope we can field a top 10 team every year and have a chance, but we made some serious strides this year.
 
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loservol said:
We have all seen this movie before and there is no happy ending. Usually it ends with the team staring over again with a new coach.
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I get the pain, but I respectfully disagree. We have not seen this before. I’m working on a long post with a detailed comparison but I’ll stick with the stats here: After Fulmer was fired our seasons have looked like this:

Kiffin: 7-6 (2009)
Dooley: 6-7, 5-7, 5-7 (2010-12)
Jones: 5-7, 7-6, 9-4, 9-4, 4-8 (2013-17)
Pruitt: 5-7, 8-5, 3-7 (2018-20)
Heupel 7-6, 9-2 (2021-22)*
* Heupel has one regular season game and a bowl left.

Win/Loss/SEC Record:
Kiffin: 7-6, 4-4 SEC
Dooley: 16-21, 5-19 SEC
Jones: 34-29, 14-26 SEC
Pruitt: 16-19, 10-16 SEC
Heupel:16-8, 9-6 SEC*
* Heupel has one SEC game left

Peak SEC Rank:
Kiffin: #3 SEC East
Dooley: #4 SEC East
Jones: #2 SEC East
Pruitt: #3 SEC East
Heupel: #2 SEC East

Bowl Record:
Kiffin: 0-1 (L Chic-Fil-A Bowl)
Dooley: 0-1 (L Music City Bowl)
Jones: 3-0 (W TaxSlayer Bowl, W OutBack Bowl, W Music City Bowl)
Pruitt: 1-0 (W Gator Bowl)
Heupel: 0-1* (L Music City Bowl, TBD*)
* Heupel is eligible for his second bowl but it hasn’t been played yet)

Best Rankings:
Kiffin: NR
Dooley: #23 AP (2012)
Jones: #9 AP (2016)
Pruitt: #16 AP (2019)
Heupel: #1 CFP (2022)

Total Weeks Ranked:
Kiffin: 0 (Never)
Dooley: 1 (2012)
Jones : 12 (2015, 2016)
Pruitt: 2 (2019)
Heupel: 10 (2022)*
*Heupel has one regular season game and a bowl game left so more weeks ranked are likely to be added.

Total Ranked Wins:
Kiffin: 1 (#21 South Carolina)
Dooley: 0*
Jones: 5 (#11 South Carolina, #19 Georgia, #13 Northwestern, #19 Florida, #25 Georgia
Pruitt: 2 (#21 Auburn, #12 Kentucky)
Heupel: 6 (#18 Kentucky, #17 Pittsburgh, #20 Florida, #25 LSU, #3 Alabama, #19 Kentucky)
* Dooley technically beat #12 Montana, which would be cool if it was an FBS team and not FCS. Some other guys beat some ranked FCS too but hey, let’s call out Dooley in the asterisk.

Best Ranked Win:
Kiffin: #21 South Carolina
Dooley: None
Jones: #11 South Carolina
Pruitt: #12 Kentucky
Heupel: #3 Alabama

Heupel has the highest number of ranked wins at 6, the highest ranked win over #3 Alabama (only coach to beat that team), is second at 10 weeks as a ranked team to Jones with 12 with weeks to go in this season, has the highest rank achieved at #1 and the only top 5 rank achieved.

He is tied with Jones for the highest SEC East finish at #2 having achieved it once in 2022, his second season, but Jones did achieve in twice in 2015-16, his third and fourth seasons. There is an 2022 SEC East game left to play but it doesn’t affect the East race.

He is the only coach except Kiffin with a winning SEC record at 9-6 compared to Kiffin’s 4-4. His total number of SEC wins is third: Jones has 14, Pruitt 10, Heupel 9, Dooley, 4 and Kiffin 4.

He has been to one bowl and lost but is bowl eligible again in his second season with results TBD. He is second in bowl eligible seasons with 2 next to Jones who had 3, whereas everyone else has 1. Jones leads bowl wins with a 3-0 record, Pruitt comes in at second with 1-0, and the rest of the field is currently tied at 0-1. If Heupel wins he will match Pruitt in wins but have appeared in more bowls. If he loses he will remain tied with the others without a bowl win, but still two straight appearances in his first two seasons.

All of these accomplishments have happened in 24 games. Jones had 63, Dooley 37, Pruitt 35, and Kiffin 13.
 
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