Total AP poll appearances in the 90's thru the present...

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Total AP Poll Appearances 1990's

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We were in the AP poll 158 times out of 169 with an average rank of 8th. That's pretty good.


Total AP Poll Appearances 2000's

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In the 2000's we have been a part of the AP poll 107 times out of 132 polls.

Thoughts??
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Total AP Poll Appearances 1990's

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We were in the AP poll 158 times out of 169 with an average rank of 8th. That's pretty good.


Total AP Poll Appearances 2000's

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In the 2000's we have been a part of the AP poll 107 times out of 132 polls.

Thoughts??
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Who knows really, I think in the 90's we out talented a lot of teams.

A lot of really strong coaches have emerged and I think it finally caught up to us.

:dunno:
 
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Well...obviously...this means that Fulmer should get fired:crazy:
 
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The drop from an average of 8th to 12th is clear evidence that the program is going down the tubes and is the very embodiment of mediocrity (until we make it further down the tube that is).
 
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Interesting... I'm not sure that I would have guessed we'd be in the top 10 (for appearances) for the 2000s.
 
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I think it is a strong argument that we are still a good team and only a couple of plays/players away from the whole shooting match again.
 
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I don't know what it all means, but it is interesting.

Being a fan for over 4 decades I can remember some very lean years prior to CPF and crew when a top 20 finish was a "good year." I can also remember when J. Majors became head coach I wrote a lot of checks with my mouth about UT football that my rear end could not cash. I used to keep a yearly tab on rankings and records but have not looked back to 70's and 80's...what were our totals then?
 
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gcb/hoosiervol said:
I don't know what it all means, but it is interesting.

Being a fan for over 4 decades I can remember some very lean years prior to CPF and crew when a top 20 finish was a "good year." I can also remember when J. Majors became head coach I wrote a lot of checks with my mouth about UT football that my rear end could not cash. I used to keep a yearly tab on rankings and records but have not looked back to 70's and 80's...what were our totals then?
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We were 16th in Total Polls in the 70's and 29th in the 80's. :hi:
 
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gcb/hoosiervol said:
I don't know what it all means, but it is interesting.

Being a fan for over 4 decades I can remember some very lean years prior to CPF and crew when a top 20 finish was a "good year." I can also remember when J. Majors became head coach I wrote a lot of checks with my mouth about UT football that my rear end could not cash. I used to keep a yearly tab on rankings and records but have not looked back to 70's and 80's...what were our totals then?
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Ain't it the truth. Whenever I hear people saying they want us to get back to playing "Tennessee Football" I think of the whole picture since I paid any attention (Battle-era till now). The truth is, we are currently playing "Tennessee Football"!
 
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volinbham said:
Ain't it the truth. Whenever I hear people saying they want us to get back to playing "Tennessee Football" I think of the whole picture since I paid any attention (Battle-era till now). The truth is, we are currently playing "Tennessee Football"!
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6 losses here, 4 losses there.......bowl appearance at the Chik Bowl......

:no:
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
6 losses here, 4 losses there.......bowl appearance at the Chik Bowl......

:no:
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In the old days, this team would be 8-3 (11 game schedule - probably one of the scrub OC teams off the schedule and with no SECCG.) We would be SEC Champs along with LSU and Georgia or maybe just LSU (I don't remember how they determined the winner then).

We'd be bowl bound most likley to non-New Years bowl.

Yep - there were plenty of those years.
 
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It shows the parity in CFB. In the 90's there are only three teams in the top with a double-digit average ranking. In the 2000's there are only three teams with single digit average rankings.
 
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The top three of the 2000s aren't even in the top 10 for the 90s, as well as 2 more if you go to 10 (UGA and LSU).

It shows a consistency of being well above average for the Vols... but the Vols are EXPECTED to be better than THAT. :dunno:
 
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10 years versus 7 years lets wait 3 more years to find out what the real deal is....
 
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volinbham said:
Ain't it the truth. Whenever I hear people saying they want us to get back to playing "Tennessee Football" I think of the whole picture since I paid any attention (Battle-era till now). The truth is, we are currently playing "Tennessee Football"!
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Go to the Dickey era and Battle's first 4 years was not that bad....with Dickey's recruits....We played no football for about 7 years the first of the Major's Era..

85 put us back on the map. resurfaced in 88 90. that I think is what most are talking about....
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Go to the Dickey era and Battle's first 4 years was not that bad....with Dickey's recruits....We played no football for about 7 years the first of the Major's Era..

85 put us back on the map. resurfaced in 88 90. that I think is what most are talking about....
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What I'm saying is that the ups and downs of the past are somehow discounted to say that the overall trend was good/great whatever. Somehow, the downs of the 2000's don't get the same treatment.

From the 60's on, the pattern is remarkably the same. There are stretches of good years (2 or less losses and Top 10 finishes) and down years.

The long view shows that the Vols since the 98 championship have been about what the Vols were before it.

This team's performance in the 80's would be par for the course and would yield an SEC Championship (Fulmer's 4th under the pre-SECCG rules).

I'm not arguing that Fulmer is the greatest but rather that the long-view of UT football (at least back 40-50 years) shows us to be pretty much where we've always been.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I think a graphical depiction of this information would be very telling.
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I'm working on it going back to 1960.

I'll plot total wins as a % of total games played to even out the different # of games played per season.

I'll also plot AP ranking (for years we hit top 25).
 
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volinbham said:
I'm working on it going back to 1960.

I'll plot total wins as a % of total games played to even out the different # of games played per season.

I'll also plot AP ranking (for years we hit top 25).
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no need. I could have done it myself, but the decline over the best 5-7 years would stick out like a sore thumb, especially the NR years.
 
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volinbham said:
What I'm saying is that the ups and downs of the past are somehow discounted to say that the overall trend was good/great whatever. Somehow, the downs of the 2000's don't get the same treatment.

From the 60's on, the pattern is remarkably the same. There are stretches of good years (2 or less losses and Top 10 finishes) and down years.

The long view shows that the Vols since the 98 championship have been about what the Vols were before it.

This team's performance in the 80's would be par for the course and would yield an SEC Championship (Fulmer's 4th under the pre-SECCG rules).

I'm not arguing that Fulmer is the greatest but rather that the long-view of UT football (at least back 40-50 years) shows us to be pretty much where we've always been.
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agree. numbers do not lie but liars figure numbers.
 
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