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#151
#151
lawgator1 said:
Seven wins should be considered a success. But I think the range of 3-6 is reality and most likely its 5 or 6, probably 6. The seventh win will likely be against a team you were expected to lose to and that will help with the image of the rest of the season.
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To early for an avatar bet?
I'll say we have +7 wins next year.
 
#152
#152
Bob_Marley said:
OK, you have to win all the games you highlighted.. and then what does it constitute as a close win? <7? I would take that bet with you any day... There is no way you guys will win all the bolded games.. NO WAY..
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I guess you should change your name to Nostradamus then.:eek:lol:
 
#153
#153
Bob_Marley said:
OK, you have to win all the games you highlighted.. and then what does it constitute as a close win? <7? I would take that bet with you any day... There is no way you guys will win all the bolded games.. NO WAY..
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You said that there is no way that we will win any of those games. I believe that if you honestly believe that, you should be willing to bet on any of those games.
 
#157
#157
Kiffin's following the spurrier model---say a few things at booster meetings to get everyone all fired up, get the opponent focusing on his statements rather than the game, etc. It might work.
 
#159
#159
Bob_Marley said:
OK, you have to win all the games you highlighted.. and then what does it constitute as a close win? <7? I would take that bet with you any day... There is no way you guys will win all the bolded games.. NO WAY..
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Read again buddy.
 
#161
#161
VolSwaff said:
You said that there is no way that we will win any of those games. I believe that if you honestly believe that, you should be willing to bet on any of those games.
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I second that. Furthermore, if he actually believed there was no way we'd win all those games, why is he even bothering trolling our fan site?
 
#163
#163
VolsRule said:
Kiffin's following the spurrier model---say a few things at booster meetings to get everyone all fired up, get the opponent focusing on his statements rather than the game, etc. It might work.
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"that sounds like a winning strategy to me.":good!::lolabove:
 
#165
#165
hohenfelsvol said:
GatorNation10 said:
Nice comeback. Made you look like you are in total control. Have fun at the Blue Oyster Bar.
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#167
#167
I think plus or minus 7 is a good number to start with. 7 being a push... seems fair to me.. what are the avatars you fellas are gonna have to switch to?
 
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#168
#168
i like your optimism, however, there is no way tnnercee wins more than 6 games. if you do i will be surprised. i think, the "whole football" world things that kiffy is in way over his head...and most of the volnation believes it too...however, you are trying your best to stand behind your man...but the loyalty to his bafoonist is slipping and fadding.:salute:
 
#172
#172
init2winit said:
i like your optimism, however, there is no way tnnercee wins more than 6 games. if you do i will be surprised. i think, the "whole football" world things that kiffy is in way over his head...and most of the volnation believes it too...however, you are trying your best to stand behind your man...but the loyalty to his bafoonist is slipping and fadding.:salute:
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Very true but i mean can you blame them?? All they can hold on to is hope. In time they'll be bashin kiffin and how he is in over his head... happened with fulmer and it will happen with kiffin.
 
#173
#173
Tenacious D said:
1. A Gay-tor fan.
2. A lawyer no less.
3. On a Tennessee Volunteers message board.
4. Determining what is and is not worthy of conversation.

What am I missing, because I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

LawGaytor, I have publicly posted that you seem like a likeable fellow, and continue to believe that - but, really, why are you here?

I don't intend to even hint that you're not most welcome here (at least to me you are), but continue to be puzzled as to why you're not on a Gay-tor site with your other like-minded brethren? There is an acute shortage (or complete lack, one could easily argue) of well-spoken, mostly reasonable and seemingly intelligent Gay-tor fans in the world - couldn't you do more "good" by frequenting their sites instead of ours?

Other than you simply like us / our board better or feel that the conversation is somehow more satisfying on this side - what other reason makes you come here? If these are the only reasons you come here, aren't you already 9/10ths of the way toward being a Tennessee fan, anyway, and are just hiding in the closet? I say, come on out of the closet, Law-gator, and into the Big Orange glow.

We can get Freak to officiate your ceremony and one of the other regulars / respected members to baptize you as a citizen of the Volunteer Nation.
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I appreciate the good will, I really do. And it is reciprocated.

However, your post starts with calling me a "gay-tor." You expect me to just ignore that? And then the whole thread is written by someone who appears to think that the Vol fanbase are basically at some perpetual 8th grade band camp and how you will all be BFFs.

Blech. This is college football. Not only do you have the right to call your fellow Vols fans namby pamby when you should, but it is your obligation to teach the Pollyanish ones when to stand up and go "whooooaaaaa, we aren't that good."

In fact, doing that is what makes the institution get better. Look at Florida's running a fine recruiter in Ron Zook out on rails, or Alabama's intensity in hiring and firing every two years until it got what it wanted. This si the SEC, not the Mountain West. Nice stories about sentimental favorites mean squat.

And of course its much more satisfying to post here than on a Gator board because Gator boards have a lot of the same problems you have here in terms of lack of objectivity and an unwillingness to criticize. But what's the fun in pointing it out there?
 
#174
#174
Tenacious D said:
I don't care about other teams, their coaches, fans, boosters, or anyone else associated with their programs. Period. I don't care if they like us, hate us, loathe us, respect us, or whatever other adjective you want to put on it.

I. Just. Don't. Care.

What CLK said was, in fact, wrong - Meyer wasn't cheating when he called Nu'Keese on his visit to Tennessee. It was an off-the-cuff remark that one might expect a newly named 33-year old coach to make when speaking (for only the second time, mind you, since being named coach) in front of a large gathering of fans. Personally, I don't think that it was calculated in any way, but rather, simply said in the heat of the moment.

However, the real story here is what it has done, not to our the other schools - but to us, the Volunteer Nation. It has touched something both primal and fundamental in the core of the fanbase - and roused us from a nearly 20 year slumber filled with mush-mouth euphamisms, and idiotic catch-phrases. For far too long, we've allowed "hope" to be our guide, and have forsaken our "will" along the way.

It has made us remember that the Gay-tors / Turds / LsWho's of the world are not untouchable gods who are to be feared and revered, lying above and beyond our barbed and stinging comments - and most importantly, that they damn sure aren't above being beaten senseless, either on the field or or in recruiting. Obviously, those schools (and others) would have much preferred that we remain as the Conference's bumbling fools and lovable losers, as some or much of their recent success depended upon our willingness to fulfill that role. CLK's comments have signified an end to that charade, once and for all. Well, get used to it because you're going to have to contend with the Tennessee Volunteers once again. The gauntlet has been thrown at your collective feet, and we do not intend to withdraw. Ever.

That those schools, and the rest of the nation, appear to be so shocked and dismayed by CLK's comments - and the reactions which it has garnered from our fan base - only further proves my point.

Here's where the real fear should come into all of this for you - what happens when both Bama and the Gay-tors pin a 50+ point loss on us next year.......but we just keep coming. Moreover, what happens when it only makes us LOUDER? What happens as we continue to close the gap - however quickly or slowly it might occur? What, then, Gay-tor nation? What then?!

Bullies don't win a lot of fights, but instead, their favorite tactic is to scare people away from the fight long before the first punch is thrown. They do this by attempting to frighten the would-be opponent(s) with dreaded predictions about how horrible it would be if they ever really "unleashed" their full power upon you. Eventually, some upstart comes along and refuses to continue to buy the bluff any longer - and leaves the bully with no choice but to hit him as hard as he can, right on the nose. If those most dire predictions of utter destruction don't then come true (and they never do, because it was a fascade), the threats are no longer believable, by anyone, at any time, anymore. The bully, having lost his greatest strength - fear - just stands there, exposed, as the fraud he is. Usually, this is quickly followed by the bully receiving the most hellacious a**-whipping anyone ever conceived. Needless to say, the bully doesn't bully much anymore.

So, hit us with the worst thing you've got this year, or next, as hard as you possibly can. Get it in, and get it over with. Enjoy it. Relish it.

Once done, we'll be the one(s) standing there in front of you, bloodied but unbowed - smiling. And now, you'll know what comes next.
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Nicely done my friend. Well said!:good!:
 
#175
#175
VOLinthaATL said:
We can only take so much of you constantly telling us how bad we are and are going to be.

It's INCREDIBLY rude...
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VOLinthaATL said:
Read through LG's last 500 posts about our team. Then come talk to me. 493 of them are him being Debbie Downer about our football program. As if we didn't already know.
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I cannot recall starting a thread in the last year that does this. I do post in response to outlandish or unreasonable predictions, and of course in response to the threads or posts that attack my beloved Gators.

I think you confuse my constantly trying to bring things back to the real world as me somehow taking delight in the fact that UT is down at the moment. I guess I can see how you would get that impression.

But its really a function of being pleased with the Gators at the moment (and who can blame me?) and much less me taking any particular pleasure in seeing UT fail (other than against UF, of course).

In fact, if you look at my most recent posts, I daresay you will find me frequently saying that UT will get better.

I just think its going to take 2-3 years and I'm not yet sold on Kiffin. Honestly, I think that is the way the rest of the world -- outside of UT fans -- views your program.

Maybe we are right.
 
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