Vols #25 in the AP

[PlanetVolunteer]

Georgia State 38
Tennessee 30

Tennessee 23
Indiana 22

A number 25 ranking is very generous.

This take is worse than your Presidency.

 

[FïreBall]

I did. May the fle

I did. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your junk for making me remember that.

Least I didn't mention the SEC championship game against LSU or '08 against Wyoming..

 

[SGMVols]

Get off of it already.
I swear there are people alive that if Tennessee won a championship they’d still say we shouldn’t have lost to Georgia State.

UT won a national title two years after losing to a team worse than Georgia State.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Nothing is worse than Tennessee "fans" that continue to bring up Ga State. I don't think any of them watched the rest of the season or realize how well we recruited. They're stuck in September of 2019.

 

[Cmacsmokey]

Get off of it already.
I swear there are people alive that if Tennessee won a championship they’d still say we shouldn’t have lost to Georgia State.

We shouldn’t have just like we should have never lost to Memphis in 96

 

[chrismc1000]

I think it reasonable to bring up Georgia State until we actually start beating quality teams again. Use this as motivation to get better.

 

[DougVol]

Tennessee needs to start beating some teams in the top four sec mix to become more relevant.

Do you know where we’ve been?

 

[Boca Vol]

Do you know where we’ve been?

Historically or recently? Regardless, that poster is correct.

 

[kcvols1]

We shouldn’t have just like we should have never lost to Memphis in 96

Still yet...

That’s why it’s fun to watch the games. Lots of teams should win, but it goes out the window when toe meets leather, baby.

 

[SteveG]

The top 25 is irrelevant once season begins. There will only be about 50 teams participating, right?

 

[Boca Vol]

The top 25 is irrelevant once season begins. There will only be about 50 teams participating, right?

Just win, baby! That's all UT needs to do. So many fans get caught up in preseason polls and "disrespect." JUST WIN THE GAMES! All that crap goes away when you win.

 

[TnVolfanatic]

I'll take that bet.

No. Anyone in the Big 10 is through. They are starting to be looked at as a joke. Even by their AD's and coaches. NO WAY The Ohio State University is ranked come december.

 

[Behr]

You just outed yourself as either obtuse or a troll.

It's not really worth my (or anyone else's) time to engage with you if either of those are true. However, surely you can agree that beating those 6 teams in succession is much better than losing to any of those 6 teams. Which is exactly what had occurred the previous 2.5 years. You take SEC wins anytime you can get them. Road SEC wins? Glorious. Which is exactly what we did to Kentucky and Mizzou.

Georgia would have loved a win against South Carolina last year. Let alone by 20 points in a beatdown.
UAB finished 9-3. Whole lot of teams would have loved that W.
Guess who would have loved to beat Kentucky last year? Louisville and Virginia Tech.
West Virginia, Ole Miss, and Arkansas would have loved a W against Mizzou.
Rutgers, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Purdue would have loved to get a win vs. Indiana.

That's a lot of Power 5 teams that struggled to beat just one of the teams we beat - let alone going undefeated against all of them. Troll on.

Agreed.

And I'd just like to add....it's football, it's not like it's the end of the world that someone thinks we might be the 25th best team in the nation. Lol, I mean ....it always cracks me up that our own fans get butthurt when we Finally begin to show progress and someone on the outside notices.

No one has us wining the SEC or has us ranked 24th....it's 25th, one less and we're not even ranked.

Whatever, carry on.

 

[Behr]

Historically or recently? Regardless, that poster is correct.

That being ranked 25 is very generous? So what? Lol.

 

[livefaith]

UT won a national title two years after losing to a team worse than Georgia State.

Feels like 97?

 

[benchod]

We are going to surprise a lot of people this year. We have/are getting SEC-caliber talent, and more importantly, we now have coaches that can develop that talent.

Amen - preach the good word!

 

[IPleadInsanity]

Since all these teams are not playing, when the bowl season comes around, could we be eligible for 2 bowl games! They will not have enough 6 win teams.

 

[BreatheUT]

Really, how so? Most pundits say we have one of the 2-3 best offensive lines in the SEC this year. Two quality running backs and tons of untapped potential at wide receiver. Six senior defensive linemen, with talented youngsters in back up roles, and I don't know when we've had so many quality defensive backs.

You list all of that and we are still just #25. I get the feeling there is one position pundits still don't really like or are at least uncertain about. It tempers the expectations.

 

[Boca Vol]

That being ranked 25 is very generous? So what? Lol.

No, that UT needs to start beating some of the upper teams in the SEC...follow along.

 

[golfballs]

UT won a national title two years after losing to a team worse than Georgia State.

Boom! Next year is our year!

 

[Behr]

No, that UT needs to start beating some of the upper teams in the SEC...follow along.

This conversation started with "the polls being very generous" ranking us at 25 because we lost to GA State and WON by 1 against a Big 10 team.

Follow along....we lost to GA. State and BYU in the first half....oh wait, you're saying they were better than those last teams we beat? We didn't improve?

 

[1Volnation]

i bet you're an absolute thrill to hang out with

you said bet.

 

[TennMan101]

Other than LSU not many teams have a better win streak.

That isn't a fair assessment of our team NOW, though. JMO. We've done nothing but improve under CJP's leadership and I don't see that changing.

 

[OffTackleVol]

You list all of that and we are still just #25. I get the feeling there is one position pundits still don't really like or are at least uncertain about. It tempers the expectations.

Yea, didn't want to go there.........again. Keeping my fingers crossed for the best to emerge, regardless of who it is.

 

[strkr]

Do you know where we’ve been?

Yea I know where we have been but it is time to make some more progress. All I am saying.