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I Love Lamp

I Love Lamp

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Main story on ESPN is about Tennessee with a massive picture of Hendon. I honestly had to do a double take of what site I was on when I went to ESPN’s website.

Nice write up and gets the juices flowing for me.


How good is Tennessee, really?
No. 24 Tennessee at No. 17 Pitt (3:30 p.m., ABC)

It was pretty jarring to realize that (a) my SP+ ratings made me uncomfortable with how much they liked Tennessee this offseason (the Vols came into the season ranked 10th), and (b) SP+ still drastically underestimated the Vols in Week 1. It projected them as favorites of 31.1 points against Ball State last Thursday night, and the Vols won by 49. They led by double digits seven minutes in and were covering before halftime.

Is Ball State amazing? No. But that was baked into the projections Tennessee exceeded.

Now comes a completely different test. Pitt beat the Vols in Knoxville last season in the last game before Hendon Hooker took over as Tennessee's starting quarterback. (Hooker subbed in and went 15-for-21 for 188 yards, plus 49 rushing yards.) Tennessee is a lot more with-it now, but the game's in Pittsburgh. Pat Narduzzi's Panthers might be a perfect early test for an ambitious team -- good enough to beat you if you're not as good as you hope you are, but perhaps not good enough to brush aside a really good team's A-game. West Virginia landed a few more blows than expected in last Thursday's Backyard Brawl, but the Panthers survived 38-31 thanks to Kedon Slovis' 308 passing yards and an incredibly well-timed pick-six from M.J. Devonshire.

Pitt played at one of the slowest tempos in the country last week and created lots of havoc against WVU (eight tackles for loss, nine passes defensed). Tennessee played at a ridiculously high tempo against BSU -- this is a Josh Heupel team, after all -- and forced the issue on defense but missed a lot of tackles. Pitt attempts controlled chaos, and Tennessee just takes the regulator off and starts swinging. If the Vols overachieve projections like they did last Thursday, they're going to win pretty comfortably, and we might have to come to grips with living in a world in which Tennessee genuinely has its act together. It's been a while. Let's see if it comes to pass.

Current line: Vols -6 (no movement since Sunday) | SP+ projection: Tennessee by 7.1 | FPI projection: Tennessee by 1.4.

Finally, SP+'s adoration of the Vols gets a serious test.
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VFL28 said:
ESPN hates US!!!.. reads futher... oh wait... ESPN doesn't hate us? Alternate universe?
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But Heaven forbid if we lose, they will drag us through the mud worse than anything you can imagine. They build up but just as gleefully pull down. “Journalists” give lawyers a run for the money in terms of being detestable human beings IMHO
 
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I Love Lamp said:
Main story on ESPN is about Tennessee with a massive picture of Hendon. I honestly had to do a double take of what site I was on when I went to ESPN’s website.

Nice write up and gets the juices flowing for me.
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My guess is, that espn has their site to respond to familiarity like most sites do with the pop up ads and suggestion. Dought seriously that they make us front and center purposely on anything of theirs. Basically creating click bate.

In short, you might research Tennessee Vols quite a bite on your browser. I know I do…GO BIG ORANGE!
 
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OrangeTsar said:
But Heaven forbid if we lose, they will drag us through the mud worse than anything you can imagine. They build up but just as gleefully pull down. “Journalists” give lawyers a run for the money in terms of being detestable human beings IMHO
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Look, it’s not my fault that law school took my soul. I did not consent. I can’t speak for journalists, however.
 
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ALLVOL 4LIFE said:
My guess is, that espn has their site to respond to familiarity like most sites do with the pop up ads and suggestion. Dought seriously that they make us front and center purposely on anything of theirs. Basically creating click bate.

In short, you might research Tennessee Vols quite a bite on your browser. I know I do…GO BIG ORANGE!
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Sort of like if I do a simple one time search for a small engine carburetor, for the next two weeks, every page I visit has four ads for small engine parts 🙄
 
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I Love Lamp said:
Main story on ESPN is about Tennessee with a massive picture of Hendon. I honestly had to do a double take of what site I was on when I went to ESPN’s website.
Nice write up and gets the juices flowing for me.
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I Love Lamp said:
Main story on ESPN is about Tennessee with a massive picture of Hendon. I honestly had to do a double take of what site I was on when I went to ESPN’s website.

Nice write up and gets the juices flowing for me.
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ESPN is good for lining the dog cage, and that’s about it. They love what makes them look good and that’s it.
 
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Hbg said:
Use DuckDuckGo and you won’t have to deal with being tracked
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Actually I read recently that DDG tracks and saves your information just like the other search engines. They are all close to the same.
 
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GregAmsler said:
Look, it’s not my fault that law school took my soul. I did not consent. I can’t speak for journalists, however.
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Attorneys have a Code of Ethics. Well, at least the ones in Georgia do, 'cause I read it one time on the inside back cover of the Georgia Bar Journal. To be honest, having seen some of the stuff I saw in courtrooms over the years, I was somewhat surprised at what the Code said. Maybe that's the reason why it's in the back.

Just like cops, there are good ones, and there are bad ones. We rarely hear about the good ones, and of course we have lg here to remind us of how to spot, well....you know.

Go Vols.
 
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Yep, ESPN has been planning all week to hyp up TN on Sat, because its well know they hate us, if we lose they can do a major hit job after. Their very crafty and
vindictive for sure.

Vols just have to trip up these SOB's an win.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Yep, ESPN has been planning all week to hyp up TN on Sat, because its well know they hate us, if we lose they can do a major hit job after. Their very crafty and
vindictive for sure.

Vols just have to trip up these SOB's an win.
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Yes, but when we win, ESPN will tell us that THEY TOLD US SO, and that our win wasn't a big thang. ESPN smells a Vols Win, otherwise, why would they be nice to us????
 
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I Love Lamp said:
Main story on ESPN is about Tennessee with a massive picture of Hendon. I honestly had to do a double take of what site I was on when I went to ESPN’s website.

Nice write up and gets the juices flowing for me.
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They spoke way too soon
 
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