Vols probable wins, losses, & tossups

#26
#26
Well to be real honest you return a fairly similar team to that of last years team that was 5-7. Now granted your players get better. I think plain and simple Ole Miss, UF, and Bama are just better so thats three right off the top. So with a UT loss to UCLA as I noted above that leaves 3 toss up games and you already have four losses. As I stated above I can see 8-4 but I can also see see 6-6.
 
#27
#27
I honestly think we beat UCLA. Just because they are worse than we are and we get them at home this time.

But I don't see us beating UF, Bama, or Ol'miss. That is three.

Then you have the rest. Auburn, UGA, USC, Vandy, UK. These games will tell the story of our season. We could win them all or lose them all.

Yea' I know we have beaten UK 24 straight times and we always beat Vandy. I don't care about that. Those 5 games will decide what kind of year we have. I say we lose two of them. I don't know which two. But I can't see us winning them all. Not with the roster we have now.
 
#29
#29
Wins (5): Western Kentucky, Ohio, Memphis, Vandy, @Kentucky
Probable Wins (2): UCLA, Auburn
Toss Ups (2): Georgia, South Carolina
Probable Losses (3): @Florida, @Bama, @Ole Miss

Assuming we win the 5 "wins", and get one other win from the other 7 games, then we should at least be bowling. I feel like at worst we go 6-6. Best case scenario 10-2 IMO.
 
#32
#32
I've said 10-3 (including bowl game ) everytime someone asks & im sticking with that predicition.

Yes we went 5-7 last year BUT we are an average offense away from a 8-4 season last year at least ( thats adding wins of UCLA, Auburn, & Wyoming ).
 
#33
#33
I agree just like most. I got the over/under as 7.5

Just as important i am watching the Recruiting updates. I think Lane has things going in the right direction.
 
#34
#34
I see the two teams as pretty even. Yes, UCLA does have lot of youth - and i mean A LOT. But this youth is VERY talented and is replacing perhaps the worst OL and the worst QB in UCLA history.

Look at the game last year. Yes, UT could have won had Foster not fumbled, but given a decent offensive performance by UCLA in the first half, say one without the four interceptions, and the game would have been close even without the Foster fumble.

And the Bruins have one key element on the offense that they did not have last year: speed. They have great speed burners at both RB and WR. Of, again, all are either freshmen or redshirt freshmen.

While I do believe Neyland is a great home field advantage, that advantage is less in football than any other sport.

And I never believed in the "revenge factor". It exists in the fans minds mostly. If it were true Air Force would beat Notre Dame every other year.

Plus just like last year UCLA has the best PK in the country, Kai Forbath. He could be the difference in a close game.

What is the line on the game? 6 points? If that is the spread that is not huge.

I expect a close game.
 
#35
#35
tripper said:
Given the following teams except for Florida, make an argument of why they will beat us based on their team's stengths.

1. WKU
2. UCLA--they beat us last year after playing 3 quarters of abysmal football, and our O line has issues, agian this year, defensively, UCLA should be a little better. plus it's only the 2nd game with a completely new staff....plenty of room for "anything could happen" good or bad.
3. FLA--left alone as requested.
4. OHIO
5. Auburn--our mirror image team from the West. way too many variables for both teams for this to be considered a definite win or loss. that said, we "lost" that game last year more than Auburn beat us. losing this one would be disappointing.
6. UGA--much better defensively this year, again with some big question marks offensively for us, GA could have a big day defensively against us. Good news for us is we could have equally as big a day defensively agains them. of the big 3, this is the one that is most likely to result in an upset for us, but it would be an upset.
7. Bama--defense will cause our offense all kinds of problems. they do break in a new qb against our secondary, and the schedule does us a favor by making us the 8th straight game Bama plays before an off week. if their qb develops, and they are still healthy, Bama is still the better team.
8. SCAR--qb development is key for them. defensively they still bring a lot to the table, and they did beat us last year. hard not to say they aren't at least capable of beating us.
9. Memp's
10. Miss--other than FL maybe the best offensive team we might play. big advantage at qb for them. and it's in oxford. and Houston Nutt teams have always given us fits, even in years we beat him at ARK.
11. Vand
12. UK
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:hi:....still a lot of questions offensively for us, i think 8 wins is the celing for this year's edition of the Vols. 7-5 is probably about where we should wind up, and if a break or two goes our way, 8-4 can be squeezed out of this year. a break or two go the other way, 6-6 is definitely on the table as well.

it's year one for this staff. continue to recruit, build up the lines, get a qb. if we go to a bowl this year and are able to go thru an entire year of all the practices etc....i'll call it a success for year one.:thumbsup:
 
#37
#37
1. WKU----- Probable Win---Vols by 49
2. UCLA----- Probable Win---Vols by 7
3. FLA-------Probable Loss---Gators by 17
4. OHIO----- Probable Win---Vols by 35
5.Auburn-----Probable win---Vols by 18
6.UGA-------Tossup? @ UT---Vols by 1
7.Bama------Probable loss----Bama by 14
8.SCAR------Probable Win----Vols by 17
9.Memp's----Probable Win----Vols by 30
10. Miss-----Probable loss---Miss by 6
11.Vand-----Probable Win----Vols by 20
12 UK-------Probable Win----Vols by 28

I can see a 9-3 record but with some key injuries, I can see a 7-5 record. So I guess I am saying I will satisfied with an 8-4 record and a bowl game.
 
#38
#38
Bruleif said:
I see the two teams as pretty even. Yes, UCLA does have lot of youth - and i mean A LOT. But this youth is VERY talented and is replacing perhaps the worst OL and the worst QB in UCLA history.

Look at the game last year. Yes, UT could have won had Foster not fumbled, but given a decent offensive performance by UCLA in the first half, say one without the four interceptions, and the game would have been close even without the Foster fumble.

And the Bruins have one key element on the offense that they did not have last year: speed. They have great speed burners at both RB and WR. Of, again, all are either freshmen or redshirt freshmen.

While I do believe Neyland is a great home field advantage, that advantage is less in football than any other sport.

And I never believed in the "revenge factor". It exists in the fans minds mostly. If it were true Air Force would beat Notre Dame every other year.

Plus just like last year UCLA has the best PK in the country, Kai Forbath. He could be the difference in a close game.

What is the line on the game? 6 points? If that is the spread that is not huge.

I expect a close game.
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Revenge may not be the right word, but the Vols remember Last year when they had a W and let it slip away (blame coaching) You do believe in Motivation? Huge factor----see Utah---Bama---nuff said.
 
#39
#39
Bite em' Smokey said:
1. WKU----- Probable Win---Vols by 49
2. UCLA----- Probable Win---Vols by 7
3. FLA-------Probable Loss---Gators by 17
4. OHIO----- Probable Win---Vols by 35
5.Auburn-----Probable win---Vols by 18
6.UGA-------Tossup? @ UT---Vols by 1
7.Bama------Probable loss----Bama by 14
8.SCAR------Probable Win----Vols by 17
9.Memp's----Probable Win----Vols by 30
10. Miss-----Probable loss---Miss by 6
11.Vand-----Probable Win----Vols by 20
12 UK-------Probable Win----Vols by 28

I can see a 9-3 record but with some key injuries, I can see a 7-5 record. So I guess I am saying I will satisfied with an 8-4 record and a bowl game.
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Auburn's D will be better than UCLA's
 
#41
#41
Many rational Vol fans posted, IMO, realistic expectations for this season on this thread a while back. I can relate to your frustrations with the fanatical,rose-colored glass wearing, very young, bandwagon, clueless fan (see Spurrier-Zook-Meyer era). Just keep demanding that the players AND coaches (ahem!) represent the school in a prideful way. The winning will come back, hopefully the ugliness will go away. Good luck, this week. I have seen too many football games to run my mouth.....yet. To be honest, I am asking Santa to gift early this year- same thing he gave the "end zone dancing idiots" last year. Just being honest...FWIW, BB looks like something special...ouch, that hurt.
 
#42
#42
JohnWardForever said:
Tennessee will NOT lose to UCLA! So if UT wins a "nail biter" over UCLA, that puts them at 2-0---now give me the 6 losses. They ain't there.
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aHEM!

Perhaps this quote would not be considered one... but I love how some people are so adamant, like "how dare you question my guaranteed prediction"

A case can be made for 8 losses.

(Almost) nobody that I wanted to win yesterday pulled it out (i.e. UTn, USCe, tOSU, MSU).
 
#43
#43
WKU - W
UCLA - L
Florida - L
Ohio - W
Auburn - Toss Up
Georgia - L
Alabama - L
South Carolina - L
Memphis - W
Vandy - W
Kentucky - Toss Up

Now my best case is 7-5.
 
#44
#44
jmoore_21 said:
Now my best case is 7-5.
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I think the worst thing about Saturday's loss is the effect on expectations for the other games. By my count, we have 8 teams left on the schedule that are probably as good or better than UCLA. After watching that offensive aberration, I don't think you can count any conference game as better than a toss-up at this point.
 
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