We can run the table !

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Mr. Rockytop

Mr. Rockytop

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It is possible that we can run the table on our schedule. I think only Georgia and LSU pose a threat of stopping that, however Georgia has lost their starting QB, so it is not far fetched ! Go Vols !
 
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uh, we do play Florida Saturday...let's not get ahead of ourselves.

and yeah, anything is possible, but in all likelihood, 2-3 losses are going to happen.
 
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yeah, I wasnt expecting these threads until after our possible win THIS weekend.
 
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cibai said:
yeah, I wasnt expecting these threads until after our possible win THIS weekend.
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i dont think anything can be guaranteed this year, regardless of what happens Saturday....Georgia will be a lot better by the time we play them, oh, and it's in Athens, GA. LSU could be the best team in the SEC, and we'll find out this Saturday when they play at Auburn....

Undefeated is a word that doesn't fit around here...and it may never again given the 12 game schedule, CG, and bowl game....14 games, one off week...any team that goes 14-0...i'd vote 'em no. 1 ever time.
 
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jakez4ut said:
uh, we do play Florida Saturday...let's not get ahead of ourselves.

and yeah, anything is possible, but in all likelihood, 2-3 losses are going to happen.
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Please name the 3 losses.... because I disagree

Prior to the season, a majority posted that Cal would beat the Vols and there was no way that Ainge could recover from a season like last year. Now the Vols sit at 2-0 with Ainge leading the NCAA in passer rating. The defense looked good against a conventional offense in the first game and looked poor against a defense they'll never see again in the second game.

Of the remaining teams on the schedule, only Florida and LSU appear to have much in the way of decent offenses. Both of those games are in Neyland Stadium.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I don't think this phrase "run the table" means what you think it means.
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i'm picturing a guy with a table strapped to his back running down the street screaming "i'm no. 1, i'm no. 1!!!".:)
 
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jakez4ut said:
i'm picturing a guy with a table strapped to his back running down the street screaming "i'm no. 1, i'm no. 1!!!".:)
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Exactly, I think that is what MrRockytop must be thinking when he says Tennessee can run the table. I think realistically you need to be thinking this year about getting to a bowl game.
 
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I will say this, I think that if all 3 coaches (fulmer, chavis, cut) will stay together for a while we could b on the edge of another NC and that would give us 7, I just want to catch up to Bama in that. Does ne one know who has the second most NC's? and where UT ranks on that list?
 
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lawgator1 said:
Exactly, I think that is what MrRockytop must be thinking when he says Tennessee can run the table. I think realistically you need to be thinking this year about getting to a bowl game.
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You need to be thinking about how you are going to be drowning your sorrows Saturday night.
 
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allvol said:
Please name the 3 losses.... because I disagree

Prior to the season, a majority posted that Cal would beat the Vols and there was no way that Ainge could recover from a season like last year. Now the Vols sit at 2-0 with Ainge leading the NCAA in passer rating. The defense looked good against a conventional offense in the first game and looked poor against a defense they'll never see again in the second game.

Of the remaining teams on the schedule, only Florida and LSU appear to have much in the way of decent offenses. Both of those games are in Neyland Stadium.
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i agree, and stated this in another thread a few minutes ago, but i do think on paper, LSU and Florida are the only teams that should beat us, just on paper. I think we're capable of winning those games, but "capable" is far from "sure".

And i don't think anyone should sleep on UGA. all i've read is about how bad their qb situation is...but take a look at the schedule...they get three teams before we play them, UAB, Col, Ole Miss...JTIII wasn't the answer and everyone knew it. Now that he's hurt, Stafford, the "golden boy", gets all the reps in practice and likely will start all three games. I think by the time we play them, any issues they had, will be answered, and it's in Athens..and last i checked, Mark Richt was a pretty good coach...their D is solid, they have great running backs, a good TE and pretty good WRs. chalking the UGA game up as a W is a mistake, as much as it is doing the same for LSU and UF...

we're capable of winning all three, but as i stated earlier, capable isn't a sure thing.:thumbsup:
 
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lawgator1 said:
Exactly, I think that is what MrRockytop must be thinking when he says Tennessee can run the table. I think realistically you need to be thinking this year about getting to a bowl game.
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whoa, wait a minute..."just going to a bowl game"...the SEC E is a realistic goal and will be until we go down two games in the East...

We could lose to the "mighty gators" and still be just fine...beat UGA, and you guys lose to Auburn, LSU and some other Conference foe, and we'd be right there...even if we lose to LSU, as long as UGA were to lose to Auburn, we'd own tie break over them and you guys with three losses are out, TN is in...

it's so early....we have as good a shot as you, UGA or anyone right now....
 
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JasonCajun said:
You need to be thinking about how you are going to be drowning your sorrows Saturday night.
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No sorrows. I hope to win and it intrgues me, but its just a game. and its just one of twelve. I long ago quite letting myself get too wrapped up in winning and losing.

I'd like to see where Florida is right now. I think we have improved a lot over last year, top to bottom. We have tremendous talent coming in and a coaching staff that works hard and seems committed. I look at this UT game as a great baromoter of the progress being made. But its always a work in progress.
 
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I don't think UT has a team on its schedule that is unbeatable. Their schedule like Auburn's favors them with UGA being the only road game that should be difficult.

If they lose this weekend... then they'll have no shot at running the table. However, right now their chances are probably better than any other team in the east. Georgia though did themselves a favor this past weekend. They have UT at home, UF, then Auburn away remaining as real conference tests.

Next year the Vols finally get a break with their West opponents when they trade LSU for MSU.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Exactly, I think that is what MrRockytop must be thinking when he says Tennessee can run the table. I think realistically you need to be thinking this year about getting to a bowl game.
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Oh we will go to a bowl game, hell it may be a BCS Bowl Game !
 
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jakez4ut said:
...JTIII wasn't the answer and everyone knew it. Now that he's hurt, Stafford, the "golden boy", gets all the reps in practice and likely will start all three games. I think by the time we play them, any issues they had, will be answered, and it's in Athens..
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Stafford looked HORRID against South Carolina on Saturday. I don't think a few weeks of #1 reps is going to turn 45% completions and 3 picks into a QB capable of beating the Vols.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Exactly, I think that is what MrRockytop must be thinking when he says Tennessee can run the table. I think realistically you need to be thinking this year about getting to a bowl game.
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First the team should be focused on beating Florida, then every other opponent one game at a time. The goal is to win the SEC-East, then win the SEC Championship Game and see where that leads.

But to think the anybody ought to be worried about not making a bowl this season... pleeeeasee!! give me a break :BANGHEAD2: your posts are usually more well thought out than that?
 
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rwemyss said:
Stafford looked HORRID against South Carolina on Saturday. I don't think a few weeks of #1 reps is going to turn 45% completions and 3 picks into a QB capable of beating the Vols.
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i agree, and it was one game, where he came in on a releif effort in a hostile environment, against a pretty good, not great, defense.

He'll get better, and he heas the opportunity between today and Oct. 7 to get there...it's basically like going thru Fall Camp again, with 3 cupcakes you can use as scrimmages.

now obviously, if he doesn't beging to show improvement over the next few weeks, our chances go up....but you can't discount the oppotunity Richt and UGA has right now to get better and get better in a hurry.
 
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Smelley looked better than Stafford to me even without the same kind of supporting cast.

I think Fulmer should wait until Spurrier starts recruiting a QB then go after him. Spurrier definitely has a nose for QB's. Makes me feel pretty good that he went so hard after Crompton.
 
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sjt18 said:
Smelley looked better than Stafford to me even without the same kind of supporting cast.

I think Fulmer should wait until Spurrier starts recruiting a QB then go after him. Spurrier definitely has a nose for QB's. Makes me feel pretty good that he went so hard after Crompton.
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huh? :crazy: i think our history at QB speaks for itself...it's not like we had chopped liver....Peyton Manning, Heath Shuler, Andy Kelly, Tee Martin....i think Fulmer has done fine in regards to qb's...
 
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allvol said:
But to think the anybody ought to be worried about not making a bowl this season... pleeeeasee!! give me a break :BANGHEAD2: your posts are usually more well thought out than that?
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He's not really alone as a doubter. You can see it in the polls too.

FSU should have dropped after Troy. They didn't. Miami shouldn't have moved up in the Coaches poll. They did. UT had some flaky plays in the 4th qtr or else would have won by two or three scores and they drop in the AP and are ranked 2 below Miami.

The Vols still haven't been forgiven for last year. People are still sitting around waiting (many hoping) for the other shoe to drop. This AF game just gave those folks an opportunity to say, "Uh-huh, I told you it was too good to be true."

Lawgator is a really nice guy. He's just reflecting a fairly pervasive feeling about UT right now. Not a fair opinion IMO but none the less common.
 
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sjt18 said:
He's not really alone as a doubter. You can see it in the polls too.

FSU should have dropped after Troy. They didn't. Miami shouldn't have moved up in the Coaches poll. They did. UT had some flaky plays in the 4th qtr or else would have won by two or three scores and they drop in the AP and are ranked 2 below Miami.

The Vols still haven't been forgiven for last year. People are still sitting around waiting (many hoping) for the other shoe to drop. This AF game just gave those folks an opportunity to say, "Uh-huh, I told you it was too good to be true."

Lawgator is a really nice guy. He's just reflecting a fairly pervasive feeling about UT right now. Not a fair opinion IMO but none the less common.
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that i agree with and really don't have a problem with it...we're 2-0 right now, but it was a jeckyl and hide performance from one week to the next, and the game was on pay per view, and not many people saw it...prolly just the box score and/or highlights, likely from the 4th qtr come back effort on AF's part....

we really shouldn't be concerned with polls right now anyway...
 
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