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zeppelin128

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I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
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Alcohol or not I like how you think. GBO!!!
 
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When had a team with consensus top 15 talent been dogged this much? It's about like dropping 9 spots in the polls after a win. As long as we don the orange, we will be despised by the majority. So be it; we are Volunteers!!
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
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I was thinking the same thing earlier regarding the disrespect this team is getting from the media. I think it will work in our teams favor though. Plenty of bulletin board material being dished out this year.
 
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VEKZY said:
I was thinking the same thing earlier regarding the disrespect this team is getting from the media. I think it will work in our teams favor though. Plenty of bulletin board material being dished out this year.
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It's because of our head coach.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
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I agree with everything you said. I don't think the GT game will be particularly close and I am more optimistic about the season than most.

Alcohol definitely was involved in my post, but I feel the same way sober.
 
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This is why Butch is smiling so much. He knows it easy to exceed low expectations. Sports writers don't want to put in the effort to look below the surface. They look at what we lost and assume we can't replace enough players to be any good. Butch knows the cupboard is not empty. We will likely have some growing pains but grow we will. If we grow fast enough we can get to the third Saturday in October undefeated.
 
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Love the enthusiasm man! This is why we watch football. For enjoyment and to get excited.

For everyone that's inevitably going to be negative to him, I just read a funny list of the worst types of sports fans...here are a few types that describe a lot of the negas. Lolol.

"The Pessimist
This fan spends almost the entire game predicting that something terrible is about to happen. Long before it becomes clear that the game is going south, this fan will annoy everyone by coming up with increasingly negative scenarios that he insists are about to unfold. Eventually, his lamentations become a source of constant background noise, like a dripping faucet.
This will last until, inevitably, one of the other fans will threaten this person with physical violence if he doesnĀ’t shut up immediately. It will probably be the Ā“Punches the WallĀ” guy. Everyone else will nod silently."

"The negative nelly:
Although it varies drastically by city and circumstances, every team has a certain percentage of fans that can be classified as "Negative Nellies." In any given sports scenario: An optimist sees the glass as half full, a pessimist sees the glass as half empty and someone with "Negative Nelly" syndrome sees the glass completely empty, with only the remnants of the poison he just ingested remaining.

The severity of the syndrome various drastically. Those who are mildly afflicted are prone to doomsday hyperbole about the consequences of a single loss or player injury.

Those with a more severe affliction are prone to drastic mood swings, misplaced rage/affection, suicidal/homicidal threatsĀ—all of which can shift suddenly from minute to minute. These types usually even find tragic fault with a lossĀ—being around them is exhausting.
I have a number of people like this in my life and have found that the severity of the symptoms can be multiplied exponentially by excessive amounts of alcohol."

" The 'good ole days' guy:
Cranky old folks all have their own reasons for talking incessantly about the awesome days of yore and lamenting the current state of the gameĀ—and the world in general.Sometimes it's because of the team's past glory days and knowing they'll likely never experience that kind of greatness again.

Sometimes they are just cranky old people who like complaining about everything. So, obviously MLB used to be better back when everyone had to walk 10 miles in the rain, uphill both ways, just to take in a game. And sometimes they are like New York Post columnist Phil MushnickĀ—old, scared and angryĀ—and desperately lashing out at what he perceives as the "problem." Obviously he's unable to see that he's the real problem."
 
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NashVOL93 said:
Harbaugh is going in dry and taking no prisoners. How anyone would pick Florida is completely beyond me
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maybe because michigan lost 10 starters on defense but that aside, both teams are highly overrated. Just remember when it comes to Big Orange Football......WGWTFA !!!!!!!!

I'd much rather see UT open the season against either of those 2 teams than GT. Trivia.... UT's 1st 2 opponents of 2016, (app.st. & v-t), each went on to have 10 win seasons.

to booker 512 above: gotta watch those with the severe affliction...this board can get pretty wild during game time and this monday night,(9/4/17), should be no exception especially if the game is close.
 
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Booker512 said:
I just read a funny list of the worst types of sports fans...here are a few types that describe a lot of the negas. Lolol.

"The Pessimist
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"The negative nelly:
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" The 'good ole days' guy:
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Heh, nice!

Here's the version I tend to use for VolNation, never wrote it all down before, just kind of rolls through my head while reading threads:

It's About Me -- reacts to bad news as if the entire world is on a long-term vendetta to screw up his day. A key player gets injured, and his response is some version of, "everything bad happens to me!"

Eeyore -- the glass is always half empty. Always. Except when someone stole the damn glass.

Troll -- his mantra: I'm a Vols fan, we suck, fahr errbody, give up, Bama's better, Florida's better, Georgia's better, Vandy's better, but I'm a Vols fan, honest. I just hate us. Honest.

Tin Foil Hat -- the Governor, University President, Chancellor, Board of Trustees, Booster Club, Athletic Director and Head Coach are in a secret society hell bent on making Tennessee mediocre. Forever.

Go Vols!
 
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More than any opening game in recent memory, our beloved Vols just have so many unanswered questions.
Youth and inexperience (and talent) everywhere in our #1's & #2's.
How much will we miss Hall and DKJ?
How much have last years walking wounded really healed? E.g. Tuttle - 90%?
How much has new staff coached up their different areas?
And, how good is Tech? What can we really learn facing their offense?
Monday night will be very interesting, that's for sure.
Go Vols!
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
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I haven't seen anybody predicting that we will be fighting to get into a bowl game
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I'm sick of the hypocrisy. Florida has ten players suspended for their first game, and the pundits say, oh, no problem, they will just win by ten or so now over Michigan.

We lose one player on defense and have one suspension on the OL, and suddenly the picks go from seven wins to five. The rub is that we are fighting for a bowl game with Vandy and Mizzou.

My dudes, we are going to come out against GT and show them what Tennessee football is all about. I'm sick of the hate this team is getting. There are two top five recruiting classes running around on the Hill, with great depth behind them. It is time.

We will be undefeated heading into the Third Saturday in October. Mark it down.

p.s. There may have been alcohol involved in this post.
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I'm drunk on volaid and I'm with you ! We gonna be undefeated after the 3erd sat in October
 
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volgrad500 said:
I don't know anyone who thinks Florida is going to beat Michigan
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Yeah but there is a ton of Florida is ok, but Tennessee can't handle the loss of a player. We act like every team doesn't lose players. We have lost 2 for the year that actually plays and one for the tech game. We're pretty injury free. Hall is lost but we are so deep on ol it doesn't matter. I'm not worried about us. I think we are the pick of the east.
 
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volgrad500 said:
I don't know anyone who thinks Florida is going to beat Michigan
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Chris Doering just picked Florida to beat Michigan. Said, with a bit of a snarl and like he was personally offended, that "everyone's talking about how Florida has all these players, well Michigan just graduated 27 starters off last year's team".....

So, I'm not sure how you graduate 27 starters from a previous team, but Doering was awfully confident that Florida would handle Michigan today.
 
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Thats because Kirkland is better than 9 of their 10 suspended players.

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