What kind of statement would it make

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If we absolutely annihilated everyone in our next 4 games? Would it somewhat ease the pain of our close losses or would you just think "yay we can beat teams that aren't good"?

This is probably just the sunshine pumper coming out in me, but personally I think it would make a pretty strong statement for our team. I think it would basically make people go "ok they had nail biters with the top SEC teams (minus Bama of course), and they blew out the bottom tier teams, Tennessee is a team that deserves to be talked about with the best teams in the conference".

A huge bowl blowout would confirm this IMO.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
If we absolutely annihilated everyone in our next 4 games? Would it somewhat ease the pain of our close losses or would you just think "yay we can beat teams that aren't good"?

This is probably just the sunshine pumper coming out in me, but personally I think it would make a pretty strong statement for our team. I think it would basically make people go "ok they had nail biters with the top SEC teams (minus Bama of course), and they blew out the bottom tier teams, Tennessee is a team that deserves to be talked about with the best teams in the conference".

A huge bowl blowout would confirm this IMO.
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To change the perception and for Dooley to be able to realistically tell recruits that we were a play or two away from beating 4 top 20 teams, this team would have to beat each team by around 30 pts. If he closed out with 5 wins over 21-30 pt. margins and then you factor in all the close losses, a lot of the top recruits we are in the lead or in the top 3 for would buy it. Anything even close to a loss or being sloppy, and the perception is still there.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
If we absolutely annihilated everyone in our next 4 games? Would it somewhat ease the pain of our close losses or would you just think "yay we can beat teams that aren't good"?

This is probably just the sunshine pumper coming out in me, but personally I think it would make a pretty strong statement for our team. I think it would basically make people go "ok they had nail biters with the top SEC teams (minus Bama of course), and they blew out the bottom tier teams, Tennessee is a team that deserves to be talked about with the best teams in the conference".

A huge bowl blowout would confirm this IMO.
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Tennessee has gone 0-5 in conference play for the third time in a row. Only Vanderbilt has pulled that off before. Tennessee isn't one of the top teams in the conference. Tennessee is awful.
 
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tvols75 said:
To change the perception and for Dooley to be able to realistically tell recruits that we were a play or two away from beating 4 top 20 teams, this team would have to beat each team by around 30 pts. If he closed out with 5 wins over 21-30 pt. margins and then you factor in all the close losses, a lot of the top recruits we are in the lead or in the top 3 for would buy it. Anything even close to a loss or being sloppy, and the perception is still there.
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I agree with this. It's just the story of playing in the SEC. Zero margin for error. The slightest error that lets one of these crap teams hang with us only solidifies the perception that we belong in the lower tier of the SEC
 
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It would mean we have under achieved again ,and we have to worry about them keepin cdd around 1 more year.
 
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Our last ray of hope is to beat a semi respectable team in the bowl game. Beating Troy, Mizzou, Vandy and Ky would be nice though. Anything positive I am up for it at this point
 
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If we beat these teams bad what do we really accomplish? We should, but we are still a mediaocra team because we have beat nobody's .
 
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1725gatorhater said:
If we beat these teams bad what do we really accomplish? We should, but we are still a mediaocra team because we have beat nobody's .
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I disagree. The perception would be we hammered mediocre teams, and the best teams in conference barely squeaked by us. And then we hammered a decent team in a bowl game = we're getting there and shouldn't be categorized with mediocrity.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
If we absolutely annihilated everyone in our next 4 games? Would it somewhat ease the pain of our close losses or would you just think "yay we can beat teams that aren't good"?

This is probably just the sunshine pumper coming out in me, but personally I think it would make a pretty strong statement for our team. I think it would basically make people go "ok they had nail biters with the top SEC teams (minus Bama of course), and they blew out the bottom tier teams, Tennessee is a team that deserves to be talked about with the best teams in the conference".

A huge bowl blowout would confirm this IMO.
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The perception would be that we can't be anyone of substance, which is the case no matter what happens between now and December.
 
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Anybody can beat cupcakes. Good teams beat good teams. Period.

The fact that even a small portion of our fanbase thinks that running up the score on cupcakes and the dregs of the SEC is something to brag about and take pride in shows how low this program has sunk. It's bad enough to be kicked down to the SEC cellar, but why justify languishing there?
 
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The problem with OP's assumption is that I don't think we can annihilate anyone left on the schedule (Kensucky might be the one exception).

It won't happen for one simple reason: our defense sucks.

(sorry to be debbie downer)
 
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LA Vol said:
Anybody can beat cupcakes. Good teams beat good teams. Period.

The fact that even a small portion of our fanbase thinks that running up the score on cupcakes and the dregs of the SEC is something to brag about and take pride in shows how low this program has sunk. It's bad enough to be kicked down to the SEC cellar, but why justify languishing there?
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Well said, LA
 
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LA Vol said:
Anybody can beat cupcakes. Good teams beat good teams. Period.

The fact that even a small portion of our fanbase thinks that running up the score on cupcakes and the dregs of the SEC is something to brag about and take pride in shows how low this program has sunk. It's bad enough to be kicked down to the SEC cellar, but why justify languishing there?
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I definitely don't think hammering them is something to be "proud of", just that it helps with the perception.
 
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I'm right there with you, but so many just want a clean break. They're like most these days, they want things now versus having to do it the old fashion style and work their butts off to achieve things. Byproduct of growing up in this throw-a-way world we live in these days. Incremental improvement a little each year until they achieve the expectations fans want isn't good enough for those of that elk in today's world. They don't care if we stay the course and 3 years time back to dominating the east, Dooley has become the focal point of their frustration with the bad to mediocre teams we have had even prior to his arrival. At this point, I think the fire him now crowd want another coach so bad, they would never admit firing him was a hasty decision if he is more successful at his next stop than our next coach.
 
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LA Vol said:
Anybody can beat cupcakes. Good teams beat good teams. Period.

The fact that even a small portion of our fanbase thinks that running up the score on cupcakes and the dregs of the SEC is something to brag about and take pride in shows how low this program has sunk. It's bad enough to be kicked down to the SEC cellar, but why justify languishing there?
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Not everyone. We lost to KY last year and Vandy took us to Overtime.

I guess a cupcake team can't crush another cupcake team.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
I disagree. The perception would be we hammered mediocre teams, and the best teams in conference barely squeaked by us. And then we hammered a decent team in a bowl game = we're getting there and shouldn't be categorized with mediocrity.
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Unless they were at a specific game, recruits aren't going to remember that it was close. They'll simply know that Tennessee lost against every good team they played.

Score fades fairly quickly from the minds of most folks. Unless you are a Tennessee fan, the closeness of a Vol loss won't mean much by the end of bowl season.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
I disagree. The perception would be we hammered mediocre teams, and the best teams in conference barely squeaked by us. And then we hammered a decent team in a bowl game = we're getting there and shouldn't be categorized with mediocrity.
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Guess your glass is half full. Dooley has not showed me he can beat anyone that is decent. My glass is half empty for Dooley. You can call me a negavol but that is the way I see it and I will not sugarcoat it.
 
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Actually, as one who is a Dooley critic, it would be very positive. Last year UT lost to UK and took overtime to beat Vandy. So, I think UT having convincing wins means that Dooley is moving the program in the right direction. Now, ask me if I believe this will happen? No. I've already watched this D make every QB it's played look like an All-American. Troy isn't an offense to be taken lightly.
So, i actually think they can prove a lot. Especially to me, because I think it is very possible they will lose another game.
 
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