Which UT squads from the past decade would beat the 2012 team?

[Aesius]

I think 2003 and 2004 would be the only teams from that time period to give the current team a decent game.

2012 team would beat 05, 06, 08, and 2010 teams by at least 2 TDs, IMO. 07 and 09 teams would be a great matchup, but I think the depth and talent is greater now than it has been since the early 00s.

And just for fun, I think the 98 and 01 squads would win the NC this year.

 

[EricBerryistheMan]

It's kind of hard to tell since we haven't yet seen the 2012 team play a game.

 

[brianlsanders]

03,04,06,07

 

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The 2006 team with Ainge at the top of his game under Cutcliffe, Meachem and the rest would beat this team like a drum.

 

[Titans4Vols]

The 2006 team with Ainge at the top of his game under Cutcliffe, Meachem and the rest would beat this team like a drum.

Yeah, if Ainge doesn't get hurt, we probably go to a BCS game in 06.

 

[gordonr24]

03 and 06. 07 was the luckiest team UT has ever had.

 

[gordonr24]

The 2006 team with Ainge at the top of his game under Cutcliffe, Meachem and the rest would beat this team like a drum.

IMO, the last great team we've had. We just couldn't catch all the breaks that season.

 

[Ooltewah_Vol]

What about the 01 team? That was probably as good a team as the 98 squad.

 

[DJVOL73]

Impossible to know for sure right now, but the 03,04,05,06,07,08 teams were more talented imo.. even though 05,08 sucked, talent wasn't the issue

 

[Mr.Fister]

I think 2003 and 2004 would be the only teams from that time period to give the current team a decent game.

2012 team would beat 05, 06, 08, and 2010 teams by at least 2 TDs, IMO. 07 and 09 teams would be a great matchup, but I think the depth and talent is greater now than it has been since the early 00s.

And just for fun, I think the 98 and 01 squads would win the NC this year.

yeah cause we tore up the sec last year so its obvious how good we are gonna be this year :good!:

 

[gordonr24]

What about the 01 team? That was probably as good a team as the 98 squad.

I believe the OP meant the past 10 years eventhough he said the last decade.

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

Are we really doing this thread before this team ever plays a game.. Wow

 

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Are we really doing this thread before this team ever plays a game.. Wow

Can you not read?? This is not the basketball forum.....geez.

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

Can you not read?? This is not the basketball forum.....geez.

Lulz

 

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Lulz

Just messin.....you're a good sport

 

[DarthVisor]

yeah cause we tore up the sec last year so its obvious how good we are gonna be this year :good!:

Negavol

 

[Rock33]

I believe the OP meant the past 10 years eventhough he said the last decade.

Ummm...Huh ?

 

[gordonr24]

Ummm...Huh ?

Last 10 years as in 2002-2011

Last decade as in the 2000-2009

 

[livefaith]

Last 10 years as in 2001-2011

Last decade as in the 2000-2009

Is 2001-2011 really ten years or just the new math? :-o

 

[Pulscifer]

Is 2001-2011 really ten years or just the new math? :-o

Lol

 

[gordonr24]

Is 2001-2011 really ten years or just the new math? :-o

Fixed it

 

[TrueOrange]

Yeah, if Ainge doesn't get hurt, we probably go to a BCS game in 06.

I felt it was a bit more "if ainge, Coker, and foster don't all get hurt at the same time, we could have gone to a BCS game," but yeah, similar sentiment.

IMO, the last great team we've had. We just couldn't catch all the breaks that season.

More like we seemingly caught a bunch of bad ones

 

[Thrasher865]

Last 10 years as in 2002-2011

Last decade as in the 2000-2009

A decade is 10 years. I think you're a bit caught up in semantics. You can choose to classify decades as the 80s, 90s, etc. To say over the past decade would be correctly defined as over the last 10 years.

 

[gordonr24]

A decade is 10 years. I think you're a bit caught up in semantics. You can choose to classify decades as the 80s, 90s, etc. To say over the past decade would be correctly defined as over the last 10 years.

It's fine. Didn't mean to stir things up. Carry on

 

[gordonr24]

I felt it was a bit more "if ainge, Coker, and foster don't all get hurt at the same time, we could have gone to a BCS game," but yeah, similar sentiment.



More like we seemingly caught a bunch of bad ones

Losing Ainge to injury in two of our biggest games and the called back touchdown against Florida are the big ones. We would have beaten LSU without Ainge. Arkansas would have been a tossup. We would have been looking at a 10-2,11-1 finish and a potential BCS birth.