Got to write my thoughts here for volnation to feast on, and then abstain for a while! Spend to much emotion getting worked up at Negavol morons to let it be a year around thing... again :ermm:
End of the day, UT would have been 10-2 with an average number of injuries on the season. We weren't as good as we were hoping, but also absolutely would have beat SC and Vandy (and maybe aTm) with JRM, Sutton, and Kirkland and the likes. Sucks. But season is over now and it's time to win the bowl and look forward to 2017.
So here are 5 things I couldn't have written for the last decade:
1. We are b****ing about being 8-4 and beating UF, UGA, and VT. The last time our coach was on the hot seat we were 5-7. I ain't happy. But I feel more like a UGA fan pissed about Richt not winning the east than a UT fan who can't even go bowling.
2. We are talented and experienced. Assuming injuries don't derail the team... the talent is there to win the east. *Highest ranking of players in each position
JR Experience led, talented DL.
DL 5*
DL 5*
DL 5*
DL 5*
Kirkland should be back to form.
LB 4+* (Did Kirkland get rated 5* by a service?)
LB 4*
Look back for the d*mn football
DB 4*
DB 4*
DB 4*
DB 3 or 4* (depends if Buchanan starts)
DB 2-3* Mosely
Jared Football?
QB 4* (#1 Dual)
A running back who runs as angry as Montario Hardesty
RB 3* (who averaged 6.7 y/c. And a 4+* coming in who fits the system).
Just nasty talent and experience
WR 5*
WR 4*
WR 4*
For some reason no one talks about how rediculous these guys were for the second half of the year. #2 OL in SEC next year.
OL 5*
OL 4*
OL 4*
OL 4*
OL 4*
3. Bob Shoop. Don't care what people say about this year... This guy has and can put together top 15 Defenses with far less talent and next year will show it. Judging him on this year is a fools mistake. I expect there will be a couple staff changes as well I imagine (a db coach who teaches our guys to look for ball when they are stride for stride!!?!)
4. A ****ing chip on the shoulder. Butch's team plays best as underdogs. This year's team didn't resemble anything of the ready-to-play, no mistakes football team that he was known for his first 3 seasons at UT and at Natty. This team is going to be put at 3rd in the east in preseason and everyone is going to be blasting them all offseason... and I love it. News to the world- the only spot that UT will see a dropoff is DE and QB (and not by much).
5. Winning Culture. Jones is committed to the culture he is setting. This year tested it... But if we didn't have injuries we would be sitting at 10-2 and talking about the empire he is building. The players who lived through it will be better for it. So negavols be d*mned.
Bonus: Everyone who talks about Butch being a coach who can't win literally doesn't know sh*t. Unless VFL34 comes on here and says that, or another former player for UT then tune it out...
End of the day, UT would have been 10-2 with an average number of injuries on the season. We weren't as good as we were hoping, but also absolutely would have beat SC and Vandy (and maybe aTm) with JRM, Sutton, and Kirkland and the likes. Sucks. But season is over now and it's time to win the bowl and look forward to 2017.
So here are 5 things I couldn't have written for the last decade:
1. We are b****ing about being 8-4 and beating UF, UGA, and VT. The last time our coach was on the hot seat we were 5-7. I ain't happy. But I feel more like a UGA fan pissed about Richt not winning the east than a UT fan who can't even go bowling.
2. We are talented and experienced. Assuming injuries don't derail the team... the talent is there to win the east. *Highest ranking of players in each position
JR Experience led, talented DL.
DL 5*
DL 5*
DL 5*
DL 5*
Kirkland should be back to form.
LB 4+* (Did Kirkland get rated 5* by a service?)
LB 4*
Look back for the d*mn football
DB 4*
DB 4*
DB 4*
DB 3 or 4* (depends if Buchanan starts)
DB 2-3* Mosely
Jared Football?
QB 4* (#1 Dual)
A running back who runs as angry as Montario Hardesty
RB 3* (who averaged 6.7 y/c. And a 4+* coming in who fits the system).
Just nasty talent and experience
WR 5*
WR 4*
WR 4*
For some reason no one talks about how rediculous these guys were for the second half of the year. #2 OL in SEC next year.
OL 5*
OL 4*
OL 4*
OL 4*
OL 4*
3. Bob Shoop. Don't care what people say about this year... This guy has and can put together top 15 Defenses with far less talent and next year will show it. Judging him on this year is a fools mistake. I expect there will be a couple staff changes as well I imagine (a db coach who teaches our guys to look for ball when they are stride for stride!!?!)
4. A ****ing chip on the shoulder. Butch's team plays best as underdogs. This year's team didn't resemble anything of the ready-to-play, no mistakes football team that he was known for his first 3 seasons at UT and at Natty. This team is going to be put at 3rd in the east in preseason and everyone is going to be blasting them all offseason... and I love it. News to the world- the only spot that UT will see a dropoff is DE and QB (and not by much).
5. Winning Culture. Jones is committed to the culture he is setting. This year tested it... But if we didn't have injuries we would be sitting at 10-2 and talking about the empire he is building. The players who lived through it will be better for it. So negavols be d*mned.
Bonus: Everyone who talks about Butch being a coach who can't win literally doesn't know sh*t. Unless VFL34 comes on here and says that, or another former player for UT then tune it out...
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