StrangeVol
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We have 4 remaining SEC series, 2 on the road 2 at home. I took a good look at who we play and projected/guessed how we will do between now and tourney time, not including out of conference games.
First, we travel to Arkansas to face the piggies. This is our toughest series remaining on our schedule and I expect us to win 1 game to avoid the sweep. Arkansas is no joke.
Second, Missouri comes calling at LNS. I think we win the series 2 - 1 and move on. Mizzou is a potential sweep candidate, depending very much on how they handle our pitching.
Next, we go for a swim in the swamp. This series is hard to guesstimate. Florida can play great, but they don't do that very often. Normally I would be concerned about playing them at their place, but they just haven't been that good at home. I think we win the series 2-1 with the very clear possibility of sweeping them if our bats are productive and our pitching likes the warm weather.
Finally, we get Ole Miss at home and I like us to finish on a high note with the sweep over a very inconsistent Rebel team. Honestly, it's hard to really get a good feel for what they might do but while they were strong early, taking 2 of 3 at Arkansas, they've not been so solid lately dropping 2 of 3 to Kensucky at home just last weekend. So I'm calling for the regular season-ending sweep.
So, summing up I think we win 8 of the last 12 SEC contests to bring our regular season SEC record to 17 - 13, which ain't too shabby. In fact, it's a very nice step up from last year's 12 & 18 mark. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 2005 when we were 18 & 11 to find a better SEC record.
While the Vols web site only shows easily accessible records back to 2002, the waning years of Delmonico's 18 season tenure, I suspect that this may be only the second or third ( we did make the CWS in 2001) time this century (assuming my projections hold true) we've been over .500 in the SEC. Think about that. Does the phrase "perennial doormat" ring just a bit true?
Damn, I'm really liking our new coach!
First, we travel to Arkansas to face the piggies. This is our toughest series remaining on our schedule and I expect us to win 1 game to avoid the sweep. Arkansas is no joke.
Second, Missouri comes calling at LNS. I think we win the series 2 - 1 and move on. Mizzou is a potential sweep candidate, depending very much on how they handle our pitching.
Next, we go for a swim in the swamp. This series is hard to guesstimate. Florida can play great, but they don't do that very often. Normally I would be concerned about playing them at their place, but they just haven't been that good at home. I think we win the series 2-1 with the very clear possibility of sweeping them if our bats are productive and our pitching likes the warm weather.
Finally, we get Ole Miss at home and I like us to finish on a high note with the sweep over a very inconsistent Rebel team. Honestly, it's hard to really get a good feel for what they might do but while they were strong early, taking 2 of 3 at Arkansas, they've not been so solid lately dropping 2 of 3 to Kensucky at home just last weekend. So I'm calling for the regular season-ending sweep.
So, summing up I think we win 8 of the last 12 SEC contests to bring our regular season SEC record to 17 - 13, which ain't too shabby. In fact, it's a very nice step up from last year's 12 & 18 mark. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 2005 when we were 18 & 11 to find a better SEC record.
While the Vols web site only shows easily accessible records back to 2002, the waning years of Delmonico's 18 season tenure, I suspect that this may be only the second or third ( we did make the CWS in 2001) time this century (assuming my projections hold true) we've been over .500 in the SEC. Think about that. Does the phrase "perennial doormat" ring just a bit true?
Damn, I'm really liking our new coach!
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