Fall's Here. Expectations?

[UGADawg4Life]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

 

[joevol33]

All I can say that will be factually accurate, is UGA will once again not win it all

 

[Rickyvol77]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

5-7 is average
6-6 is doing a decent coaching job with what CJH has.
7-5 or 8-4 is above expectations
9-3 or better is coach of the year performance

 

[bpalmer28]

Hate to be a thread killer but there's no way to know. We'll find out when everyone else does.

 

[joevol33]

5-7 is average
6-6 is doing a decent coaching job with what CJH has.
7-5 or 8-4 is above expectations
9-3 or better is coach of the year performance

I agree, but I just can't make a prediction. Part of me has hope, but part of me doesn't want to get my hopes up

 

[matt_mccoy19]

Something reasonable, something like 11-1 or 12-0

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Go away, troll!

Go back to enjoying not winning a national championship since 1980.

 

[UGADawg4Life]

5-7 is average
6-6 is doing a decent coaching job with what CJH has.
7-5 or 8-4 is above expectations
9-3 or better is coach of the year performance

I agree. I think will be a lot of enthusiasm due to the offense. Pitt and Florida will be pivotal games. You face Pitt with probably a simplified offense due to newness. By Florida you should see how well players are getting it. Win both and season's looking good, more like 9-3 and COY.

 

[scottvols69]

The one certainty this season is UGA will over promise and under deliver.

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

Pitt, Mizzou, and Ole Miss are all winnable. Ceiling is 8-4 and floor is 5-7 to keep people happy.

 

[MAD]

 

[Teeman]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

I think most people see 6-6. My question to you is will Georgia beat Clemson?

 

[UGADawg4Life]

Pitt, Mizzou, and Ole Miss are all winnable. Ceiling is 8-4 and floor is 5-7 to keep people happy.

I was surprised at how low USCe was ranked. Have they fallen that far?

 

[orangebloodgmc]

"Pre-season rankings ... how accurate will they be?"

Well, they don't know who our QB will be. They don't know our starting RB. They have never seen our ILBs on field together. They have never seen Young on field for us or Hadden or our kicker. They don't which of our players have added muscle or lost bodyfat. They only know we lost players, but not that we added any. But, if they want to make up some numbers, sure, be creative.

 

[Devo182]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

They don't say 5-7 though.

Imagine if a team was ranked 52nd and their schedule consisted of the #40-#51 teams. Does that mean 0-12? Of course not, those would all be nearly coinflips. Closer to 6-6/5-7 it woupd be.

Most have us at 6+ wins. FPI has us at 6.6 wins.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Given pre-season Bulldawg attractiveness rankings:

Every Georgia Fan (1 on a scale of 1 to 10)

vs Ms. America (10)
vs Ms. Virginia (9)
vs the cutest woman at work (8)
vs that Ole Miss co-ed they all pretend they dated once (7)
vs the clerk at the 7-11 by the interstate (6)
vs the girl down the street everyone likes (5)
vs the girl with bad breath but big...eyes (4)
vs the Bama fan's other sister (the one he didn't marry) (3)

Pre-season rankings say 0-8. How accurate will they be?

PRETTY DAMN ACCURATE.

 

[lukeneyland]

I think anywhere between 8-4 and 5-7 is reasonable. Think we will be competitive with everyone but Bama, Florida and Georgia. Wouldn’t be shocked if our offense ends up being very, very good. Our offensive line will be good to great as will our receivers, running back should be good enough and is generally a product of blocking more than anything. Surely we have can get good QB play out someone considering the upside that some of these guys appear to have

 

[PEPPERJAX]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

I think we can do better than 5-7 but nothing shocks me anymore. I see 5 probable wins where we should be able to secure the W with better overall talent. The predicted losses shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. The Pitt game IMO will prove to be a good indicator of how UT will compete throughout the season. Win that game and 7-5 should be attainable. Lose against PITT then we likely finish 6-6. It pains me to put UK as toss up game. GBO!!!


vs Bowling Green (128) Win
vs Pitt (41) toss up
vs Tenn. Tech (NA) Win
vs Florida (12) loss
vs Missouri (47) toss up
vs USCe (93) win
vs Ole Miss (23) toss up
vs Bama (1) loss
vs Kentucky (35) toss up
vs Georgia (5) loss
vs S. Alabama (122) win
vs Vandy (105) win

 

[UGADawg4Life]

I think most people see 6-6. My question to you is will Georgia beat Clemson?

I think the game's a toss up. It's so early in the season it wouldn't surprise me with either team winning. We're going to have to contain Uiagalele and try and make them run between the tackles. I think both teams will score in the 30s. But this thread is about Tennessee and your thoughts on Heupel and his system.

 

[HalfullVol]

#WGWTFA !!

 

[ftsandersvol]

given pre-season rankings:

Tennessee (68)

vs Bowling Green (128)
vs Pitt (41)
vs Tenn. Tech (NA)
vs Florida (12)
vs Missoiri (47)
vs USCe (93)
vs Ole Miss (23)
vs Bama (1)
vs Kentucky (35)
vs Georgia (5)
vs S. Alabama (122)
vs Vandy (105)

Pre-season rankings say 5-7. How accurate will they be?

I'll let you know at the end of the season. One of my gifts is I can always predict the winning lottery numbers 24 hours after they are picked. That's my superpower.

 

[morristown vol]

A bowl game and i'll be happy.

 

[CAVPUT]

None. No expectations at all. More curiosity than anything else. I'm taking a "show me" approach to UT football.

 

[tnutater]

Home field will carry the Pitt game but I do not see us getting three SEC wins this year.

 

[Dudleys87]

I was surprised at how low USCe was ranked. Have they fallen that far?

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