Tennessee at Georgia IS playoff elimination game

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westwords "Tennessee has an 8-1 record but the playoff selection committee sees only one significant triumph, over Alabama at Neyland Stadium. That means the Vols could get rooted out of the race even if they finish 10-2". Marvin West details the UT Uga game; including Nico's injury status. westwords GO VOLS!
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If the season ended on Saturday, sure. But Alabama still has to play Oklahoma in Norman as well as Auburn, Ole Miss visits The Swamp and has the Egg Bowl, Notre Dame plays at a USC team whose losses have been incredibly close, Indiana is almost guaranteed to pick up at least loss #1 on the season, Georgia plays Georgia Tech... you see where I'm going with this.

It's only an "elimination" game for Tennessee with a loss if chalk happens the final two weeks of the season and in the conference title race, and the odds of that occurring is pretty slim.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
If the season ended on Saturday, sure. But Alabama still has to play Oklahoma in Norman as well as Auburn, Ole Miss visits The Swamp and has the Egg Bowl, Notre Dame plays at a USC team whose losses have been incredibly close, Indiana is almost guaranteed to pick up at least loss #1 on the season, Georgia plays Georgia Tech... you see where I'm going with this.

It's only an "elimination" game for Tennessee with a loss if chalk happens the final two weeks of the season and in the conference title race, and the odds of that occurring is pretty slim.
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Not sure Alabama losing helps our case since that is our one quality win on the season if we lose to Georgia.
 
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I think this is wrong.

Vols-UGa is definitely a semi-finial for getting to Atlanta (along with A&M-Texas), but it's not an eliminator for the CFP. A lot more variables still in play for that one. A 10-2 Vols team might find itself safely in the middle of the playoff picture come the first weekend of December, once all the other cards fall around all the conferences.

But I wanna win the SEC championship, too, so screw that. Just win em all!

Go Vols!
 
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GetEmVols said:
Not sure Alabama losing helps our case since that is our one quality win on the season if we lose to Georgia.
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A third loss kind of removes the luster of Tennessee's victory, that is true, but Alabama will absolutely move ahead of Tennessee in the CFP rankings if Georgia wins on Saturday. Alabama losing again would push them back down, and I just don't see any two-loss non-SEC teams that are currently below Tennessee moving ahead of them.
 
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From what I have been reading its an undefeated Indiana that's kinda mucking up the waters here for Vols. They should lose to O. State which hopefully knocks them out with their weak schedule. Beat O. State and they take a spot with 4 Big10 teams. A lot of variables if Vols lose Sat.
 
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Probably. And rightly so. We all thought UT's schedule would be tougher than it has been. They need another good win to make their case. Here is the schedule with current records:

Chattanooga- 6-4
NCSU- 5-5
Kent St- 0-10
OU- 5-5
Ark- 5-4
UF- 4-5
Bama- 7-2
UK- 3-6
MSU- 2-8

The Vols have only played 2 teams that currently have a winning record and lost to one of them.
 
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sjt18 said:
Probably. And rightly so. We all thought UT's schedule would be tougher than it has been. They need another good win to make their case. Here is the schedule with current records:

Chattanooga- 6-4
NCSU- 5-5
Kent St- 0-10
OU- 5-5
Ark- 5-4
UF- 4-5
Bama- 7-2
UK- 3-6
MSU- 2-8

The Vols have only played 2 teams that currently have a winning record and lost to one of them.
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Don’t you be going and telling the truth you negavol you
 
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deatojl said:
So, “truth” is someone’s opinion that lines up with your own opinion? The actual truth is that nobody knows what the truth is and won’t know until the final rankings are released. Everything else is just opinions and best guesses.
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Those records aren't an "opinion". They're reality. UT has beaten the teams in front of them except Arkansas inexplicably. But that schedule won't impress over other teams without a UGA win.
 
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sjt18 said:
Those records aren't an "opinion". They're reality. UT has beaten the teams in front of them except Arkansas inexplicably. But that schedule won't impress over other teams without a UGA win.
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2 less drops and Tennessee beats Arkie, and we aren't even having this discussion. Evidently Tennessee took Arkie lightly, and for Arkie, it was their GOY.
 
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sjt18 said:
Probably. And rightly so. We all thought UT's schedule would be tougher than it has been. They need another good win to make their case. Here is the schedule with current records:

Chattanooga- 6-4
NCSU- 5-5
Kent St- 0-10
OU- 5-5
Ark- 5-4
UF- 4-5
Bama- 7-2
UK- 3-6
MSU- 2-8

The Vols have only played 2 teams that currently have a winning record and lost to one of them.
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Our non conference was definitely fluff. NCSU is not very good nor is the entire ACC. Miami would be a Vegas underdog to at least 6 SEC teams at a neutral site. The difference is even the bottom half of the SEC is dangerous. Would it really shock you if Arkansas gets the Longhorns in Fayetteville? Every team with the exception of MS State has had their moment. Maybe they get theirs in the egg bowl. My point is those wins over Kentucky, and Florida and Oklahoma when they were healthy are better than they look. But the CP committee will look at them like wins over Purdue or Northwestern. It is what it is. We lose to Georgia we're out without some upsets in the last 2 weeks
 
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If Vols don’t beat Georgia, we need to stop pretending this is one of the 12 most worthy teams. We haven’t passed the eye test since Kent State. I know that will make many people irate but just go prove it Saturday!
 
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Georgia is going to play their best football this weekend and their crowd is going to help them, because if they don’t they’re done. The Vols will have to have a lights out game for this to become a win for UT. This is very much a playoff game for both teams.
 
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WiseOlVol said:
adam.vol said:
Georgia is going to play their best football this weekend and their crowd is going to help them, because if they don’t they’re done. The Vols will have to have a lights out game for this to become a win for UT. This is very much a playoff game for both teams.
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One publication's prediction.

GEORGIA by 7 over Tennessee - Georgia has won the last 7 meetings and are 5-0 ATS in the
series. They’ve held the Vols to their ssn low yards in each of the L/2 mtgs, allowing 277 and 289.
Bulldogs led Ole Miss 7-3 last week but never got the offense going and were fortunate to only lose
28-10 (-2’). Tenn’s offense avg 472 ypg but has been mistake prone. Vols are #121 in RZ %. UGA’s
D is holding foes 110 ypg below their avg. Tenn’s D has yet to allow 20 points in a game and they
are holding foes 98 ypg below their avg. Vols QB Iamaleava sat out the 2H of LW’s 33-14 (-25’) win
over Miss St and reports are coming out that he is in Concussion protocol but Heupel is hopeful
he will play. Vols defense will keep them in this but we actually give Bulldogs a small edge in all 3
phases so they win a close game.
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OrangeBeachVol said:
From what I have been reading its an undefeated Indiana that's kinda mucking up the waters here for Vols. They should lose to O. State which hopefully knocks them out with their weak schedule. Beat O. State and they take a spot with 4 Big10 teams. A lot of variables if Vols lose Sat.
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Not sure an 11-1 Indiana would fall below a 10-2 Tennessee. Our best shot is to beat Georgia and Vandy and then win the SECCG.
 
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