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As I have posted somewhere in the forum, my preseason pick was 25-6
I broke the season down into 5 sections:
Games up to and including Bahamas: 6-0
Games prior to the SEC season: 6-1 (Thinking we might lose 1 of the road games: picking Illinois)
First 3rd of the SEC season 5-1 (Thinking we will lose 1 of Texas and Florida on the road: picking Florida)
Middle 3rd of SEC season 4-2 Thinking that we will split with Kentucky and also drop the game at Auburn)
Final 3rd of the SEC season 3-3 (Hoping I'm wrong on this: Dropping the game at home against AL and two of the road games: picking A&M & Ole Miss)
Best case 27-4 and worst case 22-9
Enjoying the season and I am on track ... with my thinking, but it is way to early to be calculating seeding already for the NCAA tournament???? SMH ( Lunardi and ESPN begging for clicks. )
Spoiler: Tennessee is a 1 seed in the East. No, I'm not kidding. Bracketology: ESPN releases predictions for 2025 NCAA Tournament after Week 3
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
As I have posted somewhere in the forum, my preseason pick was 25-6
I broke the season down into 5 sections:
Games up to and including Bahamas: 6-0
Games prior to the SEC season: 6-1 (Thinking we might lose 1 of the road games: picking Illinois)
First 3rd of the SEC season 5-1 (Thinking we will lose 1 of Texas and Florida on the road: picking Florida)
Middle 3rd of SEC season 4-2 Thinking that we will split with Kentucky and also drop the game at Auburn)
Final 3rd of the SEC season 3-3 (Hoping I'm wrong on this: Dropping the game at home against AL and two of the road games: picking A&M & Ole Miss)
Best case 27-4 and worst case 22-9
Enjoying the season and I am on track ... with my thinking, but it is way to early to be calculating seeding already for the NCAA tournament???? SMH ( Lunardi and ESPN begging for clicks. )
Spoiler: Tennessee is a 1 seed in the East. No, I'm not kidding. Bracketology: ESPN releases predictions for 2025 NCAA Tournament after Week 3
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Craziness. The thing is that folks will get so worked up over bracketology so early. The mental gymnastics that will occur…..
 
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cardvolfan said:
I’m reverting back to my time at UT in the mid to late 70’s. Tennessee goes 16-2, and their two losses are to mediocre SEC teams.
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16-2 was the end of Ernie and Bernie in 1976-77. Single digit (4 and 7) losses at Florida (10-8) and at Georgia (3-15). The 7 point loss at Georgia makes no sense at all. Caused TN to share the 1977 SEC championship with KY despite beating them in both games.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
16-2 was the end of Ernie and Bernie in 1976-77. Single digit (4 and 7) losses at Florida (10-8) and at Georgia (3-15). The 7 point loss at Georgia makes no sense at all. Caused TN to share the 1977 SEC championship with KY despite beating them in both games.
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I remember that well. I was absolutely crushed by those losses. Had visions of 18-0, which it should have been. I knew Georgia wasn’t good, but forgot they were really bad.
 
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Preseason picks I made in Phil Steele's Mag: Fla--6-6, A&M-8-4, UT 10-2, Okla 7-5, Mizz 9-3, Lsu 10-2 (Ugh) OMiss 10-2, Bama 8-4, Txs 11-1. Uga 10-2. My big miss was Auburn 10-2. But they lost 3 they could have won without all those QB TO's & just plain bad luck.
 
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I think 24-7 we lose 1 random OOC game that makes no sense and 6 in conference. 5 to ranked teams and one random. If we don't have any more major injuries and Dubar, Carr lock down rotation spots that 27-4 or better is on the table. With Estrella out for the season we are vulnerable to teams with a lot of big bodies to throw at us. Never thought I'd be saying that this preseason. I was super wrong about Phillips and Estrella's potential.. I figured they would be the thing holding us back.. now Estrella being hurt might be it but Phillips's development might make up for it.

Funny one ... I checked ESPNs odds today for our remaining games they have only one team favored against us @Auburn. @kentucky they have as a tossup, we are massively favored by ESPN to win every other game. so ESPN has us 29-2
 
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JohnWardForever said:
Preseason picks I made in Phil Steele's Mag: Fla--6-6, A&M-8-4, UT 10-2, Okla 7-5, Mizz 9-3, Lsu 10-2 (Ugh) OMiss 10-2, Bama 8-4, Txs 11-1. Uga 10-2. My big miss was Auburn 10-2. But they lost 3 they could have won without all those QB TO's & just plain bad luck.
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Feel free to join in on the basketball record predictions ...
 
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The conference is really tough this year . . . I think 12-6 would be a great season in conference. I think we will be 10-8 to 12-6 depending on injuries and shooting. I say we finish 23-8 or 22-9. 3rd or 4th in the SEC behind Bama, Auburn, and UK. Road conference wins will be hard to get.

4-5 seed in the NCAA tournament . . . But a team NO ONE will want to play . . . Because I suspect our long term MO will be . . . If Lanier is scoring / shooting well . . . We will play with and be positioned to beat about anyone.

Right now Auburn looks like the best conference team to me.
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
As I have posted somewhere in the forum, my preseason pick was 25-6
I broke the season down into 5 sections:
Games up to and including Bahamas: 6-0
Games prior to the SEC season: 6-1 (Thinking we might lose 1 of the road games: picking Illinois)
First 3rd of the SEC season 5-1 (Thinking we will lose 1 of Texas and Florida on the road: picking Florida)
Middle 3rd of SEC season 4-2 Thinking that we will split with Kentucky and also drop the game at Auburn)
Final 3rd of the SEC season 3-3 (Hoping I'm wrong on this: Dropping the game at home against AL and two of the road games: picking A&M & Ole Miss)
Best case 27-4 and worst case 22-9
Enjoying the season and I am on track ... with my thinking, but it is way to early to be calculating seeding already for the NCAA tournament???? SMH ( Lunardi and ESPN begging for clicks. )
Spoiler: Tennessee is a 1 seed in the East. No, I'm not kidding. Bracketology: ESPN releases predictions for 2025 NCAA Tournament after Week 3
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26-5 with an Elite 8 appearance and possibly breaking the Final Four barrier.
 
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Go47 said:
The conference is really tough this year . . . I think 12-6 would be a great season in conference. I think we will be 10-8 to 12-6 depending on injuries and shooting. I say we finish 23-8 or 22-9. 3rd or 4th in the SEC behind Bama, Auburn, and UK. Road conference wins will be hard to get.

4-5 seed in the NCAA tournament . . . But a team NO ONE will want to play . . . Because I suspect our long term MO will be . . . If Lanier is scoring / shooting well . . . We will play with and be positioned to beat about anyone.

Right now Auburn looks like the best conference team to me.
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The conference was really tight last year too
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
As I have posted somewhere in the forum, my preseason pick was 25-6
I broke the season down into 5 sections:
Games up to and including Bahamas: 6-0
Games prior to the SEC season: 6-1 (Thinking we might lose 1 of the road games: picking Illinois)
First 3rd of the SEC season 5-1 (Thinking we will lose 1 of Texas and Florida on the road: picking Florida)
Middle 3rd of SEC season 4-2 Thinking that we will split with Kentucky and also drop the game at Auburn)
Final 3rd of the SEC season 3-3 (Hoping I'm wrong on this: Dropping the game at home against AL and two of the road games: picking A&M & Ole Miss)
Best case 27-4 and worst case 22-9
Enjoying the season and I am on track ... with my thinking, but it is way to early to be calculating seeding already for the NCAA tournament???? SMH ( Lunardi and ESPN begging for clicks. )
Spoiler: Tennessee is a 1 seed in the East. No, I'm not kidding. Bracketology: ESPN releases predictions for 2025 NCAA Tournament after Week 3
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Alright:
I think we finish OOC undefeated including Illinois - we are favored to win all of those games and defense travels:
13-0
15-4 in the SEC - losses at Auburn/Kentucky/Oklahoma and we drop one at home.
28-4 is best case good for a one seed.
Worst case we drop 2 more in SEC play
26-6
I think that would be good enough for a 2/3 seed.
 
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Larkin said:
Alright:
I think we finish OOC undefeated including Illinois - we are favored to win all of those games and defense travels:
13-0
15-4 in the SEC - losses at Auburn/Kentucky/Oklahoma and we drop one at home.
28-4 is best case good for a one seed.
Worst case we drop 2 more in SEC play
26-6
I think that would be good enough for a 2/3 seed.
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Illinois was ready at the opening tip yesterday versus Arkansas, but didn’t smoke them after the hot start. That’s going to be a really good test.
 
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Cuse: W
Miami: W
@ Illinois: L, the 3 foreign guys are really good, the best being their 7’1 C, hope Okpara is ready.
WCU: W
MTSU: W
NORF: W
Ark: W
@ FL: L
@ Texas: W, they only have Tre Johnson
UGA: W
@ Vandy: W
@ Miss St: W
@ Aub: L
UK: W
FL: W
Mizz: W
@ OU: L
@ UK: L
Vandy: W
@ A&M: L
LSU: W
@ Bama: L
@ OM: W
SC: W


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