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The playoff loss did not ruin the season. Our season was a major success and should give us momentum going in to the off-season. We should manage to get some portal talent.

I know our roster is nearly full already, but we should attract decent players for whichever position we might need.

The playoff loss was pivotal to show the WRs have been a liability for 2 seasons now. We had a few clutch receivers, but they were injured a lot. The kicker is I kept waiting to see one of the second string WRs step up and become the man, like Hyatt and Tillman both did. It never happened. Just a lot of passes hitting receivers in the hands, and then hitting the ground.

Our WRs do seem to be well-coached in blocking. That is something where our receivers were just awful the past decade, but since Heupel came to Knoxville, they are as good as any WR corps in the nation at blocking.
 
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All I know is the last time we got our pants pulled down like this on the national stage - Orange Bowl, Big Red Thrashing Machine- we came back tough as hell and looked like a completely new breed of football team nine months later.

Nine months. That’s how long it takes to make a baby, and to quit playing football like one.
 
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Season was an absolute success, until the final game.

Sadly, all anyone (sports media, recruits, and other fan bases) will remember about this season will be is we got dirt stomped by OSU.
 
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Other_Guy said:
Watching the rest of the SEC this bowl season and reminding myself, "Tenn was better than all of these fools."

And yes, I know the bowl games are even more meaningless now.
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If you look at the bigtens regular season record against the SEC its a lot more representative of the truth. With a lot of these bowl games its hard to gauge anything off them (outside of the playoffs) because half the teams are sitting out or in the portal. Teams like Bama and so forth kind of check out if they are not in the playoffs.

What happened to UT in the playoffs is, I hope, a painful lesson we can learn from.
 
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It's really hard to draw many conclusions in college football these days. With the NIL, and transfers, the game is different now. Those that were weak last year could be contenders this year. I suspect it's really difficult for the sports bettors now.
 
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SpookyAction said:
The playoff loss did not ruin the season. Our season was a major success and should give us momentum going in to the off-season. We should manage to get some portal talent.

I know our roster is nearly full already, but we should attract decent players for whichever position we might need.

The playoff loss was pivotal to show the WRs have been a liability for 2 seasons now. We had a few clutch receivers, but they were injured a lot. The kicker is I kept waiting to see one of the second string WRs step up and become the man, like Hyatt and Tillman both did. It never happened. Just a lot of passes hitting receivers in the hands, and then hitting the ground.

Our WRs do seem to be well-coached in blocking. That is something where our receivers were just awful the past decade, but since Heupel came to Knoxville, they are as good as any WR corps in the nation at blocking.
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Here’s the thing: WR’s need a QB to get them the ball. If you have an inexperienced QB, timing for the WR drops. Their timing gets off.

I wouldn’t be surprised to watch our WR’s transfer out and have solid careers elsewhere.
 
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There is more parity in college football now and has been with the portal and even the more lax rules on transfers over the last several years, but certainly because of the portal.

This has allowed everyone to get better and the top programs to level off some. Alabama hasn't been able to consolidate most of the top talent, by paying them illegally and a hand full of other programs (like Ohio State), which also consolidated "power". Look no further than your Hall of Fame, arguably greatest of all time, coach retiring simply because the rules changed. This tells you everything you need to know. Dude quit, because he didn't like the rules that ultimately took power (control more than anything) away from him.

Once the smoke settles and the new wears off some of how chaotic and wild West everything is with the portal, the parity is good for the sport and all programs in general and not just the select few that consolidated everything
 
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StuckInBamaVol said:
Season was an absolute success, until the final game.

Sadly, all anyone (sports media, recruits, and other fan bases) will remember about this season will be is we got dirt stomped by OSU.
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All I really heard was the goal was "make the playoffs" not necessary hearing winning one was the goal.

We have to keep in perspective the draw as well. Vols were one spot from getting a home game and face the lower ranked teams (ASU pooping the bed currently) and they get a win and we're over the moon. Or if the format wasn't retarded they'd have got a home game.
 
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It’s become evident that the scales have tipped in the NIL/ unlimited transfer portal era and the Big10 is winning the argument for strongest conference top to bottom. Personally, I’m all in favor of parity in the sport again. Watching the same teams dominate for decades at a time; just isn’t fun.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
You should feel worse, since the SEC has just made us look even more fraudulent.
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We're not at the step where we're the best of the conference so I don't really care about that atm. I care about being better than the SEC. '22 they were arguably #2 and this year was clearly #3 and would've been #2 had this not been the year Texas joined.
 
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Other_Guy said:
We're not at the step where we're the best of the conference so I don't really care about that atm. I care about being better than the SEC. '22 they were arguably #2 and this year was clearly #3 and would've been #2 had this not been the year Texas joined.
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I don’t think we were clearly the third best. I think we clearly benefited from the easiest schedule.
 
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SpookyAction said:
The playoff loss did not ruin the season. Our season was a major success and should give us momentum going in to the off-season. We should manage to get some portal talent.

I know our roster is nearly full already, but we should attract decent players for whichever position we might need.

The playoff loss was pivotal to show the WRs have been a liability for 2 seasons now. We had a few clutch receivers, but they were injured a lot. The kicker is I kept waiting to see one of the second string WRs step up and become the man, like Hyatt and Tillman both did. It never happened. Just a lot of passes hitting receivers in the hands, and then hitting the ground.

Our WRs do seem to be well-coached in blocking. That is something where our receivers were just awful the past decade, but since Heupel came to Knoxville, they are as good as any WR corps in the nation at blocking.
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I hoped they would have been well coached in getting open and catching the football.
 
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JBVolunteer said:
It’s become evident that the scales have tipped in the NIL/ unlimited transfer portal era and the Big10 is winning the argument for strongest conference top to bottom. Personally, I’m all in favor of parity in the sport again. Watching the same teams dominate for decades at a time; just isn’t fun.
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The Big 10 also makes more money, has a wealthier alumni base and a larger alumni base. With all these factors, I suspect the Big 10 will become the dominant conference in the near future because of NIL. They also have better TV deals.
 
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MemphisVolFan1978 said:
I believe the SEC is 1-4 against the Big 10 in the playoffs and bowls so far this year. I’m not saying that means anything, but it is a little funny since most of us including myself have been talking about how much better the SEC is than the Big 10.
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Have to take it with a grain of salt most teams missing their best play makers. I mean how many guys getting drafted from the Big 10 vs the SEC
 
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26 years since an SEC championship.
Too many years since even playing for one.
After the way we ended this season, anything short of Atlanta
next year is a failure.
 
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SpookyAction said:
The playoff loss did not ruin the season. Our season was a major success and should give us momentum going in to the off-season. We should manage to get some portal talent.

I know our roster is nearly full already, but we should attract decent players for whichever position we might need.

The playoff loss was pivotal to show the WRs have been a liability for 2 seasons now. We had a few clutch receivers, but they were injured a lot. The kicker is I kept waiting to see one of the second string WRs step up and become the man, like Hyatt and Tillman both did. It never happened. Just a lot of passes hitting receivers in the hands, and then hitting the ground.

Our WRs do seem to be well-coached in blocking. That is something where our receivers were just awful the past decade, but since Heupel came to Knoxville, they are as good as any WR corps in the nation at blocking.
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Cmon man, you know that positivity is not acceptable here. Toxicity reigns!
 
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