2022 a giant leap forward

[PEPPERJAX]

I can't see how next year will be better than this year over all. We are going to be short players because of the Cornbread penalty , we are going to be starting a rookie qb who got almost no playing time, and we will be losing seniors. The only thing in our favor is we won't have Milton to drag down the team.

I just hope we are more athletic and faster in the secondary. That group has devoid of talent for a while.

 

[BradstarVols]

You have to be miserable to try and minimize what was done last year as a fluke

I think you are misunderstanding my point. Last year was not an accurate portrayal of where the program is at personnel wise. We just happened to have a quarterback who played amazingly well and had very good receivers. But, I don't think it was a sign of where the program was as far as a consistent level of personnel goes. Once a lot of those personnel left, I think we saw where the program is. It's still very much better than it has been, but it's going to take a little more time to get it consistently as good as last year (or better).

 

[Vols1313]

lol if we win less than 8 games heupel will have the hottest seat in the country going into 2025. That’s an objective fact.

It’s going to be tough to get 8 I know some will disagree and say it’s negative but once again if you look at the history it will support my thoughts

 

[BeardedVol]

You have to be miserable to try and minimize what was done last year as a fluke

The "fluke" was Milton getting injured in 2021, and Heupel being forced to start Hooker.

Otherwise we'd have had 3 full seasons of Milton starting at UT.

 

[DukeDaisySam]

Give heupel credit where it’s due. Tennessee is a top 5 job in the country again. I think they could easily hire kalen debore or Dan Lanning.

No….it’s not.