#4 seed or Sugar Bowl

[WillisWG]

Tennessee will be no.3 in final playoff poll after michigan/Ohio state take care of each other

That's my take too.

 

[LadyVolette]

Here's how this plays out= Texas beats TCU this weekend. Michigan knocks off Ohio St. LSU knocks off Georgia in SEC title game Oregon loses to the first school that has a decent team. This moves the Vols up to #1 and we run the table. Bank on it.

You really think LSU could beat Georgia? Stranger things have happened but I don’t see it

 

[volfeeva]

You really think LSU could beat Georgia? Stranger things have happened but I don’t see it

I have inside sources that know these things. Georgia gets caught looking past LSU to the play offs. Corn dogs prevail

 

[LadyVolette]

I have inside sources that know these things. Georgia gets caught looking past LSU to the play offs. Corn dogs prevail

If so, couldn’t happen to nicer folks, I have a soft spot for the Tigers lol

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The OP is the early leader for starting the dumbest thread of the day...

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

Not even to mention the Sugar Bowl is at noon on NYE this year.

 

[Boston Vol]

This reminds me of the people who ask would you rather win the NIT or lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament?

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

If this has been ask please merge.

What would you want more? Vols being a #4 seed playing #1 seed and prob being picked to lose OR a Sugar Bowl berth and a good chance of winning?

i would never pick a consolation match instead of a championship bracket. not a good question.

vols will be a #3 seed vs. the big 10 winner - book it.
rematch w/ uga (most likely) for the natty. enjoy the season.

 

[luthervol]

If this has been ask please merge.

What would you want more? Vols being a #4 seed playing #1 seed and prob being picked to lose OR a Sugar Bowl berth and a good chance of winning?

4 seed - not even close

 

[Tman44]

At this point I see:

1. UGA
2. OSU/UM
3. UT
4. OSU/UM/TCU/Oregon

Imagine this:
1. UGA
2. UM/OSU
3. UT
4. UM/OSU

 

[Kylo]

If this has been ask please merge.

What would you want more? Vols being a #4 seed playing #1 seed and prob being picked to lose OR a Sugar Bowl berth and a good chance of winning?

Is this real life? Are you serious? Surely not....

 

[RDU VOL#14]

At this point I see:

1. UGA
2. OSU/UM
3. UT
4. OSU/UM/TCU/Oregon

Imagine this:
1. UGA
2. UM/OSU
3. UT
4. UM/OSU

There might be a path for USC as well. They have UCLA, Notre Dame and probably Oregon left.

 

[loservol]

They just need to win out and everything else will be decided by seasons end.

 

[Alto1]

Would love to have PLAYOFF TEAM on our resume for obvious recruiting advantages……

 

[Jax_Vol]

The primary goal at the beginning of the season is to make that final four.

Once you get there, it is just a standard, four team, singer elimination backet. What happened earlier in the season makes no difference. Last man standing....just like a Royal Rumble.

 

[VolMarine1371]

If this has been ask please merge.

What would you want more? Vols being a #4 seed playing #1 seed and prob being picked to lose OR a Sugar Bowl berth and a good chance of winning?

Are you saying that a non playoff game is more important than a playoff game?

 

[sjt18]

As long as UT wins out from here... this is all house money to me. I thought UT would win 9 and was considered on the optimistic side of things. I think the consensus here was 8 regular season wins with more than a few predicting less. Those predicting 10 wins much less more or a playoff berth... or even a NYD 6 bowl were pretty roundly ridiculed.

So to finish the season with an 11-1 record with the sole loss coming to the likely NC who made UT their "game of the year".... I'm good. Give me the Sugar Bowl or a playoff berth. That would be an incredible season all things considered and a tremendous proof that UT has found the coach who will turn the program around.

I will now switch hats and exhort everyone to show some patience during the next couple of years. UT will lose talent but more importantly experience this year. Recruiting momentum is picking up but the '22 and '23 classes are going to be somewhat middling in comparison to the rest of the SEC. I trust Huepel to find those diamonds in the rough... but it takes time to develop those guys. We could be looking at a year or two when UT isn't winning quite at this level.

After having a taste of success... we're going to have to show some patience.

 

[sjt18]

Here's how this plays out= Texas beats TCU this weekend. Michigan knocks off Ohio St. LSU knocks off Georgia in SEC title game Oregon loses to the first school that has a decent team. This moves the Vols up to #1 and we run the table. Bank on it.

If LSU beats UGA then they both go to the playoff. UT does not. The champion is getting in... plus a 1 loss UGA team regardless of anything else that happens.

 

[DrTNT]

If we do get in, we'll be a 4 seed. They will do everything possible to avoid an all SEC final.

Like they did last year & 2017?

 

[DrTNT]

Here's how this plays out= Texas beats TCU this weekend. Michigan knocks off Ohio St. LSU knocks off Georgia in SEC title game Oregon loses to the first school that has a decent team. This moves the Vols up to #1 and we run the table. Bank on it.

Uhhh… in that scenario both lsu & ga are in the playoffs…

 

[volfeeva]

If LSU beats UGA then they both go to the playoff. UT does not. The champion is getting in... plus a 1 loss UGA team regardless of anything else that happens.

Well we have a better record than LSU and we also beat them on the road almost like Georgia beat us at home.

 

[utvols74]

Making to the playoffs unprepared (ie. roster depth, mental disadvantages) is a disaster. Just ask Cincinnati.

#5 rank - Sugar Bowl win - 12-1 record - stellar rebuilding/rebranding year. COY award.

 

[Other_Guy]

Tennessee will be no.3 in final playoff poll after michigan/Ohio state take care of each other

Lucky to be #4.

 

[sjt18]

Well we have a better record than LSU and we also beat them on the road almost like Georgia beat us at home.

I do not think the committee will leave the SEC champion out as long as they have 2 or fewer losses. If LSU beat UGA then that would become the most impressive win anyone has had this year. I don't think there's a scenario at this point where UT would jump a one loss UGA team.

From there, you get the Big 10 champion and a choice between a number of one loss teams. The bias will be against putting 3 SEC teams in. If TCU is undefeated then they're in as well.

 

[sjt18]

Making to the playoffs unprepared (ie. roster depth, mental disadvantages) is a disaster. Just ask Cincinnati.

#5 rank - Sugar Bowl win - 12-1 record - stellar rebuilding/rebranding year. COY award.

Did you really just compare UT this year to Cincinnati?

UT lost to UGA in Athens in a game where UT did not play well and UGA played by far their best game of the year. I think you could make the argument that winning a NYD 6 bowl would be more beneficial than losing a first round playoff game... but "unprepared"? Don't think you can make that case in the context of every other team UT will be compared to for that 3rd or 4th spot.