A&M, Georgia and Everybody Else

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VolArmy74 said:
Right now, Texas has 0 good wins and their lone shot at one in the regular season is A&M. A&M has LSU, as Missouri is clearly a paper tiger who should be out of the rankings for the rest of the season. So if Texas loses to A&M, they should be out with 2 losses and no good wins. If A&M only loses to Texas the rest of the way, their best win will be vs LSU and ours, if we lose to Georgia, would be Alabama. So whomever wins that game between LSU and Alabama could be a major factor. How would the committee view a 1 loss Indiana team? They play absolutely no one all season except Ohio State and it looks like 11-1 is their floor. Penn State is Indiana but with less impressive margins of victory. They also play no one all season except Ohio State. Will that be a game where PSU loses and drops 3 spots in the poll?

Then you have to consider conference championship game losers. It's going to make someone mad, no matter what. Hopefully we beat UGA and are done with it.
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I know Michigan is down but I think that will still be a decent win at the end of the season. Michigan won again yesterday. They look like an 8-4 team. I think they could beat someone people are not expecting like Indiana or even Ohio State.

There is a lot of playoff impactful matchups that haven't happened yet (especially with the non-SEC teams).
 
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volbound1700 said:
I know Michigan is down but I think that will still be a decent win at the end of the season. Michigan won again yesterday. They look like an 8-4 team. I think they could beat someone people are not expecting like Indiana or even Ohio State.

There is a lot of playoff impactful matchups that haven't happened yet (especially with the non-SEC teams).
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I think Michigan finishes 6-6 as they have Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio State still to play and don't have remotely enough offense to win vs any of them. They did win yesterday, but Michigan State is currently tied for 10th in the Big 10 and are pretty bad themselves.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
I think Michigan finishes 6-6 as they have Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio State still to play and don't have remotely enough offense to win vs any of them. They did win yesterday, but Michigan State is currently tied for 10th in the Big 10 and are pretty bad themselves.
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I think Indiana could pull a 2022 Tennessee; as the hype grows around them, so will the pressure. Michigan has a good enough defense to beat Indiana.

I have seen this so many times in CFB where teams fly up to the top from these smaller ranks only to come crashing down with the pressure.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
South Carolina next week in Columbia. On paper it shouldn’t happen it just feels like the timing is right for SC to pull off an upset at home. They played well against LSU and Bama. OM game is an outlier (I think)
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South Carolina and Arkansas are the SEC's 2 bi-polar teams this year. Neither are good enough to be in playoff contention, but both are good enough to beat anybody when they are playing well.
 
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vegasvolfan said:
If you saw my Alabama, Georgia and everybody else post you know.

Had to. :)

This one is a joke. Possibly how it will go, but the parity has been mentioned many times for a reason.

A&M found a gem in Reed that looks like we had hoped Nico would look like as a Feshman. Still think he will get there.
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We'll see in the coming weeks how good Reed really is. It was obvious that LSU did NOT prepare for him or the change to the offense he brought. Other teams will be better prepared.

That said, A&M has had an incredibly WEAK schedule. LSU was supposed to be the real test. But all those interceptions in the second half sealed the deal.
 
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Reed was already 3-0 as a starter this year for A&M. He beat Florida, Arky, and Bowling Green. There was already tape on him. That said, LSU was not ready for him. Weigman is too inconsistent in his footwork.
 
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Beat Georgia at their house and we can all stop prognosticating how we get into the playoffs at 10-2. It’s very achievable. Our D alllws us to hang with any team in the country and Carson Beck is a turnover machine. Our O will have their chances. We’ll see if they’re ready to take what’s there for the taking. It’ll be a monumental opportunity for the Vols to take this program into the upper echelon. I believe we will do it. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!
 
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We need AL, FL and Arky to look good rest of the season. I cannot get on board with a win at GA right now although I want it to happen. Indiana could be an unkown roadblock for us if they go undefeated or lose just one.
 
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stolitonic said:
Who besides Texas is going to give A&M another loss?

The Aggies have USC Jr, Auburn, Miss St, New Mexico St, and Texas

I would really like the Lamecocks to take them down, but I just don't see it happening.
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Actually think South Carolina can take them down. A&M is a good team but like every other top SEC team this year, they have weaknesses. Carolina has a good front 7 that can contain the QB, they contained Milroe well. Reed is gonna have to beat them through the air imo
 
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first time caller said:
Will a late season Tennessee loss to Georgia vs. Alabama winning out go in favor of Alabama?
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Should it ? No considering UT has the head to head win.

But I remember that 2022 BS of them ranking Bama ahead of us. Either way Bama ain’t winning out. Milroe will crumble in Death Valley like he did Neyland
 
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Vols fan in Aggieland. To my Aggie friends. South Carolina 63, Tennessee 38. That still hurts to type.
 
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UTK said:
Actually think South Carolina can take them down. A&M is a good team but like every other top SEC team this year, they have weaknesses. Carolina has a good front 7 that can contain the QB, they contained Milroe well. Reed is gonna have to beat them through the air imo
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I mean it's a night game, so I guess we could pray for another situation like our 2022 game with them.

Without Connor Scallions help though, I'm not so sure this version of the Lamecocks has it in them.

Would love to see it happen though-even if it meant having to deal with USCjr fans with their chests puffed out for the week.
 
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zooguy said:
Reed was already 3-0 as a starter this year for A&M. He beat Florida, Arky, and Bowling Green. There was already tape on him. That said, LSU was not ready for him. Weigman is too inconsistent in his footwork.
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LSU DC did a terrible job prepping for this game. Their DL had no clue who had the QB. You gotta at least prepare for that basic option play.
 
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Clad in Big Orange said:
Clark Lea is not on anybody’s list. He got lucky with a one year QB and offense made for each other. No matter how good they look, NOBODY takes them serious until they find themself in a 4th quarter dogfight. Heupel better do his best motivation of the year and Nico needs to play better than he has all season.
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He’s also a Vandy alum. He’ll be there at least two more seasons.
 
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SpookyAction said:
I think A&M gets up for the game better than the Horns. Plenty of hate to go around, but A&M hates a lot more than the Horns. TX never saw A&M as peers, but will play into the hype for the rivalry renewal to be the game of the week and for the rivalry's new sponsor.
Elko is a good coach and has developed that roster better in less than a season than Jimbo did in 6.
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Both teams will be sky high for the game. Rivalry aside, it also could very well be an SEC Championship and CFP elimination game.
 
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bpalmer28 said:
What kind of odds will you give me on a wager?
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ACTUALLY I may bet on Georgia to win outright… I stopped gambling years ago but the 36:1 preseason odds for Tennessee to win the natty sounded like fun, so I took it. May hedge that by betting on the Dawgs 🤔
 
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bpalmer28 said:
ACTUALLY I may bet on Georgia to win outright… I stopped gambling years ago but the 36:1 preseason odds for Tennessee to win the natty sounded like fun, so I took it. May hedge that by betting on the Dawgs 🤔
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I’d love it if we went down there and pulled off a shocker, but nothing I’ve seen indicates we can do that. We aren’t on their level yet.
 
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