Anonymous coach to The Athletic: "Tennessee is one of the best teams I've seen in the last 10 years"

So you think we are losing to one or more of UK, Vandy, UTEP, and Miss State? 3 of those teams are NOT better than NC State IMO. UK has a good defense but their offense is not even as good as our offense on its worse day (i.e. Arkansas). Miss State is the worse team in the SEC and frankly isn't any better than NC State. Vandy is the only team in that list of 4 that even has a pulse but I just don't think their lines are going to hold up to our line (especially our defensive line).

Give me your 8-4 scenario in detail, I want to hear it.
The scenario would have probably been UK as the loss, but my whole point is that that’s not how probability works. You can have an 80% chance of winning each of 3 games and still only have a 51% chance of winning ALL 3.

Luckily, with a win against Bama the odds of 4 losses are now pretty much zero. Go vols!
 
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The scenario would have probably been UK as the loss, but my whole point is that that’s not how probability works. You can have an 80% chance of winning each of 3 games and still only have a 51% chance of winning ALL 3.

Luckily, with a win against Bama the odds of 4 losses are now pretty much zero. Go vols!

UK won't beat Tennessee. They will struggle to score 7 points against Tennessee's defense. We have had their number as well.

Vandy would have a better shot.
 
UK won't beat Tennessee. They will struggle to score 7 points against Tennessee's defense. We have had their number as well.

Vandy would have a better shot.
I don’t think the WILL. I was only saying they COULD as in “anyone can beat anyone if things break their way.”

If you just round every possibility to 0% or 100% you’re not gonna do a great job predicting records (especially if a number of games are 60/40 or 50/50). That was my point. FWIW, I said 9-3 was probably most likely before and I think 10-2 is probably most likely now since we now know the outcomes of the Bama and (maybe also Florida, I forget how old that prediction was) games.

The loss would PROBABLY be against UGA, but could also occur against any other team (increasing the chances of 10-2 vs 11-1).
 
ON PAPER, we have a "one for the ages" roster of talent. If every player was playing to their potential and the coaching staff was calling the right plays utilizing there talents, we could beat any team we've played in the last 10 years. That was the magic of Saban, who I hate and admire. He got the best talent, them squeezed every ounce of talent out them, then have the right plays called. We aren't there yet. When you're "there", you walk on the field every game expecting to win, not hoping to win. We will be there soon. CJH is getting it together. 2 years ago he proved he could put a world class offense on the field. This year we have a world class defense. If we ever sync up........boy howdy......
 
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ON PAPER, we have a "one for the ages" roster of talent. If every player was playing to their potential and the coaching staff was calling the right plays utilizing there talents, we could beat any team we've played in the last 10 years. That was the magic of Saban, who I hate and admire. He got the best talent, them squeezed every ounce of talent out them, then have the right plays called. We aren't there yet. When you're "there", you walk on the field every game expecting to win, not hoping to win. We will be there soon. CJH is getting it together. 2 years ago he proved he could put a world class offense on the field. This year we have a world class defense. If we ever sync up........boy howdy......

Well said. I believe the second half of the Alabama game was a turning for this offense. By season's end they'll be as explosive as the 2022 squad. And once you add the 2022 offense to our current defense, you'll have the best team of the last 10 years.

We got future NFL players for days on this roster.
 
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