Any Vols Coming out to California for the Cal Game?

#1,805
#1,805
Tennessee Volunteers
The Vols were close to making a solid season one to remember in 2006, but they couldn't finish games at home against Florida or LSU. They opened spring practice on Feb. 22 with those games and the Outback Bowl disappointment to Penn State still fresh in their minds. There's work to do on both lines of scrimmage. On offense, Chris Scott will get the first crack at replacing Arron Sears at left tackle. Jacques McClendon played some last season as a true freshman. He's penciled in as one of the starters at guard next season. The situation is even more dire on defense. The Vols are lacking depth, and they also have to prove they can stop the run and rush the passer. They didn't do either very well a year ago. Tackle J.T. Mapu should be considerably better after simply surviving last season. He was returning after a two-year Mormon mission and wasn't in football shape.
Offensively, Erik Ainge is back after a superb junior season. Had he not injured his ankle against South Carolina, who knows what might have happened. The Vols are utilizing a no-huddle offense this spring, although it's been difficult to tell how effective it's been. Most of the guys who will probably be playing receiver for Tennessee next season aren't here yet. Junior college signee Kenny O'Neal and prep school signee Brent Vinson won't arrive until the summer. Of the guys on campus right now, Quintin Hancock and Austin Rogers have shown the most promise. The Vols scrimmaged last Saturday, and junior tailback Arian Foster had a big day. LaMarcus Coker is still their most explosive runner, but Foster is determined to regain the form he showed at the end of the 2005 season. Tailback Montario Hardesty isn't going through spring practice because of offseason knee surgery. The Vols will wrap up the spring on March 31 with their Orange and White spring game. Expect the season opener against Cal to go down to the wire, with a possible Cal victory seeming more probable everyday.
 
#1,806
#1,806
milohimself said:
I'll once again give the SEC all the credit in the world. Easily the best conference out there right now. But, much to your chagrin, I'm sure, it does not mean that college football ceases to exist anywhere in the country.

Besides, you're talking about preseason polls, as if any of the voters have any idea what they're talking about. One poll is made up of coaches who either vote with an agenda or don't pay enough attention to the national scene to make an educated vote. The other poll is made up of a bunch of media idiots who reek of regional bias.
Click to expand...


I know football exists in other parts of the country. I know that the PAC 10 is a conference that rides USC's coattails. It's a joke to consider any team other than USC in the PAC 10 a legitimate threat for a national title. I'm not biased, I'll give credit where credit is due. The PAC 10 doesn't deserve the respect that the Big 10,
Big 12, SEC or ACC have. Hell, Louisville, West Virginia and Rutgers of the Big East should beat Cal or any of the other eight teams besides USC.
 
#1,807
#1,807
Oski said:
They UC Regents would not have added contractual language stipulating a massive bonus if Cal wins the NC unless they thought they had a serious chance. The coach wouldn’t have had that added either if he didn’t believe as well.
Click to expand...

You got a chance of falling off into the Pacific too.
 
#1,819
#1,819
milohimself said:
:hmm:
Click to expand...

Milo,

Just where is California gonna fall to? There is another plate under the North American plate. The mountain ranges formed from the two plates merging with the lower plate transforming into magma and finding its way up through the cracks in the North American Plate to form the mountains. However, there is a serious erosion problem on the coast that is compounded by humans. Maybe thats what people are referring to when saying, "California is falling in the ocean".

After this refresher Geography lesson, I stand by my comment that California will fall in the ocean before CAL wins a National Title.

map_plate_tectonics_cascades.gif
 
#1,822
#1,822
justingroves said:
I know football exists in other parts of the country. I know that the PAC 10 is a conference that rides USC's coattails. It's a joke to consider any team other than USC in the PAC 10 a legitimate threat for a national title. I'm not biased, I'll give credit where credit is due. The PAC 10 doesn't deserve the respect that the Big 10,
Big 12, SEC or ACC have. Hell, Louisville, West Virginia and Rutgers of the Big East should beat Cal or any of the other eight teams besides USC.
Click to expand...
Hey, I'm new here (and I'm DEFINITELY not CalBears). You guys have a great board here. Just to give you your due, the Vols definitely worked over our Bears last season. I was truly heartbroken. It was a great experience for our team, though, to experience a team with such tradition and fan lunacy, and with such swagger. The SEC is definitely a cut above the Pac-10 but we have our moments. That said, I don't feel the same way about the Big 10 or the Big 12, either. I think that for the most part the Pac-10 has more sophisticated offenses, and generally more speed than those slow-footed conferences. Michigan and Ohio State get the best athletes in the Big 10, but look at what Florida did to Ohio State. Texas is a cut above the Big-12, but they lost a close one to Texas A&M, who we sliced and diced in our bowl game, in case you missed it. And Oklahoma, while a perennial power, lost to Oregon, albeit in controversial fashion, and we completely dismantled the Ducks (I was there at that game). Bottom line is the Pac-10 does well against non-conference competition, but the SEC, sadly, is a different story. We still have a lot to prove against you guys. Top to bottom, it's the best conference in football.
 
#1,823
#1,823
CalChicago said:
Hey, I'm new here (and I'm DEFINITELY not CalBears). You guys have a great board here. Just to give you your due, the Vols definitely worked over our Bears last season. I was truly heartbroken. It was a great experience for our team, though, to experience a team with such tradition and fan lunacy, and with such swagger. The SEC is definitely a cut above the Pac-10 but we have our moments. That said, I don't feel the same way about the Big 10 or the Big 12, either. I think that for the most part the Pac-10 has more sophisticated offenses, and generally more speed than those slow-footed conferences. Michigan and Ohio State get the best athletes in the Big 10, but look at what Florida did to Ohio State. Texas is a cut above the Big-12, but they lost a close one to Texas A&M, who we sliced and diced in our bowl game, in case you missed it. And Oklahoma, while a perennial power, lost to Oregon, albeit in controversial fashion, and we completely dismantled the Ducks (I was there at that game). Bottom line is the Pac-10 does well against non-conference competition, but the SEC, sadly, is a different story. We still have a lot to prove against you guys. Top to bottom, it's the best conference in football.
Click to expand...

Definitely the most knowledgable Cal fan to date..
 
#1,824
#1,824
CalChicago said:
Hey, I'm new here (and I'm DEFINITELY not CalBears). You guys have a great board here. Just to give you your due, the Vols definitely worked over our Bears last season. I was truly heartbroken. It was a great experience for our team, though, to experience a team with such tradition and fan lunacy, and with such swagger. The SEC is definitely a cut above the Pac-10 but we have our moments. That said, I don't feel the same way about the Big 10 or the Big 12, either. I think that for the most part the Pac-10 has more sophisticated offenses, and generally more speed than those slow-footed conferences. Michigan and Ohio State get the best athletes in the Big 10, but look at what Florida did to Ohio State. Texas is a cut above the Big-12, but they lost a close one to Texas A&M, who we sliced and diced in our bowl game, in case you missed it. And Oklahoma, while a perennial power, lost to Oregon, albeit in controversial fashion, and we completely dismantled the Ducks (I was there at that game). Bottom line is the Pac-10 does well against non-conference competition, but the SEC, sadly, is a different story. We still have a lot to prove against you guys. Top to bottom, it's the best conference in football.
Click to expand...


:zeitung_lesen:
 
#1,825
#1,825
I like what this CalChicago had to say. He makes a lot of sense. I must admit that after the Tennessee game last year, I was also heartbroken. That is what makes our beating you this year all the more important, and vital to the future of our program. For a team like yours that has “been there done that,” you could never understand how important this game is. Our beating your team will give us a level of credibility we have not had since the 1930’s.

Beating your team will only be the first step in a much larger campaign. After we beat you we will have to deal with our Pac 10 brethren, a deadly bunch in their own right. The scary thing becomes USC. Can we beat them? Who knows, maybe not? Still, if we beat you and then all of our other teams, and USC goes undefeated, we will have our Rose Bowl. You wanted to see our BCS bowl? Well, you will soon enough.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top