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Other side of the coin . . . it’s not a certainty that we’re better than any of those teams. In fact, 4-5 out of 6 of those teams would be favored against Tennessee on a neutral field. Unbalanced schedules . . . I’m happy we benefited from it this year. Other years it will screw us.
 
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cbrown said:
Other side of the coin . . . it’s not a certainty that we’re better than any of those teams. In fact, 4-5 out of 6 of those teams would be favored against Tennessee on a neutral field. Unbalanced schedules . . . I’m happy we benefited from it this year. Other years it will screw us.
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It's about time unbalanced schedules benefited Tennessee. Playing Alabama, Florida and Georgia every year since 1992 (including this year) has been anything but a cakewalk for us. Auburn is the only other team in the SEC that has been hampered by unbalanced schedules like Tennessee.
 
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esarmstrong said:
It's about time unbalanced schedules benefited Tennessee. Playing Alabama, Florida and Georgia every year since 1992 (including this year) has been anything but a cakewalk for us. Auburn is the only other team in the SEC that has been hampered by unbalanced schedules like Tennessee.
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Yep. Up until we were finally able to beat Bama, we were essentially guaranteed two losses with them and Georgia. Add in Florida who we couldn’t beat even though we had the better teams at least a few times in that 15-year run of misery. I agree we were due.
 
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cbrown said:
Other side of the coin . . . it’s not a certainty that we’re better than any of those teams. In fact, 4-5 out of 6 of those teams would be favored against Tennessee on a neutral field. Unbalanced schedules . . . I’m happy we benefited from it this year. Other years it will screw us.
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Logic is flawed since we beat 2 of them. Don’t care who is favored it’s who wins.
 
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If they were actually interested in having a competitive and exciting tournament. IMO, of the teams with legitimate arguments for inclusion, only the "hottest" teams at selction time should be added.

Unfortunately UT would've been on the outside looking in, but it would be a much better tournament. As much as it pains me to say this (and it's excruciating), South Carolina would've given OSU a game and possibly beat them they way that QB of theirs has been playing..

Wouldn't that have been some sheeyut....
 
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We wouldn’t have beaten any of those teams at their place. At a neutral site, we might win a couple. In Neyland, we obviously edged out Bama and Florida, and we could beat any of the others in a one game vacuum at Neyland, but if we played all 6 of those teams over the course of the season, we would have gone 4-4 at best in the SEC, more likely 3-5.

We were fortunate with the schedule this year.
 
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m1al said:
If they were actually interested in having a competitive and exciting tournament. IMO, of the teams with legitimate arguments for inclusion, only the "hottest" teams at selction time should be added.

Unfortunately UT would've been on the outside looking in, but it would be a much better tournament. As much as it pains me to say this (and it's excruciating), South Carolina would've given OSU a game and possibly beat them they way that QB of theirs has been playing..

Wouldn't that have been some sheeyut....
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Horse hockey. There is no way USC least was gonna take down that Ohio State team Saturday night. Few teams in CFB history would have beat the Buckeyes at home that night when they were absolutely 'on"

The problem with jumping on the bandwagon with a "hot" team is that life has a way of balancing things out. A team can just as quickly go "cold". We got whipped. Can you imagine what would have happened to the Lamecocks if they came out and played like they did early in the year?
 
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cbrown said:
Other side of the coin . . . it’s not a certainty that we’re better than any of those teams. In fact, 4-5 out of 6 of those teams would be favored against Tennessee on a neutral field. Unbalanced schedules . . . I’m happy we benefited from it this year. Other years it will screw us.
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Alabama and ole miss would be the only teams favored imo.
 
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stolitonic said:
Horse hockey. There is no way USC least was gonna take down that Ohio State team Saturday night. Few teams in CFB history would have beat the Buckeyes at home that night when they were absolutely 'on"

The problem with jumping on the bandwagon with a "hot" team is that life has a way of balancing things out. A team can just as quickly go "cold". We got whipped. Can you imagine what would have happened to the Lamecocks if they came out and played like they did early in the year?
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The way the cocks were playing at end of season, I'd bet money that they would've given OSU a better game than whatever you call what we showed up with. I'm glad we didn't play them late this year. We wouldn't be talking about our terrible playoff game because it wouldn't have happened.

Believe me, I take ZERO joy in saying this.
 
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esarmstrong said:
It's about time unbalanced schedules benefited Tennessee. Playing Alabama, Florida and Georgia every year since 1992 (including this year) has been anything but a cakewalk for us. Auburn is the only other team in the SEC that has been hampered by unbalanced schedules like Tennessee.
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Post 2011 UF should not be considered an elite opponent. They've won about 60% of their games and they have made a lot of stupid decisions in their program (Will Muschamp anyone).

They've had 4 coaches in 11 years. The fact they we typically pee our pants the majority of the time we face them doesn't make them a tough opponent.
 
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OrangeVolMan said:
Logic is flawed since we beat 2 of them. Don’t care who is favored it’s who wins.
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"Logic is lost on" means that someone is unable to understand or follow a rational line of reasoning, implying they are not thinking clearly or are being swayed by emotions rather than facts.
 
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temptn said:
We made the CFP which is better than Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Florida, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, etc.
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Had us at 8 wins if breaks went our way. This season, while not pretty, exceeded all my expectations. It also gives me hope with Heupel as a coach. Showed interest in defense as well as a willingness to alter his offense to fit the skills of his players and their strengths. We just didn't have the talent and/or mental abilities to run his fast paced offense so he adjusted. Again, not pretty, but effective enough to get us 10 wins. Pretty good for this program.
 
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m1al said:
The way the cocks were playing at end of season, I'd bet money that they would've given OSU a better game than whatever you call what we showed up with. I'm glad we didn't play them late this year. We wouldn't be talking about our terrible playoff game because it wouldn't have happened.

Believe me, I take ZERO joy in saying this.
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Cocks didn't really do anything, other than a halfway decent win over Clemson on the road they beat mediocre Missouri and A&M at home. They did over achieve for the year but that's easy to do when you're expectations are so low coming into the year.
 
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stolitonic said:
Horse hockey. There is no way USC least was gonna take down that Ohio State team Saturday night. Few teams in CFB history would have beat the Buckeyes at home that night when they were absolutely 'on"

The problem with jumping on the bandwagon with a "hot" team is that life has a way of balancing things out. A team can just as quickly go "cold". We got whipped. Can you imagine what would have happened to the Lamecocks if they came out and played like they did early in the year?
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This is so true and actually a lot of ppl were saying UT was coming in hot after beating Vandy handily in Nashville were Texas eked out a 3 point win & Bama busted. Ppl were saying Nico is just hitting his stride at the right time .
 
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stolitonic said:
Horse hockey. There is no way USC least was gonna take down that Ohio State team Saturday night. Few teams in CFB history would have beat the Buckeyes at home that night when they were absolutely 'on"

The problem with jumping on the bandwagon with a "hot" team is that life has a way of balancing things out. A team can just as quickly go "cold". We got whipped. Can you imagine what would have happened to the Lamecocks if they came out and played like they did early in the year?
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Ohio State was “on” but us being so “off” had a lot to do with it. And also that we were very easy to scheme against.
 
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KTrain said:
This is so true and actually a lot of ppl were saying UT was coming in hot after beating Vandy handily in Nashville were Texas eked out a 3 point win & Bama busted. Ppl were saying Nico is just hitting his stride at the right time .
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Those people were foolish to say that and shouted down anyone who pointed that out. Nico was only “hitting his stride” because we hit the easy part of the schedule, and he still didn’t look that good. We let Vandy jump up 14-0.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Those people were foolish to say that and shouted down anyone who pointed that out. Nico was only “hitting his stride” because we hit the easy part of the schedule, and he still didn’t look that good. We let Vandy jump up 14-0.
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Vandy being up 14-0 had absolutely nothing to do with Nico. You're due an oversized glass
 
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If we look at the game realistically, considering the players that were injured, the players that entered the portal as soon as it opened, there was reason for concern. Sampson getting injured almost right away was a tough blow to overcome. Squirrel gave his best effort, but he has been injured most all season. Gotta give him credit for continuing to go out there and try to help the team. Bru is a warrior, no doubt about it, but he didn't seem to be the same player prior to the injury, Thornton was hampered by playing injured.

If we look at the amount of injuries and transfers, there really wasn't a positive way to win the game. Ohio State was motivated because of the stinker game against Michigan, and all the Tennessee fans in the stands, I'm sure Ryan Day used everything he could as motivation and it was obvious from the start they had fire in their eyes.

Something needs to be done about the portal fiasco. Opening when it does can devastate a teams roster going into the playoffs. Sure made it tough for Tennessee.
 
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The challenge is going to be staying in that position. This new age of NIL, transfer portal you may just see a shell game from year to year.. Teams taking turns being one of the 4 best. Since homefield seems to be such a big deal these days, the schedule every year may dictate which ones have the best chance. It's become make it to the playoffs or bust.
 
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