Bob Stoops just said

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#77
chatt-townVOL said:
To somewhat paraphrase, "We've been making our non-conference schedule much tougher. We started with Notre Dame and Florida State the past 4 years, now we've scheduled Tennessee and Ohio State, and this is intentional to keep our strength of schedule high."

It's a small straw to grasp, but it's good to hear that after 3 consecutive 5-7 seasons teams from other conferences still see us as a team that is tough to add to your schedule. IMO it speaks to the reputation our program will always have as one of the great college football programs, which is why it's easy to predict that we are still in fact just a sleeping giant.
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He is just wishing he had taken the UT job now! The sleeping giant is awake and he's coming for you. You can't hide!

He's skeert!

:loco:

Tennesseeduke
 
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ntxVOL said:
I hope we make a good showing in Norman.
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I hope so too bc it could easily be like the Oregon game last year. It's the toughest game on our schedule this year IMO.

I know we can't live off of moral victories but if we're in the game for 4 quarters then we should be optimistic... Bc the odds will be heavily stacked against us... Probably will open at a 20 point spread
 
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pharmDvol11 said:
I hope so too bc it could easily be like the Oregon game last year. It's the toughest game on our schedule this year IMO.

I know we can't live off of moral victories but if we're in the game for 4 quarters then we should be optimistic... Bc the odds will be heavily stacked against us... Probably will open at a 20 point spread
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Negative. It could easily be 3rd or 4th toughest based on how some of our Eastern foes do this season.

Oklahoma didn't beat Bama, Bama beat Bama. And if they played 10 times Bama would win 8. OK had an underwhelming season last year besides the Bama debacle.
 
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#82
Let Stoops say nice things about us! Let Kevin Cater say nice things about us! How about we go out there with a nasty attitude and beat them to prove they are both right!
 
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I would love to shock the world and go into Norman and beat them...After being down for so long that would be the shot of medicine this team and fan base need.
 
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#85
There is bound to be one of those games where we come out of nowhere and drill a team that we are not supposed to. I feel at points, like we are on the brink, and at other times like we are far away. One of these days it will click and everything will come together. I feel sorry for the team that is on the losing end of that one..
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
You're right, we should just forfeit this season.
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nope but a 6-6 record is what a realistic person should be expecting. 7-5 at best 4-8 at worst. a lot of questions have to be answered. can jones coach, do we have a QB, how is the oline and dline gonna perform. should know a lot more about the team after the oklahoma and florida games. all we have to go on is what we saw last year and that shouldn't make any volfan feel to good.
 
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#87
Didn't Stoops say the Big 12 was better top to bottom than the SEC? I could have sworn that was him. I thought he even mentioned UT not being what they used to be. I personally don't care if he mentions us at all.
 
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VonVol said:
Didn't Stoops say the Big 12 was better top to bottom than the SEC? I could have sworn that was him. I thought he even mentioned UT not being what they used to be. I personally don't care if he mentions us at all.
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Exactly. Head down, play the game. Talk is for afterward.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Exactly. Head down, play the game. Talk is for afterward.
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It pains me somewhat to agree with you. Ha! But I have to in this case. Just last year he was ripping the SEC and calling it overrated because he was lobbying for better poll position. Now he is praising UT as a tough game for the exact same reason. Most, if not all coaches do the same. Nothing to be taken from it. If anything it's a little embarrassing to blush because the Oklahoma coach mentioned the Vols.
 
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#90
Right now we are considered a "low risk, high reward" opponent. An out of conference win against us looks good on paper for someone like Oklahoma or an Oregon because of our overall historic success and tradition and what conference we play in. However they know very well that we are down right now and are extremely beatable. I hope we prove them wrong.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Jaysus Christo !! Will you people please stop glomming on to every bit of coach speak by a guy about to play your team as validation?
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This isn't simply coach-speak. Normal coach-speak would be something like, "Tennessee is a good team, and it will be a tough game." However, he mentioned us as part of his justification that Oklahoma plays a tough out-of-conference schedule. If he didn't think Tennessee was perceived as a good team, he wouldn't have mentioned us, as it would open him up to ridicule.

And do note that when your Gators have been hanging out in the SEC East cellar with Kentucky for four years, your boards will be just as wrought with insecurity.
 
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Bms4880 said:
This isn't simply coach-speak. Normal coach-speak would be something like, "Tennessee is a good team, and it will be a tough game." However, he mentioned us as part of his justification that Oklahoma plays a tough out-of-conference schedule. If he didn't think Tennessee was perceived as a good team, he wouldn't have mentioned us, as it would open him up to ridicule.

And do note that when your Gators have been hanging out in the SEC East cellar with Kentucky for four years, your boards will be just as wrought with insecurity.
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On the last, I fear you are right.
 
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#94
JMO, I believe Bob Stoops is losing sleep and hair thinking about the Volunteers and it's not even August yet.
 
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In the past few years, Stoops has spent a lot of time talking about how the SEC is not that tough and that it's only 1 or 2 teams that have been good and the rest of the teams are living off that. He will try to prove his point on Tennessee so the Vols better buckle up tight because unlike Oregon, the Sooners will not take their foot off the gas in the 4th quarter.
 
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#96
chatt-townVOL said:
The good news is Kevin Carter on College Football Live just put us ahead of Mizzou in the east. His exact words "It was hard to decide who to put in that #4 spot between Tennessee and Mizzou, but when it came down to it, it's about line play. Tennessee will struggle in the skill positions, but those offensive and defensive lines will be FOR REAL."

Methinks he may not know anything about the 2014 Tennessee team............
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Wtf
 
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#97
Well when u play in the big ten I guess u don't have a choice but to schedule tough ooc
 
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#98
chatt-townVOL said:
To somewhat paraphrase, "We've been making our non-conference schedule much tougher. We started with Notre Dame and Florida State the past 4 years, now we've scheduled Tennessee and Ohio State, and this is intentional to keep our strength of schedule high."

It's a small straw to grasp, but it's good to hear that after 3 consecutive 5-7 seasons teams from other conferences still see us as a team that is tough to add to your schedule. IMO it speaks to the reputation our program will always have as one of the great college football programs, which is why it's easy to predict that we are still in fact just a sleeping giant.
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Bob would make a good politician.
 
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