Butch Jones record with 10+ days off: 10-4

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Updated numbers to reflect USC win.*****************************
Folks. This is going to be a great game this weekend, but I have no doubt our guys will be ready.

Why? With 10+ days rest:

* Coach Jones' teams are 11-4, including bowl games.

* They have won 10 of the last 12.

* They have won 8 of the last 9.

* The last five victims are Va Tech, Vandy, Pitt, Louisville and South Carolina.

* The last loss came at West Virginia in 2010, a team that finished #22 in the BCS rankings.

* The loss at West Virginia is Butch's only loss with the full bye week, 14 days rest before a non-bowl game. Interestingly, WVU had 15 days rest before this one, having played on a Friday before a bye week.

* 3 of the 4 losses were by 3 points.

Now I fully expect South Carolina to come in here ready to play and knowing the fight they are in for. I still think we win 27-24 (won 23-21).

If for any reason the Gamecocks don't come in with the proper game motivation, they are gonna get Butch slapped hard.

Oh, and looking ahead we have a bye week before Vandy comes to Neyland and we will likely have the opportunity to eliminate them from bowl contention.

Some more fun stats:

Vols are 79-37-9 after an open date

General Neyland was 10-0-3 (6-0 SEC)

Butch is 1-0 (1-0 SEC)

Dooley was 1-2 (0-2 SEC)

Kiffin was 0-1 (0-1 SEC)

Fulmer was 25-8 (23-8 SEC)

Majors was 16-13-2 (3-12-2 SEC)

Battle was 7-2 (4-2 SEC)

Dickey was 8-0 (6-0 SEC)
 
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Just for the record, I remember the WVU game he lost at Cinci, and they got hosed by the refs on something, can't remember what. Point is, they shoulda win that game against a much better WVU team at the time!
 
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Great stats... The way to tell a coach's true skill is halftime adjustments and team record after a bye... I had been curious about his "week after bye" record myself... Just confirms more about Jones...
 
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Z06VolinWV said:
Just for the record, I remember the WVU game he lost at Cinci, and they got hosed by the refs on something, can't remember what. Point is, they shoulda win that game against a much better WVU team at the time!
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I think that was the following year in 2011. They got beat pretty good by WVU in 2010, but interestingly WVU was also coming off a bye week.

That is Butch's only loss with the full bye.

Wait, I'm going to add that that to the original post.
 
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Ok, may have been. I just remember Cinci getting hosed one year against WVU. Nonetheless, still shows that he can prep!! Thanks for the stats!
 
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Rifleman, that average score is almost identical to my prediction for Freak's "Pick the Score Contest" thread, wherein I predicted that the Big Orange would emerge victorious, 34-27.
 
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What about "week-after-a-bye-in-year-one"? This is all good stuff - don't get me wrong. But he'll be better in this stat in years 2 and beyond IMO.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Rifleman, that average score is almost identical to my prediction for Freak's "Pick the Score Contest" thread, wherein I predicted that the Big Orange would emerge victorious, 34-27.
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That's a great pick. I'm guessing it will be right around that win or lose unless things start to get sloppy.
 
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utvols74 said:
What about "week-after-a-bye-in-year-one"? This is all good stuff - don't get me wrong. But he'll be better in this stat in years 2 and beyond IMO.
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There have only been 2 games that fit this criteria and 1 was Butch's only bye loss. If we lose Saturday, then 1-1 this year since Vandy is our 2nd bye game and we aren't starting a losing streak against Vandy.
 
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Spurrier won't be looking ahead at all from his comments. He even admits Neyland is always a special place for him because of his childhood and going to watch Tennessee play with his dad.

However, his team might get caught off-guard. They're used to beating us and college players don't have long memories (don't know many college students who do - lol). The recent past is all they know. It may be difficult for them to see us as a threat and if that's the case I hope we take advantage of it.
 
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UTProf said:
Spurrier won't be looking ahead at all from his comments. He even admits Neyland is always a special place for him because of his childhood and going to watch Tennessee play with his dad.

However, his team might get caught off-guard. They're used to beating us and college players don't have long memories (don't know many college students who do - lol). The recent past is all they know. It may be difficult for them to see us as a threat and if that's the case I hope we take advantage of it.
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Concussions, imo...
 
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Lulz at all of you. Those stats mean absolutely nothing in regards to predicting the outcome of this Saturdays game. Different team, different opponent. Different conference, different year. Good grief.
 
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irrelevent in that it probably is similar to his overall record regardless of time off.....But I'll cling to anything at this point. A Win is in the bag: :)
 
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