Coaches Poll Week 14 - UT #8

#26
#26
There’s been fewer must win games as significant as the one coming up for the Vols. If they come in flat, play undisciplined, and lose this game with the playoffs on the line, it will say a ton about Heupel as a leader. Meaning he ain’t one.
 
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The Original Fade said:
There’s been fewer must win games as significant as the one coming up for the Vols. If they come in flat, play undisciplined, and lose this game with the playoffs on the line, it will say a ton about Heupel as a leader. Meaning he ain’t one.
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You will get pushback for this: “Look at where we were! Heupel has done so much!” Which is of course true, Heupel has been fantastic and has turned the program around in a massive way.

And yet…if he doesn’t have these boys frothing at the mouth ready to whoop some tail on Saturday, it’s a major indication that he’s a Mark Richt-type coach. Great for stabilizing and elevating the program back to something resembling its historic standard, but not the person to lead you all the way back to the promised land.

That being said, I think our boys will indeed get it done on Saturday, and for now I’m still going to focus on the majority of the evidence that says Heupel is “the guy.”
 
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Beating vandy is the only thing they control ....where we get seeded is outside our control. Beat vandy and see where we go
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
You will get pushback for this: “Look at where we were! Heupel has done so much!” Which is of course true, Heupel has been fantastic and has turned the program around in a massive way.

And yet…if he doesn’t have these boys frothing at the mouth ready to whoop some tail on Saturday, it’s a major indication that he’s a Mark Richt-type coach. Great for stabilizing and elevating the program back to something resembling its historic standard, but not the person to lead you all the way back to the promised land.

That being said, I think our boys will indeed get it done on Saturday, and for now I’m still going to focus on the majority of the evidence that says Heupel is “the guy.”
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I know what you are saying, but Richt won the SEC a couple of times and I would enjoy that after a 26 year drought.
 
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yabadabadolnavy said:
They’re keeping bama right there to jump in if Tennessee loses to Vandy
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Gump gets slaughtered by a terrible Oklahoma team and are still on the cusp. Yeah, they are set up to jump in if ANYBODY stubs their toes. It's disgusting.

Although another potential chaos maker in the coaches poll is BYU or AZ St. As much as I hate them (BYU), if they win the Big 12, then what? What if AZ State wins it? Who's out?

And one other thing: The coaches poll has 3 Big 10 teams in the top 4. That ain't happening. And what about ND? Can they be in the top 4? I thought the top 4 were conference champs. ND doesn't play in a conference, so how can they even be in the top 8? So if the conference standings end in the places they are now, the top 4 would be Oregon/OSU/TX/SMU. Then what?

I think this thing is faaaaaaaaar from even close to being settled.
 
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#32
If its between a 3 loss USCe and 3 loss Bammer team...they are not putting the cocks in over Bammer, you can take that to the bank.
 
#37
#37
In this Scenario, wouldn't we play GA at GA?
Oregon - 1 seed - Bye Big 10
OSU - 5th Seed - 2nd Big 10
TX - 2nd Seed - Bye SEC
Penn - 6th Seed - 3rd Big T10
ND - 7th Seed - Loner
GA -8th Seed - 2nd SEC
Miami - 3rd Seed - Bye ACC
TN - 9th Seed - 3rd SEC at GA
AZ - 4th Seed - Big 12
SMU -10th Seed at ND
IN - 11th Seed at Penn
Boise - 12th Seed at OSU

This correct? Lot of IFs and Maybes there. We would have to get to 8 to host. Beat Candy first. I'd rather not play GA at home again.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Gump gets slaughtered by a terrible Oklahoma team and are still on the cusp. Yeah, they are set up to jump in if ANYBODY stubs their toes. It's disgusting.

Although another potential chaos maker in the coaches poll is BYU or AZ St. As much as I hate them (BYU), if they win the Big 12, then what? What if AZ State wins it? Who's out?

And one other thing: The coaches poll has 3 Big 10 teams in the top 4. That ain't happening. And what about ND? Can they be in the top 4? I thought the top 4 were conference champs. ND doesn't play in a conference, so how can they even be in the top 8? So if the conference standings end in the places they are now, the top 4 would be Oregon/OSU/TX/SMU. Then what?

I think this thing is faaaaaaaaar from even close to being settled.
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It's definitely far from settled, but if we beat Vandy, we are definitely in, that much is settled. A week ago, we'd have taken that every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
 
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yabadabadolnavy said:
They’re keeping bama right there to jump in if Tennessee loses to Vandy
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To jump in how exactly? The AP and Coaches Poll don't control jack squat at this point in the season...after Week 11 the two spend their time each Sunday trying to ape the previous week’s CFP rankings more than anything so they can still seem relevant.
 
#42
#42
volfanhill said:
Cocks beat Clemson they may get in with some help
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Carolina is low key a very good team. Really unfortunate they’re not team that get preferential treatment by the refs bc that team had Bama and LSU beat. Ole Miss is the only team that really beat them. They will curb stomp Clemson imo.
 
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#43
BigOrangeFanatic said:
If it’s between a 3 loss USCe and 3 loss Bammer team...they are not putting the cocks in over Bammer, you can take that to the bank.
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Probably because Alabama played and beat South Carolina this year? Likewise, as good as South Carolina’s been playing, they only have two ranked wins (low 20s Missouri and mid-teens A&M) at the moment, while Alabama has 3 (low 20s Missouri, top 10 UGA, mid-teens South Carolina)
 
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#46
TrueOrange said:
Probably because Alabama played and beat South Carolina this year? Likewise, as good as South Carolina’s been playing, they only have two ranked wins (low 20s Missouri and mid-teens A&M) at the moment, while Alabama has 3 (low 20s Missouri, top 10 UGA, mid-teens South Carolina)
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I mean that's a good point. But head to head is not going to matter with the committee when it comes to certain teams. They're gonna try like heck to put Bama in the playoff. It's all about eyeballs and money.
 
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