Define Success For This Season

I will be happy if Tennessee...

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#5
#5
zjcvols said:
I listed 9 outcomes for the season, I want to gauge what the expectations are for Tennessee Football in 2024

Mine was top 4 SEC finish, playoff appearance
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It looks as if the fanbase has reasonable expectations.
I also picked too 4 playoff appearance as “success “ for this season
 
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#6
#6
I just want to see us in the playoffs with a shot. I’m sure if that happens my mind will change to stuff got real I want to win it all. Until then, just get us there.
 
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#7
10-2 should be the expectation. UGA still seems like a bridge too far. Split the Bama and OU games, and you've had a really good season that will put you in playoff contention. Tennessee is flat-out better than the other nine teams on the schedule. A loss to any of those would be a disappointment.
 
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#8
We got some delusional ass UT fans voting...at least early on.

Success is accomplishing what you are reasonably expected to accomplish. The vegas over/under for UT wins regular season is 8.5 games. Success is winning 9 games. Thats a rational, reasonable expectation starting a freshman QB with 1 college start, with only 1 proven RB on the roster and an all new secondary on defense with 4 new starters out of 5.

Do i think this team can win 10 or more games and make the playoffs?? Yes. Yes, I think they CAN if we catch some breaks and do not have injuries at key positions like QB, RB, LB, or Corner.

Is it reasonable for me to EXPECT this team to win 10 or more games this year and make the playoffs? No. No it isn't.

You folks that are certain we win 10 and think we failed with 9 wins should go lay down big money on UT then I guess. Vegas is pretty good at predicting outcomes though. All those casinos weren't built by losing money. Its gonna be a wild season fellas. If we beat NCSU and OK and are 3-0 to start the season then theres a really good chance we pull off 10 wins IMO. That game in Norman is huge in so many ways. GO VOLS
 
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#11
I'm hoping for 10+ wins and the playoffs, but the season is hardly a failure if we fall short of that.

I could call 9-3 regular season successful depending on the circumstances.

If we fight like the 3rd monkey in line for the Ark and are competitive in every game, then 1 score losses aren't too terrible.

No having multiple 2 score losses(particularly @GA), would be progress.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
We got some delusional ass UT fans voting...at least early on.

Success is accomplishing what you are reasonably expected to accomplish. The vegas over/under for UT wins regular season is 8.5 games. Success is winning 9 games. Thats a rational, reasonable expectation starting a freshman QB with 1 college start, with only 1 proven RB on the roster and an all new secondary on defense with 4 new starters out of 5.

Do i think this team can win 10 or more games and make the playoffs?? Yes. Yes, I think they CAN if we catch some breaks and do not have injuries at key positions like QB, RB, LB, or Corner.

Is it reasonable for me to EXPECT this team to win 10 or more games this year and make the playoffs? No. No it isn't.

You folks that are certain we win 10 and think we failed with 9 wins should go lay down big money on UT then I guess. Vegas is pretty good at predicting outcomes though. All those casinos weren't built by losing money. Its gonna be a wild season fellas. If we beat NCSU and OK and are 3-0 to start the season then theres a really good chance we pull off 10 wins IMO. That game in Norman is huge in so many ways. GO VOLS
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I’m hearing coaches say championships and players need to be ready for 17 games. Let’s do this.
 
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#14
#14
I am only happy with national championships. The season is successful enough if we make the playoffs, but the standard at Tennessee should be nattys.
 
#15
#15
Y’all’s schedule is no walk in the park! Making the Playoff would be a great season IMO. Everyone is talking about how good we (UGA) will be this season, but our schedule is brutal as well. I’ll be happy if we end the regular season with a Playoff birth without being too beat up. I’m afraid getting beat up is going to be a big problem for many of our good teams in the SEC this season.
 
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#19
Paraphrasing here, but Vince Lombardi said by striving for perfection you can obtain excellence.

Also, just because Vegas expects us to perform a certain way doesn’t mean we have to judge anything barely over THEIR expectations as success. 9 wins to me would not be failure, but I still wouldn’t call it success. I would bet our players have a higher vision of success themselves.
 
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B81 said:
Between success and failure lies expectation.
Success is 10 regular season wins
Expectation is 9 regular season wins
Failure is anything south of 8 regular season wins
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Thank you for explaining this.
People here don’t seem to understand this.

The Expectation is 9 -3
“success “ is 10 plus playoffs
 
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LittleVol said:
Too many good teams this year.
Even Georgia doesn’t have those kind of expectations and they’re #1.
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Yep, with our schedule, I’ll be very happy to end the regular season with a Playoff spot without being too beat up. Y’all’s schedule is also pretty tough. If I were a Vol, I’d be very happy to end with a Playoff spot and have a chance to make some noise in the postseason.
 
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