ESPN thinks we go 4-8 next year

#76
#76
I love the prediction, let me tell you why.
When we do better than expected,
it'll be mud flung in their eye.
When their soothsaying, we have wrecked it
And made all their predictions a lie.

I'm loving their doubts and disbelief.
Their claims we're losers, I embrace.
Just wait until we work our mischief.
And rub our winning season in their face.

[To the tune of "Ain't Misbehavin"]
 
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#77
#77
ESPN still on air? I rarely watch it unless Vols,Cardinals or Grizzlies are on. They are just too hip for me.
 
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fade route said:
And it took Spurrier about 5-6 years at USCjr to start winning at that level, which is the trajectory I see Butch having here at UT.
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Spurrier has never had a losing season at USC and his worst was 2006 when they went 6-6 and that's the only season where they didn't go to a bowl game.
 
#79
#79
#HatersGonnaHate #Team118 will win as many games as they want to. #Believe #OneTennessee
 
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#80
I seriously wonder how some of these people have jobs...if you are going to claim to be an analyst. Shouldn't you at least do some kind of research into what you are writing about? SMDH....
 
#82
#82
Surprised they could fit anything in about us with all this Donald Sterling media coverage.

Neo-Nazis everywhere are having a field day with all this free press.
 
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#83
fade route said:
The goal of the article was to get respective fan bases talking about the prediction on the internet.........looks like it worked pretty well. After all, what's the "E" stand for in espn?
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Around here it stands for "Emotional".
 
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#84
4-8 is a pretty thoughtless prediction.

I'd say 6-6 and 7-5 make more sense. Even accounting for disaster to strike, 5-7 seems more reasonable(Shatner comma)

The O'line and D'line do concern me but not as much as they probably should.

I can't think of anyone on the D'line that was better than what we will field this year. Maybe Big Dan(who played like a big slouch) but I feel that Danny O will surprise some people. He has nice hand quickness and is aggressive. On top of that you can add a more seasoned Vereen and a healthy Maggit to that line and it seems we have instant D End improvement. Once summer arrives we will see the depth either improve or we will know for sure how much our D line will hurt us. I think it's safe to say that at worst it will be a "push" compared to 2013.

As far as the O'line, I think the 2103 line played unmotivated and slow, possibly because they were unsure of the schemes maybe because they were one foot out the door on a disappointing losing and tumultuous stint at Tennessee. Regardless, I concede this current group may be less talented but we have had some core guys in practice for a few seasons and they seem to be hungry and understand the pressure they will face. It could be horrible, it could be pretty good - I see them to be average this first season and hold their own. Not a huge drop off from 2013.

The last spot that concerns me would be the secondary - S and CB to be exact.
We may be starting 2 true freshmen in those spots and that can be scary, although Cam Sutton seemed to do more than hold up his end last year. If those two spots can't produce we will be in some trouble, but if one or both can produce even close to Cam's output, well sunny days are here again.

Every other spot is a clear and in some areas dangerous upgrade(see WR,LB,RB,TE)
Even at the QB position at the very least should be a push.

I don't see us winning the natty title, but 4-8 would be a disgrace and only attributable to an injury plagued disaster of a season.

8-4 if we get some luck on our side, 7-5 or 6-6 more likely.

We'll know more in the summer.
 
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TrueOrange said:
USC is pretty much bringing one of the only QBs in to start with game experience.

They also return a lot, it's just that they lose 2-3 big names. They've also won 11 games 3 straight seasons in a row, so it's not like it was a small one-year spike.


Unless the East is absolute garbage all around, the winner is going to have more than 8 wins; they will likely be in the double digits
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Just because their QB has had game experience doesn't mean he is any good... we're returning 2 QBs with starting experience, neither of which are going to set the world on fire (could be decent though).

Also, they might only lose 2-3 guys, but I'd venture to say losing Clowney will hurt them more than losing our entire DL from last year. Reason being that offenses had to scheme for Clowney and double-team him all season, making it much easier for other guys on SC's D to get to the QB / make plays. Losing him basically gives each opposing team one more blocker.

Example: SC almost lost to Kentucky last year (35-28) when Clowney didn't play, giving up 3 legit TDs (the other TD came after a fumbled kickoff so I won't count that). And that game was in Columbia, where they have been dominant as you pointed out earlier.

Not saying they are gonna suck this year, but I will be very surprised if they have 10 regular season wins.
 
#88
#88
Y'all have got to stop taking all these negative prognostications so personally. We haven't had a winning season in years. We have been absolutely dreadful. It's not disrespect, it's just the truth.

Maybe we'll surprise some people this year. I sure hope we do. 4-8 would be close to unacceptable. But what exactly have we shown that merits so much respect at this point?

Earn it. And mark it down, Butch Jones WILL earn it...but these things don't happen overnight as badly as we want them to.
 
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99gator said:
kind of funny that espn knows nothing about tennessee, but volnation knows everything about the rosters of the sec east, isn't it.
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kind of funny how florida and bammer trolls still cant stay away...

just because 90% of bammers cant read.. and floridas tight jorts cut off their circulation so much that they can't see to read. Does not mean vol fans can't go check out the reports on our opponents.

we got a different kind of fan here..most know their football, instead of being such a redneck bammers shoot a mother in the face cause "she dont care about bammer"..

or like florida.. Such band wagon fans that they lose 75% of their spring game attendance once UF starts to suck again.

Now they are all for Free Seafood University.. and have been since birth if you ask them.. even though their closet is all blue and orange
 
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ImportedVoL said:
kind of funny how florida and bammer trolls still cant stay away...

just because 90% of bammers cant read.. and floridas tight jorts cut off their circulation so much that they can't see to read. Does not mean vol fans can't go check out the reports on our opponents.

we got a different kind of fan here..most know their football, instead of being such a redneck bammers shoot a mother in the face cause "she dont care about bammer"..

or like florida.. Such band wagon fans that they lose 75% of their spring game attendance once UF starts to suck again.

Now they are all for Free Seafood University.. and have been since birth if you ask them.. even though their closet is all blue and orange
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Quality butthurt.
 
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butchna said:
So you talk to athletes? :clapping:...give you good financial investment advice do they? :thumbsup:....you know?...since they're soothsayers? :happy:
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I deal with quite a lot of them actually (high school, collegiate, and pro across multiple sports), do you? Please feel free to chime in with an actual response about the psychological state of high performance athletes. Or were you just taking a moment out of your day to pick on a group of people you feel are below you educationally and financially?
 
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Dave1967 said:
Spurrier has never had a losing season at USC and his worst was 2006 when they went 6-6 and that's the only season where they didn't go to a bowl game.
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You're missing the point entirely. It still took Spurrier several years to start winning double digit games consistently at USCjr. And that's about what I envision for CBJ. Steady improvement for the next few years and then consistently winning 10-11 games on a routine basis.
 
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fade route said:
And it took Spurrier about 5-6 years at USCjr to start winning at that level, which is the trajectory I see Butch having here at UT.
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That may be the case.

All I was saying is someone picking sc to win the east wasn't crazy
 
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fade route said:
You're missing the point entirely. It still took Spurrier several years to start winning double digit games consistently at USCjr. And that's about what I envision for CBJ. Steady improvement for the next few years and then consistently winning 10-11 games on a routine basis.
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7-5
8-5
6-6 <~~~~~ Ball Coach's 1st 6 years @ USC jr
7-6
7-6
9-5
followed by:
11-2
11-2
11-2
 
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