Expectations for 2023 season

[Hopeful Vol]

What are your expectations and hopes for the 2023? Personally I would be happy with a 9-3 season and a New Year’s Day Bowl game even a 8-4 wouldn’t make me too upset considering we are kinda in a minor rebuild next season. I want some definite payback on South Carolina and hope we find a decent QB in the portal if Milton doesn’t work out. We also need to finish in the top 25 I think it’s important that we start becoming a constant presence in the top 15 and top 25 on s yearly basis. I also want to see a much better defense on the field next season.

 

[EBFVOL]

Definitely a rebuild year but 8-4 to 9-3 will be my hopes.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

 

[peaygolf]

0-12

Milton sucks

 

[Jeff Clark]

My expectations are for Tennessee to go 10-2 and go to a New Years Six Bowl game at best and at worst 9-3 and a trip to the ReliaQuest Bowl,Citrus Bowl or Taxslayer Gator Bowl.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

My expectations are for Tennessee to go 10-2 and go to a New Years Six Bowl game at best and at worst 9-3 and a trip to the ReliaQuest Bowl,Citrus Bowl or Taxslayer Gator Bowl.

. Another 10-2 season would be most excellent next year

 

[ENGRVOL]

Beat who you should at home. Win half of your sec road games between kentucky, bama, mizzou, Florida and you have at least a 9-3 season. Find a way to upset Georgia or win another road game and it’s a 10 win season.
Will be interesting who returns for UTSA as they are going to be our toughest non conference game.

 

[Skippy95]

The floor is 7-5 and the ceiling is 10-2, possibly 11-1. We have a lot of unknown commodities on the schedule. Will A&M rebound next year? What will Alabama be without Bryce? Kentucky should be down. Florida could have another down year but I think Billy will right the ship at some point. If rattler goes pro there’s no telling what SC will be. The non-conference schedule should be a route.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Beat who you should at home. Win half of your sec road games between kentucky, bama, mizzou, Florida and you have at least a 9-3 season. Find a way to upset Georgia or win another road game and it’s a 10 win season.
Will be interesting who returns for UTSA as they are going to be our toughest non conference game.

I think UTSA graduates their great quarterback and most of their starters off of this year's bowl team.

 

[Hunter10139]

8-4 or 9-3 would be a success imo after losing the players we are losing.

 

[morristown vol]

Another 10 win season

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Defend Neyland Stadium at all costs and let the chips fall where they may on the road.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

Put up fights against Bama and Uga, beat Florida and SC

 

[Orange931]

We’re in elite status once again. Double digit wins or it’s a letdown.

 

[Volteacher]

Good thing portal makes it was to rebuild or retool your team. 4-0 OOC 7-0 at home again
2-2 or 1-3 on the road

So 10-2 or 9-3 BUT ALOT can and will change on our roster regarding transfers in and out plus coaching changes so ask me after signing day and after spring game could be 11-1 or 8-4 but 8-4 should be our basement next year SHOULD!!!

 

[captainsword]

The portal makes things so hard to predict. All but the top few teams can change drastically and even those teams can improve in areas where they would be weak. I’m optimistic about Tennessee getting better. But, I suspect a small dip next year followed by a real run for the SEC and national championships the following year. 8 wins followed by a bowl victory in 23. All the way in 24.

 

[CR-vol]

10 wins minimum going forward are the expectations. No excuses make it happen.

 

[VolBricks]

I see us going 8-4 next season for several reasons.
(1) The OC leaving,
(2) Milton as starter
(3) all of the talent leaving for NFL/Transfer Portal,
(4) we have a tough "away" schedule next year
(5) Willie Martinez as DB coach for another season.

 

[Rocky Top T]

8 or 9 wins.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

8-4 with a shot at maybe 9-3. Breaking in a new QB and entirely new DBs will have growing pains.

12 team playoffs in 2024. We got this.

How far we go in the playoffs is anyones guess ....

 

[LittleVol]

Probably 11-1
Our defense will be deeper and have a much need infuse of young elite talent to once again push the effort.

Offense will suprise with Nico at QB
- it will get rough that 1st road game in the swamp. But they should still be NOT Florida like. Sunbelt Billy goes 0-2 vs Vols.
- Bama on the road gets shaken by our use of jet sweeps and misdirection with our 3 RBs. Look for Sampson to lineup in the slot along with whoever is at RB. Bru and Keyton are money on 3rd down. Squirrel will make enough big plays. Bama continues to slide ever so slowly. Vols win again.
UGA might be better in 2023 than they are right now ....

Yup. I only see a UGA loss. We should back our way into the playoffs next year..

 

[orangemadam]

anything less than 8-4 would be major disappointment.

I expect 9-3.

 

[Boone&Crockett]

I think we are a 8 win team next year, they may win 9, it is a bit of a rebuilding year but that should keep us recruiting well which is the key, we have to get to the point we are reloading not rebuilding like Georgia and Alabama, I think we are a couple years from being there.

 

[VolArmy74]

Just have to wait until after recruiting is over.

 

[DB1995]

I have the same expectations I had for this year, so far, 8-4 floor, 10-2 ceiling