Forde from ESPN

[maryvillereb2003]

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"If an SEC team is No. 2, it has to be Tennessee. Eight returning starters from an explosive offense. Nine returnees on defense, plus stud linebacker Kevin Simon, who missed '04 with a knee injury. Star power almost everywhere. Finished last year 10-3 after wiping the Cotton Bowl floor with Texas A&M. The Volunteers are No. 2.

Reality check: Offseason behavior breakdowns suggest a lack of championship-caliber focus and character. The defense was smoked for a combined 64 points by Vanderbilt and Kentucky at season's end. The choice of sophomore Eric Ainge over senior Rick Clausen at quarterback, after Clausen put up better stats in August scrimmages, might fracture the locker room. Can a team that lost at home to 6-6 Notre Dame really be that great?

Ta-ta, Tennessee."



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Pat Forde is an idiot, i cant argue with the 'offseason behavior breakdowns", BUT most of that paragraph about tennessee not being #2 is about last season's defense, wow, ESPN needs some new college football experts!!!!! :geek: :geek:

 

[Orange Crush]

:whistling: you really have ti ignore stupid people

Originally posted by maryvillereb2003@Sep 1, 2005 10:39 PM
ARTICLE
"If an SEC team is No. 2, it has to be Tennessee. Eight returning starters from an explosive offense. Nine returnees on defense, plus stud linebacker Kevin Simon, who missed '04 with a knee injury. Star power almost everywhere. Finished last year 10-3 after wiping the Cotton Bowl floor with Texas A&M. The Volunteers are No. 2.

Reality check: Offseason behavior breakdowns suggest a lack of championship-caliber focus and character. The defense was smoked for a combined 64 points by Vanderbilt and Kentucky at season's end. The choice of sophomore Eric Ainge over senior Rick Clausen at quarterback, after Clausen put up better stats in August scrimmages, might fracture the locker room. Can a team that lost at home to 6-6 Notre Dame really be that great?

Ta-ta, Tennessee."
:disappointed:
Pat Forde is an idiot, i cant argue with the 'offseason behavior breakdowns", BUT most of that paragraph about tennessee not being #2 is about last season's defense, wow, ESPN needs some new college football experts!!!!! :geek:  :geek:

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[Orange Crush]

Crazy

 

[milohimself]

Forde is an idiot. Feldman and Kiper are the only two guys that really know what they're talking about on ESPN. A few other analysts are sometimes on-target.

Fact is, aside from USC, every team in the country has some big questions.

 

[Vol67]

Originally posted by milohimself@Sep 2, 2005 12:05 AM
Forde is an idiot. Feldman and Kiper are the only two guys that really know what they're talking about on ESPN.  A few other analysts are sometimes on-target.

Fact is, aside from USC, every team in the country has some big questions.

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USC has some big questions.

 

[milohimself]

Not as big as any other MNC contender though...

 

[SmokeyVol]

Momma always told me not to listen to stupid people. :crazy:

 

[OWB]

This guy doesn't know a thing about Tennessee football or what happened last year or this year for that matter. He is just another ESPN troll who is taking his shots at Tennessee. Let him talk. Hopefully the Vols will make him look dumber than he already looks......

 

[vols2345]

well for the most part his statement is true except for the fact that we lost to notre damne and that makes us a bad team. If ainge didnt go down, it would have never happened.