Fulmer: Three UT teams were better than '98 Vols

[SDV]

10 NFL draft picks from that team with 3 1st rounders.

It may not stack up to 97 in terms of NFL players but I just thought it was the best UT team I ever watched in my life. Epic failure against LSU

 

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[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

The team that goes 13-0 and wins the SEC and wins the national championship is always better than the team that loses a game and doesn't win any championship ('95) or loses two games (both embarrassingly) and doesn't win a national championship ('97) or loses two games and doesn't win anything either ('01). This is exactly how you define "better". You can speculate and make up stuff all day long, but I go with the facts.

We're not discussing "better". We're discussing "most talented". Big difference.
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[VolsFanRJ]

Mike Strange: Phillip Fulmer: SEC dominance began before seven-year title run » GoVolsXtra

Interesting take in this article. Basically, Coach Fulmer states that three of his teams ('95, '97, and '01) were better than the one that won the NC. What do you guys think? Is he right?

I say yes. There was some serious luck that happened in 98 to win that NC. UT had a really good team, especially on defense, but I have seen better UT teams.

 

[ZZ13]

We're not discussing "better". We're discussing "most talented". Big difference.
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Really? So I should ignore that the OP specifically used the word "better" and I should ignore that Fulmer specifically used the word "better" in his quote in the article?

 

[winsec]

The lack of good play was due to the injury Peyton sustained in the SEC Championship game. In the game against Nebraska he was only 50% healthy.

peytons injury had nothing to do with them dominating our defense line in the 3rd and 4th quarters. we could not stop them.

 

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interesting that in another thread here chavis is being hailed as one of the greatest DCs ever, yet the failure of these talented UT teams can be directly traced back to the underperformance of his D.