'24 GA WR Mike Matthews (Tennessee)

[BowlBrother85]

Yeah I mean we had the 19th ranked roster and beat Bama who had the 1st ranked roster. Basically all you need to know.

A top 10 roster gives you significantly more talent than Heup had last year, you know the offense is great and if you add a great QB to that mix you are going to be very difficult to beat.

Lol imagine if we had Caleb Williams. People would be picking us to win it all this year.

And let's factor in talent development too. It's a key ingredient.

Especially as it pertained to Jalin Hyatt, Heupel can develop WR talent. If Josh Malone had played under Heupel, rather than the Butcher, he would have had a much more memorable career. Heupel would have landed Tee Higgins as well. Mike Matthews is going to be awesome here. He should win the Biletnikoff too.

 

[Lars]

With talent like Matthews, Heupel can beat anybody.

 

[BowlBrother85]

With talent like Matthews, Heupel can beat anybody.

For the first time, I feel like we have a coach who doesn't need equal talent to win ... Heupel just needs comparable talent. Based on recruiting rankings in the last 5 years, did we have equal talent with LSU, Alabama and Clemson last year? Nope ... those teams should have been better, according to the recruiting services. We were just comparable with them. That is all Heupel needs though.

 

[VolNash17]

With talent like Matthews, Heupel can beat anybody.

Tennessee will be national championship favorites with studs like Matthews

 

[Jackcrevol]

Tennessee will be national championship favorites with studs like Matthews

uhhh, we will be in the mix. we need to beat georgia first.

 

[Dudleys87]

With talent like Matthews, Heupel can beat anybody.

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

 

[Dudleys87]

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We have a difference in opinion that’s cool.

 

[IMissTheMidRangeGame]

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

You need both. Georgia wasn’t a serious contender until they got Monken. Their offense was losing them games. We need at least an above average defense to put less pressure on our offense

 

[Dudleys87]

You need both. Georgia wasn’t a serious contender until they got Monken. Their offense was losing them games. We need at least an above average defense to put less pressure on our offense

I agree otherwise we’ll never get over the bump without some luck.

 

[jason3713]

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[Enki_Amenra]

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I can't believe we went so long without the VOLS letters. . .

 

[Glitch]

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Bru down there somewhere...

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

They just signed a great defensive class. Will probably do it again. This is literally just the beginning.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

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uhhh, we will be in the mix. we need to beat georgia first.

Little more cushion with a 12 team playoff. Just get in and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[JCVol00]

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

This isn’t the 1990’s anymore, a good offense will make up for a bad defense, but a good defense will no longer make up for a bad offense

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

12 team playoff changes everything. You can lose 2 possibly 3 games and have a chance to win it all. Makes the sport so much better and a loss not so devastating

 

[allvolrecruiting]

12 team playoff changes everything. You can lose 2 possibly 3 games and have a chance to win it all. Makes the sport so much better.

Could also argue it diminishes the value of regular season games. Could keep players out to let them fully recover knowing they will get a playoff spot with a loss or win. (i.e. would Bama have played Tua and Bryce early (vs LSU/vs Tennessee) in this system?) Maybe and not the best example but one that came to mind quickly

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Could also argue it diminishes the value of regular season games. Could keep players out to let them fully recover knowing they will get a playoff spot with a loss or win. (i.e. would Bama have played Tua and Bryce early (vs LSU/vs Tennessee) in this system?) Maybe and not the best example but one that came to mind quickly

Just nice to know TN can lose a game or two but still win the title

 

[TNHopeful505]

Could also argue it diminishes the value of regular season games. Could keep players out to let them fully recover knowing they will get a playoff spot with a loss or win. (i.e. would Bama have played Tua and Bryce early (vs LSU/vs Tennessee) in this system?) Maybe and not the best example but one that came to mind quickly

Yeah, my favorite thing about college football is the fact that one game made or broke a season sometimes. However, it is also nice to know that even if you're the victim of one bad game (ahem, South Carolina), it doesn't completely wreck your chances at the title.

I think the NBA really made people buy into the play-in games this year, because now they can say "Look, Miami went from the play-in to the finals. Anyone can win it." It definitely made the expanded playoffs look more legit. In the end, the best team still won, but was it a much better story? Yes.

I think the theme of college football is that teams get better as they go. How many years could we have beaten Florida if we played them in November instead of September? Our best football is played later in the year. This definitely helps that.

I'm excited to just have a shot. And to let other schools who wouldn't sniff the playoffs otherwise in.

 

[DaddyChad]

Tennessee has to be able to stop someone consistently.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

Cool saying but not necessarily true anymore. You need both.

 

[WebbCobb]

Could also argue it diminishes the value of regular season games. Could keep players out to let them fully recover knowing they will get a playoff spot with a loss or win. (i.e. would Bama have played Tua and Bryce early (vs LSU/vs Tennessee) in this system?) Maybe and not the best example but one that came to mind quickly

The significance of those late season rivalry games could really be affected if teams that will make the playoffs decide to sit guys out.

 

[vols 30]

Yeah, my favorite thing about college football is the fact that one game made or broke a season sometimes. However, it is also nice to know that even if you're the victim of one bad game (ahem, South Carolina), it doesn't completely wreck your chances at the title.

I think the NBA really made people buy into the play-in games this year, because now they can say "Look, Miami went from the play-in to the finals. Anyone can win it." It definitely made the expanded playoffs look more legit. In the end, the best team still won, but was it a much better story? Yes.

I think the theme of college football is that teams get better as they go. How many years could we have beaten Florida if we played them in November instead of September? Our best football is played later in the year. This definitely helps that.

I'm excited to just have a shot. And to let other schools who wouldn't sniff the playoffs otherwise in.

There's been at least 2 MLB teams that I can recall that won their play in game and went on to win the World Series. Before the NBA started doing this

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

This isn’t the 1990’s anymore, a good offense will make up for a bad defense, but a good defense will no longer make up for a bad offense

Georgia had a dominant defense last year. Good grief nobody scored over 17 on them. Your not winning the SEC without at least a good solid D. Defense and being able to get pressure on the quarterback and stop the run is vital. GBO!

 

[JCVol00]

Georgia had a dominant defense last year. Good grief nobody scored over 17 on them. Your not winning the SEC without at least a good solid D. Defense and being able to get pressure on the quarterback and stop the run is vital. GBO!

Their offense averaged 41 ppg and 500+ total yards of offense per game