If it feels sometimes like we're wading through Negative Nancy molasses just to chat about our team...

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

It's a pick score contest. I don't normally play, but when I do, I'll often make a "less crowded" pick just to have a better chance to win, even if I don't think that will be the outcome.

Think it's a bit asinine to act like we're wading through a sea of negativity just because a few posters out of 120 picked the other team to win. I mean ... obviously the guy who picked Kentucky 65-7 is a moron, but none of the others are crazy.

Right. OP wasted his time on this one.

Maybe OP you should dig a little deeper into post history. For instance, how do I feel about the upcoming Mizzou game?

 

[JRich]

OP is pointing out some extremes here.

There is nothing wrong with having an objective view of the reality that is your favorite team. Although they lead the whole game, I don't think any of use thought that the game was in hand against Kentucky. It wasn't exactly a blowout, dominating performance. Kentucky hung around with the passing game, and the BVS was telling more than one of us that a 83 yard pick six was about to happen to give UK the game.

UT is a team that has managed to win in spite of some deficiencies at important positions, a tip of the cap to the coaching staff.

Mizzou is a good team, Georgia is a good team. Twenty year old me, "Vols are gonna crush them!" Forty-five year old me, "Mizzou is a good team, Georgia is a good team."

 

[JMSqb11]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

Ole BOY BROUGHT THE RECEIPTS!

 

[FloraVol]

OP is pointing out some extremes here.

There is nothing wrong with having an objective view of the reality that is your favorite team. Although they lead the whole game, I don't think any of use thought that the game was in hand against Kentucky. It wasn't exactly a blowout, dominating performance. Kentucky hung around with the passing game, and the BVS was telling more than one of us that a 83 yard pick six was about to happen to give UK the game.

UT is a team that has managed to win in spite of some deficiencies at important positions, a tip of the cap to the coaching staff.

Mizzou is a good team, Georgia is a good team. Twenty year old me, "Vols are gonna crush them!" Forty-five year old me, "Mizzou is a good team, Georgia is a good team."

By my watch, 25 years ago we DID crush them. Every damned one of them.

 

[LittleVol]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

I said we would go 0-3 vs Bama, A&M, and UK, because of Milton and our pass defense

Honestly, I still have no faith in Milton. Can't wait till he graduates and moves on. There I said it...

BUT I was wrong. We went 2-1 and probably could have been 3-0.

Hats off to Heupel for getting the best out of Joe Milton at the right time.
Passing from a dominant run game + tough defense is a recipe for success.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

You have to see it, DG. There is a ton of negativity on these boards. Especially in weeks we lose.

And not just, "dammit, we lost, I feel bad," negativity. More like, "Fahr this guy, and fahr that guy, and replace these players, they suck," kinds of negativity. Self-destructive levels of negativity.

From a troll, that makes an evil kind of sense. They're just out for schadenfreude. But for actual Vols fans, it's a kind of disease.

I don't disagree. But that's pretty much every SEC message board. Overreact to the previous week. When we lose, everyone is down in the dumps. When we win, people get cocky and think we're the best team in America.

I remember I was one of the few people here optimistic on beating South Carolina, which seems silly in hindsight. South Carolina is bad, but people were still negative after the Florida loss.

But on the flipside, you have people who thought we'd beat Kentucky by 5 touchdowns and think Mizzou will be "easy" because we won a few.

 

[utvols74]

There are many, many beautiful things in the fall,....colors change, cooler weather, less rain (normally), Halloween with kids, Thanksgiving, Christmas just to name a few. Some act like college football is all there is. It isn't. Life is too precious to waste several days focusing on losses or wins. Enjoy the moments - all of them. Just my opinion.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

So we are now calling out posters who said we would only beat Kentucky by 3, when in fact we beat them by 6?!

There are "fans" on here that don't think we will win any games, and it gets old.

 

[Titans4Vols]

This "sunshine pumper" and "negavol" stuff has gotten way out of hand. People can't talk their honest opinion about the team without someone screaming one or the other at them.

It's ok to think Tennessee is going to beat X, Y or Z. It's also ok to think Tennessee might lose a game to X, Y or Z. Neither one makes you a sunshine pumper or negavol.

I expected Tennessee to beat Kentucky, but the Wildcats have a decent football team. Stoops coaches em pretty well, Leary has had a bit of an up and down season but for the most part he's been a steady QB in his career going back to his time at NC State, and they've been for years now one of the more physical teams at the line of scrimmage(on both sides of the ball). Predicting a loss to them on the road isn't some huge affront. It doesn't mean people "don't believe in the Vols".

I don't understand this forum's obsession with trying to separate everyone in to some group. Can't just talk ball with some of you, it's gotta be "oh, you're always negative" or "vols can do no wrong according to you" or whatever else.

I hope this is something that passes as Huepel has us being around a consistent top 10 program again, because man does this nonsense get exhausting to read.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

OP

Have you read my posts from 2014?

 

['Boro-vol]

As a charter NegaVol dating back to the decline of Fulmer, I have to say, I don’t know what people have to gripe about right now. We play an exciting brand of football, we are competing with…and beating our traditional rivals. No game is out of reach. We are living through the early nineties again….we are watching the climb back to prominence. There is nothing more enjoyable. Seconding guessing the process to such an extent is merely robbing yourself of that joy.

The only thing that makes less sense to me are threads like this, griping about people who gripe. Everybody gets to “fan” however they want.

 

[MiramarVol]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

Just because there's VFL, Orange, or Vol in their name doesnt mean they are true fans. I'm sure a few are KY or even Vandy Boyz. Living vicariously through their pseudonym.

 

[CAVPUT]

I don't disagree. But that's pretty much every SEC message board. Overreact to the previous week. When we lose, everyone is down in the dumps. When we win, people get cocky and think we're the best team in America.

I remember I was one of the few people here optimistic on beating South Carolina, which seems silly in hindsight. South Carolina is bad, but people were still negative after the Florida loss.

But on the flipside, you have people who thought we'd beat Kentucky by 5 touchdowns and think Mizzou will be "easy" because we won a few.

I feel ya. Had no doubt in my mind that we'd be pissed after getting our backsides whipped by bama....again...and take our frustrations out on North Texas. 98 freaking yards.....NINETY EIGHT!...way back when we still had kickoff returns. Knew at that moment that I'd forever hate Bill Battle being UT's coach. I was ready to burn him at the stake that very day. Yeah...I overreacted...no....I didn't...North freaking Texas!! That was unacceptable. That Battle went on to be very successful in business and wealthy irks me no end even to this day. Just another stupid UT decision to hire a stinking bammar as our head coach.

 

[TAF]

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[volmanNC]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

@VFL-82-JP

And some people just make ignorant predictions ;
Vols 26
Bama 24
Rush Attempts 38

Just because someone makes their honest prediction on a game that goes against the Vols, doesn't mean they are a Nega Vol or a Troll.

BTW, just so you know. Your prediction the Vols will win probably does very little to cause them to actual win!

For example, I think it is very UNLIKELY the Vols win out this season. This is my honest prediction!

 

[LibertyVolance]

This "sunshine pumper" and "negavol" stuff has gotten way out of hand. People can't talk their honest opinion about the team without someone screaming one or the other at them.

It's ok to think Tennessee is going to beat X, Y or Z. It's also ok to think Tennessee might lose a game to X, Y or Z. Neither one makes you a sunshine pumper or negavol.

I expected Tennessee to beat Kentucky, but the Wildcats have a decent football team. Stoops coaches em pretty well, Leary has had a bit of an up and down season but for the most part he's been a steady QB in his career going back to his time at NC State, and they've been for years now one of the more physical teams at the line of scrimmage(on both sides of the ball). Predicting a loss to them on the road isn't some huge affront. It doesn't mean people "don't believe in the Vols".

I don't understand this forum's obsession with trying to separate everyone in to some group. Can't just talk ball with some of you, it's gotta be "oh, you're always negative" or "vols can do no wrong according to you" or whatever else.

I hope this is something that passes as Huepel has us being around a consistent top 10 program again, because man does this nonsense get exhausting to read.

Never seen so many people wanting to control other's people's opinions and predictions. One thing that has always been a mystery to me is why the sunshine crowd cares so much about what another poster of the negavol crowd is saying. I don't think the negavol crowd is as judgmental. Social media tends to bring out the worst in many. They have stepped on their soapbox so many times that they come to believe that only their opinion matters or is right, while everyone else is wrong.

Last night, I was on the Basketball forum trying my best to get some live info during the game with Tenn Tech because I only have free YouTube and couldn't get the telecast. But often, as you try to learn something about the game, you find posters quibbling over what was said and why they shouldn't say it, etc. Entire threads are taken over by 2 posters (a sunshiner and a negavol) dueling to have the last word to the point where nobody even remembers what the thread was originally about.

In the wide world of sports, people are proven wrong all the time. I find some people who throw shade at our opponents to an extent that I am uncomfortable with their confidence. Although they irritate me forecasting an annual win over Florida every pregame week, I don't call them out. It's their opinion. Why should I? This week, I am guarded about our prospects for Missouri. I haven't made a pick yet, but I won't feel like I let the team down if I predict a road loss against a genuinely tough sec opponent.

I don't expect other people to share my thoughts, my often horrible predictions. But, I don't see what should bother another fan if I don't share their optimism. If I were to forecast a 41-0 blowout of Missouri this Saturday or even a 41 point loss, it wouldn't affect the actual score one way or another. Why can't everyone be themselves, say what they really think, without fear of retribution or criticism of their individual thoughts? Sorry for my lengthy response. I don't post often so I go overboard when I do.

 

[91Vol]

There were 276 replies in that thread I assume all score picks. You went through them to find 10 people who picked the kittens over the VOLS? What a miserable life it must be my friend. 3.6% picked the wrong team, 3.6%. How long did you spend dwelling in your misery? Surely this post is a joke because it has me laughing.

 

[butchna]

@zooguy is an open Aggie fan who squats on the board…ftr.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

The only thing that makes less sense to me are threads like this griping about people who gripe.

So should I point out that you're griping about people who gripe about people who gripe?

How recursive do you want to go with this?

Heh.

Go Vols!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

It's a pick score contest. I don't normally play, but when I do, I'll often make a "less crowded" pick just to have a better chance to win, even if I don't think that will be the outcome.

Think it's a bit asinine to act like we're wading through a sea of negativity just because a few posters out of 120 picked the other team to win. I mean ... obviously the guy who picked Kentucky 65-7 is a moron, but none of the others are crazy.

 

[vik]

Then there are the Eeyore types who never get anything right and life never lets them win at anything...

No need to get personal.

 

[NetworkVol]

I tend to agree with about 30% of the negative posts and 30% of the positive posts. Its really easy to tell the ones that understand schematically how we matched up in the games, those posts seem to not only be more accurate previews of what's to come but also give good insight.

However, I'd like to note, if you took your internet negativity offline and to the game and audibly boo'd a Tennessee Volunteer player before the game, you are not a real fan.

 

[captainsword]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

I have to explain my weekly picks. I am not a NegaVol. However, I often pick the Vol opponent to win, as long as they have a realistic possibility of beating us. I do this not because I think we’re going to lose but because it creates a possible silver cloud if we do lose. Perhaps I’ll win $25. I also have some unreasonable belief that if I pick against us, we’re more likely to win. So, don’t use my weekly picks to determine what I think about our team. I may have a touch of BVS, but I’m not a NegaVol.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Whenever I play, I always post a losing score that sounds reasonable to me. That, even though in each game so far I've expected us to win.

I always play a losing score because nothing's gonna make me feel better than if the Vols win, and if they did lose, at least I could take my Amazon card online and buy something to cheer me up and take my mind off of the loss.

So my input skews the data for proving the hypothesis. Sorry if I messed up your thesis project.

Have you considered a Masters in Women's Studies? You could do a similar study on how often men predict they'll score.

 

[Vols1313]

...that's because we are.

Take the week before last as an example.

@Vols1313 said Kentucky would beat us, 65 to 7.
@turdherder11 went for Kentucky by 11. As did @volmanNC .
@CAVPUT thought they'd beat us by 8 points.
@captainsword said the Cats by 6.
@Creek Bottom , @jarhead and @37620VOL said by 4 points.
@Johnnyreb#VFL said they'd take us by a field goal.
@zooguy agreed with that, KY by a FG.
So did @crawdaddyjc .

Source:

*****Pick the Score Contest: Kentucky

This week's tiebreaker is total receiving yards by Squirrel White. Thanks to @MAD for helping me find the winners each week. Previous Winners Week 1: @BigALWiLson [gift card sent] Week 2: @MAD [gift card sent] Week 3: @CAVPUT [gift card sent] Week 4: @captainsword [gift card sent] Week 5...

www.volnation.com

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I am not saying these fellas are all trolls. A few are, but most are just nega-Vols.

Point is, there are a vocal minority of folks on these boards who never see the good in our team because they are too focused on complaining about each and every little blemish.

This is the same crew who dismiss any team we beat as a weak team. We never beat any good teams, because the teams we beat are obviously inferior, because we were able to beat them. Sure, that is circular logic, but most trolls and nega-vols like it that way.

And folks like that are always going to underestimate our lads.

Let's lay it on Mizzou this week, send them back to the bowels of the conference alongside Vandy, Kentucky, and USCe. Well, and Florida lately, lol.

Go Vols!

You know what sarcasm is lol