If we go 8-4 this season...

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Brave Volunteer said:
I predicted 9-3 with losses to FL, GA, and AL. However the WAY we lost in Gainesville leads me to think this could very well be an 8-4 or worst case 7-5 season. I hope they get things figured out quickly. Suddenly the SC and A&M games look very shaky.
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Next 3 games will tell a lot. Many really good Vols teams have looked like that in the swamp. Pretty much all of them really dating back to the Tony Robinson game there.
 
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sjt18 said:
That means that it stays that way, right? No improvement possible, correct?

They have not played well. That does not mean they cannot play well. We are 3 games into the season. Only a troll or a fool would make the kinds of declarations you made. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by calling you a troll.
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I'll give $100 if they win more than 6 games.
 
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Block Party said:
I'll give $100 if they win more than 6 games.
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Why just $100? Go and bet your life savings and home. You'll be instantly rich with no risk since you've already declared the outcome with no room for question or doubt.

Again... fool or troll?
 
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Panthro said:
At this point, I’d be pretty impressed with 8-4. To win 8 games, that will mean we made some serious adjustments.
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Absolutely. I still believe that Heupel can get the job done, but I do think that he needs to seriously re-evaluate some of his assistants, namely Martinez. Last years team was really special when you look at all of the players that were drafted. Had they not tripped themselves up against South Carolina they likely could have played for a NC.

I honestly didn't expect another 11 win season. The media said that we would see a drop off this year followed by a resurgence next year when we add some of the talent from the 2024 class. Seems like they got it right so far.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I was at 9-3 preseason with losses to Georgia, Bama, and one of TAMU/South Carolina/Florida.

I'm at 8-4 now. I suspect we will drop one to TAMU or South Carolina. Too much talent at TAMU and as much as it pains me to say, Rattler will carve our secondary up if things remain the same.

Of course we could go 11-1. But we will need to see some fire from the players and way better play-calling on offense.

Or the wheels could come off and we drop 6 including Kentucky.

Weird team this year. I can't put my finger on it, but something just feels "off". Of course that could be BVS flare-up.

A good start would be blowing the doors off the Roadrunners.
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I suspect this season will be full of nail biters for us. Not gonna be blowing a lot of teams out.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I was at 9-3 preseason with losses to Georgia, Bama, and one of TAMU/South Carolina/Florida.

I'm at 8-4 now. I suspect we will drop one to TAMU or South Carolina. Too much talent at TAMU and as much as it pains me to say, Rattler will carve our secondary up if things remain the same.

Of course we could go 11-1. But we will need to see some fire from the players and way better play-calling on offense.

Or the wheels could come off and we drop 6 including Kentucky.

Weird team this year. I can't put my finger on it, but something just feels "off". Of course that could be BVS flare-up.

A good start would be blowing the doors off the Roadrunners.
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Nothing weird about it, we have a qb that wouldn’t start for a D2 team. Josh won’t even let him throw across the middle. I’ve seen him throw one extremely accurate pass all year and it was to Bru on the deep ball at Florida.
 
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When you don’t beat Austin Peay by more than 3 td’s and you lose to Florida, any game against a P5 team who has a good passing game and can torch your secondary is losable.
 
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EZE said:
I think so, too, and it’s not the end of the world that many will claim it to be. CJH just needs to land another solid recruiting class.
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Your not gonna keep the recruiting class in tact going 7-5. You can forget that
 
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njvols said:
Assuming that we've not shown we can show up big @ hostile away venues, the crux of the season's results, in my opinion will come down to winning @ home vs SC and TaM.
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We did kick LSU's ass in Baton Rouge last year. After Florida missed that early FG and we seemingly scored with ease afterwards, it looked like we were heading in that direction. We didn't seize the momentum we had gained with it. It's like we stopped playing at that point for the remainder of the first half. I'm almost certain Heupel has addressed it, with both players and assistant coaches
 
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Block Party said:
4 losses being to Fla, Bama, Ga,Tamu.
South Carolina will be a loss
UK most likely a loss.
6-6 with 7-5 being the ceiling. Not sure what games you folks have been watching.
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If no improvement and the trend of decline continues it will be 5-7 ... but i suppose it is possible for a miracle of nature turn around, and cash could start raining down from the sky in buckets for everyone, but the CURRENT trend is not looking favorable.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
I predicted 9-3 with losses to FL, GA, and AL. However the WAY we lost in Gainesville leads me to think this could very well be an 8-4 or worst case 7-5 season. I hope they get things figured out quickly. Suddenly the SC and A&M games look very shaky.
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I'm not excusing anything about the Florida loss, but the funny thing is that if those three hideous calls/non-calls/official f**kups go as they rightfully should have (the 'crackback' block, the shirt grab interference on Keyton, the kicked ball on 4th down), the final result might have been very different.

All three plays were at critical junctures, and would have given us first downs in or near the red zone. As called, they were all drive killers that resulted in zero points. Would we have won? Probably not, and we didn't deserve to the way we played, but the point is still that those were three drive killing official's mistakes that would have made UF play instead of killing the clock.
 
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I think we will be fine. Florida game always brings out the negas. You’d think you’d be used to it after 20 years, but nah.
 
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GulfCoasterVol said:
If no improvement and the trend of decline continues it will be 5-7 ... but i suppose it is possible for a miracle of nature turn around, and cash could start raining down from the sky in buckets for everyone, but the CURRENT trend is not looking favorable.
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5-7 record would result in absolute VolNation meltdown in totality. Even the sunniest of sunshine pumpers would grab a torch and pitchfork to chase Heupel out of town.
 
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sjt18 said:
That means that it stays that way, right? No improvement possible, correct?

They have not played well. That does not mean they cannot play well. We are 3 games into the season. Only a troll or a fool would make the kinds of declarations you made. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by calling you a troll.
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I think she may be a foolish troll.........
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
We did kick LSU's ass in Baton Rouge last year. After Florida missed that early FG and we seemingly scored with ease afterwards, it looked like we were heading in that direction. We didn't seize the momentum we had gained with it. It's like we stopped playing at that point for the remainder of the first half. I'm almost certain Heupel has addressed it, with both players and assistant coaches
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Yes, agree. Our defense was way too passive. Don't understand that gameplan.
 
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