It is time we stop claiming Florida and Pittsburgh as good wins

[volbound1700]

I can see a path to 8-4 pretty easy. IMO, UGA is a pretty sure loss though you never truly know in that game and I still don't think UGA's schedule has been good enough to prove how good they are. It is incredible how much of their O runs through their TE's. UF has the talent to limit them. Where does UGA go if they don't get that production?


UT appears to have thrown them off by taking out both QB's. Still, you have to wonder why they've stuck with Slovis. Patti to me looks like the better QB and has some mobility.

Thank you for the positive and intelligent responses instead of resorting to "troll" and name calling.

 

[LTVol]

Same fans are clamoring about 4 ranked teams.

Florida and Pittsburgh are NOT ranked teams nor will they be anytime soon. Pittsburgh maybe one of the worse teams in the ACC right now and it took overtime to beat them.

Doesnt LSU win look even more impressive after their dismantling of Ole Miss? Or does reevaluation of past wins only work in one direction?

 

[615vols]

You do know Florida State BEAT LSU. You cannot claim FSU is NOT a good win and claim LSU is a good win.

Yes I’m aware. Your claim was the Florida win is not a good win, you went on to say because they have 3 losses. You then went on to say fsu was a good win for Clemson, even though they have 3 losses
So I’m trying to figure out your logic here. Why is 3 loss Florida a bad win but 3 loss fsu a good win?

 

[volbound1700]

Doesnt LSU win look even more impressive after their dismantling of Ole Miss? Or does reevaluation of past wins only work in one direction?

Alabama and LSU look good. I am not saying they are bad wins.

I do think people can still argue Florida as a good win, especially considering our history against them.

Pittsburgh is not a good win from a resume standpoint anymore unless Pittsburgh rights the ship soon.

 

[GordonC]

Doesnt LSU win look even more impressive after their dismantling of Ole Miss? Or does reevaluation of past wins only work in one direction?

caused me to re-watch our game against LSU after they beat OM hahaha

 

[volbound1700]

Yes I’m aware. Your claim was the Florida win is not a good win, you went on to say because they have 3 losses. You then went on to say fsu was a good win for Clemson, even though they have 3 losses
So I’m trying to figure out your logic here. Why is 3 loss Florida a bad win but 3 loss fsu a good win?

They can beat a team like LSU for one... Florida's only SEC win is Missouri. Florida did beat Utah so I can see the argument but that is the only win of merit Florida has all year long.

 

[615vols]

They can beat a team like LSU for one... Florida's only SEC win is Missouri. Florida did beat Utah so I can see the argument but that is the only win of merit Florida has all year long.

Dude you’re embarrassing yourself at this point. Just stop. You’re trying so hard to discredit Tennessee’s wins, but want to pump up clemsons wins over wake forest, Syracuse, and fsu. Like I said, wins over Lsu, Florida, and bama are better than wins over wake forest, Syracuse, and fsu. Enjoy that island you’re on

 

[sjt18]

They can beat a team like LSU for one... Florida's only SEC win is Missouri. Florida did beat Utah so I can see the argument but that is the only win of merit Florida has all year long.

LSU has improved all year. They're probably the 2nd best team in the West and most likely to beat Bama IMO.

 

[volbound1700]

Dude you’re embarrassing yourself at this point. Just stop. You’re trying so hard to discredit Tennessee’s wins, but want to pump up clemsons wins over wake forest, Syracuse, and fsu. Like I said, wins over Lsu, Florida, and bama are better than wins over wake forest, Syracuse, and fsu. Enjoy that island you’re on

Wake Forest is currently in the top 10 right now. How are they NOT a big win for Clemson?

Syracuse is 6-1 with their only loss being the game yesterday @ Clemson.

Florida State beat LSU as I have expressed. You cannot claim a team to be a good win for us and not CLAIM the team that BEAT them as a good win for Clemson.

NC State is also a ranked team for Clemson.

Also, you cannot talk trash about Clemson or ACC when we needed overtime to beat a team that currently is ranked towards the bottom of the ACC.

Had we beat Pittsburgh by more than one scores in regulations, I would not be referencing them at this point. I am saying, that game could come back to haunt us if we are on the fence about making the playoffs.

Pittsburgh should be 6-1 right now but they are NOT and that hurts.

 

[Behr]

Oh to be Freak for a day.

 

[volbound1700]

Florida and Pittsburgh are not top 25 wins. Neither team will be near the top 25 at the end of the season and no we are not the reason because you take us off their schedule and both teams are still sitting outside the top 25.

At the end of the season, I think we will have played a total of 4 top 25 teams (teams that will finish in top 25)

Alabama
LSU
Georgia
Kentucky

 

[dobre_shunka]

Alabama and LSU look good. I am not saying they are bad wins.

I do think people can still argue Florida as a good win, especially considering our history against them.

Pittsburgh is not a good win from a resume standpoint anymore unless Pittsburgh rights the ship soon.

Bad wins? Could we just refer to them as "moral losses" from now on ? "Win" has such an undeserving positive connotation and we should all feel shame.

Just curious, if you bought a Power Ball ticket but only won $1 million for getting all the numbers but the Powerball you would rip the ticket up and flush it since you didnt get the full jackpot?

 

[GordonC]

Wake Forest is currently in the top 10 right now. How are they NOT a big win for Clemson?

Syracuse is 6-1 with their only loss being the game yesterday @ Clemson.

Florida State beat LSU as I have expressed. You cannot claim a team to be a good win for us and not CLAIM the team that BEAT them as a good win for Clemson.

NC State is also a ranked team for Clemson.

Also, you cannot talk trash about Clemson or ACC when we needed overtime to beat a team that currently is ranked towards the bottom of the ACC.

Had we beat Pittsburgh by more than one scores in regulations, I would not be referencing them at this point. I am saying, that game could come back to haunt us if we are on the fence about making the playoffs.

Pittsburgh should be 6-1 right now but they are NOT and that hurts.

When we beat Pitt, they were the defending ACC champions and had just come off a big rivalry win against West Virginia. Just because they have dropped a couple of games since then does not minimize our victory at all. Things happen during the course of a season. Using your logic, at the end of the season, you only determine what are "good wins" after seeing every team's record.

 

[GordonC]

Bad wins? Could we just refer to them as "moral losses" from now on ? "Win" has such an undeserving positive connotation and we should all feel shame.

Just curious, if you bought a Power Ball ticket but only won $1 million for getting all the numbers but the Powerball you would rip the ticket up and flush it since you didnt get the full jackpot?

This

 

[KeepinUpWithJones]

Both teams suck

Pittsburgh lost to Georgia Tech and is about to lose to Louisville to fall 4-3

Florida is 4-3 and about to be 4-4

Those games are actually embarrassing that we didn't beat both teams by 3+ TDs.

This dude must be miserable

 

[LittleVol]

Agree. 11-1 is looking likely but fans need to calm down about Clemson, Ohio State, and playoffs when it took overtime to beat mediocre ACC team. Clemson isn't Pittsburgh.

We really don't know how good SEC is as a conference because they haven't done that well against ACC for example and haven't played the B1G.

Pitt is NOT the ONLY team we've played.
What so Alabama and @ LSU were fluke games???

Tennessee is having one of its best seasons EVER and you choose to do this garbage??

Level-up!!

 

[volbound1700]

When we beat Pitt, they were the defending ACC champions and had just come off a big rivalry win against West Virginia. Just because they have dropped a couple of games since then does not minimize our victory at all. Things happen during the course of a season. Using your logic, at the end of the season, you only determine what are "good wins" after seeing every team's record.

This happens toward end of season.

Is Texas A&M or Miami a big win for teams now? Both were ranked very high in preseason and at some point this season when they started losing.

 

[Volnuck]

Both teams suck

Pittsburgh lost to Georgia Tech and is about to lose to Louisville to fall 4-3

Florida is 4-3 and about to be 4-4

Those games are actually embarrassing that we didn't beat both teams by 3+ TDs.

Miserable people wake up miserable and go to bed miserable. Not much time left for the happiness of being 7-0 in that schedule. Lol

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

If an 8 loss bama team can claim a national championship and Paul Horning can claim the Heisman over Johnny Majors and James Brown, then we can claim these as good wins.

FL played 4 good teams and beat one close and lost to 2 close.

 

[DC_Vol]

Oh to be Freak for a day.

I got a picture of him last weekend the day after the Bama win.

 

[wmcovol]

Another point: why on earth should we care that Florida sucks? Good, I hope they continue to suck for a good while. Do you think they looked back over the last 20 years and thought, “man that Tennessee win doesn’t look that good?”

Those sorry gators & bamers count every win vs our row of Stooges just like they’d beat Fulmer, Majors or the General
Himself.

 

[vol.E]

Enjoy the season Vols …. We’re on a good road.

Don’t be the guy that complains about the free bread taking too long at the restaurant

 

[MemphisVol77]

Putting words in my mouth to insult me.

Show me one sentence where I did the bolded statement.

When you type on the internet, maybe you should consider the words of Christ "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

You don't see me throwing angry insults out at you and calling you names. People like you are what is wrong with the internet. I hope you enjoy insulting people and being a turd, especially on the Lord's Day.

Blah, blah, blah, blah......., No guys really, Pitt is a terrible win....., blah blah blah. that means we need to be worried about USCe........

The closest I've come to insulting you is calling you a contrarian troll. I make no apology as I think you are one. You're actually fairly good at it to be honest.

Then after all that retarded monkey contrarianism

Are you a retarded monkey? Do you know the difference between adjectives and nouns? For example, if i called you a 'retarded monkey contrarian'(noun), that would certainly be a personal insult. When i call your stance 'retarded monkey contrarianism', that is a critique of your stance(adjective).

you willfully give no accounting of our recent stronger performances against superior talent(AL/LSU),

I'm not going to try and prove a negative. I put words in your mouth? Not hardly, I just pointed out the Elephant In The Room you haven't addressed. Common sense as most people call it.

BTW, I haven't been angry at all. You're actually fairly amusing as far as trolls go.

I won't bother with sanctimonious projection of my spirituality, but you should know I'm not a turd. I am The Sh!t

 

[CNCVol88]

Every one on here, this is a classic example of why that Florida and Pittsburgh thread exists. You say that about South Carolina but it took overtime for us to beat one of the worse ACC teams.

That Pitt team and Tennessee team are 2 different teams from the teams today. The Kentucky team has been pretty much the same Kentucky team all year. Same with South Carolina.

 

[Behr]

I got a picture of him last weekend the day after the Bama win.

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This is him after I took over for a day and broke his ban hammer.