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

[thunder5]

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.

 

[sechamp2012]

Per this troll Alabama sketchy wins over A&M 3 & 4 and Texas 5-3 who both lost this week and just as bad as Pitt & Florida. Do you think Saban would say Alabama should drop in the polls and really downplay these wins we are not deserving to be in the playoffs because they miraculously & were lucky to beat these bad teams by last second luck.

 

[NighthawkVol]

LSU is looking like a fantastic win now...especially given the margin and that it was in Baton Rouge.

 

[Jeff Clark]

LSU is looking like a fantastic win now...especially given the margin and that it was in Baton Rouge.

LSU is much better than i thought they would be going into the season.

 

[The_Big_Orange]

Ignored

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Or what?

 

[thunder5]

Alabama basically just pitched a shutout against Mike Leach’s offense. Do we get extra credit for hanging 52 on them last week?

I was thinking this very thing…we made scoring on them look simple….and they are clearly a legit D…that’s the same reason I think we’ll beat UGA…or at worst we lose a very close game

 

[CaliVol2009]

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.

You embarrass yourself

 

[Freak]

I'll speak in defense of the OP. He's got a right to point out that two wins early on don't seem as impressive as they did at the time. Calling him a troll and a bad fan is just arrogant. Who the heck are you to tell someone what makes them a good fan or not? Maybe he's just more circumspect than you is all. Jesus.

Not as impressive? He thinks those wins are embarrassing. lol.

Anybody that's embarrassed of a top 5 Tennessee team that's 7-0 may need to reevaluate some things.

 

[Vol8188]

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.

Both of those teams would be 5-2 if we didn’t beat them. That’s the thing about winning, it makes your schedule look worse.

 

[Freak]

Both of those teams would be 5-2 if we didn’t beat them. That’s the thing about winning, it makes your schedule look worse.

Absolutely.

The other thing to consider is that this team is playing better each week. I feel like we took a step forward against LSU and again against Alabama.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

We broke those teams.

 

[ProudVOLfan]

There is this thing called confidence. Each of those games helped to build it within this team. SO, I would say they were good wins and helped the team get better. Either way were F'n
7-0

 

[Freak]

It's all perspective. Instead of ripping our team for the Florida win (that feels weird to even type), maybe we should be talking about how great of a win that absolute dismantling of LSU was.

Like I said above, we're a much better team than we were in week two, imo.

 

[Vols1313]

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.

Ohio State has no good wins I think they play Pepperdine’s club team next week

 

[NighthawkVol]

We broke those teams.

Pitt is definitely not the same team that Tennessee (or West Virginia) played. And Tennessee is much better than the team that played Pitt.

That's how football works. Teams improve or decline as the year goes on.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Even in the best of times, the legion of the miserable will thrive.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Pitt is definitely not the same team that Tennessee (or West Virginia) played. And Tennessee is much better than the team that played Pitt.

That's how football works. Teams improve or decline as the year goes on.

Pitt has fallen off to probably the Pinstripe Bowl or Fenway Bowl.

 

[CAVPUT]

Considering our record against both those teams, I'll continue to consider them GREAT wins. Hell, give our history the last 15-20 years, we have nothing but good wins this year. They're all cherished by this old vol fan.

 

[Delmar]

It’s been my experience that if 98 out of 100 disagree with your position then you are wrong and need to reevaluate your position. That would seem to be the case here.

 

[volfan102455]

Saw a tweet this morning where they are now playing TCU up for having 4 wins over ranked opponents. Two of those are no longer ranked (Oklahoma and Kansas) and have similar records as Florida and Pittsburg. That is the way it works.

I seriously don't understand why a "fan" of a team would constantly try to find something to bring the team down. Makes absolutely no sense.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

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.

Florida always has and always will determine the success of our season. It’s a great win considering Florida is 16 out of 18.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

LSU is much better than i thought they would be going into the season.

They always get talent. I think LSU has the talent to give bama a game.

 

[Halph66]

I don’t care. I will not apologize for winning a game against an opponent that was on our schedule. They were both ranked when we played.
At the end of the day, the team that wins the N.C. Game beat the teams on their schedule.
Tennessee beat a ranked Pitt. team at their house. Tennessee beat a ranked Florida team. Tennessee beat a ranked LSU team at their house. Tennessee beat a ranked Alabama team. Tennessee has taken care of all seven opponents to date.
Ohio State doesn’t apologize for playing 6 of their 7 games at home this year, against lesser opponents than Tennessee.
Let the talking heads blabber. Keep winning and they’ll run out of excuses. I will not apologize. At the beginning of the season a lot of folks thought our schedule was impossible. GBO!

 

[BowlBrother85]

We have a 27 point road win over LSU, and a win over Alabama. Tennessee is the last team in college football that needs to be worried about their resume. Just keep winning. If we beat Kentucky at home, and then Georgia on the road, we will be the #1 ranked team in the country by a mile.

@volbound1700 ... you are a whiner.