Looking at the SEC picture right now

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volfan102455 said:
Stop with the Arkansas loss already

- Ole Miss lost to Kentucky
- UGA lost to Ole Miss
- A&M lost to Notre Dame
- Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois
- Bama lost to Vandy
- Vandy lost to Georgia State

I don't know how you expect those outside of the fan base to respect the team when we have fans who don't even respect the team and find anyway possible to put the team down.

It is not even constructive criticism at this point.

There is absolutely NOT a dominant team in the SEC or the NCAA this year.

We are one of the top tier SEC teams this year. We may not be the team some of you want but we are finding ways to win.
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From a CFB Playoff situation, there is a little concern (unless we beat Georgia). We have 5 teams in contention: Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas. Texas A&M isn't entirely out either. To feel safe, Tennessee needs to win out or hope one of those 5 teams drops another game. Ole Miss beating Georgia created a headache. Had Georgia won, I think Tennessee would be a lock if they go 10-2 as Ole Miss would be out of the picture and Tennessee would be among the 4 remaining (win or loss at Georgia). Beat Georgia, UTEP, and Vandy, Tennessee is not just in the CFB but in Atlanta as well.

Regardless of how the season ends, I do think Heupel did a great job.
 
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volfan102455 said:
# 2 also describes UGA and Bama among others at specific times this year. Florida would have beaten UGA had they not lost their QB. Florida is decimated, yet again, by injuries - happens every year, it seems.
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Alabama has LSU, Missouri, Wisconsin (who is having a decent season), and Georgia. If Alabama wins out, they are in. All those are solid wins and Alabama beat the first 3 soundly (something Tennessee hasn't done except for NC State and Miss State).

Georgia is tricky but again they have the nice wins against Texas and Clemson.

Tennessee just doesn't have any dominate wins over a good team. (By Dominate, I mean winning by +14 points).

It is the eye test that is hurting Tennessee. I, personally, think we will make CFP Playoff but I see the concerns.

If you took history, names, etc. out of it, Alabama and Georgia would still look more impressive than Tennessee when viewing their body of work.
 
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#103
volfan102455 said:
Stop with the Arkansas loss already

- Ole Miss lost to Kentucky
- UGA lost to Ole Miss
- A&M lost to Notre Dame
- Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois
- Bama lost to Vandy
- Vandy lost to Georgia State

I don't know how you expect those outside of the fan base to respect the team when we have fans who don't even respect the team and find anyway possible to put the team down.

It is not even constructive criticism at this point.

There is absolutely NOT a dominant team in the SEC or the NCAA this year.

We are one of the top tier SEC teams this year. We may not be the team some of you want but we are finding ways to win.
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Strength of schedule makes a difference in the playoff selection. We have one win over a team with a team over .500, Alabama. Every other team has a losing record. Arkansas is at 4-4 and they beat us.
 
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onevol74 said:
Strength of schedule makes a difference in the playoff selection. We have one win over a team with a team over .500, Alabama. Every other team has a losing record. Arkansas is at 4-4 and they beat us.
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This is key. Now I will say that the leagues are unbalanced. I think if Florida, Kentucky, or Oklahoma where in the ACC or Big12, they likely have 7 or 8 wins pending their schedule.
 
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I just hope our AD, or whoever is setting up our schedule understands that playing those patsies to make millions of dollars at the beginning of the season will come back to bite you at the end of the season.
 
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Behr said:
It's almost like some of you want us to not make it so you can bish about it.

We can still make it with 2 losses.
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I am somewhere in the middle. There will be such a logjam of teams the hard part is leaving fate in a committees hand. If wr lose to Georgia it will be critical we are still in the game in the 4th with a few minutes to go. If not where they start comparing the who beat who there will be a very difficult task of comparing resumes. So the next thing fairly or not will be the eye test and naturally teams that were hammered will be placed in the next four out category. I believe we can win this game but we all know it's a tall task. If we don't we can't just get mashed and thankfully our defense has too much pride to allow it to happen it seems.
 
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DeepSpringsVol said:
I am somewhere in the middle. There will be such a logjam of teams the hard part is leaving fate in a committees hand. If wr lose to Georgia it will be critical we are still in the game in the 4th with a few minutes to go. If not where they start comparing the who beat who there will be a very difficult task of comparing resumes. So the next thing fairly or not will be the eye test and naturally teams that were hammered will be placed in the next four out category. I believe we can win this game but we all know it's a tall task. If we don't we can't just get mashed and thankfully our defense has too much pride to allow it to happen it seems.
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My comment was strictly for those saying with 2 losses we don't make the playoffs "no if's ands or buts." Not whether or not we will.

And I'll add for the "we're not a playoff team" people. Thats silly if the committee puts us in. And you don't get to decide. Lol.
 
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onevol74 said:
I just hope our AD, or whoever is setting up our schedule understands that playing those patsies to make millions of dollars at the beginning of the season will come back to bite you at the end of the season.
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Yeah well we could be 5-4 and 11th in the SEC with no shot at the SECCG or the playoffs since the beginning of October bishing and moaning about losing instead of bishing and moaning about winning.

FFS. We're in a better position than anyone else in the entire SEC, including Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida .....on the 10th of November.

Lol. 🤪
 
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VolForLife83 said:
When considering quality of opponent, Vandy is better than Arkansas. Vandy has quality win, Arkansas does not. Vandy also took Texas to the wire. Much better team.
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Arkansas has the Tennessee win. Vandy has the Bama win. It’s the same thing. Arkansas also doesn’t have a loss to Georgia State. Wtf are you talking about?
 
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Behr said:
Yeah well we could be 5-4 and 11th in the SEC with no shot at the SECCG or the playoffs since the beginning of October bishing and moaning about losing instead of bishing and moaning about winning.

FFS. We're in a better position than anyone else in the entire SEC, including Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida .....on the 10th of November.

Lol. 🤪
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I agree with you IF we beat Georgia. But you are totally off base if we lose by 10 or more points in Athens. Alabama would be our only win over a winning team and that could eliminate us.
 
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onevol74 said:
I agree with you IF we beat Georgia. But you are totally off base if we lose by 10 or more points in Athens. Alabama would be our only win over a winning team and that could eliminate us.
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No I'm not. If we can't beat Georgia what makes you think we could have beaten teams in the beginning of the year good enough to look good now? Chance they would have been loses hence my 5-4 record.

And the bigger point is worrying about coulda woulda shoulda especially where we sit today.

Wasn't Danny Whites fault NCSU turned out to be crap. They were ranked when we played them. Everybody was excited then, some even thought we'd lose.

This is stupid. I'm done.
 
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#113
Some think we are not a top 25 team, some think we don't deserve to be in the playoffs and some think we're world beaters.
 
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Behr said:
No I'm not. If we can't beat Georgia what makes you think we could have beaten teams in the beginning of the year good enough to look good now? Chance they would have been loses hence my 5-4 record.

And the bigger point is worrying about coulda woulda shoulda especially where we sit today.

Wasn't Danny Whites fault NCSU turned out to be crap. They were ranked when we played them. Everybody was excited then, some even thought we'd lose.

This is stupid. I'm done.
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Yes, you are done if you think playing a weaker schedule is the key to getting to the playoffs. Strength of schedule IS a factor. And at this point we have only beaten one team with a winning record and with the exception of Bama and Arkansas have only played the bottom feeders of the SEC. And our loss was to a .500 team.

I agree that this is not White’s fault, but I do hope they are learning a critical lesson. You need a marque OOC game to insulate against these things happen. If this team loses in Athens by 10 or more this week the critics are going to say we are overrated. UGA is not exactly a world beater at this point but they do have superior talent.
 
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onevol74 said:
Yes, you are done if you think playing a weaker schedule is the key to getting to the playoffs. Strength of schedule IS a factor. And at this point we have only beaten one team with a winning record and with the exception of Bama and Arkansas have only played the bottom feeders of the SEC. And our loss was to a .500 team.

I agree that this is not White’s fault, but I do hope they are learning a critical lesson. You need a marque OOC game to insulate against these things happen. If this team loses in Athens by 10 or more this week the critics are going to say we are overrated. UGA is not exactly a world beater at this point but they do have superior talent.
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Doesn't seem to be affecting Texas, Penn St or Indiana too much.
 
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#119
onevol74 said:
Yes, you are done if you think playing a weaker schedule is the key to getting to the playoffs. Strength of schedule IS a factor. And at this point we have only beaten one team with a winning record and with the exception of Bama and Arkansas have only played the bottom feeders of the SEC. And our loss was to a .500 team.

I agree that this is not White’s fault, but I do hope they are learning a critical lesson. You need a marque OOC game to insulate against these things happen. If this team loses in Athens by 10 or more this week the critics are going to say we are overrated. UGA is not exactly a world beater at this point but they do have superior talent.
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If thats what you got from my post you're worse than I thought.

I'm surprised you didn't commit suicide during the previous 3 coaches.
 
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#121
Vol524 said:
What concerns me is the SEC/Refs will let the Dawgs get away with murder. We will have 4 times the flags they will. The SEC will protect GA at all costs because they feel GA is the SEC's best chance to win a Natty. I have no doubt when we bust a big play on offense, there will be a hold flag thrown on an O-lineman.
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Absurd paranoia.
 
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#122
onevol74 said:
Would not affect us either if we did not play in the SEC. Texas was previously ranked #1 and lost to a top 10 team.
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Tennessee will be ranked #5 with a win over a top 10 team. SEC standings/tiebreakers do not apply to playoff rankings.
 
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#123
Behr said:
Pay closer attention.
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The only 2 teams Tennessee will have wins against that will have winning records against at the end of the season is Chattanooga and Bama. TN will be left out of the SEC 2 loss teams. Our resume doesn’t stack up to any of the other 2 loss teams. And we will not get chosen over Bama. Elimination game next week.
 
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#125
onevol74 said:
Yes, you are done if you think playing a weaker schedule is the key to getting to the playoffs. Strength of schedule IS a factor. And at this point we have only beaten one team with a winning record and with the exception of Bama and Arkansas have only played the bottom feeders of the SEC. And our loss was to a .500 team.

I agree that this is not White’s fault, but I do hope they are learning a critical lesson. You need a marque OOC game to insulate against these things happen. If this team loses in Athens by 10 or more this week the critics are going to say we are overrated. UGA is not exactly a world beater at this point but they do have superior talent.
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Fwiw, Washington is on the schedule in 2029. Who knows if they will be any good then or not?
 
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