Looking towards Georgia

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We will give Georgia a good fight, punchers chance or maybe slightly better, especially if Milton continues playing well. Also, we should get more calls in our favor compared to our road games.
 
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For my "what the other teams message boards are saying", I will say Georgia was just told by the national media and CFP voters that they are the 2nd best team in country. That Ohio State is better than them. So, I'm guessing they will be looking to prove a point when they arrive at Neyland.
The best we can do is not get desperate if we get down or get cocky and let of the gas if by chance we get a 9 point lead.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
Georgia can be had. They’ve hardly been on the road. Their run game is suspect. Their D line has holes. Their boundary corner is young and inexperienced. And we know Heup is the superior coach. I think this game is a toss up. If the Joe that lowers the boom on defenders when running shows up, get ready to throw more goalposts in the river! I don’t think their D can stop him consistently.
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Heupel the superior coach? Drugs are bad.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
Georgia can be had. They’ve hardly been on the road. Their run game is suspect. Their D line has holes. Their boundary corner is young and inexperienced. And we know Heup is the superior coach. I think this game is a toss up. If the Joe that lowers the boom on defenders when running shows up, get ready to throw more goalposts in the river! I don’t think their D can stop him consistently.
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Nothing wrong with confidence and support for your team, nor is Georgia or any other team unbeatable. Also agreed, Heapel is obviously a great coach.

Yes, Neyland is a loud, tough place to play.

With that said, I think you've been hitting dat dere Tennessee whiskey a little too hard my friend. :D

To call Heupel superior to Kirby, a coach who has won 41 out of his last 42 games, Back-to-Back Nattys and making a run at a 3-peat, as well as, putting a record number or players in the NFL over that last couple seasons, and quite possibly in the middle of the greatest streak in modern college football history inferior?... well, you're definitely wearing some Orange-tinted glasses.

Again, not saying Georgia is unbeatable, but to call the game a "toss up" is being a tad bit dishonest.

Last year the Vols had their best team in 25 years, were ranked #1, and the game was over at halftime.

Obviously, Joe is nowhere near the QB Hendon was, and to say the Georgia D won't be able stop Joe?

Not trying to be demeaning or disrespectful... BUT you might want to temper expectations just a little bit. Just saying, recent history is pretty damning.

2022 Dawgs-27 Vols-13
2021 Dawgs-41 Vols-17
2020 Dawgs-44 Vols-21
2019 Dawgs-43 Vols-14
2018 Dawgs-38 Vols-12
2017 Dawgs-41 Vols-0
 
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xpsyclonex2002 said:
I'm getting ahead of myself here but I'm looking to that Georgia game and thinking we have a better chance of winning that game than we did against Alabama last year. If you look at their schedule, Kentucky and Florida are their only Quasi-talented teams they have played. Florida was a neutral field and Kentucky was a home game. Sure, they curb stomped FL. They also soundly beat KY. But they have had their struggles this year. This isn't the GA of the 2 previous years. Are they a top shelf team this year? Absolutely. Are they the best team in the SEC? Probably. But you don't have to be the best team to win. You just have to be the best team THAT DAY. penalties both against us and not called in our favor have killed a lot of our drives this season. Bad refs are real. Letting teams sub when we didn't sub? WTF is that? saw it again in another game this weekend. If we can clean up the penalties, get anything close to fair calls from the refs, take advantage of the home field, and have solid play on both sides of the ball, we can pull this off. It's all about our secondary. Brock Bowers will determine if we win or not. If he carves us up, it could get ugly. We get GA in 3rd and 10 or more and still give up the 1st down like we've done all season against inferior talent and Neyland gets about half empty by the middle of the 3rd quarter. We've played better defenses and put up enough points to win. We jumped on Alabama in their house. We forgot the game was 4 quarters. They have good coaches who can adjust and then shut us down. If we can take the fight to GA for 4 quarters, we win a nail biter. We have the horses for it.

Edit: I also want to point out that they have played only 1 team with a top 50 defense all season so far and that was FL ranked 34. They have only played 1 top 50 offense all season to date and that was UAB.
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The CFP committee agrees with you. I would not be surprised if the lose the sec east they would be out.
 
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Other_Guy said:
A better chance than against Bama last year? That's the most insane thing I've read this year.

Also, would you people please quit doing this with Georgia? They play down to their comp because they're bored. They will play with their hair on fire and whip Mizzu and likely Tenn. Just stop.
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You may be right but nothing is impossible. Clearly the cfp doesn't agree with the coaches poll
 
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General Jack said:
We will give Georgia a good fight, punchers chance or maybe slightly better, especially if Milton continues playing well. Also, we should get more calls in our favor compared to our road games.
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Game is at home. No matter what I believe the east championship goes thru Knoxville
 
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chattavol420 said:
My brother and I were talking about this same scenario. If Georgia loses to Ole Miss, and we beat Missouri, we are essentially playing them for the east. It’s hard to say psychologically which scenario would present the best chance at beating them. While Georgia will certainly be motivated if they have the SCCCG and playoffs on the line, you could argue that Tennessee also will have a lot more to play for, if we aren’t just playing spoiler, but also have an opportunity at the SEC in playoffs ourselves.
It’s just impossible to know how these dominoes could impact each teams psyche heading into that game. So my hope is going to be that UGA drops a game before us and we hold up our end of the deal against Missouri. Both teams would the motivated this way, and it would become a massive game. CGD would likely be in town and it would be a hell of an event.
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A Dawg loss to ole miss and a vol win over mizzo would make tn/ga a tiebreaker game as long as ga loses to mizzo, but then mizzo would be the tiebreaker over tenn right?
 
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Manning4ever said:
A Dawg loss to ole miss and a vol win over mizzo would make tn/ga a tiebreaker game as long as ga loses to mizzo, but then mizzo would be the tiebreaker over tenn right?
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I’m thinking if we beat Missouri and uga and then uga has another loss (to either Missouri or Ole Miss) Tennessee wins the east.

The issue for us (assuming the above scenario plays out) would be Florida. They hold the tie breaker over us and as of now they have the same sec record.

We need Florida to lose another game to be assured the SECE. If you look at the ranking right now, they have Florida ahead of us with the same record, of course because of the head to head win.
 
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ThemDawgsIsHell said:
Nothing wrong with confidence and support for your team, nor is Georgia or any other team unbeatable. Also agreed, Heapel is obviously a great coach.

Yes, Neyland is a loud, tough place to play.

With that said, I think you've been hitting dat dere Tennessee whiskey a little too hard my friend. :D

To call Heupel superior to Kirby, a coach who has won 41 out of his last 42 games, Back-to-Back Nattys and making a run at a 3-peat, as well as, putting a record number or players in the NFL over that last couple seasons, and quite possibly in the middle of the greatest streak in modern college football history inferior?... well, you're definitely wearing some Orange-tinted glasses.

Again, not saying Georgia is unbeatable, but to call the game a "toss up" is being a tad bit dishonest.

Last year the Vols had their best team in 25 years, were ranked #1, and the game was over at halftime.

Obviously, Joe is nowhere near the QB Hendon was, and to say the Georgia D won't be able stop Joe?

Not trying to be demeaning or disrespectful... BUT you might want to temper expectations just a little bit. Just saying, recent history is pretty damning.

2022 Dawgs-27 Vols-13
2021 Dawgs-41 Vols-17
2020 Dawgs-44 Vols-21
2019 Dawgs-43 Vols-14
2018 Dawgs-38 Vols-12
2017 Dawgs-41 Vols-0
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Can someone post this the scores from 1990-1999 so I don’t risk throwing up on my phone here?
 
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Volizona said:
For some reason we have been able to beat Georgia over the years from time to time when they have been much better than us or were the heavy favorites. Seems like late in Fulmers tenure we beat them a few times as heavy favorites. Also Kiffin’s year and twice with Butch. I have never feared Georgia or felt the same psychological baggage as I do with Florida and Bama. We shoot ourselves in the foot with them every year and it’s always something stupid that causes us to have a meltdown. With Georgia I always feel like we have a shot. Perhaps because I still remember the 90s too much when we always beat them, even when they had talented teams.
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That’s all fine and good but to be honest you are thinking in the past. Richt never fielded a team that’s been close to what Smart has the past couple of years.
 
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chattavol420 said:
I’m thinking if we beat Missouri and uga and then uga has another loss (to either Missouri or Ole Miss) Tennessee wins the east.

The issue for us (assuming the above scenario plays out) would be Florida. They hold the tie breaker over us and as of now they have the same sec record.

We need Florida to lose another game to be assured the SECE. If you look at the ranking right now, they have Florida ahead of us with the same record, of course because of the head to head win.
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I have thought the same thing. You are totally right. Why can't we get to the sec championship. Given a second chance we could beat Bama, ga did a few years ago. If that happens the cfp should give us a chance. Fsu should beat Florida, I realize they are different conferences, but the cfp would not differentiate.
 
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Manning4ever said:
I have thought the same thing. You are totally right. Why can't we get to the sec championship. Given a second chance we could beat Bama, ga did a few years ago. If that happens the cfp should give us a chance. Fsu should beat Florida, I realize they are different conferences, but the cfp would not differentiate.
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Only problem would be Mizzou. If they beat Georgia who else would they lose to?
 
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If we beat jawjaw storm the field again for knocking off the #1 ranked team, then we r good for another few decades
 
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Manning4ever said:
You may be right but nothing is impossible. Clearly the cfp doesn't agree with the coaches poll
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May be right? Tenn was undefeated and lights out and Bama's defense was known to struggle.
Tenn is 6-2 and Georgia continues to roll. Tenn has yet to play a complete game from all position groups.
 
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ThemDawgsIsHell said:
Nothing wrong with confidence and support for your team, nor is Georgia or any other team unbeatable. Also agreed, Heapel is obviously a great coach.

Yes, Neyland is a loud, tough place to play.

With that said, I think you've been hitting dat dere Tennessee whiskey a little too hard my friend. :D

To call Heupel superior to Kirby, a coach who has won 41 out of his last 42 games, Back-to-Back Nattys and making a run at a 3-peat, as well as, putting a record number or players in the NFL over that last couple seasons, and quite possibly in the middle of the greatest streak in modern college football history inferior?... well, you're definitely wearing some Orange-tinted glasses.

Again, not saying Georgia is unbeatable, but to call the game a "toss up" is being a tad bit dishonest.

Last year the Vols had their best team in 25 years, were ranked #1, and the game was over at halftime.

Obviously, Joe is nowhere near the QB Hendon was, and to say the Georgia D won't be able stop Joe?

Not trying to be demeaning or disrespectful... BUT you might want to temper expectations just a little bit. Just saying, recent history is pretty damning.

2022 Dawgs-27 Vols-13
2021 Dawgs-41 Vols-17
2020 Dawgs-44 Vols-21
2019 Dawgs-43 Vols-14
2018 Dawgs-38 Vols-12
2017 Dawgs-41 Vols-0
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I think your Dawgs are gonna be in for a shock coming into Neyland in a few weeks. Heup has this team peeking at the right time. Milton is finally healthy and bullying defenders in the run game. Y'all don't have anyone who can stop him. Heup has been preparing for yall's defense since Spring. I expect 34+ put on your D. If the long ball is connecting, 42+.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
I think your Dawgs are gonna be in for a shock coming into Neyland in a few weeks. Heup has this team peeking at the right time. Milton is finally healthy and bullying defenders in the run game. Y'all don't have anyone who can stop him. Heup has been preparing for yall's defense since Spring. I expect 34+ put on your D. If the long ball is connecting, 42+.
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Not saying it can't happen, but Milton will need to have the game of his life, plus the Vols get a couple turnovers to be in a position to win IMO. Last year, the Georgia D held Hendon to 195 yds passing, his season low. No doubt, Heupel will pull something out of his bag of tricks.

Expecting to put up 34+ on the Dawgs defense is asking A LOT.

For perspective, Georgia hasn't given up 30 points in a regular season game since 2017 (6 seasons ago).

For argument sake, IF and that's a big IF, the Vols can score 30+, can their secondary slow down Carson Beck's passing game?

Dawgs are averaging over 40+
 
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BJWeeks said:
All I know is that I am a huge Missouri fan this week against Georgia. If they beat Georgia and we beat Missouri then Georgia comes to Knoxville with the SEC East on the line
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Pretty sure Missouri would have to lose again.
 
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Jaxon_Vol2017 said:
Pretty sure Missouri would have to lose again.
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Mizzou already lost to LSU.
if Vols win out, we will be 6-2.
If Mizzou wins out except a loss to UT, they will be 6-2.
Uga Losing to both Mizzou and UT means UGA also has 2 losses.
That would mean that all three are 6-2 and Vols win the East by winning both head to heads.

If UGA beats Mizzou (UGA is 16 points favorite in Athens) but then lose to Ole Miss the Following weekend in Athens (UGA is a 14 point favorite), the UT-UGA game would be for the East title assuming the Vols had beaten Mizzou the previous week.

Both above scenarios assume that UF loses one of their final three SEC games (I’d bet they lose 2).
 
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