Most pleasant surprise on Saturday?

[Sarms58]

Getting to see Merklinger in the 4th quarter.

I want Navy Shuler to play in the 4th quarter

 

[Nicovfl8]

Running back depth, and seeing peyton Lewis live up to “looking like a grown man”.

 

[volmanNC]

Will we see James Pearce and Joshua Josephs on the field at the same time?

 

[BornAndRaisedVOL!]

Vols win in dominating fashion

UF, Bama, UGA, all lose in humiliating fashion

 

[Brave Volunteer]

This is one of those weekends where you DONT want to have a lot of post-game talking points! If there are, it's likely to be bad.

 

[livefaith]

Our grit and determination to win in overtime.

 

[livefaith]

You do know that hurts Tennessee right? With the new playoff format we need teams in our conference to dominate out of conference opponents so that more SEC teams get picked than not. Otherwise if everyone else in our conference Bucks we'll have to win the conference just to make it in rather than having a shot as an at-large.

Some of yall really have zero competition awareness.

Noo. We just won't lose any games.

 

[lastlapuncle]

No injuries and smooth offense with killer "d".

 

[mackievol]

There is 0% chance UGA loses but nice to think about.

 

[TheVolunteer002]

I want to see Nico throw a couple of deep balls. We haven't seen him do that yet.

 

[AdoptedVOL]

A couple of long field goals.

 

[Rockytop10nessee]

I think it will be one of the running backs. Possibly Bishop.

I’ll go out on a limb and say that gaston Moore will go nuts in the second half. Not likely though cuz nico might okay 3 1/2 quarters

 

[LargeOrange1]

Slooooow your roll....its Chattanooga.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

No injuries.

 

[volKano]

LBs and DBs smashing some folks. Also want to see UGA boat race Clemson. I hat UGA but they ain’t going anywhere soon and Clemson could keep falling apart.

 

[volKano]

I’ll go out on a limb and say that gaston Moore will go nuts in the second half. Not likely though cuz nico might okay 3 1/2 quarters

CJH does seem to leave the starters in longer than some and Nico really needs as much playing time as he can get. He is awesome but is just getting started.

 

[stolitonic]

Bru steps back on the field bringing the thunder and UTC has no answer for him.

 

[farmdogvol]

Will we see James Pearce and Joshua Josephs on the field at the same time?

Yes, you can count on this on a 3rd and long.

 

[Stoked]

50 yard bomb from Nico to Marquarius Malik "Squirrel" White please.

 

[spacificislander]

Then you're like a woman. More driven by emotion than logic.

You think FSU gets left out of a 12 team playoff? With your superior logic?

 

[TC 83]

NO INJURIES

I don't know if it's a pleasant "surprise," but coming out of the game with no injuries would certainly be pleasant.

1000%

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

You think FSU gets left out of a 12 team playoff? With your superior logic?

For a Alabama team with 1 more loss but playing a far tougher schedule? Hell yeah.

Comparing the relative strength of teams will always be the basis for selection in any playoff format. Which is why this whole rooting against your competition makes no sense. A wise fan roots for his opponents to win every game other than for when they meet his team that way his relative strength of schedule stays high.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

"Mid-field offense/defense" - me on Wednesday

Looked great mid-field

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

It's not necessarily a "surprise", but a couple of guys on the main highlight shows said Nico was the best looking QB of all the games yesterday

 

[spacificislander]

For a Alabama team with 1 more loss but playing a far tougher schedule? Hell yeah.

Comparing the relative strength of teams will always be the basis for selection in any playoff format. Which is why this whole rooting against your competition makes no sense. A wise fan roots for his opponents to win every game other than for when they meet his team that way his relative strength of schedule stays high.

Well a no loss FSU would have won the ACC and be in automatically.

It will be 2 loss teams with a bad strength of schedule vs 3 loss teams fighting about the last spots now I think.

Also I don’t know that a wise fan wants their rivals in if they are good enough to be 11-1 and looking for revenge in the playoffs.