OK so how do we get to bowl from here??

[ImportedVoL]

Worley gonna get it together, light bulb will turn on..

we still win one of GA or USC

auburn/mizzou/ky/vandy/south alabama


8 wins.. 7 without the upset.. plus bowl win


we win 8 this year overall just like I predicted to begin with

oregon and florida have no bearing on that.. I knew we would have some growing pains early in season till offense got it together

 

[govols/cc]

:lolabove: It is hard to believe the loser mentality of most of our fan base. I think a group of these negavols posting in this thread have one testicle that they time-share.

There are a hell of lot positives to build on and all the teams we generally play are flawed, but our fanbase is so whipped by the last 5 years they are scared of Vandy at this point.

Vandy has beat us once in the last 5 years (our historic lowpoint) and their fans act like they will never lose to us again. Once! We are still Tennessee last I checked. A time of reckoning will come. I hope some of these "fans" have enough backbone left to crawl back up onto the bandwagon once Butch gets it rolling.

Loser mentality would be based on what's on the field which would be a realistic mentality. Your views are just delusional. There has been nothing positive to build off of.

 

[photovol]

I've tried everything from Mapquest, Google, ect. aparently there is just no way to get to a bowl game from Knoxville.

 

[DeusExMachina]

We can still win most of our remaining games. Obviously no one will be shocked if we beat all of SoAl, Mizzou, Auburn, Vandy and Kentucky. Pleasantly surprised but not shocked.

We can also beat Georgia. Here's why.

Georgia plays LSU the week before us. Teams have a history of coming out flat after facing LSU. Butch Jones' first SEC game in Neyland. Mark Richt coaching the other team and our defensive coaches knowing his MO to say the least. Bulldogs have been sort schizophrenic as long as I can remember. Every year they have inexplicable losses. Maybe it is our turn to inflict one again.


We can also beat South Carolina. Here's why.

We get a week off to prepare and they have to travel to play ground and pound at Arkansas. Their coaching staff is not on the same page defensively--remember the near fight on the sidelines vs Georgia. Are those problems gone? Or just stewing? This would be an upset, but not a big shock if we won at home. We match up pretty well against their strengths.


We can beat Alabama. Here's why.

Bama's offensive line was exposed against Colorado State. These guys can't run block. Outside of one 38 yarder, they rushed for 18 yards on 20 carries. That's right .9 yards per carry against Colorado State. We have the wherewithal to hold them to a very low score. When you do that, anything can happen.

I'd say we may even win against one of the big 3 teams and lose against one of the last 4, but I think we win a bowl game and get to 8-5. On the road to Eugene, then on the road to Gainesville is brutal. We are exactly where I thought we'd be.

Finally, some sense in this thread. Tip of the Tennessee baseball cap to you, good sir.

Utter stupidity...

Why, because he's not ready to forfeit the rest of the season like you are?? I could make a different suggestion, but with the number of infractions I already have because I tend to hurt people's feelings (tired of "playing nice" with you morons on here) when I speak my mind. So, I'll say it nicely. Will you pretty please do pushups in front of a steamroller?? Thank you.

Not convinced we can beat Mizzou, Auburn, or Vandy at this point.

Boy, oh boy. As stated above, let's just go ahead and forfeit the entire season right now!!! There's no way we can win any of the remaining games, why the hell even try, right?? My God, some of you are so beat down by Derek Dip**** and "the ****face in California" that you couldn't see improvement if it slapped you across the face with a sledgehammer. My wife, who knows absolutely NOTHING about football (she's a UNC fan, LOL) has watched every Tennessee game this year with me. She has point blank told me "you can tell they're getting better, it's almost like they won't quit TRYING, something that can't be said about the previous coach. He LET those boys quit. This coach ain't LETTING them do ANYTHING of the sort". If someone that knows NOTHING about football can see it, maybe you and your kind need to wake up, stop looking at everything in such a negative light (news flash: you're never going to see the positive in a situation if you're only focusing on the negative. Write that down.) and support this team. FFS, we're 4 games into a complete staff turnover, with players not recruited (other than Pete.....and I think Butch recruited Croom while he was @ Cincy, I might be having a lapse in memory, someone feel free to set me straight on this) to play in this system. Did you guys REALLY expect to be 4-0 right now, because that's damn sure what it seems like.

Holy crap the sky is falling!!!!!! Have some faith.

^what he said.

:lolabove: It is hard to believe the loser mentality of most of our fan base. I think a group of these negavols posting in this thread have one testicle that they time-share.

There are a hell of lot positives to build on and all the teams we generally play are flawed, but our fanbase is so whipped by the last 5 years they are scared of Vandy at this point.

Vandy has beat us once in the last 5 years (our historic lowpoint) and their fans act like they will never lose to us again. Once! We are still Tennessee last I checked. A time of reckoning will come. I hope some of these "fans" have enough backbone left to crawl back up onto the bandwagon once Butch gets it rolling.

(*but for the record: if they jump off the train now, **** 'em, they ain't getting back on*)



Ya know, it's a damn shame that some of the most reasonable posts on here aren't from our own fans, but from an A&M fan (*not a slight against you, TXA&M07, I actually like seeing you post, and I have nothing but respect for the Ags. Probably my 3rd favorite team in CFB. Just saying. Can't wait to see Kyle Field, either, I've heard nothing but good things*). This doom and gloom mentality is so pervasive in here that I dunno if even winning is going to fix it. Some of y'all really need to take a good look in the mirror and reevaluate what's up with you. Why are you so negative ALL THE TIME?? Is there an underlying reason?? I think if you figure that out, your outlook on the Vols will change.


This has been a public service announcement from Deuce. Y'all may now go back to your regularly scheduled *****ing, but 99.95% of us on here would rather y'all just unplug your internet.

 

[govols/cc]

I think we found a couple guys who call into Vols calls that we all laugh at

 

[BanditVol]

Mizzou will probably be 4-0 after this weekend, but look at that schedule. They're like the MS State team of last year. They haven't played anyone. They may be much better, but it's too early to tell.

Yeah, their next four games are Vandy, Georgia, Florida, USCe...and then they play us.

It seems funny to suggest that Vandy is a tough game, but definitely tougher than the four creampuffs they open with. They could well be 4-4 when they play us, though I kind of want to see them beat Vandy.

 

[alavolfan]

This is a bit premature, IMHO...Let's just concentrate on improving and playing the next game. Things will take care of themselves. FWIW, I don't see us bowling this year, but if we do, I'd be pleasantly surprised.

 

[jimallvol]

I think we will beat
S.alabama
Mizzou
Kentucky
Vandy
Hopefully this happens so we can get back to a bowl game

 

[MrBiggles]

We could be 5-7 or we could be 6-6 or even 7-5. It really depends on how the offence and defence improve through out the year. One thing we do know and that is they will be battle tested against some real quality opponents by the time they get to Missouri. I think that they will end up at 7-5 and play in a Bowl. Not sure which one yet, but think they will easily beat Mizz , UK, Vandy (especially after last year) and Auburn (probably a close game maybe a FG in it) as well just because they have been battle tested by UGA, USCe, BAMA.

 

[TNVOLNUT]

The same way as when the season started. Most everyone had picked Oregon and Florida to be loses. Nothing surprising there. We all had hope for those games but even the fan that wears Orange colored glasses all day and drinks orange kool aid (ME) knew we would lose those. Just keep on chugging along and take care of business from here on out. Maybe steal one from Ga or South Carolina. Got our fingers crossed!!

 

[drodvol]

Finally, some sense in this thread. Tip of the Tennessee baseball cap to you, good sir.



Why, because he's not ready to forfeit the rest of the season like you are?? I could make a different suggestion, but with the number of infractions I already have because I tend to hurt people's feelings (tired of "playing nice" with you morons on here) when I speak my mind. So, I'll say it nicely. Will you pretty please do pushups in front of a steamroller?? Thank you.



Boy, oh boy. As stated above, let's just go ahead and forfeit the entire season right now!!! There's no way we can win any of the remaining games, why the hell even try, right?? My God, some of you are so beat down by Derek Dip**** and "the ****face in California" that you couldn't see improvement if it slapped you across the face with a sledgehammer. My wife, who knows absolutely NOTHING about football (she's a UNC fan, LOL) has watched every Tennessee game this year with me. She has point blank told me "you can tell they're getting better, it's almost like they won't quit TRYING, something that can't be said about the previous coach. He LET those boys quit. This coach ain't LETTING them do ANYTHING of the sort". If someone that knows NOTHING about football can see it, maybe you and your kind need to wake up, stop looking at everything in such a negative light (news flash: you're never going to see the positive in a situation if you're only focusing on the negative. Write that down.) and support this team. FFS, we're 4 games into a complete staff turnover, with players not recruited (other than Pete.....and I think Butch recruited Croom while he was @ Cincy, I might be having a lapse in memory, someone feel free to set me straight on this) to play in this system. Did you guys REALLY expect to be 4-0 right now, because that's damn sure what it seems like.



^what he said.

(*but for the record: if they jump off the train now, **** 'em, they ain't getting back on*)



Ya know, it's a damn shame that some of the most reasonable posts on here aren't from our own fans, but from an A&M fan (*not a slight against you, TXA&M07, I actually like seeing you post, and I have nothing but respect for the Ags. Probably my 3rd favorite team in CFB. Just saying. Can't wait to see Kyle Field, either, I've heard nothing but good things*). This doom and gloom mentality is so pervasive in here that I dunno if even winning is going to fix it. Some of y'all really need to take a good look in the mirror and reevaluate what's up with you. Why are you so negative ALL THE TIME?? Is there an underlying reason?? I think if you figure that out, your outlook on the Vols will change.


This has been a public service announcement from Deuce. Y'all may now go back to your regularly scheduled *****ing, but 99.95% of us on here would rather y'all just unplug your internet.

Couldn't agree more! :thumbsup:

 

[ballou1024]

Buy tickets

 

[arkyvol]

I think we will beat
S.alabama
Mizzou
Kentucky
Vandy
Hopefully this happens so we can get back to a bowl game

S. Bama and Kentucky, maybe. Unless the Vols get real lucky and get another half dozen turnovers, I'd bet on Vandy and Mizzou (most likely this one will be embarrassing). I don't expect a bowl this year, and maybe not next year either, but that will be fine as long as Jones gets the train back on the track.

 

[Jake]

I just want to see a steady progression of improvement and worry about the bowl if we get to that point.

 

[YorkVol]

I just want to see a steady progression of improvement and worry about the bowl if we get to that point.

I agree with this.

 

[82_VOL_83]

S.Al - W
UK - W
Vandy - should Win

that leaves either AU or Mizzou as the logical choices. AU scares me because of how we have defended mobile quarterbacks in the past. Mizzou scares me because I don't know much about them but they came back and beat us last year...hopefully we can finish it this year.

Call me crazy, but I think we can hang with UGA this year....not saying we should win, but here's why. Their style is to run it right at you, which plays right into the strength of our D. They don't run the QB (although Murray can run) much, and pretty much just turn around and hand it to the back. Also Richt's reluctance to give it to Gurley 30+ times a game helps.

I like your tude!!! We get to 7 by beating the folks that we are equal to or slightly better than plus Vandy. We get to 8 by sneaking up on GA or USCjr. We stay at 5 by losing the remainder of the big 4, Candy, and one of AU or MO like last year.

 

[82_VOL_83]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and be a huge sunshine pumper.

We finish with wins against:

South Alabama
Mizzou
Auburn
Vandy
Kentucky
Bowl Game

Yes, 8-5. Call me crazy. We can beat Vandy & KY. Auburn & Mizzou are toss-ups.

I opt for positive thinking. The team didn't quit against UF and Worley finally started to get it together.

We just played the best Offensive team and then the best Defensive team in the nation in back-to-back weeks. We'll be okay, guys.

It's not impossible and I would say nearly even odds.

 

[Jake]

Without being negative, just tryin to be a realist....we're not "sneaking up" on anyone...especially UGA and/or USCe. We don't have the athletes. Sorry.

 

[Rudy123]

Now that the all to predictable meltdown has subsided a bit, just wanted to speculate a little.

We need at least 6 wins to go bowling, correct? I think getting to a bowl, ANY BOWL, would be huge for the team, the staff, and of course recruiting.

So how do we get there?

Assuming we get our third win on saturday, we need at least 3 more.

GA - L
USC - L
AL - L
Mizzou - W
Auburn - L
Vandy - W
KY Jelly - W

If Worley can improve some (PLEASE!) I think we beat KY and Mizzou, the sixth win is tall order though. Auburn and Vandy are home games soooo....??


.

If the bowl game is in Tennessee, we will drive to the bowl. If it is a further distance, then we will fly.

How do we usually get to the bowl games from here????

 

[dreVol]

I just want to see a steady progression of improvement and worry about the bowl if we get to that point.

I think if we see steady improvement over the season, we'll go bowling

 

[volinca]

HELL no!!! We will NOT beat Mizz and vandy will likely beat us again. Right now only wins the rest of the year are possibly S Alabama and KY. 4-8 is our finish this yr. No bowl. Next yr we will be lucky to go bowling with a 6-6 record IF we get a decent QB!!

Thank you for vehemently defending the crappiness of your own team. How dare someone have hope!?

 

[Rifleman]

Loser mentality would be based on what's on the field which would be a realistic mentality. Your views are just delusional. There has been nothing positive to build off of.

I checked into an outpatient psychiatric clinic last night, and am currently receiving a 500cc drip of Doolicillin. Thankfully, the delusions are starting to wash away and I see clearly now. Thank you govols/cc for your intervention/post!!!

I hope coach Jones forfeits the rest of our games as we have no business playing in the FBS. Perhaps the JV team at a 1-A high school would be willing to scrimmage us periodically. If all goes well, maybe we could merge our program with Maryville College for the 2014 season. No one should ever be subjected to such a poor excuse for football again. We can tear down Neyland stadium, drain the Tennessee River, and forfeit all past wins and championships.

I mean South Alabama beat Western Kentucky. How can we compete? Oh wait.

I mean it's truly delusional to think we could ever beat such powerhouse basketball schools as Mizzou and Kentucky . . . in football. Oh wait.

Well it's delusional to think we could beat Vandy, because they beat us last year when that colossus of coaches, Derek Dooley, strode our sidelines and last week they put away UMASS . . . in the 4th quarter. Oh wait.

Well we could never beat Auburn because their last great recruiting class didn't go up in a cloud of synthetic marijuana smoke. Oh wait.

Well surely South Carolina is a mountain we can't climb. But their defensive coaches have booked some time in our MMA cage over at the training center. Oh wait.

But Georgia, Georgia never lets their fan base down. They will come in wipe the floor with a team full of walk-ons with an erratic QB, just like 2009. Oh wait.

Wait, it's a team sport. In team sports Butler can go to the Final Four in back to back years. Delusional.

Miracles can happen at South Bend when the road team is down 31-7. Delusional.

Condredge Holloway can put on the color orange and prove that you don't have be white to play QB in the SEC. Delusional.

An ex-army General can teach defensive football to a group of young men so that they go an entire season with giving up so much as a field goal. Delusional.

A group of unseasoned college kids from the USA can beat the greatest hockey team the Soviets ever assembled. Delusional.

Nurse. Where's that Rocky Top coming from? Who's screaming Buck Fama? Oh, no. We need another 500ccs of Doolicillin, stat!!! Bring those charts that point out all the flaws in every player on the Vols roster. Team sport!!! Team sport!!! Orderly, we need some restraints for the nurse as well!

 

[Jake]

I think if we see steady improvement over the season, we'll go bowling

I hope you're right, but we shall see...

 

[Dooley Noted]

If the team believes in itself anything is possible. That sounds like a bunch of BS, but its true.

I hope CBJ keeps them focused better than Dooley did.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I checked into an outpatient psychiatric clinic last night, and am currently receiving a 500cc drip of Doolicillin. Thankfully, the delusions are starting to wash away and I see clearly now. Thank you govols/cc for your intervention/post!!!

I hope coach Jones forfeits the rest of our games as we have no business playing in the FBS. Perhaps the JV team at a 1-A high school would be willing to scrimmage us periodically. If all goes well, maybe we could merge our program with Maryville College for the 2014 season. No one should ever be subjected to such a poor excuse for football again. We can tear down Neyland stadium, drain the Tennessee River, and forfeit all past wins and championships.

I mean South Alabama beat Western Kentucky. How can we compete? Oh wait.

I mean it's truly delusional to think we could ever beat such powerhouse basketball schools as Mizzou and Kentucky . . . in football. Oh wait.

Well it's delusional to think we could beat Vandy, because they beat us last year when that colossus of coaches, Derek Dooley, strode our sidelines and last week they put away UMASS . . . in the 4th quarter. Oh wait.

Well we could never beat Auburn because their last great recruiting class didn't go up in a cloud of synthetic marijuana smoke. Oh wait.

Well surely South Carolina is a mountain we can't climb. But their defensive coaches have booked some time in our MMA cage over at the training center. Oh wait.

But Georgia, Georgia never lets their fan base down. They will come in wipe the floor with a team full of walk-ons with an erratic QB, just like 2009. Oh wait.

Wait, it's a team sport. In team sports Butler can go to the Final Four in back to back years. Delusional.

Miracles can happen at South Bend when the road team is down 31-7. Delusional.

Condredge Holloway can put on the color orange and prove that you don't have be white to play QB in the SEC. Delusional.

An ex-army General can teach defensive football to a group of young men so that they go an entire season with giving up so much as a field goal. Delusional.

A group of unseasoned college kids from the USA can beat the greatest hockey team the Soviets ever assembled. Delusional.

Nurse. Where's that Rocky Top coming from? Who's screaming Buck Fama? Oh, no. We need another 500ccs of Doolicillin, stat!!! Bring those charts that point out all the flaws in every player on the Vols roster. Team sport!!! Team sport!!! Orderly, we need some restraints for the nurse as well!

PREACH IT, MY BROTHER!!!! HALLELUJAH, AMEN, and PRAISE ROBERT NEYLAND!!!

I totally love you right now. In a total bro way. Not in the way where I wanna make out with you or anything. Unless you're a 6', 18-25 year old redhead with curly hair, liquid blue (or green) eyes and an amazing rack. Then, I'd get my butt kicked by Mrs. DeusEx.