Our offense was bad

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Looking forward to us being the team that has loads of talent and "clicks" at just the right time.

We're getting closer.

Go Vols!

p.s. The trolls and nega-Vols will still be moaning about how we're no good if we have an off day like Ohio State did vs Michigan. Heh. At least they're predictable and easy to disregard.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Looking forward to us being the team that has loads of talent and "clicks" at just the right time.

We're getting closer.

Go Vols!

p.s. The trolls and nega-Vols will still be moaning about how we're no good if we have an off day like Ohio State did vs Michigan. Heh. At least they're predictable and easy to disregard.
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Maybe our off day was OSU I remember longing for 8,9, wins or more post Coach PF. I’m not defending him but I am 100% happier now than the crap show after him. We have seen what the wrong hire can do. If CPF were that bad we would not have had a problem getting a replacement NOBODY WANTED THE JOB. Let’s not allow nega Vols and trolls to control the narrative. We are top 10 this year and in the Playoffs. You will never please some!!!!
 
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I read where the teams that make it to the championship game gets a $20,000,000.00 check that is to be divided among all the schools in their conference. So Notre Dame gets a $20,000,000.00 check to be divided with...???
 
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Budalicious said:
Maybe our off day was OSU I remember longing for 8,9, wins or more post Coach PF. I’m not defending him but I am 100% happier now than the crap show after him. We have seen what the wrong hire can do. If CPF were that bad we would not have had a problem getting a replacement NOBODY WANTED THE JOB. Let’s not allow nega Vols and trolls to control the narrative. We are top 10 this year and in the Playoffs. You will never please some!!!!
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When CPF was fired, the job was a desirable one. Even after Dooley, we had some decent choices
 
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VOLociraptorr said:
So was Oregon's
So was Texas's

I say that tongue in cheek for perspective. Ohio State had multiple NFL dudes who decided to come back for this year. They came alive during the playoff.

Had we played Penn state's schedule, we would have been in the national championship.
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Next to Oregon, no one else score than we did against Ohio State
 
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Losing to Michigan I believe OSU needed.... lighting a fire under everyone. A different team post that loss I believe. Now they are playing like Burt's dudes... inmates...who just want to obliterate the dude across.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Looking forward to us being the team that has loads of talent and "clicks" at just the right time.

We're getting closer.

Go Vols!

p.s. The trolls and nega-Vols will still be moaning about how we're no good if we have an off day like Ohio State did vs Michigan. Heh. At least they're predictable and easy to disregard.
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And lets not forget that the next National Champion will either have a loss to 7-5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS team or a very average 7-5 Michigan team.
 
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We can't compete, monetarily against OSU and UGA. Their NIL is much greater than ours. Until we can get up to their level, we're gonna stay at the position we're at. Just gonna have to admit it and move on. The players (most of them) don't go to a program because of the 'good ol boy' coach anymore. They have taken the pro approach with money from NIL. Get it while they can. Not saying I don't agree either

Edit: I am a member of Spyre also. Probably will increase my contribution next month. I can, at least, do my part
 
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We wouldn't beat Notre Dame.

Notre Dame, as I've been telling people for months, is legit. Too many people waived them off just because the bad early season loss to NIU, but they looked like a national title team if you watched them play in October or November.

Otherwise I agree. Ohio State is just a juggernaut right now. Michigan lit a fire under them.

And I do think if we played Penn State in the 1st round rather than Ohio State, it might be different. I think we match up much better against Penn State. We likely would've beaten SMU and Boise State, as well.
 
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Budalicious said:
Maybe our off day was OSU I remember longing for 8,9, wins or more post Coach PF. I’m not defending him but I am 100% happier now than the crap show after him. We have seen what the wrong hire can do. If CPF were that bad we would not have had a problem getting a replacement NOBODY WANTED THE JOB. Let’s not allow nega Vols and trolls to control the narrative. We are top 10 this year and in the Playoffs. You will never please some!!!!
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Agreed. This entire debacle started with the wrong hire (Kiffin) when the job was very attractive. Since then (pre Heupel), it’s been a dumpster fire except for a flash in the pan thanks to talent overcoming inept coaching (2016). And I still say Heupel and Golesh win a natty with that 2016 squad.
 
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Athens TN Vol said:
Don’t forget 20 plus million NIL. They will be top teams almost every year and the highest NIL teams will be at the top. Like it or not. We are in the 11 millions I think and they are over 20 million. College needs a salary cap or the same teams will be in every year.
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Not sure you can accept a direct relationship between NIL and success. If teams are having to shop the portal and buy a LOT of 3 stars (see detail on Ole Miss), I don’t see probability of success. HOPING being able to take less portal guy turns into bigger bang for the buck on higher avg cost per add.

It appears we have 54 of our 83 roster slots currently held by 40 FR and 14 SO, even after our upper teen portal losses. Gotta lose more to add more as we are right at our limit AS WE SPEAK. That is with our 2 portal adds, 1 a FR.

Also HOPE our last 2 HS classes are stronger since trends were up and NCAA hammer threat became a hard 2 scholly only reality. Like always we NEED our staff evals to be better than the services. A few 3 star FINDS would be great to go with all legitimate 4’s.
 
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Athens TN Vol said:
Don’t forget 20 plus million NIL. They will be top teams almost every year and the highest NIL teams will be at the top. Like it or not. We are in the 11 millions I think and they are over 20 million. College needs a salary cap or the same teams will be in every year.
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“I lost! Change the rules!”….dumb.

We don’t need a salary cap
 
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A salary cap will lead right back to the old fashioned under the table cash exchanges.
I prefer NIL because it is so much more transparent. If we know we are $10 mil behind the richest NILs, then we know how much we need to close the gap.
 
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VOLociraptorr said:
So was Oregon's
So was Texas's

I say that tongue in cheek for perspective. Ohio State had multiple NFL dudes who decided to come back for this year. They came alive during the playoff.

Had we played Penn state's schedule, we would have been in the national championship.
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The vols would not be in the championship with any playoff schedule this year it is cold hard facts, Im having a hard time seeing UT get into round 2 anywhere, and I'm ready for the replies as truth is hated here. We are about equal to Indiana, likely worse. Boise may have been our W, I don't think Tenn beats SMU first though.
Without Sampson, our offense is absolutely trash, like garbage bad, JG days bad, we run 5 plays over and over because the coaches know it is a steaming turd. We had about 2 more plays than JG&Pruitts schemes thanks to Sampson. Without him, we would never be allowed a pass due to adjusted coverage, even then when they did 8Boxes, we didn't.
We had to even run him plays that didnt reveal his full potential, having to use basic OL blocking plays vs complex movement. Thankfully Spraggins and Cooper helped with Sampson. Without Sampson UT would have lost 4 games, because if they didnt have to plan for Dylan, any team would just blitz us all day long or cover screens sans the JG days. WR and QB are bottom feeders of the SEC level-- Oline being average.
The defense has a good line, that won't win a CFP game. Beyond the DL we had a star player walkon on defense. We didn't even get remotely any pressure on OSU, so we had nothing to show. This could potentially lead to a close game vs Indiana or Boise but no one else.
Its easy to live in a life of lies in an echo chamber but this team was not top 5 at all.
 
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volfan4evr said:
We can't compete, monetarily against OSU and UGA. Their NIL is much greater than ours. Until we can get up to their level, we're gonna stay at the position we're at. Just gonna have to admit it and move on. The players (most of them) don't go to a program because of the 'good ol boy' coach anymore. They have taken the pro approach with money from NIL. Get it while they can. Not saying I don't agree either

Edit: I am a member of Spyre also. Probably will increase my contribution next month. I can, at least, do my part
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I am very ignorant regarding the rules around NIL. Is our “partner” Pilot a contributor to UT’s NIL pool or is that even allowed?
 
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Athens TN Vol said:
Don’t forget 20 plus million NIL. They will be top teams almost every year and the highest NIL teams will be at the top. Like it or not. We are in the 11 millions I think and they are over 20 million. College needs a salary cap or the same teams will be in every year.
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That plus have to sit a year when transferring except for those with only one year of eligibility. That would probably address the wild west approach.
 
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volfan4evr said:
We can't compete, monetarily against OSU and UGA. Their NIL is much greater than ours. Until we can get up to their level, we're gonna stay at the position we're at. Just gonna have to admit it and move on. The players (most of them) don't go to a program because of the 'good ol boy' coach anymore. They have taken the pro approach with money from NIL. Get it while they can. Not saying I don't agree either

Edit: I am a member of Spyre also. Probably will increase my contribution next month. I can, at least, do my part
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Not true about UGa my friend is a significant contributor and actually flys with the team on some basketball trips. He told me UGa s nil was out of money. They simply can’t afford to keep doing this every year. They spent 14 million last year alone and are begging for more money already this year.
 
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I’m not going to say we would’ve won in that bracket but I definitely will say we could have. Georgia without Beck I feel like Tennessee could have beat. Penn state I actually think would’ve been very tough to beat bc their TE is very good and we’ve struggled to defend that position. Notre Dame also I think is a very good team; Georgia also kind of shot themselves in the foot that game with the end of half and return at the start also a dropped TD.
 
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Yeah same here. OSU has a really good D. Without Sampson it was hopeless. We still probably would have lost but we put up a decent fight all things considered
 
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