Phil Steele 2006 predictions

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Supposedly his book is out now in certain markets. I have not seen it but many people are posting that he picks the Vols as the #12 team in the country and second in the SEC only to Auburn.
 
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Steele has been accurate about Tennessee the past couple of years. He said in '04 they would be a surprise team, and in '05, he said they were the most overrated team.
 
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that's good news. Steele is much more objective and digs a lot deeper than your average writer. His mag is a good one if you can find it.
 
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He was the ONLY person I saw last season that had us as "low" as the Music City Bowl, and we were the Vandy loss away from being there. A whole lot closer than I thought when I read what he had to say.
 
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he picks the Vols as the #12 team in the country and second in the SEC only to Auburn.
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This might sound egotistical, but if we are the #2 team in the SEC at #12 then the SEC must be having a down year.
 
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I just read at 2 separate locations, where Steele was selected the most accurate preseason college football magazine. Sounds like he is expecting LSU to disappoint and Ga to be rebuilding. Ga doesn't seem to rebuild anymore, they just seem to reload.
 
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Unfortunately I remember his pre-season mag last year... thought he was crazy with the 6-5 or whatever it was projection for us.
 
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where is the best place to find this? I ran across one last year but can't remember where.
 
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(vol_freak @ Jun 14 said:
where is the best place to find this? I ran across one last year but can't remember where.
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Most books stores like Books-a-million and Barnes and Noble will have them
 
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On the topic of preseason mags, the sporting news is ranked no.2 behind Steele for accuracy. They have UT going 9-3, 5-3 in the league:


The Vols will be better but won't win the East
June 7, 2006

Go ahead: Call Phillip Fulmer the "great pumpkin" He doesn't care. Sure, he's ashamed of last year's fall from Rocky Top. But Fulmer's fixing things. Step one: bringing back David Cutcliffe.

It's time to warm up your lungs, Smokey.

SN forecasts a 9-3 record for Tennessee. But we don't see the Vols winning the SEC East. In fact, we have them going 5-3 in the league. That's better than last year's 3-5 league mark, but will the face-painting crowd be satisfied with, say, another Peach or Outback Bowl bid?

What do you think, Smokey?

Woof.

That's what I thought.

The last time we saw this team play on its home field, it lost to Vanderbilt.

VANDERBILT!

You have a few more months to let that sink in if the Commodores' kick to your crotch hasn't already set in.

Pretty sad, huh? I never thought I'd live to see the day the Vols lost at home (or anywhere, for that damn matter) to the Commodores. Heck, I never thought my 5-year old son would live to see the day the Vols EVER lost to the Commodores.

And here's a dirty little secret for you: Tennessee hasn't won the SEC since 1998. It's true. I'd think a program with this much excess would have more success.

Heck, take a gander at Georgia's Mark Richt. In five years, he has won two SEC titles. Fulmer? He's entering his 15th year on the job, and he has only two SEC crowns.

The truth hurts.

But Fulmer doesn't appear to be in any imminent danger of having his white ball cap with the orange "T" on it snatched from his head. In fact, I expect Cutcliffe to fix quarterback Erik Ainge. The rest of the skill-position talent looks good, but the offensive line must jell. And I give defensive coordinator John Chavis the benefit of the doubt when it comes to re-tooling the front seven. The secondary looks read-made for success.

Still, if I was a Vols fans, I'd be getting restless. The glow of that magical 1998 national title season isn't even a faint glimmer. Wanna feel antsier? Georgia is only gonna get better under Richt. Florida is making big noise under Urban Meyer. Oh, and Steve Spurrier has South Carolina thinking big.

Go ahead, you can groan now.

Where's that leave Tennessee? (I'm shrugging my shoulders right now.)

Here's what I think: Fulmer has driven the Vols' bus as far as he can. He needs a big season. But even if the Vols are better than I think and win the East, I don't see them topping Auburn or LSU in the SEC title game.

Eight- or nine-win seasons are great ... at places like Fayetteville, Ark., Oxford, Miss., and Columbia, S.C. But in Knoxville, Tenn., more is expected -- at least once every three to five years.

Such is life way atop Rocky Top.
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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=98363

 
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I hope his accuracy rate continues.....sounds like he expects the Vols o-line to gel as a unit, Ainge to develope a swagger, the special teams to become competant, and the receivers hands of stone be made flesh.
 
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I picked one up today. He has Ainge as the #12 QB in the country and Arian Foster as the #24 RB in the nation.
 
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Also, he has us as the #2 surprise team in the country. His rationale actually makes sense as he looks at previous patterns.
 
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Steele's magazine is very objective. I've never detected any discernable bias in his annual. I think that's because he has a bit of a focus on the gambling element.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jun 15 said:
Steele's magazine is very objective. I've never detected any discernable bias in his annual. I think that's because he has a bit of a focus on the gambling element.
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So, does that mean you agree with him?
 
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(VolBeef88 @ Jun 15 said:
So, does that mean you agree with him?
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I think #12 is a bit high for a team that went 5-6 and lost the majority of its front seven on defense. However, I do respect Steele's opinion because it doesn't appear to be agenda driven. If Jimmy Hyams writes something, I know it will have a pro-Fulmer slant. Matt Hayes at the Sporting News will always rip the current head coach at UT. That's just the nature of the media. They're human, they tend to favor guys they like and those who make their jobs easier.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jun 15 said:
I think #12 is a bit high for a team that went 5-6 and lost the majority of its front seven on defense. However, I do respect Steele's opinion because it doesn't appear to be agenda driven. If Jimmy Hyams writes something, I know it will have a pro-Fulmer slant. Matt Hayes at the Sporting News will always rip the current head coach at UT. That's just the nature of the media. They're human, they tend to favor guys they like and those who make their jobs easier.
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Really? So What is John Adams' Excuse? :p
 
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(OrangeSquare @ Jun 15 said:
Really? So What is John Adams' Excuse? :p
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He obviously has the same personal opinion of UT's current head coach that I do.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jun 15 said:
He obviously has the same personal opinion of UT's current head coach that I do.
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well I am glad we finally agree on something. you are in the John Adams level of intelligence. Now I just feel plain sorry for yo.
 
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(allvol123 @ Jun 15 said:
well I am glad we finally agree on something. you are in the John Adams level of intelligence. Now I just feel plain sorry for yo.
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Do you have some sort of unquenchable desire to make yourself look silly? If you can't come up with anything better than the lame, rehashed attacks you are leveling at me, sit back and let the adults handle the debate.
 
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(allvol123 @ Jun 15 said:
well I am glad we finally agree on something. you are in the John Adams level of intelligence. Now I just feel plain sorry for yo.
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Attacking his intelligence would have worked much better without misspelling "you".
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jun 15 said:
Do you have some sort of unquenchable desire to make yourself look silly? If you can't come up with anything better than the lame, rehashed attacks you are leveling at me, sit back and let the adults handle the debate.
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"lame, rehashed attacks", wow talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
 
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(allvol123 @ Jun 16 said:
"lame, rehashed attacks", wow talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
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That's original. Do you have a book of cliches by your computer? I love how, since you have no facts to back up your position, you pathetically resort to personal attacks. I'm no longer going to dirty my hands with the likes of you. Why don't you wait until you have something interesting and insightful to say before you subject the board to another one of your mundane, pointless posts?
 
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