Phil Steele prediction?

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RiseToTheTop said:
this....we werent going to win that game but it was closer than the score said. I even heard Lugenbill on Birmingham radio yesterday saying the same thing. it was anywhere from a 10-17 pt game. 24 looked worse but it wasnt really that bad. Im sorry but OU is a different animal than UGA. Their head and shoulders better than UGA. This UT team may not always win but theyre gonna scrap. You can see it with this team.
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OU vs UGA on a neutral field? I take UGA.
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
this....we werent going to win that game but it was closer than the score said. I even heard Lugenbill on Birmingham radio yesterday saying the same thing. it was anywhere from a 10-17 pt game. 24 looked worse but it wasnt really that bad. Im sorry but OU is a different animal than UGA. Their head and shoulders better than UGA. This UT team may not always win but theyre gonna scrap. You can see it with this team.
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Absolutely. I'm not deluded enough into thinking we should have won that game, but take away the pick-six and OU's margin of victory could have been 10 points or less. OU's 24-point win will look even better on paper come December when we finish near the top of the SEC East standings.
 
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VolBricks said:
I this was the same prediction all of these prognosticators had last year and we see how it turned out. This game will be closer than a lot of them think.
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For me a loss is a loss. I don't care if it is by 1,3,14. I still have to face my UGA friends and take the ridicule.
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
this....we werent going to win that game but it was closer than the score said. I even heard Lugenbill on Birmingham radio yesterday saying the same thing. it was anywhere from a 10-17 pt game. 24 looked worse but it wasnt really that bad. Im sorry but OU is a different animal than UGA. Their head and shoulders better than UGA. This UT team may not always win but theyre gonna scrap. You can see it with this team.
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This is funny because we did get beat by;24.. N we did commit 3 turnovers n we did throw a 100 yrs pick six on 3 n 2..

So how was the game closer... I mean you have to play 60 mins not 40 n say we r better than that..


I say phil is correct if ga beat sc it would give us a better chance at winning. Imo
 
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OrangeIsLife said:
We had 313 total yards. We had 112 yds rushing while they had 146.
We had 201 yds passing while they had 308.
We had a 31:24 to 28:36 advantage in time of possession.
3 turnovers is where we lost the game.
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Truth. Not sure whether we could've won it without them, but the turnovers made the score appear worse. It was nice to see the Vols scrapping to try and stay in a game that, on paper, we had no business being in. The future is indeed looking brighter ... hopefully sooner rather than later.

And, oh BTW, you have my avatar. :) ... Which is. Probably. Okay. Pretty sure I "borrowed" it once upon a time. :whistling:
 
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92volalum said:
This is funny because we did get beat by;24.. N we did commit 3 turnovers n we did throw a 100 yrs pick six on 3 n 2..

So how was the game closer... I mean you have to play 60 mins not 40 n say we r better than that..


I say phil is correct if ga beat sc it would give us a better chance at winning. Imo
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Please explain how we would have a better shot at beating GA if they had beat USCjr? That games has no relevance in our game!

3 plays in the OU game go OU's favor. If those 3 plays go UT's way then that game is much, much different!

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Tennesseeduke
 
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Most of the "experts" think when Georgia's on offense its going to be Gurley v. Clemson 2. Then when Georgia's on Defense its gonna be OU bang a Worley 2. Most conclude won't be close take the Dawg's lay the points.

Personally I like the Vols to cover but probably not win the game. But as we've all seen a 100 times before anything can happen in a college football game.
 
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OrangeIsLife said:
We had 313 total yards. We had 112 yds rushing while they had 146.
We had 201 yds passing while they had 308.
We had a 31:24 to 28:36 advantage in time of possession.
3 turnovers is where we lost the game.
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That late Aaron Murray scramble is what cost us. Imo
 
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92volalum said:
This is funny because we did get beat by;24.. N we did commit 3 turnovers n we did throw a 100 yrs pick six on 3 n 2..

So how was the game closer... I mean you have to play 60 mins not 40 n say we r better than that..


I say phil is correct if ga beat sc it would give us a better chance at winning. Imo
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But saying GA is more sound than OU isn't accurate but cannot be proved either way. IMO OU would not have lost to SC and been held us by Clemson. And the majority of the post is how UGA compares to OU regardless of the score of the OU vs TN game. I believe that OU is much more consistent while UGA shows flashes of being a dominant conference contender. They SHOULD be able to dominate everyone theyve played so far, but failed to do so.

Side Note:My belief is that this game goes so unpredictable over the years. In some of our best years we have lost to them and worst years we have beat them, and the same goes for them. This game is a make or break season for some players, as its close to the heart and they will give their all to win. alot of players on both teams can call Tennessee or Georgia their home, and this game holds some importance to players on an individual level. I would hate to pick one or the other, and ever have a wager on it. Expect the Unexpected.
 
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92volalum said:
This is funny because we did get beat by;24.. N we did commit 3 turnovers n we did throw a 100 yrs pick six on 3 n 2..

So how was the game closer... I mean you have to play 60 mins not 40 n say we r better than that..


I say phil is correct if ga beat sc it would give us a better chance at winning. Imo
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Well that's like, your opinion.
 
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I dont know if the game will be that lopsided, however we will lose.

We could not beat a severely crippled Georgia in front of our home crowd last year. Georgia is not crippled by injury this year and we play them in Athens. Winning in the SEC on the road is hard unless you are championship calibre (unless you are playing Vandy or UK).

Our team is basically neutral from last year. We are better in some areas, but worse in other key areas.

My prediction:

We keep it close in the first half. I'd say Georgia will be ahead by 10 at the half.

The second half will be dominated by UGA. They wont score a ton but they will dominate time of possession because our offense will do the same stubborn and frustrating 3 and out because the run game would not have been established early enough.

Georgia tacks on another 10 points in the second half. UT might get a late meaningless TD that gives Vols fans hope for the next week.

We lose, respectably and yet in a very frustrating manner.

Obviously thats all speculation :). I'd love to be wrong right not.
 
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so many people split hairs over meaningless things.

The overwhelming consensus is that UGA will win.

It doesnt matter if its close or they blow us up. It doesnt matter if we lose but we played with "heart". It doesnt matter if we cover the spread. It doesnt matter that UGA played this way against team "X" and team "X" lost to team "Y".

What matters is who gets the "W". If Butch wants to own the UT fans he needs to get the "W". The "experts" will be proven right or wrong by who gets the "W", not that UGA won but Tennessee "gave them a run". If we dont get the "W", then Phil Steele is more right than you are. That's really all that matters. The rest is just Kentucky windage.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
I dont know if the game will be that lopsided, however we will lose.

We could not beat a severely crippled Georgia in front of our home crowd last year. Georgia is not crippled by injury this year and we play them in Athens. Winning in the SEC on the road is hard unless you are championship calibre (unless you are playing Vandy or UK).

Our team is basically neutral from last year. We are better in some areas, but worse in other key areas.

My prediction:

We keep it close in the first half. I'd say Georgia will be ahead by 10 at the half.

The second half will be dominated by UGA. They wont score a ton but they will dominate time of possession because our offense will do the same stubborn and frustrating 3 and out because the run game would not have been established early enough.

Georgia tacks on another 10 points in the second half. UT might get a late meaningless TD that gives Vols fans hope for the next week.

We lose, respectably and yet in a very frustrating manner.

Obviously thats all speculation :). I'd love to be wrong right not.
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I wouldn't put your hopes on what happened last year. This isn't even close to the same team we had.
 
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checkerboards09 said:
I wouldn't put your hopes on what happened last year. This isn't even close to the same team we had.
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But its also not the same injury devastated Georgia team. and our players dont get the luxury of our home crowd. To me, thats the key factor in all this.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
But its also not the same injury devastated Georgia team. and our players dont get the luxury of our home crowd. To me, thats the key factor in all this.
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If we can go to Norman and not be phased, then we can do the same in Athens. I've never in my life seen a UT game that came down to a bs fumble call and just a couple of boneheaded play calls from being in a game until the end when you figure in a score like that. Usually scores like we seen against Oklahoma would've been a total domination, take the Oregon games for example. I can guarantee Bajakian would've loved to have that 3rd and 2 playcall back. Even if we didn't get the TD, we would've been down only 14 with close to 10 minutes left as we wouldve had a chip shot fg. We had all the momentum in the second half to at least make it a game up until that point.
 
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