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Revived2002 said:
Vols were inches from winning that 2017 game, if I recall correctly. Last play was a dropped pass into the end zone.

2011 was certainly a low point - uncompetitive and at one point in the third SC had a crazy 8 or so minute drive…

2013 was fun! Best SC team of all time…
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Yep. Ocho Cinco’s nephew (Brandon Johnson?)… went right threw his hands. High difficulty catch but was there.
 
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mrmax86 said:
Did this analysis this morning. Posted it in the FF, but wanted to also post here. Thoughts on this?

The chart below is the number of points we've scored per 3-minute period of each of our 4 football games so far. Each tick mark at the bottom represents a 3-minute period in which we did not score.

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UVA: 7 straight periods with no TD (>21 min)
AP: 9 straight periods with no TD (2 FGs) (>27 min), then, another 6 periods (>18 min) in the 2nd half.
UF: THIRTEEN straight periods with no TD (1 FG) (>39 min)
UTSA: 8 straight periods with no TD (1 FG) (>24 min)

We have to cut down on these lulls.
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Also, another analysis by drive. Disclaimer: I counted special teams fumbles as empty drives.

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UVA: 5 scoreless drives, then an impressive 2nd half
AP: 5 drives with no TD starting the game, then 4 more in 2nd half
UF: 7 drives between CDs in this game
UTSA: 4 drives in the 2nd half with no TD. Our best game of the season. Trouble was, the defense allowed some LONG scoring drives in between these.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
I don’t love automatic bids. I want the 12 best teams seeded accordingly, period.

Now, if auto bids for conference winners are still seeded accordingly and don’t just automatically get a bye, home field advantage, or whatever else they decide then I’m fine with it.
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the problem will be when you have some 15th+ or higher conf champ that gets in over a top 11/12 team that maybe lost a conf title game to a UGA or something.

it will provide some drama for teams that are in that 11-14 range most years to see where the fall, and who wins what conf title games, so i guess that's good, until it's your team that's sitting there at 11 and Memphis gets in because they upset Baylor in the Big 12 title game......🫤 but honestly, i don't think that will be an every year thing...i'd say most years the auto bid conf winners probably will be solidly in the top 12, and your big boys that are in the top 10-12, but didn't win the conf, probably get in anyway. could be interesting for say a #10 team that plays a top 4 team in a conf title and loses....do they get punished for losing a title game that had they not played in, would have put them in the play off?

like said, drama. so err'body wins, i guess.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Line dropped a point to 11.5. Bad news coming that Wright may be unavailable?
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hope not, but i do hope Sampson gets more touches. i'd rather it be Wright and Sampson at this point. but i'll take what i can get. i think both of them are more dynamic than Small. Sampson has the break away speed and great feet. Wright has become much more physical, and still has great speed as well.
 
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What do you all think about no talk from the VQ guys about our dinged up? Keyton, Campbell, Bailey, Wright? They said early in the week that Bru, Beasley expected to be good to go and of course the update that Mays expects to play along with Slaughter just seeing how his “pain” is. But really nothing on those other guys. Is that potentially they are all good to go, or a surprise hold out of the lineup?
 
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jakez4ut said:
i'm not sure why the line is that high to begin with....makes no sense...i could see us 6 or 7 pt favorites at home...but double digits? money has to be coming in on USCe at some point, right?
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The home team typically gets 3 points by default. When Neyland is rocking, it is arguably the best home field advantage in CFB and is worth more than 3 imo. SC's OL has question marks and injuries currently. UT's strength on D is the front 7. The gamecocks have already given up 9 sacks in a game this year to the tarheels. That matchup will most likely be the deciding factor in the game.
 
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jakez4ut said:
the problem will be when you have some 15th+ or higher conf champ that gets in over a top 11/12 team that maybe lost a conf title game to a UGA or something.

it will provide some drama for teams that are in that 11-14 range most years to see where the fall, and who wins what conf title games, so i guess that's good, until it's your team that's sitting there at 11 and Memphis gets in because they upset Baylor in the Big 12 title game......🫤 but honestly, i don't think that will be an every year thing...i'd say most years the auto bid conf winners probably will be solidly in the top 12, and your big boys that are in the top 10-12, but didn't win the conf, probably get in anyway. could be interesting for say a #10 team that plays a top 4 team in a conf title and loses....do they get punished for losing a title game that had they not played in, would have put them in the play off?

like said, drama. so err'body wins, i guess.
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Look at 2 loss Utah last year. Also look at 3 loss Kansas State who won the Big 12 but only won 1 ranked game all year. They were both good teams. Were they deserving of a top seed? No. Were they deserving of a playoff bid for 12 teams? Probably. If the committee goes with what some other leaks have said where conference winners get either home field or even possibly a bye, then Utah and Kansas State would have had massive advantage over multiple other 2 loss teams including us that a much tougher schedule and I’d say that’s 🐂💩.

Just give me the top 12 teams, in the order the CFP committee ranks them in. If you want auto bids, fine, but it shouldn’t be auto bid and top seed advantages. Seed then how they should be seeded.
 
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PEPPERJAX said:
The home team typically gets 3 points by default. When Neyland is rocking, it is the arguably the best home field advantage in CFB and is worth more than 3 imo. SC's OL has question marks and injuries currently. UT's strength on D is the front 7. The gamecocks have already given up 9 sacks in a game this year to the tarheels. That matchup will most likely be the deciding factor in the game.
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And we have gotten after the QB really well all year.

They also had four false starts @UGA.

Neyland at night will be a much more hostile environment for them to deal with and they can't run the ball. They average 2.3 yards a game 😬...their best was 2.8 against Furman.

So in theory we can really go after Rattler and not worry about the run.
 
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