Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Ten_Titans]

If this is accurate it means

Tall order to beat OSU on the road and then Oregon.

But if we do it... Definitely looking at a step down in competition for the semi-finals.

I'll go ahead and pick it right now. Clemson beats Penn State at home.

 

[DD4ME]

We by far will have the hardest path. We will face the 2 most expensive and talented rosters not in the SEC.

 

[DD4ME]

Tall order to beat OSU on the road and then Oregon.

But if we do it... Definitely looking at a step down in competition for the semi-finals.

For sure.

 

[gordonr24]

I see where my mind is on a Sunday morning.

 

[MockingVol]

Oregon, UGA, ASU, Clemson all bye

5. ND vs 12. Boise
6. Penn St vs 11. Tenn
7. Indiana vs 10. SMU
8. Texas vs 9. OSU

You might have finally done one too many weeds. RIP

 

[walkenvol]

Andy Staples is well connected and reasonable and fair. I’m a little surprised by this, but I did see Trey Wallace post something this morning that has something to consider.

Hotel space in State College is minimal for that weekend and Penn St also has graduation ceremonies that Saturday.

I drove to Penn St 20 years back and the last 100 miles was a 2 lane curvy mountain road - has that changed? Back then the hotel options were challenging also. What route do folks typically take to visit that campus?

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

I’m hoping politics is in our favor here.

1. If Bama is out, UT is given a home game as consolation.

2. Knoxville has way more hotels availability than State College, and Penn St is having graduation ceremonies on campus that weekend.

Ward can’t even get the rankings right on a weekly basis. You think they are thinking about logistical impediments in all this. I don’t think so.

 

[tnhunter 10]

PSU at home, will be not much different for us. Introduce any foreign crowd, greater than a HS stadium size (larger than Vandy), with greater than 75% Vols fans. I dunno.

Will we get a fair whistle? Will we forget to play defense? Will OL continue rolling Frosty's great nephew down the proverbial hill?

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two teams are quite similar, trying to be objective. Obvs we played SEC schedule. All things being equal:

-They played ranked teams, and lost.
- Play in front of 100K
- Have a pro TE, 3K passer, and throw ball around.
-Want to play ball control
- Defense is very good
- Penalized 45 yards pg
- Special teams isn't great
- Have turned ball over

Have they played our speed? Can we generate turnovers? will our penn state dc be able to stop their scheme?



Im skeptical. But i've been skeptical all year, and we're 10-2.

I wonder how they will decide on what conference refs to use? That will make a difference. I can't see them using BIG 10 or SEC refs. But, nothing would surprise me.

 

[Jack Burton]

I would love for us to host a game but it seems like a long shot.

 

[tnhunter 10]

A lot to take in this morning but I keep going back to the Arkansas game.

Roughing the punter might be the most consequential penalty in program history up to this point. Yes, we are still in, but erase that penalty and we are either SEC champions with a bye or are hosting round 1 with an easy path.

A good win for Texas, but a bad loss for TN.

 

[jakez4ut]

This goes against almost all of the others I’ve seen especially the Committee guru Heather Dinich who still has us going to Columbus.
If this did come true and we get to host, I would be overcome with Big Orange happiness.

It's not gonna be this. They moved OSU ahead of ND , why? and dropped psu 5 spots... Behind 3 teams that didn't lose a one possession game against the #1 team team in their conf title game....

No shot at this.

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[gordonr24]

SMU odds for making the playoff is -670 and Alabama is +430

 

[BigSteve09]

 

[BigSteve09]

Of course

What a joke

 

[Volnut]

AP poll just sealed it. Rose tOSU up a spot and dropped us a spot when neither played yesterday

And several of you morans still think they aren't gonna screw SMU and put Bammer in.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I wonder how they will decide on what conference refs to use? That will make a difference. I can't see them using BIG 10 or SEC refs. But, nothing would surprise me.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Jmo, but I think everyone needs to start talking more about ND and how they should always be the 12th seed if they make the playoffs.

No conference championship.
57 SOS
Best win against a 8-4 A&M team.


That’s like rewarding a kid for taking a **** in front of the class.

 

[orangejuice]

So remind me how well OSU played last week to jump us?

 

[Volnut]

I wonder how they will decide on what conference refs to use? That will make a difference. I can't see them using BIG 10 or SEC refs. But, nothing would surprise me.

Probably use ACC refs which seem to have it out for us too.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Of course

What a joke

 

[rocktopper16]

Of course

What a joke

Agreed

 

[Pridedad]

Shut up Dan. Tennessee fans don’t want our team’s name in your mouth. You’re probably the one that broke up Van Halen too.

Got it on good authority that Dan is a Van Haggar fan!

 

[TheMookieMonster]

My final prediction is Tennessee plays on the road in Happy Valley against Penn State. Frustrating that we won’t get a home game. Texas’ resume is being lifted up strictly by the logo on the helmet. Really, we should be hosting Texas in Knoxville as the 8/9 matchup but no way the Committee drops Texas that far after losing in OT.

 

[MemphisVol3]

AP poll just sealed it. Rose tOSU up a spot and dropped us a spot when neither played yesterday

And several of you morans still think they aren't gonna screw SMU and put Bammer in.

They’re not putting Bama in.