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Orange And Garnet said:
Everybody always talks about 2016, but honestly, 2015 is the year we should have gone to the playoff or at least won the east. We had double digit leads on Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida. Lost them all. We were beating Bama in the fourth quarter. Lost. If that team could have finished 2-3 of those games whew
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I've had this conversation with several people. a few different bounces and that team is in the title game and a shot at the playoffs. re watch that florida and alabama game the defense was nasty had both qbs running for there lives.
 
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drvenner said:
Just realized I have surpassed the illustrious 3:1 Likes to Posts ratio. Suck it, Morans.

By the way, you have to have at least 10,000 posts for this illustrious recognition.
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Working my way to 10k posts myself, then maybe, finally, I can get that zolicoffered cheagle ride.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Idk.. I just ignore the negative or toxic posters and enjoy talking about what I’m seeing with other posters. Lots of strategy talk and X and Os that I love to engage with and learn about. It’s better to hear those things while watching so then I can watch and see if I recognize it. If posters can’t ignore the toxic people and get annoyed or triggered then that’s on them and they probably should avoid the game threads 🤷🏻‍♂️

I also feel this way about putting posters on ignore. I won’t hate on anyone that decides to use the ignore feature, they can do whatever they would like to for their VolNation experience, but for me I am perfectly fine with just scrolling past toxic or dumb posters.. doesn’t impact me. I will say though I won’t ever go into a FF gameday thread…THAT is toxic with no redeeming qualities. 😂

Just my two cents.

Edit: also, just in terms of social media, I agree. I stay off Twitter or anywhere else besides VN game thread until the end.
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😂 So you basically ignore people on other social media and FF forum, but you just scroll by the toxic on this one? Whatever works is what everyone should do. I don’t understand when people brag about not putting people on ignore. Especially if you ignore their posts anyway. I just don’t have time for those deliberately trying to be annoying or getting hysterical over nonsense. Just come here to enjoy talking about the Vols with people who are actually Vol fans. Occasionally go to Twitter, Instagram and FF to look for those of I have time.

And I am getting very little done at work today because I am on here wanting to see what others are saying about the Vols!!! 2 days. I really can’t wait!
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
I’m seeing a few folks trying to get out ahead of unreasonable expectations for the season this year and that’s probably a good thing. If one was to follow the trend in Heupel’s head coaching career it would seem to suggest that his ceiling this year is 6 wins.

This will be Heupel’s 5th year as a head coach:
  • 2018 winning percentage = 92.3%
  • 2019 winning percentage = 76.9%
  • 2020 winning percentage = 60.0%
  • 2021 winning percentage = 53.8%
  • 2022 winning percentage = ??????
6 wins and another loss in a bowl game would give him a 2022 winning percentage of 46.2% for the season and would be consistent with his career trend. It is often said in the field of forecasting that the trend is your friend.

For the record, I’ve never been much of a trend follower. I’m a bit more of a contrarian. In the markets they tell you never to try to pick bottoms or tops. Well somebody’s doing it and I always figured if I did my homework I could do it too. It takes some work and you might not be exactly right every time but when you are it’s important not to get over confident. Turning points in the markets are based on support and resistance. There are multiple levels of support and resistance. I was a support and resistance trader. Now to figure which level of support or resistance to trade there’s a bit more to consider – which I will omit from this post.

Suffice it to say we have more returning production than anyone on our schedule, we have more talent than all but 4 teams on our schedule. We have as much if not more experience as anyone else on our schedule. I figure this is as good a support point as we’re going to get in the near term. I’m a buyer.

Now we have to consider the overhead resistance. In this case it can only be one of two things, more talent or better coaching. I think we win the 7 we won last year and get through Pittsburgh in our move up. That should get us to 8 wins and would have at least reversed the trend in the short term. Next up is our first resistance. That would be Florida and then LSU. We’ll need to watch this closely because if the resistance is too strong we’re not getting through. If the resistance is lite then we are roaring up to face maybe the stiffest resistance we will encounter, Alabama.

Regardless of how far this bounce from support takes us the trend should have been at least interrupted. In case my forecast is wrong I’d recommend a stop at 6 wins. If the trend breaks below 6 wins you don’t want to be anywhere near our fanbase. jmo.
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SoilVol said:
This is why I stay off social media during games until the score starts spreading out either way. It's great for the mental health. If you haven't tried it, give it a shot. Just enjoy the ebb and flow of the game with those around you then come back here and give/read reviews.

Folks don't live tweet movies. Don't post on facebook about how terrible a movie is an how the movie is James Cameron's worst work ever after 5 minutes. You don't read the first chapter of a book then pretend to know how the book ends. You finish the movie or book then talk about your thoughts of the entire thing together. Sports are more enjoyable if you try to treat them the same way. Plus you can be more "involved" with whoever you're watching with.
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Something even better for your mental health is to stay off social media, period.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
If we had Kentucky’s schedule, we would win ten games easy this year. Schedule plays a big part in win/losses. I’m ready for the realignment and make things more equal amongst SEC teams.
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True. They made that point about uga not having to pay bama every year like us.
 
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SoilVol said:
This is why I stay off social media during games until the score starts spreading out either way. It's great for the mental health. If you haven't tried it, give it a shot. Just enjoy the ebb and flow of the game with those around you then come back here and give/read reviews.

Folks don't live tweet movies. Don't post on facebook about how terrible a movie is an how the movie is James Cameron's worst work ever after 5 minutes. You don't read the first chapter of a book then pretend to know how the book ends. You finish the movie or book then talk about your thoughts of the entire thing together. Sports are more enjoyable if you try to treat them the same way. Plus you can be more "involved" with whoever you're watching with.
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Totally agree. I’m rarely online during games. This place and VQ are always in complete meltdown mode over every play. It’s insanity. Not sure how anyone enjoys it.
 
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