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VolNRaleighNC said:
Haven’t read many of the reactions to the BaseVols 0-2 start but we clearly were spoiled last year with a season that is a rarity. Replacing almost all of our offensive firepower was almost assuredly gonna yield these results. We are horrid offensively. I know it’s baseball and a lot of games left to be played but gonna be a very, very rough year but I’m still rooting for them.
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Looks like I was a wee bit skeptic after Saturday…. I’ll take my 50 lashes 🥴

GO VOLS!!!
 
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SoilVol said:
Ah yeah, those make sense because of the neighborhood. People plant crazy stuff. Only 4 native Acers (sugar maple, silver maple, red maple, and box elder) but people plant Japanese, Norway, and a plethora of weird crosses and Frankentrees.

The Quercus genus (oaks for those that don't know) is fascinating. Nerdy folks should listen to the In Defense of Plants podcast episodes about oak biodiversity. It's nuts... err... akerns
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I would love that!
 
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hotcypress said:
It's in the SEC's best interest to have elite basketball teams. Why would they intentionally torpedo Tennessee's season using the refs? What good does it do for the SEC to have Tennessee limping in as a 4 seed instead of positioned as a 2 seed? Tennessee has a huge fan base and the second best chances of any SEC team to make a deep run in the tourney getting the SEC more money from win shares. There is no conspiracy to use the refs to make Tennessee lose.

Good teams overcome and adapt to officiating. We haven't. We've lost these games because we can't close out, and we're missing two of best players. Blaming the refs is a just setting fire to a strawman.
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I agree, however, playing Devil's Advocate, if there WERE a conspiracy the conspiracy would involve the notion that they aren't "tanking" Tennessee for the sake of tanking Tennessee. They, in conspiracy-land, are ensuring bubble teams get quality wins against teams that are already in the tournament. Thus increasing the likelihood that more SEC teams get at-large bids, conspiratorially of course. Tennessss just happens to be the team getting ths short end of the stick in this fantasy. This conspiratorial idealists would point to tougher reffing after the losses (after Arizona loss we struggled with Ole Miss to start SEC play), then everything was fine until we had to play golden-child Kentucky who needed a win to stay in the postseason hunt. Then we were called favorably in a romp against Texas. Then when we dropped Florida that really started expanding the gap between us and Bama. So, allegedly, Alabama would be protected since they're the number 1 and looking at a 1 seed, and Tennessee would be the cannon fodder for boosting resumes of other teams.

The buzzer beaters were flukes, but poor reffing (theoretically), kept those games close with teams that needed wins. Now, Alabama probably still secured the 1 seed and Tennessee was really hurting and needed a win to help us out so we got the favorable whistle in that game of course.

That leaves us with Kentucky and A&M which have an outside chance with a good finish and a bubble team, respectively.

Now, Tennessee really needs the boost going into the postseason to help the SEC look good. So we're gonna be allowed to beat up South Carolina and honestly Arkansas is gonna get the hurt juice. They're gonna ensure Tennessee wins 2/3 of these games, supposedly - obviously.

Then the Vols will be allowed to win a game or two in the SEC tournament. They'll lose to Bama in the semis or finals, depending on how the seeds work out and if Brandon Miller is allowed to keep playing.

Then the SEC will say, "Fly my little birdies!" And kick us out of the nest like Gerard Butler in 300.

All hypothetical of course. 1677113692274.jpg
 
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Cosmo Kramer said:
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I know they have no chance but GO GAMECOCKS. And if nothing else, go every damned student section in the nation and NCAA tourney crowd. The more I actually learn about the whole thing, the more I'm sickened by it.

I hated it when AJ Johnson faced legal troubles but I also didn't want to turn a blind eye just because he was on our team. And that was a case where AJ was found not guilty. It sucks when you're caught up in a legal mess, especially if you're innocent, but the process playing out the way it should is far more important than the individual.

This should've at least gone before a Grand Jury. At LEAST. And the simple fact is that if Miller had not brought a gun to a teammate who was clearly upset and who he knew had been at a club and had also likely been drinking at 1 in the morning a 23 year old woman would still be alive and a 5 year old boy would still have his mama. It is beyond disgusting that no one in charge can bring themselves to do the right thing.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Used to think Tulip Poplars were trash, overgrown bushes.

Now that i'm older, much more refined (preferring to sit in one place for large amounts of time), I think they're THE most beautiful soft wood tree in TN, hence, State Tree.
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They are pretty, my kids used to call them flower trees
 
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SoilVol said:
There's only a handful of native or common pines in that area. Those apps aren't always accurate though. There won't be a longleaf pine there because they can't survive the climate. Red pine and black pine are not native to the area either. Black pine is from Japan.

What it's probably mixing up are the native Virginia pine, pitch pine, shortleaf pine, Eastern white pine, and the commonly planted loblolly pine. Those are the only common pines in that area. There's also table mountain pine at the highest elevations in the Appalachians but they're exceedingly rare. Their cones need fire to open and release seeds, and we've pretty much eradicated fire from that landscape.

There's also several firs, spruces, junipers, and a hemlock that are native or planted.
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Zone 7b here, what should I plant … December freeze killed all my mountain laurels (which technically I guess are bushes) and I want some resilient trees that are pretty
 
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RudyVol said:
Wow, I had no idea he hired Nate Oats. I didn't know about Leipold either but hiring Nate Oats to his first HC job is astounding. I'm a fan of Oats minus that ugly color he wears but I'm more interested to see where he ends up long-term. I think it will be at a blue blood soon or someone like Texas that will throw a blank check at him.
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Aged quite poorly
 
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The amount of people who've been fired or had their eligibility wiped out for a lot less is staggering compared to this Brandon Miller situation. Just crazy that they're really rolling with letting him play while trying to clean it up on the fly. This has the classic feel that he'll play until their seasons over AND THEN....that's going to be when the **** hits the fan, but hey, they got to finish the season first.
 
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