Some positive talk regarding Tennessee on the radio this morning

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volsportsfan said:
Tennessee is not a dark horse to surprise anybody. Anywhere between 5-7 wins is what we will have.
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Thanks for that Football Prophecy update. :loco: You know about as much as this guy...
 

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MWAVolfan said:
scheduled 9 years ago (three head coaches ago). Back when we could still take care of business inside the SEC.
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Thats what I thought. So the guy doing the interview didn't do his homework. At the time the game was scheduled, it seemed reasonable, not something that would cause you to say the AD was crazy.
 
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Hamptonvolfan said:
Did you listen to the interview ? He was all cheerleader. His interview is in hour 2 of the Hooker podcast 6/5/2014
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The guy is not even a UT fan... He has a prediction system based off of mathematics.. and he calls it like the numbers come out to be.
Just because someone isn't all just doom and gloom about our team they are a homer and a cheerleader? I did happen to hear the interview and he didn't even say anything remotely homerific. And he sure didn't break out into go! fight! win!
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Beating 4 OOC creampuffs, Vandy and Kensucky to get to 6-6 and a bowl doesnt make me feel good and shouldnt make the players feel good either.

We need to actually beat tough SEC teams. Butch beat USC last year and really outplayed and nearly beat Georgia but for one endzone fumble.

If we beat Georgia or played better versus a worse Florida team or beat Vandy or Missouri then the Oregon game doesnt matter. We had plenty of opportunity to go 6-6 last year regardless of that Oregon game.

Playing 4 creampuffs is akin to saying you killed a bear that was chained to a tree.

I think it would have been better to schedule a harder game so these players dont forget what real football is supposed to look like. Also, it would be a huge program booster if we could manage to beat a strong OOC opponent. If we beat a crap team that nobody ever heard of, who damn cares? In my opinion, playing a tough OOC team and really competing and getting stronger is way better for the program than scheduling a creampuff just to get to 6-6.
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My turn to play the "it takes time to build it card".

I want UT to play the Oregons and Oklahomas of the world... I just don't want them doing it right now. In 2016... bring it. Unfortunately, these games are contracted several years in advance. Whoever scheduled OU probably thought UT would be ready by then. The home and home with Oregon dates back to around 2006-2007 doesn't it?
 
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sjt18 said:
You and the low expectations brigade... go first. You stop posting that trash... I promise I won't answer the silence.
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I can see how you have almost 23,000 posts. You say the same thing over and over and over and over........
You're like a Pike pledge class, quantity not quality.
 
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chatt-townVOL said:
I'm not sure who he was, but he was a guest on the show that comes on after the Erik Ainge show. He was evaluating the upcoming football season as a whole, including his pics for national championship, SEC champions etc.

Apparently his credibility lies in the fact that he predicts everything using mathematical equations, as opposed to just "here's who I think will win." Anyways he started discussing Tennessee and I really liked the things he had to say, again I don't know who he is, but what he said made a lot of sense. Here are some bullet points:

- he said the scheduling of Oklahoma was absolutely the dumbest move an AD could make. He said it puts your team in a very bad position when you can beat Oklahoma and still have the potential for a 5 win season. Even if Tennessee wins that game the physical beating it will take to go 4 quarters could be detrimental to future SEC play.

- the host replied with "I also don't like the Utah State/ Arky State schedule." He literally laughed and said "It's crazy people are blowing up these games, Tennessee not only can, but will absolutely wipe the floor with both of those teams." He said they just play at a much slower, lower level than Tennessee.

- the host said it feels like Tennessee is in crisis mode, he enthusiastically replied with "No you're not! Not even close!" He went on to say people are severely underestimating the talent we have brought in, and that it's program-changing talent.

- in regards to replacing the lines from last year, he said "I hate to break it to the Tennessee faithful, but your O-line last year was just not very good." He said they were very talented but had (and I quote) "The stink of Dooley on them." Basically just that they knew how to lose, and when it came time to come up big they did just the opposite. He told fans to expect to be pleasantly surprised at what a new, hungry O-line who learns Butch's system from the ground up will do when Butch's on-the-field energy rubs off on them.

- he said anyone who doesn't have Tennessee as their dark horse this year hasn't done their research. And Tennessee has all the makings to be a very, very deadly team and no one will see it coming.

Anyways I wish I knew more about his credibility or who we was, but it was definitely encouraging to hear this kind of talk from an unbiased analyst.
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Ill take 2 of what he had
 
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OrangeIsLife said:
I can see how you have almost 23,000 posts. You say the same thing over and over and over and over........
You're like a Pike pledge class, quantity not quality.
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This post could provide some fireworks from more than one direction.
 
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GBOVOLS said:
Yeah the OU game alone is why our strength coach has to take it to another level this summer. We NEED our guys at exceptional physical conditioning to get through this schedule
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If he was able to take it to another level, then why would he not have taken it to another level already?
Why not take it up 2 levels? What if what he is already doing is already one level too high?
 
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OrangeIsLife said:
I can see how you have almost 23,000 posts. You say the same thing over and over and over and over........
You're like a Pike pledge class, quantity not quality.
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If you actually have an argument that goes deeper than dew then I'll say something different. It unfortunately takes a good bit of quantity to answer the quantity of false arguments presented here. You probably don't get tired of hearing things you agree with though... you just don't like it when someone gives good reasons not to agree.

FWIW, I've posted about 240 posts per month since joining the board... about 55 per week. Just about the same rate as you. I'm sure that all of your posts are gem quality though....
 
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sjt18 said:
My turn to play the "it takes time to build it card".

I want UT to play the Oregons and Oklahomas of the world... I just don't want them doing it right now. In 2016... bring it. Unfortunately, these games are contracted several years in advance. Whoever scheduled OU probably thought UT would be ready by then. The home and home with Oregon dates back to around 2006-2007 doesn't it?
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Yeah, Phil was jockeying for preseason #1 or 2, for fear of a repeat of AUs 04' letdown.

Hambone, nor anyone else, saw us playing this after 3yrs missing a bowl and an SEC powder puff. Not at that time.

Maybe the worst overank of all time with us opening @ #3 and not even making a bowl!
 
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livefaith said:
If he was able to take it to another level, then why would he not have taken it to another level already?
Why not take it up 2 levels? What if what he is already doing is already one level too high?
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S&C is something that legitimately takes time. Athletes usually have an exponential curve once they get in a college level program unless they're very physically mature and have had a good S&C program in HS. At first there's more effort than apparent progress then the effort begins to flatten but results start to appear then they reach a plateau and have to maintain good effort to stay there. The guys who have been in this coach's program since he arrived should be getting close to the plateau.
 
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Nationdom said:
Legacy power is a collective energy that will change the direction of the program. The team will feed off the the will power of these stars and the blood lines of former greats will continue in their fathers/ brothers footsteps. This team will hit you hard and fast and our opponents will be shocked at the speed and heart displayed.
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Just stop. You sound so ridiculous.
 
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Count me as one who wants to play the big out of conference games. For every 2013 drubbing we took at Oregon, there is a 91 Notre Dame. I remember the UCLA, Notre Dame, Penn State, Miami, Syracuse, USC, Colorado games; win and lose. I do not remember the cream puffs we beat in 1998 (it was UAB and Houston - I had to look it up).

I believe playing big out of conference games is part of the reason we have been able to recruit nationally. If we get beat badly, so be it. But if I am a recruit and I look at our schedule year in and year out, I am very impressed.
 
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Pump Guy said:
Count me as one who wants to play the big out of conference games. For every 2013 drubbing we took at Oregon, there is a 91 Notre Dame. I remember the UCLA, Notre Dame, Penn State, Miami, Syracuse, USC, Colorado games; win and lose. I do not remember the cream puffs we beat in 1998 (it was UAB and Houston - I had to look it up).

I believe playing big out of conference games is part of the reason we have been able to recruit nationally. If we get beat badly, so be it. But if I am a recruit and I look at our schedule year in and year out, I am very impressed.
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Getting hammered by big name opponents DOES NOT help UT recruit the best national players. UT gets plenty of TV exposure.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Whom are you describing as a "homer," the interviewer or the person interviewed? Dave Bartoo, the person interviewed, published this opinion elsewhere on his website (cfbmatrix.com):

"Tennessee Volunteers. This is a team I have targeted to break out in 2015. The 2014 schedule is tough early and the Vols lose their entire O-Line. Coach Jones was very good at Cincinnati and the recruiting at Tennessee, as expected, has improved immensely. But one good class doesn’t make a turn around. The Volunteers are coming off a 5-7 year and they return only 57% of their offensive statistics and only 51% of their key defensive production. They get 8 home games but the road tilts are all loses. 6-6 is [expected] but it's a stretch to expect +2 game improvement to 7-5. #BrickbyBrick" (Teams rising 2+ games and/or getting to bowl eligible 2014)
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If he said that, that's a bunch of horse dung. OU will be tough, but the rest of the road games include Vandy in Nashville, Ole Siss, SC who was winless against us last yr, and GA who knows they lucked out against us (I remember not so long ago when we put up 50 on em at THEIR place). Bring on their limp-wristed road tilts; I say we win at least two of em, may well win 3 out of 5, and we could be competitive in ever dam one.
 
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NeylandTradition said:
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If that's Laphroaig, pour me two fingers:yes:!
 
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