Talent Gap is closing (not there yet) and…

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UTK said:
I think it will continue to close. However the last puzzle this staff has to put together is how to win big games on the road in hostile environments . They’ve done it twice (LSU 2022, OU 2024) I’m not counting Pitt, Kentucky/Vandy. It’s not an easy thing to do. But it’s what championship programs do. We shall see. If this game was played in Neyland I think we win a close one. The road woes continue to haunt us.
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We are always just one year away lol. When will it end?
 
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UTK said:
It’d actually be great if we’re only one year away as that means they figured it out next year with second year starter Nico lol
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We’ve been one year away for 20 years. We haven’t won anything meaningful in a loooong time. Tired of this next year narrative lol. If we don’t make the playoffs this year we will be saying we are close next year lol. TrUst ThE PRoCeSs GUyZ
 
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UTK said:
I think it will continue to close. However the last puzzle this staff has to put together is how to win big games on the road in hostile environments . They’ve done it twice (LSU 2022, OU 2024) I’m not counting Pitt, Kentucky/Vandy. It’s not an easy thing to do. But it’s what championship programs do. We shall see. If this game was played in Neyland I think we win a close one. The road woes continue to haunt us.
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Vol football program is on the rise. Vols were not outclassed today. Instead, lost a competitive conference game against a top-tier opponent on the road.

I hope we see them again on a neutral field deep in the playoffs.
 
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volgr said:
I think next season is make or break for Josh Heupel. If our offense doesnt find some answers next season and improve and if we dont drastically improve penalties/undisciplined play...I dont know how you sell Heupel going forward.
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An 11 win season is still on the table. That would give us a record of 31-8 (79.5% winning percentage) over the last three years. We haven't seen that kind of winning in about 20 years. You're absolutely off your rocker.

And yeah, I'm cherry picking the last three seasons because if any head coach at Tennessee truly deserved a "year zero" it's Josh Heupel.
 
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UTK said:
I think it will continue to close. However the last puzzle this staff has to put together is how to win big games on the road in hostile environments . They’ve done it twice (LSU 2022, OU 2024) I’m not counting Pitt, Kentucky/Vandy. It’s not an easy thing to do. But it’s what championship programs do. We shall see. If this game was played in Neyland I think we win a close one. The road woes continue to haunt us.
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Our best bet is going to be when everyone is down. None of those teams mentioned were good/great and even the Bama team we beat this year was not (that) Bama team. We just have to be there when everyone else has that down year.
 
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UTK said:
This is a bit silly.


2021 huge talent gap

2023 still a large talent gap.

2025 should be a more “equal on paper” matchup.
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I really don’t see how you are getting this. As far as recruiting goes for 2025 according to On3:
UGA has 3 5*, 18 4* and 3 3*. We have 1 5*, 13 4* and 10 3*. If you don’t think these things matter then you didn’t watch the game.

We have got to recruit better talent.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I really don’t see how you are getting this. As far as recruiting goes for 2025 according to On3:
UGA has 3 5*, 18 4* and 3 3*. We have 1 5*, 13 4* and 10 3*. If you don’t think these things matter then you didn’t watch the game.

We have got to recruit better talent.
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recruiting rankings ain’t the end all be all.

Our staff have hit on several 4 star and 3 star players that were just underrated. They’re pretty good at doing that. UGA still has an overall talent and depth advantage but it shouldn’t be anything that can’t be overcome with coaching. Hence why we beat Bama, they by far have more “talent” but we have enough to beat them with compent coaching. UGA and Bama have similar rosters.

However if you wanna go purely off ratings, our recruiting is getting better by the class anyways.

Michigan won a natty with probably an average 15th ranked recruiting class or some **** lol (yeah yeah cheating blah blah blah)
 
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UTK said:
recruiting rankings ain’t the end all be all.

Our staff have hit on several 4 star and 3 star players that were just underrated. They’re pretty good at doing that. UGA still has an overall talent and depth advantage but it shouldn’t be anything that can’t be overcome with coaching. Hence why we beat Bama, they by far have more “talent” but we have enough to beat them with compent coaching. UGA and Bama have similar rosters.

However if you wanna go purely off ratings, our recruiting is getting better by the class anyways.

Michigan won’t a natty with probably an average 15th ranked recruiting class or some **** lol (yeah yeah cheating blah blah blah)
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Washington had pretty crap recruiting overall too
 
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