Tennessee @ Mississippi State (October 13, 2012)

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engie said:
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:):eek:k:

Going for 4th in a row this month!
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That was a takedown.
 
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#153
One more thing on South Carolina: I am surprised no animal right activist has complained about the pregame tradition of Cocky coming out of his cage with boxing gloves.
 
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ukvols said:
One more thing on South Carolina: I am surprised no animal right activist has complained about the pregame tradition of Cocky coming out of his cage with boxing gloves.
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PETA has tried their damndest to get SC to change their nickname.
 
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ukvols said:
I have never been to Tuscaloosa or Fayetteville.
I have been to the other five in your Top 7. A reasonable person can make a case for LSU, UGA, and Auburn, as they are all very nice. At some point, any list is highly subjective. But, no way in heck should South Carolina and Ole Miss be rated higher than Neyland. They're not junk, by any means, but there's no comparison between them and Neyland (or Auburn, who you rated 6th). Other than The Grove, which is not part of the stadium, Ole Miss' stadium is very ordinary (and small). Carolina's size is nice, compared to most stadiums, but you said it yourself when you pointed out where it's located. Tailgating at South Carolina is as plain and ordinary as it gets, because of where it is.

I think we can agree that there are A LOT of really nice stadiums in this conference. And, I appreciate your fandom, which is obvious by where you rated Bama, Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida.

My own list would be:

1. Neyland
2. Tiger
3. Jordan-Hare
4. Sanford
5. Ben Hill Griffin
6. Vaught-Hemingway
7. Williams-Brice
8. Commonwealth
9. Vanderbilt
N/A. Alabama, Arkansas, and Miss. State

Neyland's size, history, location, atmosphere (until we start losing badly), and GameDay traditions cannot be matched. It's tough to beat the location of UGA's stadium as well, but I thought Auburn's was especially nice once I was inside it. I'm not putting Florida any lower than where I did. If Williams-Brice was on campus, I would have put it above Ole Miss without question. Commonwealth is a lot better than Vaught-Hemingway once you get to your seat (except for the BBQ Nachos from Corky's at Ole Miss). Inside the stadium, from your seat, I would move USC and UK up one and drop Ole Miss two places, but if you consider the atmosphere created by the fans and the traditions surrounding the stadium, UK falls to where I put them.

I won't evaluate places I haven't been to.
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Good list but do any of them serve Jimmy Johns?
 
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BearCat204 said:
Billy, want to make a permanant ban bet over this game with me? MSU wins, I will never return to VN. UT wins, you never post on this site again.
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Come on Billy. If you really had that much faith in your prediction you'd take Bear's bet.
 
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I don't think I'd be cool with that.

Billy C threads entertain the hell out of me, in an awkward, bi-curious train wreck sort of way.
 
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I read all.

Except the recruiting forum, I need to be on a minimum of two different controlled substances to even attempt to read that forum.
 
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engie, thanks for writing a classy post. Not because it somewhat flatters the UT, but was simply stated without braggadocio while visiting an opponent's board.
 
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ukvols said:
One more thing on South Carolina: I am surprised no animal right activist has complained about the pregame tradition of Cocky coming out of his cage with boxing gloves.
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Probably because none have seen it. What about that poor leprechaun, I mean little person at Norte Dame?
 
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volger said:
I suggest you do the same. This "erector set" has an outstanding sky box section.
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Bama's are better. But, Bama had the advantage of building the boxes while building the upper decks. Tennessee only had space they could renovate, not build on from scratch. All of that said, UT's aren't bad by any stretch. They simply remove you from the game a bit more than Bama's.
 
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Billy Costigan said:
location
Davis-Wade Stadium
Starkville, MS
capacity: 55,082
Jumbotron: Biggest in the SEC, 2nd biggest in the world

With football season just around the corner I wanted to go ahead and get a prediction thread here on the NCAA forum that I will be able to bump after we beat y'all. And please don't get mad and upset when I bump it. I'm not going to rub it in or flame, I'm simply just going to type "bump."

prediction:
Mississippi State - 31
Tennessee - 10

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lolwut?

UT-42
MSU-10
 
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We will need to make sure we block well and not let Denico Autry destroy Tyler.

But overall Miss St's O doesn't really scare me and I think we will be able to move the ball on them.

Glad we have an open date before this game, because if we went @UGA, @MISS ST, Bama without the bye this would have trap written all over it.

As it is, I do see us not playing our best game here, but pulling out a win.

Vols - 27
State - 17
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
We will need to make sure we block well and not let Denico Autry destroy Tyler.

But overall Miss St's O doesn't really scare me and I think we will be able to move the ball on them.

Glad we have an open date before this game, because if we went @UGA, @MISS ST, Bama without the bye this would have trap written all over it.

As it is, I do see us not playing our best game here, but pulling out a win.

Vols - 27
State - 17
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Good analysis... If we score 17, no doubt we lose this game. I expect our scoring d to be SLIGHTLY improved over last year(was 16th) but our total d to improve drastically(was like 70th). Last year we had to play a ton of soft zone coverage to compensate for the fact that we could get NO outside pressure on qb's. Basically, we were a much better overall D than the total d number would imply due to a single GLARING weakness.:banghead2: With this year's DL(Autry and Eulls outside), I fully expect that we'll be able to turn Banks and Slay loose to play quite a bit of man coverage. Still doesn't help us compensate for a 6'3 1st rd receiver and 6'4 1st rd receiver, much less another 6'4 guy with the upside of Patterson. Now that I think about it, a soft zone might be our best option against you guys...:crazy:

We've got pretty high hopes for Tyler Russell(provided he doesn't get broken in half behind a lack of SEC experience at both tackle positions). Chris Relf was NEVER an SEC qb, IMO. Our scoring offense in '11(running the spread option) was almost equal to our '09 output with 5'8" Tyson Lee throwing up ints(in the pass-first spread). Tyler Russell in the pass-first spread has a MUCH higher ceiling than we've seen from our qb's before under Mullen. How high? Who knows... It's going to depend on the OL giving him time. That's the wildcard for our whole season...

People don't realize that we actually have a deep, experienced, and fairly talented receiving corps. They're just flying WAY under the radar right now because we haven't yet had a qb that could effectively get them the ball in their entire careers! :mf_surrender:
 
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bamawriter said:
Bama's are better. But, Bama had the advantage of building the boxes while building the upper decks. Tennessee only had space they could renovate, not build on from scratch. All of that said, UT's aren't bad by any stretch. They simply remove you from the game a bit more than Bama's.
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I love Neyland, but I have to admit, I went to Tuscaloosa last year for the first time and was blown away. Y'all have a great stadium.
 
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