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i know we have south carolina first, and we need to taker care of business agaisnt sos.
but this season comes down imo to the game vs notre dame.
if we lose that game, (like everyone thinks and hopes but us) then then we drop out of the ranks for the rest of the season. we are finished. maybe if we will have coaching changes.
but if there is one thing the vols can do to help salvage the season and the next few years of tenn football, it is go to south bend and beat the irish.
why i say that, is, first of all, everyone thinks notre dame finishes and wins out because that game against usc. they are supposed to be entering their glory years with charlie weis. everything seems to go right for them now. if the vols go down there w/ nothing going for them, and they upset the irish in the national spotlight, i guarantee they finsih the rest of the season unbeaten and have great year next year.
the reason i say that is, sometimes teams have seasons where they are primed contenders and all of a sudden they ahve a barley above average year. it seems like they have a busted seson. (like the vols now) but the one thing that pics them back up is the huge upset when nothing is going their way.
come on vols fans, nothing is going our way now. we can all cry for the coaches head on a tray, or we can keep pulling fo the vols never to quit.
if we beat notre dame, this will prove that our team refuses to quit. that they just wont give up. not matter how much crap luck they have, no matter how much media hatred they have, they just keep playing and get a big win. i bet if we beat nd, we are all of a sudden back on our feet, and i would have confidence. it tells you a lot about a team that wont roll over and die.
lets look at nd last year. bad year. losing left and right. o look they beat us in knoxville. suddenly this team is a team to contend with. i know all of you credit that to charlie weis, but i know the effect it had on their fans. they went from dead and quiet, to loud and ready for football. that loss gave them confidence in their team. i bet if they quit and lost that game, then this would not be as good a year for them.
my favorite example is 2001 ohio state. they were having a miserable year. 5-5 going into the last game of the season against powerful 9-1 michigan, who was playing for the sugar bowl that year. every thing was bad, but they went to ann arbor, refused to give in and won that game. they could have easily lost but they kept playing every down. the bat michigan on pure will. this bought up the spirits of the team, the coaching staff, and the large fan pool. i have never seen them so overjoyed about 6-5 season. they pulled themselves out of the gutter. that win saved their season and they had confidence in their team.
and i guarantee that it was that, that win over michigan, that boosted them to the 2002 national title. if not for that 2001 game against michigan, they just fall to 5-6 and out of the college football picture altogether.
sometimes you need a big game to pick you back up when you are down.
this time, the vols are in need of one more then ever.
as vols fans, we can just whine about randy sanders and phillip fulmer and not scoring. that is for the offseason. during the seaosn though we need to continue to push for the vols, to keep on fighting, to keep going.
and i am not overlooking steve spurrier, i am tryign to wake up the volunteer world who has just basicly given up on the team becaues we couldn't beat UNDEFEATED alabama.
wake up guys, when you are 3-3, its time to spoil someone elses season, and the irish are on a beline for the bcs.
lets pull together and lets fight, even if we lose, just keep fighting.
Go Vols
but this season comes down imo to the game vs notre dame.
if we lose that game, (like everyone thinks and hopes but us) then then we drop out of the ranks for the rest of the season. we are finished. maybe if we will have coaching changes.
but if there is one thing the vols can do to help salvage the season and the next few years of tenn football, it is go to south bend and beat the irish.
why i say that, is, first of all, everyone thinks notre dame finishes and wins out because that game against usc. they are supposed to be entering their glory years with charlie weis. everything seems to go right for them now. if the vols go down there w/ nothing going for them, and they upset the irish in the national spotlight, i guarantee they finsih the rest of the season unbeaten and have great year next year.
the reason i say that is, sometimes teams have seasons where they are primed contenders and all of a sudden they ahve a barley above average year. it seems like they have a busted seson. (like the vols now) but the one thing that pics them back up is the huge upset when nothing is going their way.
come on vols fans, nothing is going our way now. we can all cry for the coaches head on a tray, or we can keep pulling fo the vols never to quit.
if we beat notre dame, this will prove that our team refuses to quit. that they just wont give up. not matter how much crap luck they have, no matter how much media hatred they have, they just keep playing and get a big win. i bet if we beat nd, we are all of a sudden back on our feet, and i would have confidence. it tells you a lot about a team that wont roll over and die.
lets look at nd last year. bad year. losing left and right. o look they beat us in knoxville. suddenly this team is a team to contend with. i know all of you credit that to charlie weis, but i know the effect it had on their fans. they went from dead and quiet, to loud and ready for football. that loss gave them confidence in their team. i bet if they quit and lost that game, then this would not be as good a year for them.
my favorite example is 2001 ohio state. they were having a miserable year. 5-5 going into the last game of the season against powerful 9-1 michigan, who was playing for the sugar bowl that year. every thing was bad, but they went to ann arbor, refused to give in and won that game. they could have easily lost but they kept playing every down. the bat michigan on pure will. this bought up the spirits of the team, the coaching staff, and the large fan pool. i have never seen them so overjoyed about 6-5 season. they pulled themselves out of the gutter. that win saved their season and they had confidence in their team.
and i guarantee that it was that, that win over michigan, that boosted them to the 2002 national title. if not for that 2001 game against michigan, they just fall to 5-6 and out of the college football picture altogether.
sometimes you need a big game to pick you back up when you are down.
this time, the vols are in need of one more then ever.
as vols fans, we can just whine about randy sanders and phillip fulmer and not scoring. that is for the offseason. during the seaosn though we need to continue to push for the vols, to keep on fighting, to keep going.
and i am not overlooking steve spurrier, i am tryign to wake up the volunteer world who has just basicly given up on the team becaues we couldn't beat UNDEFEATED alabama.
wake up guys, when you are 3-3, its time to spoil someone elses season, and the irish are on a beline for the bcs.
lets pull together and lets fight, even if we lose, just keep fighting.
Go Vols
