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Something weird I keep hearing a lot of the talking heads on youtube and such talk about. They keep saying that because Florida stopped UCF's rushing attack that should be their blueprint to be UT. I wish with all my wishes they try that. Putting 7-8 in the box vs UT is suicide. Teams that have slowed us down have one so with light boxes and dropping 5-6. You drop 4 against us it means there are at bare minimum two 1 on ones. For Florida to beat at night in Neyland is a tall order after this loss.

Say what you will but Heupels teams are not quitters. They have lost games the past few years but not because they gave up. There is one game every year that's a crazy loss no one saw coming. 2021 it was Purdue in the bowl game we were robbed in. 2022 it was the USCe Stallionsgate game. 2023 it was Florida. Missou was a bad loss but not unforeseeable that we lost. This year it was Arkansas. All the other games we lost were to better teams. Hopefully he keeps up the pattern this year and we can at least split Bama/UGA. I honestly think if we can beat Florida we have a good chance to sweep this 4 game homestand.

Bama is gonna be over the whole Vandy thing after spanking USCe. As much as anyone can be over it that is. I am really unsure how to feel about that game (Bama/Vandy) As soon as that game was over I had a bad feeling. There is only so much juju allotted to each state on Saturdays and Vandy used up like the whole supply. I think Memphis only made it because they played MTSU so juju was canceled out. But seriously that QB at Vandy what is his deal I think he sold his soul to something man. Dude is literally like superman putting that whole team on his back

Anyway GBO skin the Gators.
 
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volbound1700 said:
I care more about beating Florida right now than the playoffs. I feel like we cannot afford, as a program, to drop this game.

I haven't really thought that much about playoffs all season. IMO, they shouldn't be even forecasted until November.

You have teams like Ohio State and Texas who really haven't even played anyone with a pulse yet. Hard to know who is really contenders at this point.
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Yeah we better beat Florida or I will start questioning our coaches. Heupel definitely has more pieces and home field advantage. If we lose then I’m Heupel will need to make a change somewhere this offseason.
 
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Exactly right OP

If this team has the ability to beat down an inferior opponent it better do it now since it failed to do so offensively against a much less talented Arky.
 
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207 others said:
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I get the sentiment but unlike the NFL, each game is significant to a team's postseason. We don't get to play Bama, UGA, Florida, Vandy, and Kentucky each twice a year. Some teams can go .500 and still make it into the wildcard weekend.

This is still a 2 loss league. Anything more and you are in for the mayo bowl instead of the CFP. We already burned one of those losses and we still have our hard games ahead of us.
 
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Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va said:
I get the sentiment but unlike the NFL, each game is significant to a team's postseason. We don't get to play Bama, UGA, Florida, Vandy, and Kentucky each twice a year. Some teams can go .500 and still make it into the wildcard weekend.

This is still a 2 loss league. Anything more and you are in for the mayo bowl instead of the CFP. We already burned one of those losses and we still have our hard games ahead of us.
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My sentiment is that we won't make the playoffs and need to stop raising the bar of expectations before we run a good coach away
 
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207 others said:
My sentiment is that we won't make the playoffs and need to stop raising the bar of expectations before we run a good coach away
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If he is a good coach, he should meet and exceed our expectations. I'm leaning towards him being the same coach fired at Oklahoma.
 
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Volador said:
It is Florida's SuperBowl. They will play their best game of the year on Saturday. We, just have to be better!
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"It's their Super Bowl" is just an excuse when one team is not prepared. There are 12 games, 1 a week. If you can't be up and prepared to win that does not mean it's someone's Super Bowl.
 
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Chad F said:
I don’t see us making the playoffs. I haven’t seen anything to believe that we’ll beat Alabama or Georgia. Had we defeated Arkansas, we could have lost both of those games in competitive fashion and had a great chance to get in. As a 3-loss (at minimum) team, we won’t be in the mix. Heck, the Kentucky game looks like a tough one to win at this point.
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Bet that Kentucky game ain’t looking to tough to you right now ;)
 
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whobethis16 said:
"It's their Super Bowl" is just an excuse when one team is not prepared. There are 12 games, 1 a week. If you can't be up and prepared to win that does not mean it's someone's Super Bowl.
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This is false, we get their and alabamas best when we play them and it makes the wins all the better. We will get Kentucky and vanderbilts best as well and most likely Georgia too when I feel like they lose to ole miss
 
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LBKvol said:
This is false, we get their and alabamas best when we play them and it makes the wins all the better. We will get Kentucky and vanderbilts best as well and most likely Georgia too when I feel like they lose to ole miss
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So Tennessee just decides to only play their best for 1 game a year? That's the same logic. But I'd say Bama's best was against UGA, not Tennessee this year.
 
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LBKvol said:
Bet that Kentucky game ain’t looking to tough to you right now ;)
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Well, it turned out to be pretty tough - a lot tougher than it should have been.

Remembering the Pruitt, Dooley, and Butch years, I am happy with winning, even if it’s a sub-par performance. But if this team wants to win championships, it will take more than what we’ve seen. A lot more.

Our defense is elite. Our offense is underperforming. Bad penalties, dropped passes, and an offensive line that still hasn’t reached the level we’d hoped.

I keep up my hopes that the offense will start “putting it all together” at some point. At least Nico looked better last night. If the receivers had pulled in three big catches (that should have been caught), I’m probably feeling more confident. But they didn’t. And now we’re missing kicks regularly. There is a lot of improvement to make. Will they? Hope so.
 
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