TN vs Alabama, maybe not such an unrealistic a win

#102
#102
IluvdoubleD's said:
You are correct, they are totally beatable this year. They are showing inexperience in key positions and making lots of mistakes. Sloppy ball. I stated this in the NCAA forum during the game and got gang tackled for it. Don't let these ESPN sheeples fool you. You know what your eyes are telling you. If you get the QB dirty they will go down. That kid has never had a dirty spot on him his entire football career. He has NEVER BEEN HIT. In fact bama has played nobody. Certainly nobody as physical as we have become. Put that kid on the ground... then put him on the ground again, and then put him on the ground again...and then do it again, and again, and again. I don't care if you have to rush 11... do it. Fill that kids eyes with mud and they will go down. Lets not make it harder for our boys than necessary though. Just as georgia...let it play out.
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Wow.
Yes, Bama has shown a few in game hiccups here and there. Yes, AJM is not used to being roughed up. But that's about it.
That team has had basically 3 straight shutouts, if you drop the scrub time v UK. That team is not a one trick pony with some hotshot QB. He is a cog in a well oiled machine built on about 6 straight top 3 recruiting classes.
Gosh, they have mauled us two straight years and only showed mercy by taking off the 4th Q in both.
Nothing and I mean nothing about that team is weak. We will play our absolute best and they their absolute worst with every ball bouncing our way, in order to win this by a hair.
The only possible weakness is they might look over us to LSU.
Love your attitude and I'll be cheering my guts out, but on paper it's 45-13 imo.
 
#103
#103
coug said:
Sarcasm and negavols is what this thread is full of.
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So those of us that don't believe we will beat Alabama this year are negavols? That's just ridiculous. I think we finish with wins over Auburn, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. That's realistic beating Alabama is not.
 
#104
#104
coug said:
You don't just fumble the ball after you've caught it or it's been handed off to you while you're running down the field. If a Kentucky player runs into you, strips the ball from you, or tackles you causing you to fumble the ball then they forced a turnover, period. I'm not sure why you keep calling it "generous".
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It's generous in that you are seriously overreacting to them "forcing" turnovers, and there is such thing as a running back not taking care of the ball. Even the announcers said at least one of them that there was no excuse for the fumble to happen, and said so meaning the running back should have taken better care of the ball.
 
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GLDunlap said:
So those of us that don't believe we will beat Alabama this year are negavols? That's just ridiculous. I think we finish with wins over Auburn, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. That's realistic beating Alabama is not.
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Not even considering the possibility is negavol.

VolsSportsFan said:
It's generous in that you are seriously overreacting to them "forcing" turnovers, and there is such thing as a running back not taking care of the ball. Even the announcers said at least one of them that there was no excuse for the fumble to happen, and said so meaning the running back should have taken better care of the ball.
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Every stripped ball from every game could be blamed on a bad carry, regardless, it's a turnover caused by the other team.

VolsSportsFan said:
Well, if you make a rather silly thread, what do you expect? You clearly are looking way too much into that first quarter.
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Maybe, maybe not. I saw possibility in that first quarter, the light came on.
 
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coug said:
So I was watching the Kentucky vs Alabama game and for a team that is pretty bad this year I was impressed by what Kentucky did to them in the first quarter. Kentucky wasn't able to score themselves in the first quarter but they also kept Bama from scoring as well, to top it off Kentucky forced two Alabama turnovers deep in Kentucky's territory. While the final outcome of that game was ultimately 48-7 Alabama, that sure makes me wonder what the VOLs can do against Alabama. We've done an excellent job this year at forcing turnovers, we're hitting hard, and we've proven that we can go the full 60 minutes and not quit. I'm definitely not as skeptical of this match-up as I was earlier this year. Just offering a bit of my own perspective based on what I saw today.

Go Vols!
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Sorry, but I don't share your optimism. I would take a result where we were competive and showed improvement.
 
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coug said:
Not even considering the possibility is negavol.
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Anything is always possible, but it's not probable. Perhaps that's what most people mean.

I never stated beating Alabama is 100% impossible; however the issue I take is you coming to this conclusion from watching the first quarter of the UK game.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Anything is always possible, but it's not probable. Perhaps that's what most people mean.

I never stated beating Alabama is 100% impossible; however the issue I take is you coming to this conclusion from watching the first quarter of the UK game.
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What conclusion did I come to exactly?
 
#113
#113
Brave Volunteer said:
You guys have REALLY got to temper your expectations for the rest of this year. The way I see it, we will be damn lucky reach 6-6 and we'll probably wind up somewhere around 5-7

South Carolina: Lost
Alabama: Loss
Missouri: Toss up
Auburn: Loss
Vandy: Toss up
Kentucky: Win
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The bolded part is my biggest problem with glass half-empty folks. Who are you to tell others what their expectations should be? Everyone has their own expectations for the team; that's just being a fan.

Personally, I think the vols can realistically finish at the least 6-6 and at the most 8-4. None of our games are a guaranteed loss, although I will admit that bama, USC jr, Auburn, and Mizzou will be pretty tough games. We shouldn't have too much trouble against Vandy and UK, but anything can happen.
 
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Vol knight said:
The bolded part is my biggest problem with glass half-empty folks. Who are you to tell others what their expectations should be? Everyone has their own expectations for the team; that's just being a fan.

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I think that the quoted would be better used toward the angry horde that attacks anyone that feels we don't win out.
 
#115
#115
Realistically, anything can happen.I don't think we beat BAMA, but i don't think many on here thought we had a chance against GA either.I just hope they play hard for 4 qtrs and give em hell! GBO
 
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#118
I would love to beat Bama, but I don't think this is our year to do that. I hope I'm wrong but they are a hell of team as much as I hate to admit it.

Soon.
 
#119
#119
it's anyone game on any given week...look at all the upsets this weekend...we have got a chance just like everyone else...just have play full 60min and not lose position and take advance if we get in good field position
 
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Tokeup69 said:
it's anyone game on any given week...look at all the upsets this weekend...we have got a chance just like everyone else...just have play full 60min and not lose position and take advance if we get in good field position
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We go the full 60 too so this gives me hope.
 
#121
#121
Bama is in a whole other league then USCjr

But I will say this, I was trolling the Bama threads and many were saying that Tennessee should not be overlooked. Others saying that Saban better be on "upset watch" because we are hot and moving back to where we want to be.

I was even pleasantly surprised to find one sane Bama fan even mention that they were happy to see Tennessee finally getting back to the elite and that Butch was doing an amazing job. Who knew sane Bama fans existed?
 
#122
#122
Someone is going to knock bammer off their high horse. Might as well be a Vol that does the knocking.
 
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