vols vs sooners question

#51
#51
However VN will have us winning by 40 by June this year..lol

Oh how true. in the off season we are a 10 -2 team minimum,nothing less than 9 will be acceptable. funny.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is a major rebuilding year for the Sooners (we were expecting an 8-4ish year) and instead we backed into a BCS bowl. We graduate 6 players that really matter (top 2 WRs is the real concern). We are more even with LSU than GA or SC right now. Next year, if we figure out which of the three headed monster at QB really deserves most of the snaps, we will be in the 4-team BCS playoff. I'm concerned about the Bama game because we are starting a lot of young linemen on both sides right now, and I think they might kill us by just running between the tackles over and over. I think we lose the Sugar Bowl about 31-14.

I have adopted the Vols as my second team, and have watched every game both teams played this year. I also watched Butch take his 2009 Cincy team and nearly upset us in Ohio, so he's familiar with what he's getting. But realistically, this game shouldn't be close. It won't look like this years Oregon game for UT but more like the Mizzou game. Something like 35-6, Oklahoma. Unless there's a big OU mistake, UT probably should not get in the end zone, and OU will have the ball for over 38 minutes is my guess.
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Just do everybody a favor and beat Alabama tomorrow night.
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PagingDrVol said:
Yeah, but we have Alabama-like freaks at the 3rd-5th RB positions this year, our TEs just block and catch 5 yard outs anyway (and we generally don't even use one except in short yardage or red zone formations, other than one weird run formation) and we always play 5-7 WRs in a game, so that's in some ways a non issue...the next two studs, whoever they are, are already on the field a lot now. This won't be an inexperienced offense, the question is Bell versus the speed burners at QB. If OU doesn't win by 28 it'll be because of the QB. The UT pass defense won't help much because we line up in a really wide spread and run the ball a lot of the time, and when we do pass, we try to isolate a WR versus an opposing LB. So unless AJ or the next WLB suddenly get really fast, OU will average 5-6 yds per carry and/or 15 per completion. Like I said, it won't look like Oregon, but the minor reload on offense doesn't matter in the BigXII like it does in the SEC because teams like OU and Baylor sub on offense like Kansas and NC do in basketball.
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So yeah you are replacing about - what? - 70% of your production on offense? Sounds like a definite trip to the playoffs. :p
 
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Until all these bright and shiny new recruits are residing somewhere on campus, it's hard to say. Then spring practice needs to happen to have an inkling of where they are.

Having no idea how the Sooner's attrition plays out, it's tough to lay odds. I definitely believe odds are better than they looked this past season vs Oregon. I see the Vols being improved, and OU being nowhere near as fast as the Ducks.
 
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#55
The new playoff format is going to put more emphasis on beating your conference opponents. These games are great for the fans , i don't see them meaning a whole lot in the overall scheme of things anymore.

As far as this game. OU by 2 td's is about where i see it.
 
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newokie03 said:
Guys OU will be really tough at home. As you can see, I have to watch the Sooners every week because my wife is an Okie and has corrupted my eldest also. I will be in Norman for the game and that will be the culmination of a tense week at my house. All I can say is Go Big Orange!
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that looks like the plate that my friends wife was given for a xmas or birthday present a couple of years ago,a Bama one,it was surprising at how fast the red part,uuuh got broke,so she went and got a all UT plate really quick afterwards :hi:
 
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#57
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We should just see how we come out vs Utah St and Arky St. Then let's talk about how we'll do vs a team like OU in their house. Unfortunately we r in no place to be confident enough to not just take every game as they come.

I do hate boomer sooner though. So annoying. Arggghhhh makes it hard to watch an OU game on TV with the sound on. Was glad that I didn't have to hear as much when I was at the TX/OU game this year.
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governmentmule said:
your right Oskie,play one game at a time and not worry about who is coming up
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Unfortunately, this has been the same broken record I've been playing during the offseason for YRS. Just wish more people would consider this approach too.
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Vols could lose by 2 TD's to Utah State at home.

Anyone thinking they keep it within 3 in Norman with the way Jones' team traveled this season is off their rocker.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
Vols could lose by 2 TD's to Utah State at home.

Anyone thinking they keep it within 3 in Norman with the way Jones' team traveled this season is off their rocker.
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Every team is different from year to year. You can't project one season accurately based on the previous season. Just ask Alabama after they lost to Louisiana Monroe during Saban's first year. Or Auburn after last year. It's a new year with a new team and CBJ has us going in the right direction.
 
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TheDirector said:
Every team is different from year to year. You can't project one season accurately based on the previous season. Just ask Alabama after they lost to Louisiana Monroe during Saban's first year. Or Auburn after last year. It's a new year with a new team and CBJ has us going in the right direction.
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I don't consider losing 7 for a 3rd straight year the right direction.

That's more like stuck in neutral.

And the Saban-LA Monroe comparison might have some merit if Jones had a national title under his belt already.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
I don't consider losing 7 for a 3rd straight year the right direction.

That's more like stuck in neutral.

And the Saban-LA Monroe comparison might have some merit if Jones had a national title under his belt already.
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this....
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
Vols could lose by 2 TD's to Utah State at home.

Anyone thinking they keep it within 3 in Norman with the way Jones' team traveled this season is off their rocker.
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OU is way too bipolar to say that, I live in the heart of sooner country, and I can say that most rational fans and I repeat rational fans are looking forward to this game. Most that I have talked with feel that they should win this game, but it will not be a blow out or an easy game by any means.
 
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I hate to be a negative nancy (or negavol) but I can't help but think we take a step backward next year. You'll see some young talented freshman but we are replacing every single starter on the O-line (big loss) and D-line (not top tier talent but they beat out everyone else) that scares the crap out of me. Vols have never lost 8 games ever. One of just two schools to do that. I hope (but fear it will) come next year.
 
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tmodaniel said:
OU is way too bipolar to say that, I live in the heart of sooner country, and I can say that most rational fans and I repeat rational fans are looking forward to this game. Most that I have talked with feel that they should win this game, but it will not be a blow out or an easy game by any means.
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I understand the Sooners are uneven but this is probably going to be one of their biggest non conference home games in years for them that I can recall off the top of my head.

I think they'll be up for the game and expect Stoops to have the QB situation straightened out.

Great recruiting class by Jones this year or not, Stoops will definitely have more building blocks to work with in shaping his team for 2014.

Vols are going to be replacing 6 on each side of the ball and their K/P in Palardy.

I simply think many Vol fans have already built up expectations too much for the 2014 Vols based on 1 recruiting class that hasn't even signed yet.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is a major rebuilding year for the Sooners (we were expecting an 8-4ish year) and instead we backed into a BCS bowl. We graduate 6 players that really matter (top 2 WRs is the real concern). We are more even with LSU than GA or SC right now. Next year, if we figure out which of the three headed monster at QB really deserves most of the snaps, we will be in the 4-team BCS playoff. I'm concerned about the Bama game because we are starting a lot of young linemen on both sides right now, and I think they might kill us by just running between the tackles over and over. I think we lose the Sugar Bowl about 31-14.

I have adopted the Vols as my second team, and have watched every game both teams played this year. I also watched Butch take his 2009 Cincy team and nearly upset us in Ohio, so he's familiar with what he's getting. But realistically, this game shouldn't be close. It won't look like this years Oregon game for UT but more like the Mizzou game. Something like 35-6, Oklahoma. Unless there's a big OU mistake, UT probably should not get in the end zone, and OU will have the ball for over 38 minutes is my guess.
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This is exactly why I tell people to get a second opinion when talking to Doctors. No offense.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
I understand the Sooners are uneven but this is probably going to be one of their biggest non conference home games in years for them that I can recall off the top of my head.

I think they'll be up for the game and expect Stoops to have the QB situation straightened out.

Great recruiting class by Jones this year or not, Stoops will definitely have more building blocks to work with in shaping his team for 2014.

Vols are going to be replacing 6 on each side of the ball and their K/P in Palardy.

I simply think many Vol fans have already built up expectations too much for the 2014 Vols based on 1 recruiting class that hasn't even signed yet.
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Taking the orange colored glasses off, I see OU winning this game by 4-7 points. OU is the better team in this match up, now going out on a limb and saying the next year in Knoxville, I see the game going the other way.
 
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There's 5:15 left in the first qtr of the Sugar Bowl and I'm pretty sure I've already seen enough of Oklahoma to know we're in for a very long day next year in Norman.
 
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JonGrudensAgent said:
Vols could lose by 2 TD's to Utah State at home.

Anyone thinking they keep it within 3 in Norman with the way Jones' team traveled this season is off their rocker.
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Yes and the Vols could also beat Utah State by 6 td's. They're losing a lot of players.

But that trip to Norman won't be a pleasant experience.
 
#73
#73
They look good through the 1st quarter. We have a lot of work to do if we want to even complete with them next year. I'm ready for a turn around, really ready.
 
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#75
#75
Yeah, so it's 31-17 Oklahoma at the half..... they're gonna beat UT by Oregonian proportions in September. Ugh.
 
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