jakez4ut
Patience... It's what's for dinner
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Well, thankfully, the season is now over. We did eventually go out on a positive note, i think. We did win. SO there won't be a sour taste in anyone's mouth about ending another 2 decade winning streak.
But my how things have changed since early September...i love football season. I love watching the Vols play. I plan my entire week around it, and continued to do so, up until the Vandy game.
The bad news is we all had to endure this season with all the hype and expectations surrounding it. We had to endure losses to all of our rivals, none more devastating than the one to Bama for me. We had to endure, and i use the term loosely out of respect for the people and families directly involved, 3 coaches losing thier jobs. We had to endure media types and other fans tagging us as the biggest disappointment of the year, rightfully so i might add. We had to endure game after game of the same mistakes. We had to endure hearing Rick Clause call out the fans. We had to endure the culmination of a lawsuit by Alabama folks...Basically, this year has been hard all the way around, and on everyone involved, much less the fans...
The good news though....change is on the horizon. Something to get a little bit excited about. Newness, it has a funny affect on people. Newness is great right up until the point it's not new anymore. But, it does seem that surely brighter days are ahead...surely we won't have back to back seasons like this one? Right? Hopefully. The good news continues with the fact that we did end with a win. We will be getting some new coaches. We still have a ton of players from that no. 1 recruiting class a year ago that have yet to see the feild. We found Arian Foster. and finally, we may have actually beaten the soon to be SEC champion at thier place. Huh, whoda thunk it Imagine if your an LSU fan....we lost to who!!!
so i guess in all, i'm thankfull the season is over. only becuase it's been a slow painful death, and now i can not worry about it all....no bowl game to stress over. we just get to recruit, and it will be april for the orange/white game before i have to worry about this again. By then, i'm sure we'll all be grins, looking at the upcoming schedule, reviewin opponents rosters looking for the teams we can budget a W against. and already gearing up for the showdowns with LSU, UF, UGA, BAma, CAl and USC....will we get the better of that schedule? Ah, yes, hope. Hope is brought to everyfan during the off season, save this year. This year was an expecation that didn't come to fruition.
Next year will be a season of hope. No one will really know what to expect from us by then. But i can tell you this, it won't be SEC Champs or #3 in the nation to start out.
Which leads me to the point of this little sermon....
Remember way back when......when we weren't necessarily "expected" to be in contention much less win it every year? How much fun was it to win games back then? Even against some of the lesser teams? Well, that's what i look forward to next year...getting back to UT football being fun again....because who knows what's going to happen.
Go Vols.
But my how things have changed since early September...i love football season. I love watching the Vols play. I plan my entire week around it, and continued to do so, up until the Vandy game.
The bad news is we all had to endure this season with all the hype and expectations surrounding it. We had to endure losses to all of our rivals, none more devastating than the one to Bama for me. We had to endure, and i use the term loosely out of respect for the people and families directly involved, 3 coaches losing thier jobs. We had to endure media types and other fans tagging us as the biggest disappointment of the year, rightfully so i might add. We had to endure game after game of the same mistakes. We had to endure hearing Rick Clause call out the fans. We had to endure the culmination of a lawsuit by Alabama folks...Basically, this year has been hard all the way around, and on everyone involved, much less the fans...
The good news though....change is on the horizon. Something to get a little bit excited about. Newness, it has a funny affect on people. Newness is great right up until the point it's not new anymore. But, it does seem that surely brighter days are ahead...surely we won't have back to back seasons like this one? Right? Hopefully. The good news continues with the fact that we did end with a win. We will be getting some new coaches. We still have a ton of players from that no. 1 recruiting class a year ago that have yet to see the feild. We found Arian Foster. and finally, we may have actually beaten the soon to be SEC champion at thier place. Huh, whoda thunk it Imagine if your an LSU fan....we lost to who!!!
so i guess in all, i'm thankfull the season is over. only becuase it's been a slow painful death, and now i can not worry about it all....no bowl game to stress over. we just get to recruit, and it will be april for the orange/white game before i have to worry about this again. By then, i'm sure we'll all be grins, looking at the upcoming schedule, reviewin opponents rosters looking for the teams we can budget a W against. and already gearing up for the showdowns with LSU, UF, UGA, BAma, CAl and USC....will we get the better of that schedule? Ah, yes, hope. Hope is brought to everyfan during the off season, save this year. This year was an expecation that didn't come to fruition.
Next year will be a season of hope. No one will really know what to expect from us by then. But i can tell you this, it won't be SEC Champs or #3 in the nation to start out.
Which leads me to the point of this little sermon....
Remember way back when......when we weren't necessarily "expected" to be in contention much less win it every year? How much fun was it to win games back then? Even against some of the lesser teams? Well, that's what i look forward to next year...getting back to UT football being fun again....because who knows what's going to happen.
Go Vols.
