Which Vols program will be the next to win a natty?

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Didn’t know what forum to put this in so I went with football. I’m going to go with baseball. Football will be tough with UGA,Bama and OSU having a stranglehold on it right now but the expanded playoff will open the door a bit
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I tend to agree here. I do think Heupel will win a NC eventually. But I see that as being very difficult with Smart at UGA. I think Vitello is a few good pieces from winning it all.
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Oh come on! Heupel will shoot Ole Smart down like a tie fighter in Star Wars! Perhaps this November! Wgwtfa!
 
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We are so close to being elite. Wish we could just bring home a national championship. All these good finishes but no national championship. I’d be happy with any team winning it.
 
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I'd say our best shot is men's tennis, which has been to the national semifinal twice, I believe, in the last four years.

After tennis I'd say baseball: we've been close, and we should remain good. Problem is, there are quite a few
very good baseball teams every year. We saw that last year.

Softball? We just played the biggest game of the season--the biggest game in many seasons--when we met Oklahoma in the winner's
bracket of the championship series. Oklahoma went back to the pitcher who won its first game in the championship series--pitching 7 innings
in the victory. Everyone rightly assumed that Weekly would pitch our multi-year All American, Ashley Rogers--one of the best pitchers in the country
for four years. Rogers pitched 4 innings in our game-one victory. If not Rogers, for some strange reason, then certainly our number 2 pitcher, Gottshall, who had a great season, would get the nod. She'd pitched 3 innings in relief in our game-one win.

Nope. Karen Weekly--for reasons that I'm not sure she's fully explained, perhaps because there can be no good explanation---opted not to pitch either Rogers or Gottshall. Instead, she chose to start our No. 3 pitcher--whose innings had decreased fairly significantly late in the season, as she struggled with her form, and who had pitched a whopping total of 2 innings in the NCAA regional and super-regional. (She didn't pitch at all in the super-regional.) Not surprisingly, we fell behind 0-3 by the second or 3rd inning---and went on to lose the game. Weekly seemed to give up on the game before even playing it. No? After pulling Pickens, our No. 3, she brought in two pitchers who'd hardly pitched all years--almost guaranteeing that we would give up more runs and obviating any chance for a comeback. With coaching decisions like that, we won't win a national title in softball.
 
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i’m gonna go with softball or baseball. Both coaches recruit well and have been trending upwards. Football would be my third pick.
 
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I'm hopeful that the Lady Vols will find a way to cut down the nets in the near future. Next year seems fairly unlikely given how LSU just grew a national title winner, but if KJH gets some good recruits in the next class or pilfers the portal well it could happen soon.
 
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turbovol said:
I'd say our best shot is men's tennis, which has been to the national semifinal twice, I believe, in the last four years.

After tennis I'd say baseball: we've been close, and we should remain good. Problem is, there are quite a few
very good baseball teams every year. We saw that last year.

Softball? We just played the biggest game of the season--the biggest game in many seasons--when we met Oklahoma in the winner's
bracket of the championship series. Oklahoma went back to the pitcher who won its first game in the championship series--pitching 7 innings
in the victory. Everyone rightly assumed that Weekly would pitch our multi-year All American, Ashley Rogers--one of the best pitchers in the country
for four years. Rogers pitched 4 innings in our game-one victory. If not Rogers, for some strange reason, then certainly our number 2 pitcher, Gottshall, who had a great season, would get the nod. She'd pitched 3 innings in relief in our game-one win.

Nope. Karen Weekly--for reasons that I'm not sure she's fully explained, perhaps because there can be no good explanation---opted not to pitch either Rogers or Gottshall. Instead, she chose to start our No. 3 pitcher--whose innings had decreased fairly significantly late in the season, as she struggled with her form, and who had pitched a whopping total of 2 innings in the NCAA regional and super-regional. (She didn't pitch at all in the super-regional.) Not surprisingly, we fell behind 0-3 by the second or 3rd inning---and went on to lose the game. Weekly seemed to give up on the game before even playing it. No? After pulling Pickens, our No. 3, she brought in two pitchers who'd hardly pitched all years--almost guaranteeing that we would give up more runs and obviating any chance for a comeback. With coaching decisions like that, we won't win a national title in softball.
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You could have just said you don't like Karen and saved all that time and typing.
 
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VolBricks said:
2025 - Football wins the Natty with our stud junior QB, Mens basketball wins the title and Barnes retires, The BaseVols win a close series over Texas in Omaha (withPeyton in attendance) and the Lady Vols win a title beating UCONN in Geno's last season at the helm.
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If all those things happen, I might just retire too. GBO! I have faith.
 
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Basketball will never win it under Barnes. Period.

Football, softball, baseball, tennis all have equal chances in the next few years.
 
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gobravesvols16 said:
Didn’t know what forum to put this in so I went with football. I’m going to go with baseball. Football will be tough with UGA,Bama and OSU having a stranglehold on it right now but the expanded playoff will open the door a bit
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its not easy to win national championships in any activity. I know there are some outliers but those are rare.

Baseball is difficult because it is hard to get to the CWS. Just look at Tennessee last year. That was a team made for a NC but failed to make Omaha.

I think football and basketball are easier because of more teams getting into the tournament / playoffs. Going to 12 helps Tennessee more than the 4 number. More SEC teams will get in at 12. Heupel has to keep them in the 10-11 win area for a chance.

My guess would be one of the women's programs will bring the next national crown to Tennessee.
 
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GA just hired LSU's pitching coach as HC (as I understand).

After our 2020 then 2021 football seasons and with these new recruits, I have 100% confidence in CJH that his guys can do it.
 
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