The Rearview 08-11

The Rearview 8-11  

As we draw closer to the season, everyone has a take on what is going to happen this year in college football. 

I’ll offer a little different spin on that and tell you what WON’T happen this college football season, much to the chagrin of some of us TN fans, and most certainly to some of our rival fans…….

  1. Georgia will not win the SEC.  They won’t even win the SEC East.  Just like last year.  Deal with it.
  2. Ole Miss will not be a legitimate factor in the SEC West, despite the snake oil Nutt has sold the Rebel faithful.
  3. Oklahoma will not lose a BCS bowl this year.
  4. The Pitt/West Virginia game will not have national ramifications this year….it returns to only meaning something in the back yard.
  5. South Carolina will not beat Georgia again….regardless of how many times you’ve told yourselves so, just because you believe it will happen, won’t make it so…..how do I know?  You have 100 years of tradition that says so…..
  6. Ohio State will not play in the BCS Championship game again, mercifully.
  7. Michigan will not play in a ‘significant’ bowl game this year, and some start to miss Lloyd Carr, though they’d never say so….. out loud…in public……..sinners.
  8. Kentucky will not play in bowl game this season….and no one will care.
  9. Clemson will not win the ACC.  They just won’t, apparently God doesn’t like them…..you can blame Danny Ford for that folks.
  10. Tennessee will not beat Georgia again, sorry.
  11. Sylvester Croom won’t win back to back COY awards, though he may deserve it.
  12. Les Miles and LSU won’t have a “damn fine football team” this season, well, unless he’s referring to the GPA upgrade he got a QB this off season…..
  13. Auburn won’t continue the winning streak against Alabama……and Christmas cards all over Alabama begin getting printed with the old St. Nick being replaced with the ‘new’ St. Nick…….complete with crimson pullover and hounds tooth hat……..
  14. Miami will not beat Florida, despite what Florida fans will tell you about how Miami ‘used’ to be better……..well, they aren’t now, so quit the humble act, it doesn’t suit your ilk.
  15. An SEC team won’t go undefeated this year.
  16. A two loss SEC team won’t play for or win the National Title.
  17. Central Florida, Rutgers and UConn will not be nationally relevant this year.
  18. Despite the arrival of David Cutcliffe, Duke will not resemble anything nearing an average football program this season….and no one will care.
  19. A three loss SEC team won’t win their division.
  20. I won’t make it a 4th consecutive year without making it to at least one game in Knoxville.  Yea me.
  21. Florida won’t lose to Georgia again, no matter what color jersey they wear or what ever dance they do.
  22. The following SEC coaches won’t get fired:  Houston Nutt, Bobby Johnson, Sylvester Croom, and…………..Phil Fulmer.
  23. Tim Tebow will not win back to back Heisman Trophies.
  24. App. State will not beat LSU in Baton Rouge.  Baton Rouge ain’t Ann Arbor folks.
  25. Finally………. Florida will not beat Tennessee again….that’s right, I said it.

3 weeks and counting folks……..Go Vols!

4 responses to “The Rearview 08-11”

  3. Very interesting take on things. I’d say that you’re right on most of it. I do think that UT beats UGAy again and Auburn beats St. Nick and the Bammers.

  4. Tenn won’t beat UGA – We have a bye week and it’s in Athens…Meanwhile, Crompton, while good will be in his first year in a brand new complicated system. Only amazing line play on both sides of the ball could lead to a UT victory. Also, UGA is unlikely to beat FLA again…the game follows an away game at LSU….ugh…interesting take on UT beating Florida though. You will have to pound Auburn style for that to happen….Good luck.

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