2019 Football Schedule

HongKongPhooey · Sep 19, 2018

Tenacious D said: ↑

Historically, yes.

Actually, maybe not.

Again, you’ve got to consider both the relative position and trajectory of teams before you can calculate the distance between them, and predict future results.

First, Tennessee is in a damned sizable and now decade long hole, and frankly, this season isn’t going to do a whole lot to cut our distance to the surface. At best, we’ll at lest be certain that we’ve started climbing out of it, but it’s still a long, long way to go. I think we’ll get better as the season goes along, for sure, but it’s highly unlikely that it’ll be anywhere nearly enough to make an appreciable difference, tbh. But admittedly, I am a fire-branded preacher in the Church of Jimmy’s and Joe’s, and not X’s & O’s, and I simply don’t believe that any staff is capable of turning a player entirely into something they aren’t.

Second, you’ve got to consider not only how stratospherically far UGA and Bama are right now, both in relation to Tennessee and all of college football - but also how meteorically fast they each continue to climb. They’re not only stacking 5-Star on 5-Star on 5-Star...but are taking the very recruits who we most need to close the gap. Recruiting is a zero sum game, and we don’t even have a a full hand, really, as things now stand. These programs aren’t going to slow down and wait for us, by any means.

And I guess I’ll say that these are arguably the two best teams in college football, just to appear objective...but that they definitely are is, at least in my opinion, beyond any serious debate.

And, as it now stands, Tennessee would have to beat BOTH teams in the regular season, and (likely) Bama TWICE and in ONE season, to win an SECC, and have even a remote chance of ever making the playoffs.

Ever.

We had 10 years to re-kindle our 90’s dominance of the SECE, with Richt at UGA, an aged Spurrier at USC, and a string of clowns at UF...and where we could have competed with and held off Smart’s arrival at UGA...but we absolutely pissed it away and wasted it in not only making the two worst hires in the history of our program, but perhaps in the history of the SEC, and back-to-back, to boot.
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warhammer · Sep 19, 2018

justingroves said: ↑

He's not a great OC, but he's good at taking care of quarterbacks.
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During his time at Tennessee even?

warhammer · Sep 19, 2018

justingroves said: ↑

We'll tempt them with caffeine and pre marital sex, BYU forfeits
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I'm in Utah right now. Don't forget full strength beer.

hohenfelsvol · Sep 19, 2018

So hyped for Saturday. Hard time thinking about next year, yet. This weekend may change that.

BigOrangeBeech · Sep 19, 2018

hohenfelsvol said: ↑

So hyped for Saturday. Hard time thinking about next year, yet. This weekend may change that.
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Yeah after the beat down we give the gators, I be thinking about a natty next year.

justingroves · Sep 19, 2018

warhammer said: ↑

During his time at Tennessee even?
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I thought so

warhammer · Sep 19, 2018

justingroves said: ↑

I thought so
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Seems like there was at least one injury a year.

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