Foxsports poll: would you take 3-1?

And the numbers are massively favoring "yes."

So let me get this straight. Right now, with a monkey's paw in July, these folks would make a 3-1, "split wvu and Florida" wish if they knew they could get it rather than let the team just try to earn it. Why not let the team play first? How could one watch UT knock off a top 10 wvu team at a neutral site, and be content to accept a guaranteed loss at home to a mediocre Florida in no better shae than we appear to be? Huh?

[uck fay]ing losers. There's nothing stopping them from being a surprise team. The margin betwwen 6-6 and 8-4 is razor thin. Hell, the margin between 4-8 and 8-4 is thin. Let's see what they got. New staff, many new players, new strategies, new attitude. Play for 4-0, no monkey paws or genie deals desired.

 

4-0 mother [uck fay]ers.

 

WVU is massively overrated IMO

 

We will not start 2-2. Let it ride pansies.

 

Ya, why not? Why the [uck fay] not? It wouldn't be the craziest thing ever for an SEC team with a new coach, 1 year removed from back to back 9 win seasons under a failed brass musician, to knock off an overrated OOC spread team at a neutral site and then beat a conference foe at home who hired an in conference retread.

Florida barely beat us last year. We beat them before that. It isn't like something massive has changed.

 

WVU doesn't play defense. The best team they beat was Iowa State.

 

So many unknowns, but if we can run it and force some stops, they are going to be in trouble.

 

I’d probably take it. Not because I’m a loser, but because we’re still trying to exorcise one

 

If WVU was at Neyland I'd like our chances. Still very ify at neutral site. Not sure we'll have the Butch cleansed from us by that point. They aren't great, but still may be better than us.

No reason to lose to Florida at home though.

 

You don't win by planning for and expecting losses. Why concede a loss?

 

Battered wife syndrome

 

I’m not planning for anything nor is anybody who answers that poll

I just haven’t seen anything that makes me think we’re all of a sudden starting 4-0. Not saying it can’t or won’t happen.

 

The schedule is not bad. A 7-5 Big 12 team, two nobodies and a 4-7 SEC team.

 

3-1 would be a great start. Not counting on it but obviously would love it.

 

Yeah and we have a bunch of guys who haven’t been coached and had crappy S&C. I’m just not sure 1 off-season fixes all that

 

I'm thinking these "yes" voters were the ones that road the Dooley/Jones trains way too long.

Stupid poll is stupid.

 

But the poll is whether you'd take 3-1 right now. Like, take a guarantee of 3 wins and 1 loss today instead of seeing how it played out.

 

Those taking 3-1 think that 2-2 is more likely than 4-0.

4-0 is more likely than 2-2 by a long shot. Quote me on this in September.

 

I think you are right. But even if we go 2-2, it'd still be chickenshit to just take a loss before playing a down.

 

Old Vol geezer here. I've watched this fan base go from...

Expecting to win->Hoping to win->Hoping not to lose->Expecting to lose.

Bunch of fawking puzzies. Nut up, Vols!