Tennessee - how many do they lose?

[ScreamingTiger]

Looking at some UT fan sigs....They really do have a rough schedule this year. All of the games except Miss,Meph, & UK could go either way. The Notre Dame and Vandy games don't look so easy anymore.

If UT is 2-3 going into the Bama game, a win by Bama at home could turn thier season into a nightmare. They will likely be a little banged up after the brutal early schedule. They really can't have any sort of let down until after the Vandy game.

UAB................W (barely).
at Florida.........L (very possible)
at LSU.............L (very possible)
Mississippi........W
Georgia ...........L (very possible)
at Alabama.......? (they are better than UAB)
South Carolina...? (Ditto)
at Notre Dame...L (they beat em last year)
Vanderbilt........W (could be close)
Memphis..........W
at Kentucky......W

Of course they could also get thier [crap] together this week @ UF and roll through the rest of the schedule. Very unlikely though after the week one squeaker.

Anyways, I think the schedule is just too tough for them to make it to Atlanta. This will be clearer after the UF game but at this point I put them behind UF and UGA in the East losing at least 3 games.

[HSVTider]

Looking at some UT fan sigs....They really do have a rough schedule this year. All of the games except Miss,Meph, & UK could go either way. The Notre Dame and Vandy games don't look so easy anymore.

If UT is 2-3 going into the Bama game, a win by Bama at home could turn thier season into a nightmare. They will likely be a little banged up after the brutal early schedule. They really can't have any sort of let down until after the Vandy game.

UAB................W (barely).
at Florida.........L (very possible)
at LSU.............L (very possible)
Mississippi........W
Georgia ...........L (very possible)
at Alabama.......? (they are better than UAB)
South Carolina...? (Ditto)
at Notre Dame...L (they beat em last year)
Vanderbilt........W (could be close)
Memphis..........W
at Kentucky......W

Of course they could also get thier shtiq together this week @ UF and roll through the rest of the schedule. Very unlikely though after the week one squeaker.

Anyways, I think the schedule is just too tough for them to make it to Atlanta. This will be clearer after the UF game but at this point I put them behind UF and UGA in the East losing at least 3 games.

From here on out UF's schedule is no joy ride either. That's why I picked UGA to win the East.

[volimhtown]

My prediction before the season was 9-2...and I've seen nothing to make me think otherwise. Of course Saturday night will show us what this team is REALLY made of. I take nothing (good or bad) of the UAB game. I won't make too much out of the opener. Many people proclaimed TCU as this years' Utah after their shocking win at OU. What did they do???? Oh yeah, they followed the big win up by getting whacked by SMU.
Florida was my pick to win the SEC this year and I'll stick to that. Tennessee's just as talented, but have a brutal schedule. No way do they run the table!!

[uscrebel]

UAB................W

at Florida..........L (I think that the Vols will spot the Gators about 21 points and then run out of gas before they can catch up.)

at LSU.............W (Unless LSU figures out how to stop a pretty good offense. Unlike ASU, UTK has a running game.)

Mississippi........W (This will be Ole Miss's biggest loss of the year. If UTK drops both UFL and LSU, it may be the biggest loss of the decade.)

Georgia ...........W (Close, but at home the Vols win, USC showed that if you make Shockley pass, you can win.)

at Alabama.......L (I still think that Bama will have found itself before this game. With all the bad feelings between these two schools, there should be a bloodmobile parked outside BDS.)

South Carolina...W (SOS has made a second career making fun of Phil...unfortunately UTK has better personnel this year...and maybe next year...after that it could get interesting.)

at Notre Dame...L (This one won't be as bad as some people seem to think.)

Vanderbilt........W (This one won't be as close as some people seem to think.)

Memphis..........W (They may have to add an extra column to the home team's display on the scoreboard.)

at Kentucky......W (I understand that UTK is giving Cutcliffe a lift on the team bus so he can scout out houses for next year.)


Somewhere between 9-2 and 8-3.

[GAMECOCK_FAN]

Somewhere between 9-2 and 8-3.
How can you be between 9-2 and 8-3? Oh, 8 1/2 - 2 1/2. :D

[uscrebel]

How can you be between 9-2 and 8-3? Oh, 8 1/2 - 2 1/2. :D

Has your wife smacked you today? If not, I would like to offer to take care of that chore for her.
:D :D

BTW...How's the kid doing in Mobile?

[1000x]

I said 9-2 in the preseason, but I think I might have to amend that statement. Suddenly, Notre Dame is looking like a very good team. This was a game I thought the Vols would win, mainly because they have more talent than the Irish and it would be a revenge game. Also, I thought they would beat Florida, but it looks that as of now Coach Meyer has established a very good team in Gainesville, one seemingly better than UT. Neither I nor Volunteer fans can comprehend a 7-4 season, but it's very possible. Three losses seems more reasonable, so I'll go with that.

[volimhtown]

I said 9-2 in the preseason, but I think I might have to amend that statement. Suddenly, Notre Dame is looking like a very good team. This was a game I thought the Vols would win, mainly because they have more talent than the Irish and it would be a revenge game. Also, I thought they would beat Florida, but it looks that as of now Coach Meyer has established a very good team in Gainesville, one seemingly better than UT. Neither I nor Volunteer fans can comprehend a 7-4 season, but it's very possible. Three losses seems more reasonable, so I'll go with that.
7-4 is not out of the question and would not necessarily mean that the Vols are a bad team. That said, barring major injuries, I can't see this Vol team losing more than 3 this season.
And don't you think we should wait to jump on that Irish bandwagon?? While the 2-0 start is surprising, both Pitt and Michigan were obviously WAY over-hyped in the preseason. ANYBODY who thought that Michigan was the 3rd best team in the country needs to share some of whatever they were smoking. Their defense has sucked for years, now, and Henne certainly looks below average. I realize that ND is the "flavor of the week", but they still have alot of proving to do before we can say that they are on Tennessee's level!!

[GAMECOCK_FAN]

Has your wife smacked you today? If not, I would like to offer to take care of that chore for her.
:D :D

BTW...How's the kid doing in Mobile?
She's not smacked me yet today, but I'm sure she will in due time. I'm due for a good smacking. :D

My son is doing well in Mobile. Thanks for asking. He's enjoying his senior year and his classes are going well. He's taking quite a load this term (Intro to Electrical Engineering, Differential Calculus, AP Physics, as well as several other classes). He missed 7 days of school due to Hurricane Katrina that he'll have to make up. They evacuated the school the Saturday before Katrina came in, and he didn't report back until last week (for classes on Wednesday last week). Luckily, there was very little damage done to the school, but due to power outages and gas shortages in the area, they couldn't go back for about a week and a half. Five of the days are being made up on Saturdays, and he's not too thrilled about that. A lot of the kids at ASMS don't go home for weekends, but he's always liked to come home at least every other weekend. With the Saturday make-ups, he'll have to stay there during some of the weekends that he would more than likely want to come home for. But he'll survive.

[ScreamingTiger]

Of course the ideal scenario for most of us SEC fans that don't wear orange & white would be:

(4-4) UT battling (6-4) Vandy at the end of the season with the winner going to the Independance Bowl and the loser to the Houston Bowl :o

The last two wins for UT are thier only gimmies

[OrangeCrush]

While there are many games that look tough on the schedule right now, 2 losses is the maximum I see for the Vols this year and expect them to only lose 1 during the regular season.

[Jrama]

Id like to stick to what Athlon Sports has predicted

They are predicting us to win every game with a * star by Fla and LSU

I would also like to think onm my own that we can do it and probably will. UAB is behind them its time to move on.. They learned from that week trust me. They have got that much more to prove now..

Fla is also predicted to win every game except with stars by TN, Alabama , LSU , UGA, and FS/Florida state

[GeauxTo]

W-Sat, Sep 3 UAB W 17-10
W-Sat, Sep 17 at (6) Florida 8:00 pm Sack and brutalize Leak.
L-Sat, Sep 24 at (3) LSU BoPeep's D gets better; works against run.
W-Sat, Oct 1 Mississippi Show Orgeron what tough and mean really is.
W-Sat, Oct 8 (7) Georgia 3:30 pm Out coaches Richt and out plays UGA.
L-Sat, Oct 22 at Alabama 3:30 pm B-D becomes a hell-hole for the Vols.
W-Sat, Oct 29 South Carolina Spurrier is valiant, comes close, but loses.
W-Sat, Nov 5 at (10) Notre Dame 2:30 Shows the Irish how to get physical.
W-Sat, Nov 12 Memphis 4:00 pm Destroys the wannabees.
W-Sat, Nov 19 Vanderbilt Cutler creates some scare, but Vols too tough.
W-Sat, Nov 26 at Kentucky A simple warm-up for Atlanta.

[jneesy]

you will lose to florida ,bama, and possibly lsu

[thethrill]

UAB................W

at Florida..........L (I think that the Vols will spot the Gators about 21 points and then run out of gas before they can catch up.)

at LSU.............W (Unless LSU figures out how to stop a pretty good offense. Unlike ASU, UTK has a running game.)

Mississippi........W (This will be Ole Miss's biggest loss of the year. If UTK drops both UFL and LSU, it may be the biggest loss of the decade.)

Georgia ...........W (Close, but at home the Vols win, USC showed that if you make Shockley pass, you can win.)

at Alabama.......L (I still think that Bama will have found itself before this game. With all the bad feelings between these two schools, there should be a bloodmobile parked outside BDS.)

South Carolina...W (SOS has made a second career making fun of Phil...unfortunately UTK has better personnel this year...and maybe next year...after that it could get interesting.)

at Notre Dame...L (This one won't be as bad as some people seem to think.)

Vanderbilt........W (This one won't be as close as some people seem to think.)

Memphis..........W (They may have to add an extra column to the home team's display on the scoreboard.)

at Kentucky......W (I understand that UTK is giving Cutcliffe a lift on the team bus so he can scout out houses for next year.)


Somewhere between 9-2 and 8-3.

How can you pick UT to beat LSU and UGA and lose to Bama and ND. I just don't see the logic. What possible advantage could Bama have over UT, besides anger, which has always been there. Just a little more intense this year. And who has said ND was going to beat us bad. If UT beats UF, they will run the table.

[BamaFan425]

UT has a tough road ahead.

[Jrama]

We can handle it

[ScreamingTiger]

How can you pick UT to beat LSU and UGA and lose to Bama and ND. I just don't see the logic. What possible advantage could Bama have over UT, besides anger, which has always been there. Just a little more intense this year. And who has said ND was going to beat us bad. If UT beats UF, they will run the table.

Nobody picked ND to beat them last year did they?
Bama's got a good enough defense to make a game of it with anybody...especially at home.

[uscrebel]

How can you pick UT to beat LSU and UGA and lose to Bama and ND. I just don't see the logic. What possible advantage could Bama have over UT, besides anger, which has always been there. Just a little more intense this year. And who has said ND was going to beat us bad. If UT beats UF, they will run the table.

Geeze dude, read the post.

I think that I was reasonably clear that LSU's defense has to grow up to handle the Vols. Yeah, it was lose in Tempe, but ASU couldn't establish a running game with Seabiscuit and Seattle Slew. Riggs may have had a down game against UAB, but I really don't expect that game to be the tale of the season for him.

The UGA game is at Knoxville and the Bama game is at BDS. Do you even look at the schedule?

As far as who said ND was going to beat UT, I'm not sure anybody said it last year when they marched into Knoxville and came home with a W. This year it will be in South Bend and I think ND will win another close one. My actual point was about listening to everybody sing ND's praises after two games. I don't think they are home free yet. If there is a pick I want to be wrong about, this is it. I dislike Auburn as long as Tubberville is there...I will friggin' detest ND as long as there are two atoms splashing around the cosmos.

As to your assertion that if UTK beats UFL they run the table. Go back through the archives. You will see that I have said that at least twice during the summer and oddly, I still believe it.

[thethrill]

Geeze dude, read the post.

I think that I was reasonably clear that LSU's defense has to grow up to handle the Vols. Yeah, it was lose in Tempe, but ASU couldn't establish a running game with Seabiscuit and Seattle Slew. Riggs may have had a down game against UAB, but I really don't expect that game to be the tale of the season for him.

The UGA game is at Knoxville and the Bama game is at BDS. Do you even look at the schedule?

As far as who said ND was going to beat UT, I'm not sure anybody said it last year when they marched into Knoxville and came home with a W. This year it will be in South Bend and I think ND will win another close one. My actual point was about listening to everybody sing ND's praises after two games. I don't think they are home free yet. If there is a pick I want to be wrong about, this is it. I dislike Auburn as long as Tubberville is there...I will friggin' detest ND as long as there are two atoms splashing around the cosmos.

As to your assertion that if UTK beats UFL they run the table. Go back through the archives. You will see that I have said that at least twice during the summer and oddly, I still believe it.

I did read the post, and it is still illogical. If UT can go to Baton Rouge and win, and beat a very talented UGA team, it seems logical they could beat Bama anywhere. Unless, of course you feel that Bama is a better team than LSU & UGA. If that's the case then we just disagree. As for ND, last year if you remember Ainge was injured right before halftime and our 2nd string QB was injured and not able to play that week. That left UT with their 3rd string QB,Clausen, who had never taken a snap at UT. His first pass was intercepted and ran in for ND's only TD. I think we will take care of the Irish this year.

[uscrebel]

I did read the post, and it is still illogical. If UT can go to Baton Rouge and win, and beat a very talented UGA team, it seems logical they could beat Bama anywhere. Unless, of course you feel that Bama is a better team than LSU & UGA. If that's the case then we just disagree. As for ND, last year if you remember Ainge was injured right before halftime and our 2nd string QB was injured and not able to play that week. That left UT with their 3rd string QB,Clausen, who had never taken a snap at UT. His first pass was intercepted and ran in for ND's only TD. I think we will take care of the Irish this year.

Bama at home is more dangerous than UGA in Knoxville.

[thethrill]

Bama at home is more dangerous than UGA in Knoxville.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree

[uscrebel]

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree

Well, that and you're wrong. :cool:

[thethrill]

Well, that and you're wrong. :cool:

Let me get this right. If UGA played Bama at BD, your money's on Bama? I wouldn't bet the house on that one.

[Double R Vol]

I think We win this week in Florida. Lsu wins next week and we will lose 1 more game(Georgia, Bama, Notre Dame) 9-2 eastern division champs if the other loss is Notre Dame

[uscrebel]

Let me get this right. If UGA played Bama at BD, your money's on Bama? I wouldn't bet the house on that one.

After the way they played against Carolina I would take that bet. Are you sure you are watching the same teams I am?

As for paying off the bet, you can hook up your "house" to the pick up truck and wheel it out here anytime.

Please be advised that there aren't quite as many trailer parks out as there are in your neck of the woods.

In fact, we don't even have a "neck of the woods" out here.

But, park it anywhere...you can keep your mason jars and other fine dinnerware.

[thethrill]

After the way they played against Carolina I would take that bet. Are you sure you are watching the same teams I am?

As for paying off the bet, you can hook up your "house" to the pick up truck and wheel it out here anytime.

Please be advised that there aren't quite as many trailer parks out as there are in your neck of the woods.

In fact, we don't even have a "neck of the woods" out here.

But, park it anywhere...you can keep your mason jars and other fine dinnerware.

I know with you being an Ole Miss fan, we can't have any legitimate debates about your chances in the SEC championship race, but you don't have to stoop to joking the South.

[uscrebel]

I know with you being an Ole Miss fan, we can't have any legitimate debates about your chances in the SEC championship race, but you don't have to stoop to joking the South.

I wasn't joking about the South.

I was making fun of you.

It seemed like fun at the time, but I have since realized that it is far too easy.

I take it all back...except for the Mason Jar comment...I stand by that one.

[thethrill]

I wasn't joking about the South.

I was making fun of you.

It seemed like fun at the time, but I have since realized that it is far too easy.

I take it all back...except for the Mason Jar comment...I stand by that one.

Don't make me come out there!

[uscrebel]

Don't make me come out there!

Thriller...

Hopefully you will get a shot at the Rose Bowl.

That's nearby.

Good Luck in the Swamp...if your guys don't give up a bunch in the first half, they can take 'em.

[fernandomike]

Don't make me come out there!

You don't want to do that. Rebel is "straight outta Compton." He'll bus a cap in yo a$$.

[Djshockley3]

You don't want to do that. Rebel is "straight outta Compton." He'll bus a cap in yo a$$.


Really,my boy Rebel is in the bloods,he will bring Snoop and everyone on you. :D

[thethrill]

You don't want to do that. Rebel is "straight outta Compton." He'll bus a cap in yo a$$.
Better not miss

[OrangeCrush]

You don't want to do that. Rebel is "straight outta Compton." He'll bus a cap in yo a$$.

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"When I'm called off, I got a sawed off
Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off"

[Jrama]

Snoop in the bloods? lol Snoop is a crip. Dont ask how I know , its obvious.. He wares blue and used to always say DPGC, (Dog Pound Gangsta Crip)

[Djshockley3]

Snoop in the bloods? lol Snoop is a crip. Dont ask how I know , its obvious.. He wares blue and used to always say DPGC, (Dog Pound Gangsta Crip)


lol,I knew he was either a blood or a crip. :D

[uscrebel]

Blood...red rag...no East Coast stuff.

That's Long Beach and Paramount....Snoop is from Long Beach.

ECC.

BTOG.

Most of my homies are Bounty Hunters from Knickerson...SouthCentral.

LA...not Compton or Long Beach.

Damn sure not Jordan or Poly.

The Dog Town Stoners owe me one for RedMan...watch out.