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Regarding Smart: I'm pretty sure two NCs trump one SECC.
It's interesting. Alabama sort of wandered through the wilderness for 10+ years after Stallings before figuring out they needed to just pay the necessary money to hire the best guy (Saban). Is DeBoer that same type guy? Only time will tell. It's also interesting (frustrating) as a Vol fan UT did NOT learn from their neighbor to the south when Fulmer was fired. UT has spent a lot of money. It would have saved a lot in the long run (right off the bat) to do what Bama figured out.
29 losses in 17 seasons in the modern era. There has never been anyone better. Well-deserved retirement to Coach Saban.
I agree with pumping the brakes on UT. They are good, but that ranking would be better deserved with even one win out of one of those three losses. Gotta be able to play with the really big boys to go past Round 2 in the tournament.
Agreed. I would love to see a return to the UT offense of 2022, and it looks like this kid could do that. Foots...that was a tough one for you guys yesterday. I was pulling for you.
Solid win for the Tigers! Great job, and congratulations on a fantastic season. Well-deserved!
The Hawkeye offense may be historically bad, but the top 40 UT defense is not going to be participating in this game with all the transfers. Hopefully Nico can bring back shades of Hooker. Nico has been there for a full year. He should know the offense by now if he's a hard worker.
I wish him well. I certainly appreciate him sticking with UT when he lost his job. He definitely has the physical features to play QB in the NFL. I hope he gets with a team that can help him maximize his God-given abilities. Let's hope Nico can get that offense running like Hooker did.
Good luck to Bowers in the NFL. He will probably be a great TE for a long time. He has been a game changer for Georgia. Not many TEs can do that.
I hope your optimism is well-placed, but recent history suggests losses to Alabama and Georgia as well as Florida. It apparently doesn't matter what Florida is going through as they will beat UT as evidenced by this year. I reasonably expect OU to be a loss. There is a tendency to lay eggs in road games, so the Arkansas game is highly questionable. I'll say the toss-up game is NC State where UT could get to 7-5. I realize every team has turnover now, but, man, has UT's defense been decimated by the portal. They had better pony up good NIL money to buy a defense. If not, we better hope Nico can be the second coming of Hendon Hooker.
Don't feel too bad Gator brethren. Since, and including, 2005, my beloved Vols have gone 9-48 against the three biggest "rivals" (UF, UGa, and Bama). I use "rivals" because both sides should win their fair share in a rivalry, and UT definitely has not. And, of course, as bad as it was for the Gators this year, they STILL beat UT.
Texas has to be one of the VERY few teams to hold a winning record against Alabama. Without looking it up, I'd guess anyone else woth a winning record hasn't played 11 games against the Tide. Any Bama fans with knowledge on the subject? I'm just curious.
With all the opt-outs and the playoffs making the other bowls more irrelevant, maybe the lesser bowls should only be exhibition games and not count toward a team's record.
Thanks Bama and Dawgs for a good game played by two really good teams. Bowers and McConkey are a couple of tough gamers.
Thanks for coming through in the clutch, Hogs.
I had hoped basketball would be different than football. Maybe UT would be able to beat some of the big boys, but that has not panned out in the early going. It's a long season. Maybe they will figure it out and be able to win some of these big games.
Purdue, Kansas, UNC in basketball Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri in football I hoped basketball was going to be different, but it does not look that way in the early going. UT still can't play with the big boys, dang-it.
Congratulations to McConkey. When you see Wuerffel's name attached to the award, you know that's something with which you want to be associated. Wuerffel is a good guy.
Slightly tongue-in-cheek... He should have kept Bowers out of the UT game. He wasn't needed.
The worst loss should be the Florida game. If you think of it like the basketball tournament seeding, Florida is the one lost game they should have won. Missouri has proven to be a really good team. There's no shame in losing to them.
I agree. They've been undisciplined all year. So many stupid penalties. There were three times yesterday when Vandy shot themselves in the foot with a penalty, and UT committed one too negating both. How hard is it to line up onside on defense? All that comes from the top.
I would have liked to have seen Milton come out to start the next series. Then take him out after handing the ball off so the fans in the stadium could cheer him.
I know the arguments about playing the whole game and giving low-stringers their chance to play, but show some class when the game is in hand. Take a knee after the last first down and run out the clock.
One guy (Paul Hornung) won it on a team with 8 losses and screwed yet another Vol (Johnny Majors) out of the award.
Bailey: Rec 47/744yds/5 TD Rush 16/84yds/0 TD PR 4/49yds/0 TD KOR 12/261yds Int 3/7yds/0 TD PBU 7 Tkl 52/4 for loss Woodson: Rec 12/238yds/2 TD Rush 5/21yds/1 TD PR 36/301yds/1 TD KOR 0 Int 8/7yds/0 TD PBU 9 Tkl 44/5 for loss All purpose yards and TDs: Bailey 1138 yds and 5 TDs Woodson 560 yds and 4 TDs Bailey did this the very next year, and he finished 7th in the voting. I'm not saying he should have beaten Ricky Williams, but comparing his stats to Woodson should have at least gotten him to NYC.
First, Champ Bailey had at least as good numbers the very next year that Woodson had, and you never heard one thing about Bailey being a Heisman candidate. Secondly, Manning didn't play on ABC, and ABC needed someone to compete for the Heisman. Woodson was that someone. Thirdly, I acknowledge he never beat Florida, but he was 11-1 when the voting occurred. The Nebraska game didn't figure into the voting that year. Lastly, it was said about Manning many times the award is not a career award. So no matter how many times he lost to Florida previously that shouldn't matter. In addition, Crouch from Nebraska (who did nothing in the NFL) won it a couple of years later, and one of the arguments put forth for him was that he was so good throughout his career. Also he played on ABC. I do recognize Woodson was a great player in college and the pros.
One takeaway... UT is still uncompetitive against the best teams in the league. We are back to normal after last year's aberration.