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Now the Tennessee Volunteers are a hard team to figure out. In all honesty, the team was lucky to be playing for the SEC title last year. The race in the East is between UT, UF, and UGA every year, and that triad of teams beat each other. Florida blasted Tennessee, which in turn the Volunteers did the same to Georgia, and then Georgia beats Florida to keep Tennessee right in the race. Along with the beat down from Florida, there were also blowout losses against Cal and Alabama, and a slew of close games, that only a senior quarterback can get a team through. Fast forward to this season and say goodbye Eric Ainge and hello to Jonathan Crompton and new offensive coordinator Dave Clawson. Last year’s squad was out gained by an average of 32.7 yards per game, and a new quarterback and coordinator are supposed to fix that? Crompton and Clawson also do not have the luxury of settling in to their respective roles because of the early season schedule which include UCLA, Florida, and Auburn. This team can’t get off to the same 2-2 start as last year. The defense should be good after ending the season in great fashion, but do lose last year’s best player Jerod Mayo and talented safety Jonathan Hefney.

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They say this now, but I garuntee you after the first week they’ll have Crompton or Berry on their Heisman watch. FLIP FLOPPERS!

by InBruceWeTrust on Jul 2, 2008 2:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey,

as long as they flip flop in the right direction!

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jul 2, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How exactly is your new QB? Haven’t heard anything about him. I was really impressed with Ainge when I saw him at Berkeley last year.

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Jul 3, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think . . .

. . . Jonathan Crompton’s going to be better than Ainge. Maybe not right away. He was more highly touted, and he’s just been biding his time. I think he’s a truer leader than was Ainge, and he’s probably got more raw talent. How quickly he can develop into an experienced QB will be the key.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jul 3, 2008 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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