Paging Doug Gottlieb

by bobo_the_vol on Mar 4, 2010 6:04 PM EST

So ESPN released their weekly Power Rankings and the Vols are right now ranked at 15th, up 8 spots from last week's 23 after wins over Kentucky and Arkansas, which I think is plenty fair. The ten voters of the power poll voted the following: 13, 13, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 18. You'll notice that's only 9 votes. Where's the tenth? Your guess is as good as mine. Doug Gottlieb, listed as an "ESPN Analyst" doesn't have the Vols ranked at all in his top-25 power poll ballot. My thoughts: really??!! A team with wins over the #2 and #3 ranked teams, according to the power poll, plus a solid resume with a few bad losses but plenty of good wins doesn't even rank in the top 25? He's apparently of the opinion that the Vols are completely garbage, too -- or he's just not paying attention. He didn't have the Vols ranked after their victory over Kansas, either.

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There's no good explanation

he must have just spaced out and forgotten or something

by golfballs03 on Mar 4, 2010 7:25 PM EST reply actions

Doug Gottlieb stole my wallet

Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.

by btcoop71 on Mar 4, 2010 8:18 PM EST reply actions

I thought that was Calipari....

"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan

by VolBrian on Mar 4, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions

Do you think guys at ESPN button their back pockets when he's around?

I would.

Official MCM Hater!

Fire Jeff Fisher.

by gramsey712 on Mar 4, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions

Andy Katz said

Gottlieb thinks we’re a bubble team with no good wins besides the obvious two, so I’m pretty sure the omission wasn’t an accident.

by goodnight_vol on Mar 5, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions

"no good wins besides the obvious two"

that is idiotic. especially when he doesn’t even hold the same standard to half of his top 25.

by golfballs03 on Mar 5, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

but how can you completely discredit 2 games?

There are alot of bad teams he has ranked that have no business being above Tennessee, but the fact he has Gonzaga ranked… Their best win was against Wisconsin all the way back in November. but since then they lost to Duke 76-41. They beat Memphis, who we also beat! Oh and they lost to San Francisco and Loyola Marymount. Yeah, they are better than Tennessee.

Doug Gottlieb must be on drugs

by golfballs03 on Mar 5, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

Obviously, home wins

are not real wins, just publicity stunts. And the more you use a jacked-up crowd to your advantage on national television, the weaker you really are!

by goodnight_vol on Mar 5, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions

I still think we need the MSU game more than people realize.

UT’s road/neutral kins are middling at best; we’re not in danger to miss the tournament but seeding is going to be hurt if we can’t win there or make noise in the tourney.

I guess Gottlieb puts way more stock in the road/neutral thing than most other people do (although it is the biggest mark against UT’s profile, the rest of it is more than deserving).

Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 6, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions