Preseason Vol predictions: last call
by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 3, 2010 10:35 AM EDT
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So, with our first game tomorrow, I thought it'd be a good time for everyone to give their final pre-season predictions. We can keep them here in this thread and then go look at them after the season. Sound good? Good. Okay, I'll go first.
Optimism is running high as we near kickoff, and I can't help but think we'll win a game we shouldn't. That game is LSU. Dooley knows what it takes to play in Death Valley, and I just don't trust Les Miles one bit. Also, we know we can convert third downs. Dooley winning his first SEC road game might indicate we'll take South Carolina in Columbia, and I think we fall short in that one before building late momentum against Memphis, Ole Miss (minus Masoli), Vandy, and Kentucky. The Music City Bowl jumps at a chance to take us, and we finally get our matchup against a North Carolina team in disarray after a season of fighting with the NCAA. You're welcome, bobo. And just like we always lose in Atlanta, we always win in Nashville.
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: W
@Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina: W
Overall: 8-5 (4-4 SEC)
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UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
I could be redundant but golfballs03 has it right. We have the exact same result - which means gb03 is doomed.
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
I guess I'm just more hopeful than y'all
That somewhere in the first 6 games as an underdog, there’s an upset.
by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 4, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Great post, I_S. Don't get us wrong - we are HOPEful but not EXPECTant. please surprise us, DooleyBoys
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
8-4 (4-4)
Peach Bowl – Derek Dooley breaks the Georgia Dome curse and receives an automatic scepter of football greatness 5 year extension.
"I condone fun things" ~~ Cortland Finnegan
Hello ladies. Look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me.
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@ LSU: L
@ Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@ Carolina: L
@ Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@ Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Music City Bowl vs Clemson: W
7-6 (3-5), closing the year on a five game winning streak
Will?! Are you okay?
I just want to be sure, you know. I saw something that didn’t look like 14-0 and I was worried about you.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2010 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions
You have no idea how hard it is to stay rational
Most of me really wants to argue for 10-2, because it’s so easy at this point to talk myself into Oregon, LSU, and Georgia all being wins. 6-6 is the dividing line between a good season and a bad one, and I expect us to finish on the right side of it.
Hey, Will! Welcome to the 6-6 Regular Season club.
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
Hard Call
Call me a Kool Aid drinker but this is what I posted earlier
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: W
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina: W
10 – 3 :)
Granted several of those are hopeful
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: W
UAB: W
@ LSU: W
@ Georgia: W
Alabama: W
@ Carolina: W
@ Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@ Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
BCSNCG vs. OSU: W
(And Boise gets shut out of the National Championship game despite a flawless record.)
by David Hooper on Sep 3, 2010 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I'm only rec'ing this for the Boise State line.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2010 8:07 AM EDT up reply actions
UTM: W (Tune up game vs over matched opponent)
Oregon: W (Wilcox factor)
Florida: L (Too much talent, Brantley lives up to the hype, our D keeps it close but their D shuts the door)
UAB: W (May hang with UT for a while before UT grinds it out)
@LSU: W (Dooley’s prior experience vs LSU will pay off, as will coaching against the Madhatter, plus I’ll be in attendance and my rambunctiousness will elevate our team)
@Georgia: L (Close game vs a talented team but it being at UGA does us in as a jacked crowd refuses to lose to a Dooley)
Alabama: L (Good Lawd Bama is loaded)
@USC: L (Our secondary struggles with their tall WRs, OBC finally seems to have a serviceable QB)
@Memphis: W (Veritable home game for the Vols just in West TN)
Ole Miss: W (Just can’t trust a Nutt coached team, UT ought to be hitting some sort of stride by then)
@Vandy: W (Veritable home game for the Vols just in Middle TN)
Kentucky: W (Haven’t lost to UK in my lifetime, nail biter but UT pulls it out at home for 26)
8-4 and a Peach Bowl birth versus UNC. The Vols break the GA Dome curse and show Mike Hamilton why Tennessee never should back down from anyone…
Final record: 9-4
/drinks Kool-Aid
Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.
Another Orange Kool-Aid Drinker
UTM: W (An interesting first game)
Oregon: W (Hopefully they’ll get the 06 Cal treatment)
Florida: L (Closer than expected. Still no win)
UAB: W (Nice end to the 4-game homestand)
@LSU: L (Death Valley will be hard for the youngsters to handle)
@Georgia: L (This one is a toss up to me, but I feel the Dawgs are a little too good right now)
Alabama: L (Let’s hope we just keep it close?)
@USC: W (We stil have enough to beat the GCocks)
@Memphis: W (Long drive, short game)
Ole Miss: W (No Masoli, no problem)
@Vandy: W (Nashville is nice, Vandy will still be Vandy)
Kentucky: W (Keepin’ the streak alive.
Outback Bowl – vs. Iowa or Michigan. Hopefully our offense will be able overcome the stingy Iowa D or our offense will be able to contain RichRod’s spread
Final 9-4
Go Vols!
I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@ LSU: L
@ Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@ Carolina: L
@ Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@ Vandy: W
Kentucky: L
5-7, except I think we’ll get one of LSU, Georgia, and South Carolina.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 3, 2010 12:21 PM EDT reply actions
Go out on a limb, Joel!
Pick which one, and pick us to be 6-6. Also, please please please don’t lose to Kentucky.
by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 3, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Not Georgia
My Blog partner is a Georgia fan and I really do not want to be awakened at 2 am by my cellphone with his crooning of “WOOF WOOF!”
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Sep 3, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Heck yeah... good to see some optimism
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
8-4 and back to the Chik-Fil A Bowl to play GT
Realistic Prediction
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Optimistic (a.k.a. "Will-esque") Prediction
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: W
UAB: W
@LSU: W
@Georgia: W
Alabama: W
@USC: W
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
SECCG (Alabama x2): W
BCS NCG (OSU): W
SDB (Super Duper Bowl vs Titans): W
15-0. Boom.
by VolnVA on Sep 3, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bets with heart prediction
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: W
@UGA: L
Bama: L
@USCe: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
8-4
Masoli is back in, guys
So I wouldn’t be too quick to assign that game a W.
UTM: W
Oregon: L
UF: L
UAB: W
LSU: L
UGA: L
UA: L
USC: W
UM: W
OM: L
VU: W
UK: W
6-6
Music City seems to be the popular bowl choice. Against maybe…eh, Wake Forest? That’s a W to finish strong.
I live in Athens, GA, so if I could magically transform any of those Ls into Ws, it would be the UGA game. That would be a SWEET 7-5
I made my picks before Masoli
He makes the Ole Miss game a little more 50/50, but that team still has problems, and we still have revenge on the brain.
by Incipient_Senescence on Sep 3, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
A QB doesn't make a team, and Ole Miss has plenty of problems
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@ LSU: L
@ UGA: W
Bama: W
@USC: W
@ Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
Vandy: W
Kentucy: W
Florida SEC Champions. Cotton Bowl Vols!
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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.
Heh!
I like the way you think! :)
I hereby nominate Bobo as RTT Mascot for 2010 :)
BloodSpite
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman
by Joseph Stanley on Sep 3, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that goes to Hooper ;-)
______________________________________________
I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.
6-6
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Pass the Kool Aid; I need a refill.
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: W
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: L
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
8-4
Back to the dreaded Chick fil a bowl…Can Dooley break the curse?
Ahhhhhh, hey what about my cheering?!! Ahhhhhhhh - Swiperboy
The Royal Prediction:
UTM: W
Oregon: W
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
The King proclaims: 8-4 (4-4), then we lose in the Georgia Dome, because that’s what we do.
You can take the boy out of Tennessee, but you can't take make him stop wearing Orange.
Overboard
New on the block!
Predictions:
1. UTM: A given (W)
2. Oregon: Plus-returning starters, Minus-NO Masoli to run show.
Plus for Tenn-Neyland Stadium rocking!! (W). Close!
3. Florida: They have too many atheletes. (L)
4. UAB: Tough, but outclassed, (W)
5. @LSU: First big road test for Vols in the Death Valley. Miles figures
out how to loose. Blocked field goal at end. (W)
6. @Georgia: Dogs bite with unrelenting rushing attack. Ouch! (L)
7. Alabama: This time run over by stampeding elephant. We hung one from
a train crane in the railroad yard back in early 1900’s, up here!!
Her name was Mary and she killed somebody at the fair. (L)
8. @USC: Good DB’s and inconsistent QB. (W)
9. @Memphis: Basketball should be good according to their recruiting. (W)
10. Ole Miss: The Masoli factor. He’s on the wrong team! (W)
11. @Vandy: What can you say? (W)
12. Kentucky: There basketball won’t be near as good as last year!! (W)
9-3 record in a suprisingly good bowl. Too much blood letting in the SEC
this year. Probably in the Dome in Atlanta vs Ga Tech. (W)
10-3 with bowl win and maybe a top ten polling!! 11 hrs and 18 min to kick off
Go Big Orange!!
Welcome! I'm not sure if this is preseason enthusiasm (no issue at all with that) or if you have started drinking 11 hrs and 18 min before kickoff.
Keep posting.
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
No issue with drinking 11 hrs before kickoff.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
well played.
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
7-6 with bowl win
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: L
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: W
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina: W
Overall: 8-5 (4-4 SEC)
Here we go.
UTM: W
Oregon: L
Florida: L
UAB: W
@LSU: L
@Georgia: W
Alabama: L
@USC: L
@Memphis: W
Ole Miss: L
@Vandy: W
Kentucky: W
Music City Bowl, Liberty Bowl, whatever: L
That puts us at 6-7 (3-5), which seems about right. I can’t quite pull the trigger on 5-7, but I can’t see an above-.500 season.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
Ouch. Can't get us over the top in the Music City Bowl? Please reconsider. ;)
The COEXIST bumper sticker is ridiculous. How are people supposed to get along when one side is flying planes into tall buildings or wearing sweater vests full of C4 and nails? The faiths are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
I simply can't see above .500.
I’d be more likely to change the UGA game than I would the Music City bowl, weird as that sounds.I really don’t trust depth right now, and it’ll catch up to us at some point.
Simulated Gameday Experience - just like the real thing, only we have smoke machines.
by Chris Pendley on Sep 4, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
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