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  • If this game had happened last year, we would have lost by 50 points.

    bloodrunorange

  • agreedReason for optimism= youth + talent+good coaching

    jft

  • bloodrunorange said...

    If this game had happened last year, we would have lost by 50 points.

    have to agree with you cheers

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    shoeless7777

  • shoeless7777 said...

    have to agree with you cheers

    Why do you have the cheers symbol going I'm pissed we should have beat them. See that's the problem with Tennessee fans we settle mediocrity. I say lets hold our self up to a higher standard!!!

    ClayB123

  • ClayB123 said...

    Why do you have the cheers symbol going I'm pissed we should have beat them. See that's the problem with Tennessee fans we settle mediocrity. I say lets hold our self up to a higher standard!!!

    dont disagree with you but i was giving the cheers symbol b/c there are lots of positives that you can take away from that game AND most importantly we never gave up playing hard . Look i really think we have improved from last year but still have a way to go ; i can sit in my house and throw things and let it ruin my week / weekend or i can get excited about the direction of the program and be excited about the positive direction of UT athletics in general surrender

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  • shoeless7777 said...

    dont disagree with you but i was giving the cheers symbol b/c there are lots of positives that you can take away from that game AND most importantly we never gave up playing hard . Look i really think we have improved from last year but still have a way to go ; i can sit in my house and throw things and let it ruin my week / weekend or i can get excited about the direction of the program and be excited about the positive direction of UT athletics in general surrender

    I guess I need to hang out with you more. Cause I'm not seeing it but you make a great point I;m sorry just pissed that we lost and I know we are the better team.

    GO VOLS!!!!

    ClayB123

  • ClayB123 said...

    I guess I need to hang out with you more. Cause I'm not seeing it but you make a great point I;m sorry just pissed that we lost and I know we are the better team.

    GO VOLS!!!!

    If Hunter had not gone down early, I think the score would have been closer, if not reversed. Losing his presence made the offense have to work that much harder for yardage. UT may be the better team overall, but they weren't the better team today.

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    tntoak

  • I agree we need to hold ourselves to higher standards but we also are not as talented or have the depth or experience that a SEC contender needs. CDD did not inherit talent like muschamp did. We just have to support our team and enjoy watching them grow. Next year will be our year to hold ourselves to really high standards. I want to see our o-line and running game improve greatly throughout the year regardless of what d-line we are playing against. Im proud of our Vols. We could of laid down and quit.but we did not.

    MTVol3

  • ClayB123 said...

    I guess I need to hang out with you more. Cause I'm not seeing it but you make a great point I;m sorry just pissed that we lost and I know we are the better team.

    GO VOLS!!!!

    nothing to be sorry about , really frustrated as well but not going to let it get me too down ; no more NCAA , no more Lane , still a really young team with lots of potential , great commits coming in next year and a chance to be a really good team by the end of the year

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  • ClayB123 said...

    Why do you have the cheers symbol going I'm pissed we should have beat them. See that's the problem with Tennessee fans we settle mediocrity. I say lets hold our self up to a higher standard!!!

    No one is satisfied with the result. We recognize improvement when we see it. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. Tennessee teams of recent years would have given up, tucked their tail between their legs, and gone home with an embarassing loss. Our "winless for Wyoming" team of 2008 would have.This team had every reason to do just that and didn't.
    Winners don't always win the game, but they always play hard and fight hard to win.It's alright to be angry and we all hope that the team is angry as well. Hopefully this team will channel that anger in a positive way. I believe that they will. Winners use disappointment and anger as a motivational tool to improve and get better.
    In 1998, we won the national championship, but the Florida, Arkansas, Syracuse, and Florida State game could just as easily have been losses. Those guys had already learned how to win and keep fighting for 60 minutes. That is what this current edition of Volunteers is learning to do and they are going to get it right very soon.

    bloodrunorange

  • bloodrunorange said...

    No one is satisfied with the result. We recognize improvement when we see it. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. Tennessee teams of recent years would have given up, tucked their tail between their legs, and gone home with an embarassing loss. Our "winless for Wyoming" team of 2008 would have.This team had every reason to do just that and didn't. Winners don't always win the game, but they always play hard and fight hard to win.It's alright to be angry and we all hope that the team is angry as well. Hopefully this team will channel that anger in a positive way. I believe that they will. Winners use disappointment and anger as a motivational tool to improve and get better. In 1998, we won the national championship, but the Florida, Arkansas, Syracuse, and Florida State game could just as easily have been losses. Those guys had already learned how to win and keep fighting for 60 minutes. That is what this current edition of Volunteers is learning to do and they are going to get it right very soon.

    Ok guys you have sold me on it but I still believe that we still need to be able to run the ball and hike the ball. I feel that Tennessee has the receivers and the defense but can Zach handle Justins roll I don't think so. Hey guys I Love the Vols with all my heart and soul it just makes me mad cause I feel like this was the year for us to beat them but Oh well.

    ClayB123

  • ClayB123 said...

    Ok guys you have sold me on it but I still believe that we still need to be able to run the ball and hike the ball. I feel that Tennessee has the receivers and the defense but can Zach handle Justins roll I don't think so. Hey guys I Love the Vols with all my heart and soul it just makes me mad cause I feel like this was the year for us to beat them but Oh well.

    I think a young team like ours ( and Florida's) will show tremendous improvement over the course of the season. Look how much improvement we saw in Arnett just today. The difference between us and Florida is next year we get them at home, with Hunter, Rogers and Bray back. Brantley, Demps and Rainey will be gone and Driskell will be starting his first SEC game.

    Its gonna be a fun ride with a lot more ups than downs in the coming years.

    Jersey Vol

  • Good thread guys. So much better than another postgame thread dominated by the forces of darkness.

    We are so young and so green. We all wanted to believe we were contenders, and the Bray-Hunter-Rogers combination made it so easy to believe. With Hunter out, we become far more ordinary. Others will have to step up in the big games to come.

    We are making progress. No one believed it would be fast or easy.

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  • tntoak said...

    If Hunter had not gone down early, I think the score would have been closer, if not reversed. Losing his presence made the offense have to work that much harder for yardage. UT may be the better team overall, but they weren't the better team today.

    This I totally agree with. I think everyone went into a little funk after Hunter got hurt. The guys finally rebounded, but it was a little late. Not having any type of a running game is holding this team back. I like how the defense kind of came into it's own today. That will pay off big time the rest of the season. There's a lot of positives to take away from today eventho there was some bad. Still a lot of games to be played and plenty of chances for this team to grow into something special...

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    orangeasylum ●

  • Jersey Vol said...

    I think a young team like ours ( and Florida's) will show tremendous improvement over the course of the season. Look how much improvement we saw in Arnett just today. The difference between us and Florida is next year we get them at home, with Hunter, Rogers and Bray back. Brantley, Demps and Rainey will be gone and Driskell will be starting his first SEC game.

    Its gonna be a fun ride with a lot more ups than downs in the coming years.

    Ok I didn't realize that you make a great point but still where does this put us. I feel that we had the better team you know I thought I knew football and I was discouraged but you guys have gave something to believe in again and I thank you I will sleep well tonight.

    Think Positive and Go Vols!!!

    ClayB123

  • bloodrunorange said...

    No one is satisfied with the result. We recognize improvement when we see it. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. Tennessee teams of recent years would have given up, tucked their tail between their legs, and gone home with an embarassing loss. Our "winless for Wyoming" team of 2008 would have.This team had every reason to do just that and didn't. Winners don't always win the game, but they always play hard and fight hard to win.It's alright to be angry and we all hope that the team is angry as well. Hopefully this team will channel that anger in a positive way. I believe that they will. Winners use disappointment and anger as a motivational tool to improve and get better. In 1998, we won the national championship, but the Florida, Arkansas, Syracuse, and Florida State game could just as easily have been losses. Those guys had already learned how to win and keep fighting for 60 minutes. That is what this current edition of Volunteers is learning to do and they are going to get it right very soon.

    wow !!! i like+1

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    shoeless7777

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