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govols247 Staff Picks: Week 1

  • http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/govols247-Staff-College-Football-Picks-Week-1-87925

    Staff writers Wes Rucker and Ryan Callahan predict the week's top college football games, including Tennessee's highly anticipated opener against North Carolina State.

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  • I like it! Glad to see some confidence from Wes and Ryan. It's been disappointing seeing all the national analysts (literally ALL OF THEM) picking NC State, but then I have to remind myself, these guys are covering 100+ teams and they don't know either of these teams as well as Wes and Ryan (or even the irrational fans) do. All those guys see is a bad couple of years for UT, plus the dismissal of Rogers, and they like NC State's strong finish to last year. I think top to bottom we are a slightly better football team playing with something to prove.

    But one thing, no pick for USCe vs Vandy?

    smasher423

  • Wes, you mention Imani Cross in your Nebraska pick. I'm still really confused why we didn't sign him. Am I missing something? I know we had bigger fish we were going after in late January, but we had scholarships left over from last year, so it wasn't like we didn't have room. Seems like we could really use a big back like him right now.

    BoroVFL

  • The 2 espn.com guys picked us to win Chris low and I forget the other guys name.....I think we do better when a lot of analysts pick against us....

    This post was edited by dsmith1669 on 8/30/2012 at 10:25 AM

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    cpavol

  • I am, like many others, extremely worried about this game. obsessively so even. Too many "ifs" - IF Rajion and DY are the play makers some have observed during camp; IF the offensive line is ready to play up to their talent, size and experience; IF CP is ready to make the jump from Juco superstar to SEC ready; IF the defensive players are up to speed on the change in scheme; IF the defensive line is ready with three juco's, two of them starting their first game with an orange shirt; IF no. 8 has the maturity and patience to find the open receivers (if receivers can get open against what looks to be a pretty legit NC St. secondary..) etc... I expect some of these "ifs" to be answered in Tennessee's favor tomorrow night. Hopefully, enough for us to win... Just wish we had one Georgia St or Akron to warm up with before playing NC St..

    frostyvol

  • Wait a darn minute here.... Where are Kevin Ryan's picks at?

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    orangeasylum

  • orangeasylum said...

    Wait a darn minute here.... Where are Kevin Ryan's picks at?

    Ha! Honestly, it slipped my mind completely until you mentioned this that Kevin did the picks with us last year. If he still wants to do them, he's more than welcome to. But he has a lot on his plate these days, anyway, so he may not have the time, honestly, to write up his picks. I'll defer to him on that.

    Staff writer for govols247 — http://www.twitter.com/RyanCallahan247 — rcallahan@247sports.com

    Ryan Callahan

  • Ryan Callahan said...

    Ha! Honestly, it slipped my mind completely until you mentioned this that Kevin did the picks with us last year. If he still wants to do them, he's more than welcome to. But he has a lot on his plate these days, anyway, so he may not have the time, honestly, to write up his picks. I'll defer to him on that.

    He was the one that 0-10 one week last. We all know the real reason Kevin isn't chiming in.... Just messing....

    lol

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    orangeasylum

  • Last year didn't a contest run through this thread?

    Boomer020 ●

  • GrantB020 said...

    Last year didn't a contest run through this thread?

    Yes, we did our contest here on the board last year, but we're doing the contest this year through a Yahoo group. The link to the group was pinned at the top of the board for the last 24 hours or so, but the group is now full.

    Doing the thread on the board, we weren't able to have a full-season championship for the picks contest, and more importantly, it became too time-consuming for us to count up all the winners each week. Considering the growth of our site, it made a lot more sense for us to have a group that runs itself rather than us devoting so much time to it only to figure out the weekly winner.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Ryan Callahan on 8/30/2012 at 5:43 PM

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  • Wes is a fan of Clawson? Ok...I'm willing to respect his opinion, but I think that one begs a little more explanation. I'm intrigued. Maybe that topic warrants a further developed story next off-season. For now, how about an abbreviated synopsis?

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