Should Tennessee's Season Be Defined By The South Carolina Game?

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There are really only two choices:

Alabama win - this is a down year for Bama and statistically, they had to win at some point.

South Carolina loss - Let's be honest you beat SC and Vandy and probably in the playoff and didn't just loss but choked by 25 points which is by far the biggest choke of the decade.

I think this team has to be known as the Chokers.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
When you lose that bad to a meh team it absolutely defines your season

See Ohio State when they got blown out by meh Iowa and Purdue teams under Meyer.
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Michigan vs Appy State

Some stink you just can’t shake.
 
Yes.

No one ever remembers the great victories, only the spectacular failures.
 
Wild Turkey said:
There are really only two choices:

Alabama win - this is a down year for Bama and statistically, they had to win at some point.

South Carolina loss - Let's be honest you beat SC and Vandy and probably in the playoff and didn't just loss but choked by 25 points which is by far the biggest choke of the decade.

I think this team has to be known as the Chokers.
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I think Tennessee fans will be much more upset about next year than they are about the results this year. They are going to be starting from scratch on offense when Hooker, Hyatt, Tillman, and Keyton leave -- That 5 star QB had better not be a bust or they will be lucky to be .500 next year.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Michigan vs Appy State

Some stink you just can’t shake.
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It sucks the game happened, but the Colorado loss when Cordell Stewart completed the 70 yard hail mary hurts me more than the App State game. It still turns my stomach to this day when they show the replay.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
When you lose that bad to a meh team it absolutely defines your season

See Ohio State when they got blown out by meh Iowa and Purdue teams under Meyer.
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Which is why I'm still on the Chadwell train.

Yeah they lost to Old Dominion (badly), but those things even happen to elite coaches. Both Urbs and Dabo had a couple head scratcher losses. That doesn't define them.

Old Dominion did beat Va Tech.
Coastal has beaten 4 teams that Old Dominion has lost to.

Chadwell's on record saying he's learned a lot of management skills from Moglia. In today's landscape you've got to be just as good of a manager as you are an X & O guy. You gotta schmooze donors/boosters and living room parents alike.
The best managers I ever had knew my wife and kid's names. They'd ask about them on the regular by name. Whether they truly cared about your family members (other personal matters) or not, you certainly felt like they did.
It's why so many head coach re-treads go through Saban. They're not down there learning X's & O's so much as they're down there learning management skills. Saban is the ultimate manager.

They're all a gamble, so I hope Alberts gives Chadwell the shot here. He's got an inside track through Moglia. Let Moglia (A Nebraska guy) come in as an adviser. i.e. Director of Football Operations.

At $5 million/yr and just 45 yrs old, Chadwell is a good value risk.

Can Alberts drop his pride and allow this to happen? Not care whether Moglia shows him up or disagrees with him?

Hard to say because there's a level of narcissism with all these guys.
 
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Nah, we’d have won that game except our QB got hurt, he was gonna play some DB to spark the comeback :noidea:
 
Tennessee season has already defined 2022 in a very positive matter. Are they in the elite category with Georgia, ohio state, Clemson and Alabama? No, not yet anyway. Good times ahead in Rocky Top!!!
 
no. I think coming into the season, 9-10 wins was probably their ceiling. They were returning a good chunk of a top 10 scoring offense from last year and a pretty lousy defense. The defense has improved (from 29.1 PPG (90th) in 2021 to 25.6 in 2022 (61st)), but it was still faulty. The offense went from 7th in PPG (39.3) to leading the country this year (46.5 PPG). Even with a faulty defense they've still got one of the best scoring margins in the country (5th at +18.9).

I would have expected losses to UGA/Bama and maybe another one sprinkled in (I would have guessed UK or LSU), but they were able to pull it off against Bama and routed LSU in their own stadium. They also blew out a rival (normally beating UK wouldn't mean a lot, but they've been a respectable program the last 6 years) and beat UF (only their 2nd win over the Gators since 2004). This is only UT's third 9 win season since the Fulmer era, and if they notch another win it would be their first since 2007. The USC loss is bad, but it shouldn't sour what's been a very good season for a program that hasn't had many very good seasons in recent memory. There will be work to do next year, though. That secondary still needs a lot of work and they have to replace Hooker/Hyatt (unless the latter stays another year, but he's a projected first rounder) on offense. I had high hopes for Milton at Michigan, I'll still be rooting for him in UT next year!
 
This shit is going to be hilarious if LSU beats Georgia and earns a spot in the CFP.
 
navamind said:
no. I think coming into the season, 9-10 wins was probably their ceiling. They were returning a good chunk of a top 10 scoring offense from last year and a pretty lousy defense. The defense has improved (from 29.1 PPG (90th) in 2021 to 25.6 in 2022 (61st)), but it was still faulty. The offense went from 7th in PPG (39.3) to leading the country this year (46.5 PPG). Even with a faulty defense they've still got one of the best scoring margins in the country (5th at +18.9).

I would have expected losses to UGA/Bama and maybe another one sprinkled in (I would have guessed UK or LSU), but they were able to pull it off against Bama and routed LSU in their own stadium. They also blew out a rival (normally beating UK wouldn't mean a lot, but they've been a respectable program the last 6 years) and beat UF (only their 2nd win over the Gators since 2004). This is only UT's third 9 win season since the Fulmer era, and if they notch another win it would be their first since 2007. The USC loss is bad, but it shouldn't sour what's been a very good season for a program that hasn't had many very good seasons in recent memory. There will be work to do next year, though. That secondary still needs a lot of work and they have to replace Hooker/Hyatt (unless the latter stays another year, but he's a projected first rounder) on offense. I had high hopes for Milton at Michigan, I'll still be rooting for him in UT next year!
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This is the correct response
 
navamind said:
no. I think coming into the season, 9-10 wins was probably their ceiling. They were returning a good chunk of a top 10 scoring offense from last year and a pretty lousy defense. The defense has improved (from 29.1 PPG (90th) in 2021 to 25.6 in 2022 (61st)), but it was still faulty. The offense went from 7th in PPG (39.3) to leading the country this year (46.5 PPG). Even with a faulty defense they've still got one of the best scoring margins in the country (5th at +18.9).

I would have expected losses to UGA/Bama and maybe another one sprinkled in (I would have guessed UK or LSU), but they were able to pull it off against Bama and routed LSU in their own stadium. They also blew out a rival (normally beating UK wouldn't mean a lot, but they've been a respectable program the last 6 years) and beat UF (only their 2nd win over the Gators since 2004). This is only UT's third 9 win season since the Fulmer era, and if they notch another win it would be their first since 2007. The USC loss is bad, but it shouldn't sour what's been a very good season for a program that hasn't had many very good seasons in recent memory. There will be work to do next year, though. That secondary still needs a lot of work and they have to replace Hooker/Hyatt (unless the latter stays another year, but he's a projected first rounder) on offense. I had high hopes for Milton at Michigan, I'll still be rooting for him in UT next year!
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This is the correct perspective, at the end of the day it’s all about Alabama’s turd program not doing what they were supposed to not Tennessee…
 
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