What I want

[10EC]

I want the 90s back….  No, not this year, but this year is so important for recruiting.

We have a great opportunity to take that step in 13 day (12 and a wake-up)….  If we win that game, we “should” have a good shot at LSU on the road.  If we could somehow show that kind of improvement and demonstrate the atmosphere of a winning program and a packed Neyland stadium, we can get this back.

I hate pinning it so much on Florida, but we have to get that monkey off our backs and behind us.  You don’t get many program changing games as a coach.  9/23 is that game….

[Black Diamond Vol]

At this point, 10-2 should be the goal. Maybe not the expectation, but the goal. It's doable. And of those two expected losses...well, did you SEE bammer yesterday? Dare I even dream of 11-1?

[murfvol]

I would take a loss to LSU if we beat UF, Bama, or UGA.

[Volznut]

LSU is terrible - bad QB play. We all know what that does to a team first hand

Bama defense is excellent, but they don't have that go to receiver yet. They also took a step back in the run game. I think the offense will be little easier to defend, but Bama's defense keeps them in all their games

UK is better - tougher defense, but they're banged up on offense. That will be a game.

UGA I think is our only certain loss.

I think 9-3 to 10-2 is realistic

[BanditVol]

At this point, 10-2 should be the goal. Maybe not the expectation, but the goal. It's doable. And of those two expected losses...well, did you SEE bammer yesterday? Dare I even dream of 11-1?

Completely agree on both points.  Absolutely should not be the expectation at this point in the season, but could happen.  I give it about an 8% chance.   

That's not a joke BTW.  I see us as having 3 more toss-ups, UK, UF, and LSU, for which we should flip a coin.  Odds of winning all three are thus 1 in 8 or 12.5%.  Drop a few percentage points to cover the odds of an upset vs. Vandy, Mizzou or Junior (in increasing likelihood of occurance), and that gives 8%.  Notice that I am not dignifying Akron or whoever the sacrificial HC opponent is with any chance of winning.  Okay, make it 7.99% 

Get through UF and LSU, and the odds increase to about 45%