Title: Good grief, where all y'all coming up with this 9 win goal? Post by: Jethro on January 05, 2012, 10:00:31 EST Looking at this schedule, I would say that there is a better chance of Mariah Carey sitting on my face than of the Vol team I saw playing this year winning 9 games against this slate. :wow: What are the games that you concede that the Vols might lose and still be on the right track? I'm guessing at GA, Bamar and at SC? There are a lot of tossup games in that scenario and we would have to win ALL of them (at Miss St, NC St in Atlanta, Mizzou and FL at home). I'm gonna say
Saturday 09/01/12 Wolfpack NC State Wolfpack Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA Saturday 09/08/12 Panthers Georgia State Panthers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/15/12 Gators Florida Gators Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/22/12 Zips Akron Zips Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/29/12 Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA Saturday 10/06/12 --- Open Date --- --- Saturday 10/13/12 Bulldogs at Mississippi State Bulldogs Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS Saturday 10/20/12 Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 10/27/12 Gamecocks at South Carolina Gamecocks Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC Saturday 11/03/12 Trojans Troy Trojans Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 11/10/12 Tigers Missouri Tigers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 11/17/12 Commodores at Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN Saturday 11/24/12 Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Title: I think the point was that the team next year is expected to be much improved. Post by: VOLMAN on January 05, 2012, 10:33:07 EST lose Bray and Hunter off the bat again then I'd expect only slightly better results than last year, only because Worley should be much better prepared to step in and I'm hoping that the run game is going to be much better which would help the offensive production. I don't think any one would expect last years team, as it existed for most of the season, to win 9 games next year.
Title: Re: Good grief, where all y'all coming up with this 9 win goal? Post by: Black Diamond Vol on January 05, 2012, 11:22:55 EST Looking at this schedule, I would say that there is a better chance of Mariah Carey sitting on my face than of the Vol team I saw playing this year winning 9 games against this slate. :wow: What are the games that you concede that the Vols might lose and still be on the right track? I'm guessing at GA, Bamar and at SC? There are a lot of tossup games in that scenario and we would have to win ALL of them (at Miss St, NC St in Atlanta, Mizzou and FL at home). I'm gonna say Saturday 09/01/12 Wolfpack NC State Wolfpack Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA Saturday 09/08/12 Panthers Georgia State Panthers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/15/12 Gators Florida Gators Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/22/12 Zips Akron Zips Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 09/29/12 Bulldogs at Georgia Bulldogs Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA Saturday 10/06/12 --- Open Date --- --- Saturday 10/13/12 Bulldogs at Mississippi State Bulldogs Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS Saturday 10/20/12 Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 10/27/12 Gamecocks at South Carolina Gamecocks Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC Saturday 11/03/12 Trojans Troy Trojans Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 11/10/12 Tigers Missouri Tigers Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Saturday 11/17/12 Commodores at Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN Saturday 11/24/12 Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN The point is, we don't expect to see the same Vol team we saw last year. Not just with injuries, but with attitude and effort. When I say I "expect" 9 wins, that's the magic number it will take for me to stay in Dooley's corner. Do I think that we actually win that many? Frankly, no- not with the undisciplined play I saw this year. But that's what it will take. I think most SEC coaches could coax at least 9 wins out of a team with 19 returning starters against this schedule, so why should we expect any less of our own? Title: Re: Good grief, where all y'all coming up with this 9 win goal? Post by: Inspector Vol on January 05, 2012, 11:36:48 EST The only shot we have at 9 starts with NC State. We drop that and you can forget it. I see 6 we should win. We need 3 more out of the rest and truthfully two of those need to be NC State and Missouri.
Title: Re: Re: Good grief, where all y'all coming up with this 9 win goal? Post by: ReVOLver on January 06, 2012, 12:17:12 EST I don't expect 9 wins. I want 9. I expect mediocrity because I'm afraid we have a mediocre coach.
Short of 9, I will want a coaching change. People need to stop being OK with mediocre. It will be year 3 with 3 recruiting classes. It is time for a big step forward. 8 will save him though. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk Title: Re: Re: Good grief, where all y'all coming up with this 9 win goal? Post by: BigOrange Maniac on January 06, 2012, 12:29:56 EST I don't expect 9 wins. I want 9. I expect mediocrity because I'm afraid we have a mediocre coach. Short of 9, I will want a coaching change. People need to stop being OK with mediocre. It will be year 3 with 3 recruiting classes. It is time for a big step forward. 8 will save him though. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk BigOrange Maniac likes this. |