Cheer up. At least Tennessee can win Bowl Games unlike Ryan Day. Ryan Day can't even beat an S.E.C program

@@WangHungLo im a Vols fan and I believe we can be a top 4 team in the Country this season and OSU hasn’t won the big one under Ryan Day, as much dislike as I have for them, they are scary good this year especially if Howard puts it together. GBO🍊🍊

Are you serious? They were only really good in the mid to late 90s when Manning and Martin were there. And even then they were lucky to win the 98' title, FSU had to play their back up QB and still almost won. Tennessee has simply been an average program for decades now other than that little window

​@jamesmiller6829 lol what? And Tennessee was without Jamal Lewis and still had little trouble in winning that game. Also you might want to delve a little further in their history. "Little window" 😂😂 🤡

@@jamesmiller6829history would disagree… Tennessee has been an SEC blue blood for decades… just made poor hires post-Fulmer… hopefully Heupel keeps building it back to where it belongs

As long as yall can stay off probation; will have plenty of runs!

@@jimmyleebaker Oh you mean from the NCAA who just got owned in court? LOL. Ok. They will be lucky to still be around in a year or two. College football is probably better off forming something else than allow the NCAA to still stick around.

@@jimmyleebaker I think the NCAA learned their lesson to not F with Tennessee after losing in court.

@@trav3104 irrelevant to all the previous probations and included other schools but okay!

There’s no probation coming for anyone. The NCAA got buried in that court case. They have very little jurisdiction anymore in the current landscape of college football.

You UT fans are starting to sound like OSU fans.

It's 12 team playoffs this year. We have a chance just as good anyone. Just sucks we have to wait nextyear for the Nico/ Arch matchup. But,Nico will have a year playing over him. But what I saw at Texas spring game he had 355 yards and like 3 td's. But,that being said; GO VOLS!

@@dairyair5371 Man, it must be hard to be so young you can't recall when TN was a top 2 SEC team. lol. Stick around.

@@tylerledbetter6455 Arch can have that against the 126th ranked Texas secondary. I think that might have been a touch of fool's gold.

Iowa ......really ????? Iowa !!!!!!

I think part of Joe's trouble was the scheme. They avoided scheming much vertical for him for much of the season. You need that to improve your passing. The WR's were there but if your not scheming for Joe to go vertically, it hurts your QB production and scoring production. I don't think we'll have that issue this year. Even during the VA game and Austin Peay game's why in heavens did we not scheme for Joe to go vertical in those games??? Than when you see the first half of the Bama game what he was capable of, you know then this was probably more on the coaching scheme for Joe early on. I felt they were too conservative him in scheming vertical that in games against UGA where you needed that experience, it wasn't there. Same with the Mizzou game. Joe was the first QB on Heupel's resume that wasn't considered a good to elite passer so their development and game scheme with him was an outlier and a different route than they've ever had to go.

@@gwhite7136 Joe also didn't run enough and didn't have enough touch on the middle passes. Sure, some of it was on the WRs. and it didn't help that Bru went down and Thronton was slow to break out.

How’s biggest problem was making decisions 1 second too late. Receiver play was definitely not up to par, but so many throws throughout the season could have massive gains and potentially TDs. But he would always second guess his decision making before realizing he had it right with his decision and throwing the ball.

If Ramel Keyon catches all those TD’s and deep balls last year and Thorton doesn’t have the drops until the Kentucky game. Milton’s year looks completely different. And that’s not including the rest of the receivers bad drops and poor route choices.

@@atl_sp4941 yes, some of it is on the WRs... also, it is very hard to catch a 90mph pass that is off target even by a small mark. The game is full speed with pads on, the ball needs to be thrown at the right time and the right window

10-2 still might get you in the playoffs. It's a twelve team shootout this year.

I think this has to be the year over 2025. It's close but we lose a ton off the defensive line and some off the O'line in 25. I think Nico will be NIco in both years and he's not likely to improve so much over how good he can be this year, that is somehow makes up for the losses off those lines. Even Pearce being gone is going to be noticed. AS long as we scheme vertical and play smart this year offensively, let our offense score some points the defense will make the largest impact. Should take some pressure off that secondary if the line is as good as we think it will be.

@@dairyair5371 If our only losses are to Bama and UGA, yeah, we're in, most likely. 9-3 might require some help and those three loses would have to be against two top 5 teams and the 3rd would have to be in the top ten. Can't lose a game to an unranked team at 9-3 and hope to get in.

@@dairyair5371 12 teams yes. 3-4 for the SEC tho

So true Paul. Most talented that coach Hype has ever had, it's only going to get better.

I think it's possible for TN to lose at OU but I'm still taking TN and even if they lose that game, I still think they can beat Bama in Neyland. Non-Saban team, iffy QB in a new style of offense with tons of players removed from even the team a year ago. I think we'll score tons of points and how good the D'line is might determine alot of our secondary success. But the secondary improved from 128th in 22 to 64th in 23. Texas had the 126th ranked secondary last year and still made it to the playoffs. If our offense is good enough and the D'line is as advertised, we could be top 45 secondary and 11-1, 12-0, 10-2 and be in the playoffs. But that OU game is key for confidence and production.

@@gwhite7136 agreed!, really looking forward to the season!

Lmfao you ain’t no Bama fan saying that, if that’s the case Florida will be sec champs cuz you know they always beat clowney Tennessee.

@@Freshy_Jones Bama is going to be really hard to gauge. There is always an adjustment period with a new HC, Saban included when he was new. Before Saban, Bama was much like MSU compared to TN. Each team would go on runs for a while but rarely ever good at the same time. If your like 20 you have no understanding of this and you think Bama has always been good. They weren't, TN skull drugg them through the 90's. Gene Stallings was a good coach but Bama was never as good as they were under Saban. But yeah, the dynasty is lover.. lol. Sorry but NIL ran your coach off in two seasons and TN hung 52 on you all. More than anyone has in over 100 years and Heupel did it in year two.. Pretty soon you won't even have the help from teh refs anymore.. lol You all were at your best when you could buy players for a cars and apartments.. lol Since NIL, nope. A car just can't compete with NIL deals.. lol

That's what I have. No matter what, it's hard to see 4 losses on this schedule when you consider the added depth from last year and the style of offense we'll play this year compared to last year.

It's probably the most talented he's ever coached as a team. Think of where he's recruiting compared to recruiting in the 60's at UCF.

awesome!

You'd fit in with my circle. My buddy is a 9ers fan and I bleed orange. If they get Nico to be the x factor on those 3rd and 4-6 to go by figuring out his best scramble tendacies, and you're gonna see a Florida win and probably get back on top of Mizzou. I say Ten wins. Bama UGA and Oklahoma are all top tier competition. Really just takes a legendary performance from someone in each game to win those three

I think they beat Alabama this year the rest of the schedule is a cakewalk just got to worry about Georgia

@@jeffmercer9655 cakewalk? hmm

@@jeffmercer9655 fortunately the coaches know it won't be a cakewalk and are preparing accordingly!

Won’t ou played tn in its worst years im a dawg for life but TN is one I’m actually worried about nowZ

@@user-yw6bd3hg2b truth

Oh no, we can read stat adn u nit production concerning them. This is the deepest TN has been since the 05 team. Nico can be a good QB,even not elite and be improved from Joe last year could easily improve from 8-4. UF plays TN at home, no Mizzou on the schedule. Bama at in Neyland.

@@gwhite7136 I actually wish we had Mizzou. we'd win 63-35

Unlikely. He took the nations number 5 defense to the woodshed, didn't turn it over once and scored 4 TD's and that was his Freshman first start. 3 losses are possible on that schedule. Good enough though to win every game. But who do you think the 4th loss would come from? NC state? lol. This is probably the deepest TN team since 05 season. The defense might be SEC #1, projected to be top 3 D line, so that will make life easier in the secondary. TN went from secondary ranking in 22 of 128th to 64th in 23, as bad as you think the TN secondary was, Texas's secondary was 126th last season. If the offense is good enough, it won't matter much and if the D'line is elite.

What have you been smoking

yeah I've got my money on them going 4-8 as most smart people do

RB is fine

UF is at TN and no shot at winning that., Bama is at TN and if TN is a top 5 offense, I think it's too much to ask of a first year HC to win in Neyland. Joe Milton was up 20-7 at Bama last year at halftime with a deeper Bama team than the one you'll see this season. I don't know what UGA is without Bowers and playing TN if TN has fewer injuries this season than they did last season, plus a vertical offense compared to last season. OU, first year QB, first year in the SEC and a bad OU defense? I'll take TN vs OU. Arnold's first SEC game against that D line of TN's? TN has the better team imo, more talented and big D advantage. I think OU has to score at least 40 to win.

I'd say so, considering when TN played UGA, TN was down 3 linemen, the secondary captain and a host of others. I'm not sure who UGA is this year without Bower. They got nobody's for WR's. And no McKonkey also? 21 points vs Bama for the entire game? Plus how many left for the NFL? UGA has a much harder schedule this year and no way I pick them to beat Texas.

@@gwhite7136 Keep making excuses, Hillbilly. That's what y'all do best. Talking about rain and "What if it was a neutral field!" and all of the other nonsense y'all talk about and STILL Kirby owns y'all's hillbilly asses!😂

Maybe Georgia will be able to beat Bama this year. Threepeat

@@davyboy9397 It's possible and all we can do is speculate based on what the coordinators and coaches have done. Fact 1. UGA did not make the playoffs last year in Mike Bobo's return. Fact 2. Kalen Debour has never HC'd in the SEC. UGA can't 3 peat because they didn't win a national title last year.. That's fact 3 LOL. -

@@gwhite7136 I'm mocking Mattsnortsvinyl. Because Georgia fans went around acting like they were going to win three in a row the entire year and fell short

Coming from a holes fan, you don't have a clue on football 😅😅

63-3 😂. FSU sucks

13-0 fluke...yeah ok 😂😂

@legotitanic150 against walkons, but you morons can't comprehend that the game didn't even matter to FSU

FSU? 😆 🤣 😂 😹 🤡