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re: If you had to choose right now, HC of Tennessee or be HC of USCe
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:21 pm to scrooster
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:21 pm to scrooster
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Columbia is built between two rivers
A lot of cities have rivers. Ours is next to the stadium and campus.
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Columbia is a couple of hours from the mountains, right up I-26. Same mountains as Knoxville.
UT is minutes from those mountains
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UT has a bigger stadium, not better facilities.
Completely false, UT has among the best in the country. USCe may have good ones, but ours are better.
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UT better history? Duh. Yeah. Although most recruits don't remember UT having a better history ... they were two years old the last time UT was that good
That's the thing about history. it happened in the past. And I bet those recruits remember 21-23 last year amirite?
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:23 pm to VFL1800FPD
Yea I don't really see much of a choice between Tennessee and South Carolina.
Spurrier has done wonders at Carolina, the biggest of which is getting people to actually give the program money to get towards the same level of other SEC programs (and I'm talking State and Kentucky levels), but that is nowhere near Tennessee.
Spurrier has done wonders at Carolina, the biggest of which is getting people to actually give the program money to get towards the same level of other SEC programs (and I'm talking State and Kentucky levels), but that is nowhere near Tennessee.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:23 pm to VFL1800FPD
That's all you vols have to hang your hat on 
It's almost sad
It's almost sad
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:25 pm to CNB
Yeah, sure, I don't mind hanging my hat on beating you on the field last season
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:25 pm to SummerOfGeorge
We keep hearing Tennessee will be back and that things are cyclical.
When? It's almost been a decade. Tennessee fans have been saying this since before people started saying Spurrier was going to retire.
When? It's almost been a decade. Tennessee fans have been saying this since before people started saying Spurrier was going to retire.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:26 pm to VFL1800FPD
Glad we are your super bowl.
That one shining moment.
That one shining moment.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:27 pm to CNB
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We keep hearing Tennessee will be back and that things are cyclical.
When? It's almost been a decade. Tennessee fans have been saying this since before people started saying Spurrier was going to retire.
I think it's pretty clear they will be competitive again (as in winning 8-9 games a year) in the next few years.
I think it's a lot more difficult to take that next step, but we will see.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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However, both Devaun Swafford and Malik Foreman at Tennessee are DB guys. Sounds like Foreman had high expectations and hasn't really done much. Swafford seems to have exceeded expectations, but I'm not sure he's much more than a special teams player.
Swafford was outstanding on special teams last year. He made some really great plays. Foreman is coming along but I think he's got more development to do whereas Swafford's speed and really his ball instincts have gotten him more field time sooner. It's funny but we took Swafford as a gray shirt with the intention of giving him a scholarship for the next recruiting cycle but he was so good in camp that he walked-on immediately - so here was a walk-on last year just eating up special teams. He's on scholarship now.
Swafford was the one who returned the blocked punt for a TD during last year's game against UGA.
But yeah, I think DB being too far out of the media zone hurts its players, although camps are starting to change that. A player can go to a camp and prove himself against guys who play against higher rated competition.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:28 pm to VFL1800FPD
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I bet those recruits remember 21-23 last year amirite?
Im sure more of them remember 5-7 and 11-2. amirite?
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:29 pm to gamecocks22
On the bright side for Tennessee, players can get an early start to their holiday break. 
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:30 pm to Prof
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But yeah, I think DB being too far out of the media zone hurts its players, although camps are starting to change that. A player can go to a camp and prove himself against guys who play against higher rated competition.
Yep - but in addition the talent level had really dropped off. I don't know if it is better in the last few classes, but they had serious issues in a certain part of town that all but shut down a lot of kids that used to be big contributors from playing. They had some really bad seasons (for them, relatively, playing in East TN) the last few years but seem to be better this year.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:32 pm to gamecocks22
That 5-7 season and 11-2 season both ended with the same amount of hardware
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:34 pm to VFL1800FPD
Vandy and South Carolina fans crack me up
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:34 pm to VFL1800FPD
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That 5-7 season and 11-2 season both ended with the same amount of hardware
LOL at you if you think these kids don't like going to bowl games.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:35 pm to VFL1800FPD
Yea - it has to be troubling if you are a USCe fan to know that this is the greatest period in program history and you've only won 1 division title, 0 BCS games and 0 SEC Titles.
The upside is the job has become much better and stable, and Spurrier has started the money train with boosters. So, when he leaves, you should be able to hire a pretty solid replacement.
The upside is the job has become much better and stable, and Spurrier has started the money train with boosters. So, when he leaves, you should be able to hire a pretty solid replacement.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:36 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Id rather go through what South Carolina is going through right now than whatever Tennessee is going through right now.
But that's just me.
But that's just me.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:37 pm to CNB
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Id rather go through what South Carolina is going through right now than whatever Tennessee is going through right now.
But that's just me.
Well, yea.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Yea - it has to be troubling if you are a USCe fan to know that this is the greatest period in program history and you've only won 1 division title, 0 BCS games and 0 SEC Titles.
Not really. Do we want more than we have? Of course, but if you think this period has been troubling to SC fans then you are an idiot.
I mean we finished 4th last year and beat 2 teams that won BCS games. The system is shite and that is why we don't use it anymore. The BCS bowl jab is fricking stupid.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I'd rather have won something of relevance and have the chance to do it again in the near future, but that's just me.
Sc fans calling us irrelevant for the past decade. At least we have a division title within the last decade, if were irrelevant than what are y'all?
Sc fans calling us irrelevant for the past decade. At least we have a division title within the last decade, if were irrelevant than what are y'all?
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:40 pm to gamecocks22
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Not really. Do we want more than we have? Of course, but if you think this period has been troubling to SC fans then you are an idiot.
It's just a different level of expectations.
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