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re: Is Tennessee the Ole Miss of the East?
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:31 pm to Dustin Johnson
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:31 pm to Dustin Johnson
quote:A lot of shite to have against you.
44-20-1
Fat
Racist
Stupid
Poor
Cheaters
African prayer rituals
Kongbo
Richmond
Jones 2-0 against Freeze in recruiting battles
4th and 25
Never had a 10 win regular season
Never been to Atlanta
TCU
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Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:31 pm to fibonaccisquared
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Right now, it's realistically Bama and a big effing gap between the next closest program(s)
Sure, I'm not going to say the other teams in the west are much higher than the rest of the east teams but rather as a whole they are a better group.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:34 pm to GameCocky88
quote:A butthurt Carolina fan waddles to the podium
Oh we know that and so does everyone else. The guy has been exposed more times than Pee Wee Herman. tCollectiveRant abhors him so it's fine.
I've never been "exposed" and am one of the more informed and knowledgeable posters on this site. I've stated that your basketball team was severely overrated and it looks like my claims are slowly coming to fruition. I'm seldom proven wrong, and on the rare occasion I am - I have absolutely no problem admitting so
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:36 pm to Dustin Johnson
My signature quote seems to disagree with you, which is ironic because.... you'll figure it out.
also
one of these doesn't sound like the other.
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I've never been proven wrong
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I admitted I was wrong
one of these doesn't sound like the other.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:36 pm to Dustin Johnson
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I've never been proven wrong, and on the rare occasion I am
What?
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:36 pm to fibonaccisquared
Ole Miss is at most 9th best in the SEC, behind the Big 6, Arky and A&M, and that's being VERY generous. Two 9-3 seasons don't change that.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:37 pm to rockiee
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Sure, I'm not going to say the other teams in the west are much higher than the rest of the east teams but rather as a whole they are a better group.
Oh definitely. This is inevitably the case, the top and bottom of the SEC - whoever that happens to be - largely dictates the perception of the divisions. Everyone in the middle will cling to whatever bolsters their case. In the 90's early 2000's, it was East is dominant - UT, UF, UGA while West had "bottom dwellers of Ole Miss, Miss St, and/or Arkansas" (depending on the years). Fast forward and now its "West staaaacked... no one can touch Alabama. Vandy, Kentucky sooo bad".
Right now, the top and bottom are pretty clear, everything in the middle is a giant question mark, but I would definitely agree that at least for the past few seasons, the West has been a harder division to play through. Anyone who wouldn't simply isn't being realistic.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:38 pm to fibonaccisquared
quote:Not once have I expressed this idea or anything remotely similar to it. Now with historical context thrown aside, Ole Miss and Tennessee are both in a very similar predicament as of February 5th, 2016. Some would even agree that the Rebels are in better shape going forward
but don't get high and mighty like your program is some untouchable juggernaut. You're not on the same level as Tennessee, and that's not a compliment.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:39 pm to Dustin Johnson
The FPI doesn't... UT is in the preseason top 5. Ole Miss, nowhere to be found.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:40 pm to Dustin Johnson
quote:I'm one, you guys have the better Coach and a QB that can throw it over 10 yards.
Some would even agree that the Rebels are in better shape going forward
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:40 pm to GameCocky88
quote:I made this statement almost a week before it was announced that Ole Miss would be without two starters in this game.
If South Carolina comes to Oxford and steals a W, I'll become the biggest ambassador of Gamecock basketball on this board. You have my word
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:41 pm to Dustin Johnson
You wouldn't have kept your promise regardless
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:42 pm to TT9
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I'm one, you guys have the better Coach and a QB that can throw it over 10 yards.
UT has a QB who can throw it over 10 yards...he just isn't the starter.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:42 pm to madmaxvol
true.Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:46 pm to Dustin Johnson
Not going to bother trying to put together all the quotes, but this should paint the picture well enough:
... followed by comments about historical record, wins over Vandy/Kentucky... it was pretty easy to connect the dots.
This I will agree with. You are both starting a new season, both with lofty expectations.
Who is this some? One might argue that UT has an easier path to an SEC championship given that they play in the east (though perma west rival of Bama is a pretty severe handicap). If they've recruited about on par with you and have what many (including myself) would be considered a slightly easier schedule, wouldn't that bolster the argument they're in better shape going forward?
I've said elsewhere that this is the put up or shut up year for Butch, because losing the east this year would put them in dire straits going forward. I guess the difference is Freeze has a couple of wins over Bama to hang his hat on, so not winning the division anytime soon might not cost him his job.
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wasn't the question in the OP concerning recruiting? Are you trying to argue Tennessee hasn't recruited well?
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Not as well as Ole Miss
... followed by comments about historical record, wins over Vandy/Kentucky... it was pretty easy to connect the dots.
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Now with historical context thrown aside, Ole Miss and Tennessee are both in a very similar predicament as of February 5th, 2016
This I will agree with. You are both starting a new season, both with lofty expectations.
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Some would even agree that the Rebels are in better shape going forward
Who is this some? One might argue that UT has an easier path to an SEC championship given that they play in the east (though perma west rival of Bama is a pretty severe handicap). If they've recruited about on par with you and have what many (including myself) would be considered a slightly easier schedule, wouldn't that bolster the argument they're in better shape going forward?
I've said elsewhere that this is the put up or shut up year for Butch, because losing the east this year would put them in dire straits going forward. I guess the difference is Freeze has a couple of wins over Bama to hang his hat on, so not winning the division anytime soon might not cost him his job.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:49 pm to GregAl
Only if you mean that they've recently won a Sugar Bowl, owned Alabama, and have awesome uniforms. Oh wait..
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:52 pm to Drive4show
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they've recently won a Sugar Bowl
I'm pretty sure the standing line when UGA won the '08 Sugar is that it doesn't matter anymore... Must be even more true now that there is a playoff system.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:56 pm to GregAl
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Is Tennessee the Ole Miss of the East?
They wish.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:57 pm to MSUbulldogs03
quote:541–562–39 (.491)
A lot of shite to have against you
Posted on 2/5/16 at 2:58 pm to Dustin Johnson
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...but not quite
it's negligible. the difference between an average of 11 and an average of 12 over 4 years isn't really different, especially given the subjective nature of recruiting to begin with
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