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Is Tennessee football still a blue blood?
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:28 am
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:28 am
I’ve family in Tennessee and a little over a decade ago they use to call in the middle of games to talk shite to my uncle.
Man it use to piss him off lol.
But now, you can’t beg that same bunch to even talk about football.
So I ask, can a team lose elite status after a loooooong period of suckage? And only having moderate success before that point anyways can’t help. Asking for my uncle.
Man it use to piss him off lol.
But now, you can’t beg that same bunch to even talk about football.
So I ask, can a team lose elite status after a loooooong period of suckage? And only having moderate success before that point anyways can’t help. Asking for my uncle.
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Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:30 am to LukeSidewalker
What do you consider a blue blood?
They are still the second best all time sec program imo but just barely hanging on by a thread.
They are still the second best all time sec program imo but just barely hanging on by a thread.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:38 am to WG_Dawg
can A program be a blue blood forever even when they appear to be done with that particular sport?
It’s gotta stop at some point I would think.
It’s gotta stop at some point I would think.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:39 am to LukeSidewalker
Football is a dying sport due to all the safety concerns. My guess is we will finish up around 15-20th all time by the time they close up shop on the sport in a decade or so.
Pretty amazing we are still considered #2 in the SEC when we haven’t accomplished anything in 20 years and likely never will again.
Pretty amazing we are still considered #2 in the SEC when we haven’t accomplished anything in 20 years and likely never will again.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:42 am to volfan30
So you are a blue blood? Or you was a blue blood?
Yeah, when the earth ends, non of this shite will matter anyways huh lol
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My guess is we will finish up around 15-20th all time by the time they close up shop on the sport in a decade or so.
Yeah, when the earth ends, non of this shite will matter anyways huh lol
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:44 am to LukeSidewalker
About as much as Yale still is.
Just minus the academics
Just minus the academics
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:46 am to LukeSidewalker
Tennessee is likely never going to be good again so who cares how you classify it.
We are falling fast and the abolishment of the sport is likely the only thing that will stop the fall.
We are falling fast and the abolishment of the sport is likely the only thing that will stop the fall.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:49 am to volfan30
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We are falling fast and the abolishment of the sport is likely the only thing that will stop the fall.
Damn, you’re too honest and no fun. If you’re trying to get me to feel sorry for you, it’s working.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:55 am to LukeSidewalker
Silly poster, bama is the only sec blue blood.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 6:56 am to LukeSidewalker
When you make hires like us you dig your own grave. Just reality. Fans can hype up the former Saban assistant with AD experience, Big East multiple time co champion, another Saban assistant this time with defensive experience, etc. but these guys aren’t accomplishing anything in this league and everyone knows it.
It’s fun to get on here and have some fun but no Tennessee fan with a working brain has had any reasonable expectation for success since ~2004. I rarely go to the games anymore and certainly don’t get upset about losses.
Coaching searches are really the only time I have any hope but we are even worse at those than football.
It’s fun to get on here and have some fun but no Tennessee fan with a working brain has had any reasonable expectation for success since ~2004. I rarely go to the games anymore and certainly don’t get upset about losses.
Coaching searches are really the only time I have any hope but we are even worse at those than football.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 7:15 am to volfan30
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Coaching searches are really the only time I have any hope but we are even worse at those than football.
Damn.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 7:38 am to LukeSidewalker
They never were.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 7:40 am to LukeSidewalker
UT is still a blue blood program. They have been done in by dumb hires, and AD’s that don’t give a frick about fall Saturday’s in the south. Now that ol’ Phil is running the show, they will be competing in the years to come!
Posted on 3/22/18 at 7:46 am to LukeSidewalker
As far as the conference goes, yes, they are still a SEC blue blood. College football as a whole? No, there are only a handful of Blue Bloods in CFB and Bama is the only one from our conference.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:12 am to crispyUGA
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No, there are only a handful of Blue Bloods in CFB and Bama is the only one from our conference
How are you judging "blue bloods"?NC's?All time wins?
Obviously put Bama,USC,OSU,OU and ND...not sure about
Michigan even though they lead in all time wins.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:35 am to RD Dawg
10RC has potential to get back to page One. We'll see.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:39 am to RD Dawg
UT has never really been a "blue blood" nationally, unless you want to say there's abotu 10 of them, which seems high.
But as mentioned they are still IMO the 2nd best SEC program, which speaks volumes about the program they used to be compared to now. And honestly, it's only a matter of time before they get lapped. The grouping of UGA/UF/LSU/AU are all neck and neck with each other, and honestly an impartial observer could make a case for each of those 4 schools being the next up and would have a valid argument. The thing is those schools are on relatively solid footing while UT has been basically a lost program for going on 10 years now with no real sure sign of turning things around.
But as mentioned they are still IMO the 2nd best SEC program, which speaks volumes about the program they used to be compared to now. And honestly, it's only a matter of time before they get lapped. The grouping of UGA/UF/LSU/AU are all neck and neck with each other, and honestly an impartial observer could make a case for each of those 4 schools being the next up and would have a valid argument. The thing is those schools are on relatively solid footing while UT has been basically a lost program for going on 10 years now with no real sure sign of turning things around.
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:39 am to LukeSidewalker
It never was a blue blood.
Blue bloods are
Bama
Michigan
Ohio State
Texas
Notre Dame
USC
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Blue bloods are
Bama
Michigan
Ohio State
Texas
Notre Dame
USC
Nebraska
Oklahoma
This post was edited on 3/22/18 at 8:41 am
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:57 am to WG_Dawg
Going on 10? The program has been dead since 01 with the only sign of life being 04.
Hell, division titles are extremely close to meaningless and Tennessee doesn’t even have one of those since 07.
It is a dead program.
Hell, division titles are extremely close to meaningless and Tennessee doesn’t even have one of those since 07.
It is a dead program.
This post was edited on 3/22/18 at 8:59 am
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:58 am to LukeSidewalker
In terms of nationally, they never were. There is only one SEC team per major sport that can be considered a national blue blood.
In the SEC, I would say that they still are a blue blood like Nebraska would be in the Big 12 if they were still there.
In the SEC, I would say that they still are a blue blood like Nebraska would be in the Big 12 if they were still there.
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