re: Which coaches over-performed, under performed or met expectations?

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Blackadder

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I don’t believe DJ could fake being sophisticated enough to try humor.

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Texas Longhorns - Steve Sarkisian - Slightly Exceeded

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Slightly Exceeded????

Every non-Longhorn on this forum said Texas was going to get smoked in the SEC.

So many 4 to 5 loss games.

Yet here we are in year 1 of Texas' season.....the oly 1 loss team in the SEC.

#1 in the SEC to be exact.

Slightly exceeded my arse. How about Exceeded All Expectations!!!!!

Sark is SEC Coach of the Year!!!!!

I realize you are a troll but DeBoer in his first yr with an entirely new straff compliled in a few weeks, with Milroe at quarterback, 9-3 is better than any reasonable fan should expect.

Arkansas vegas over/under was 4.5 games won. Pitt won 6. So make of that how you will.

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Arkansas vegas over/under was 4.5 games won. Pitt won 6. So make of that how you will.

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True. But most Razorbacks here said Petrino was the secret sauce that was going to get them to 8 wins.

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We were picked to go 4-8 or 5-7 and ended up 9-3. Beamer did more with less, unlike some who did less with more.

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Your coach makes $6.4M a year. The only reason this season feels better is because he shite the bed so bad last year.

He didn’t do more with less. He did at a minimum what he should be doing. If USCe fans feel their peak is the Duke mayo bowl well I guess he did exceed expectations.

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Tennessee Volunteers - Josh Heupel - Met Expectations

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I believe many would say that Heupel exceeded expectations. Here is my logic:

2024 Preseason Prediction Thread

Preseason Prediction for Tennessee

Nero Wolfe - 10-2
Smokeyone - 10-2
oldhickory1812 - 10-2
SigLegion - 10-2
BigOrangeKen - 9-3
BigScoreboard - 10-2
BigOrangeLoyalist - 8-4
BlindedMeWithScience - 8-4
UTK - 8-4
Supravol22 - 9-3
Blackadder - 10-2
Volsfan82169 - 9-3
madmaxvol - 9-3
Knocksville - 9-3
GreatPumpkin - 9-3
Rip Torner - 9-3
Possumslayer - 9-3
lvlerlot - 12-0
Bob the Ogre - 9-3
Vols&Shaft83 - 9-3
David Ricky - 10-2


Over 60% of the Tennessee fans who participated in the preseason prediction poll said they thought UT would finish worse than 10-2.

This article states the ESPN FPI predicted Tennessee to have 8.6 wins.

The SEC Media Preseason Poll had UT finishing 7th in the conference...and right now they are ranked 7th in the current college football playoff rankings. In a preseason poll of ESPN writers, only Chris Low (a Tennessee graduate) had UT in the playoffs.

Other than 8 UT posters on this board, the vast majority of UT fans and sports media predicted that UT would finish worse than they did this season.

Had the softest schedule

Vegas Insider O/U Wins

Vanderbilt - 2.5 (over by 3.5)

South Carolina - 5.5 (over by 2.5)

Arkansas - 4.5 (over by 1.5)
Florida - 4.5 (over by 1.5)
Tennessee - 8.5 (over by 1.5)

Texas - 10.5 (over by 0.5)

Georgia - 10.5 (under 0.5)
Alabama - 9.5 (under by 0.5)
Missouri - 9.5 (under by 0.5)
Ole Miss - 9.5 (under by 0.5)
Texas A&M - 8.5 (under by 0.5)

LSU - 9.5 (under by 1.5)

Auburn - 7.5 (under by 2.5)
Kentucky - 6.5 (under by 2.5)
Mississippi State - 4.5 (under by 2.5)

For these teams, it was playoff or bust. If you are in comfortably, you met expectations. If you are also competing for the bye, you exceeded.

Alabama Crimson Tide - Kalen DeBoer - Under (just slightly under since a bubble team)
Georgia Bulldogs - Kirby Smart - Met expectations (contradicts my definition above but UGa fans expected to be in Atl playing for bye)
LSU Tigers - Brian Kelly - Under
Ole Miss Rebels - Lane Kiffin - Under
Tennessee Volunteers - Josh Heupel - Met expectations
Texas Longhorns - Steve Sarkisian - Exceeded

These teams had coaches on hot seat and were expecting to be fired. If you still have your job, you met expectations. If you improved, you exceeded.

Arkansas Razorbacks - Sam Pittman - Met expectations
Florida Gators - Billy Napier - Exceeded

These teams were hoping to see improvement or at least not lose ground in their place in the pecking order.

Auburn Tigers - Hugh Freeze - Under
Kentucky Wildcats - Mark Stoops - Met expectations
Mississippi State Bulldogs - Jeff Lebby - Under
Missouri Tigers - Eli Drinkwitz - Met expectations
Oklahoma Sooners - Brent Venables - Under
South Carolina Gamecocks - Shane Beamer - Exceeded
Texas A&M Aggies - Mike Elko - Met expectations
Vanderbilt Commodores - Clark Lea - Exceeded

Under - 6
Met expectations - 6
Exceeded - 4