That is why I say I dont like the D line. The line on both sides looked unglued every 4th Q. USC has the top wideouts not Tenn. Second would be Clemson. All 4(set from usc & clem) will be 1st rd future picks.

I don’t like the D line either. It’s a massive question mark.

The WR’s aren’t. USC’s are good, but ours are better. They are definitely better than Clemson’s.

I contend our D ate shit last year. We were awesome for the first two quarters, then blow out city.

That is why I say I dont like the D line. The line on both sides looked unglued every 4th Q. USC has the top wideouts not Tenn. Second would be Clemson. All 4(set from usc & clem) will be 1st rd future picks.

They’ll also need a spaceeating NT, and I don’t know if they have one.

Daniel McCullers. He’s about as space eating as they come.

I contend our D ate shit last year. We were awesome for the first two quarters, then blow out city.

If they only win 6 with their talent at the offensive skill positions, Doolander should be blacklisted from coaching.

No doubt.

Lisk alert!

Im no Tenn expert though so i am basically talking out my ass here.

If Patterson gets eligible they’ll have the best trio of WRs in the nation…bar freaking none. Like…scary good. Their defense will be interesting to watch as the transition from the 4-3 to the 3-4 is never easy. It’ll take them a year to get used to it. They’ll also need a spaceeating NT, and I don’t know if they have one. Their D was pretty good last year, too. So it’s not out of the question for them to be solid this year, but I’ll have to wait and see. The Florida game will be a fun one to watch as it’s so early in the year.

Seriously? Im shocked. I havent paid to much attention to the 2013 draft shit but to have Logan Thomas anywhere near a top 50 is insane to me. He had some decent games against crap teams but if you seriously watch him in the pocket he looks like he is lost. No way that dude gets rd 1 grade. Not happening. I will wipe shit on my face and walk around all day if he goes rd 1.

The Vols will be lucky to win 6 games.

Not really. I think they’re an 8-4 team. UGA, UF, Bama and SC are all better, but Tenn can beat any of them save for maybe Bama.

Ga State, Akron, Troy, Miss State and Kentucky are locks for wins. They then have NCST (should be a win), at Vandy (should be a win). That puts them at 7 wins with UGA, SC, Bama, UF and Miz left. If they only win 6 with their talent at the offensive skill positions, Doolander should be blacklisted from coaching.

Also this idiot has Logan Thomas as his #11 rated player in CFB.

Dude…some people have him going into the 2012 season as the top pick. I shit you not. It’s as if they’ve never watched a single play of a single game of his.

/watches tape of Chandler Jones and Syracuse destroying WVU and Geno.

Dude…come clean with it. He kicked your dog, didn’t he?

Figuratively speaking, yes. I had to watch him fall down after a corner touched his leg after 2 yards for 2 years. He sucked. The OL wasn’t great either, but believe me, he sucked. Somehow he broke a few big runs his Junior year and since we had Matt Simms somehow put up decent numbers, but he was not an actual SEC starting tailback.

He was every bit as bad as I make him out to be. Maybe worse. And that is even with the OL, which was bad at run blocking. He was likely the worst RB UT has ever started in my 20+ year history of watching the team. Honestly.

Dude…come clean with it. He kicked your dog, didn’t he?

Also…this is not true. The OL makes the RB more often that the other way around. Poole wasn’t nearly as bad as you make him out to be. He wasn’t all that great, but he wasn’t laughably bad, either. UT’s OL just wasn’t that good last year. It could certainly improve this year, but last year it was average on its best day.

He was every bit as bad as I make him out to be. Maybe worse. And that is even with the OL, which was bad at run blocking. He was likely the worst RB UT has ever started in my 20+ year history of watching the team. Honestly. I’ve never seen an RB go down on first contact so consistently. Not even good first contact. He was slow, had no moves, no vision, and went down on contact. He was bad. You’ll see a marked improvement this year, even if the OL doesn’t set the world on fire run blocking.

Anyways, I don’t give a shit about last year. We were god awful and we sucked ass. It’s done. All I know is it sure as shit wasn’t because of Bray. He and a few others were the only guys who had any business being on the field most games. I continue to believe our OL has a lot of talent, and by all accounts we have at least two likely NFL players on that line (James and Richardson). The talent is there.

Again, pass blocking wise, it was one of the best in the SEC. You could have the 97 Broncos up front with Tauren Poole and you’re still going to be last in the SEC in rushing.

Also…this is not true. The OL makes the RB more often that the other way around. Poole wasn’t nearly as bad as you make him out to be. He wasn’t all that great, but he wasn’t laughably bad, either. UT’s OL just wasn’t that good last year. It could certainly improve this year, but last year it was average on its best day.

He wasn’t the problem in either one of those games last year. He had a costly pick against UF, but otherwise he played solid, if not 2 on 11 with him and DaRick.

He wasn’t the solution, either. Tenn can’t sling it around 40 times a game and win. They don’t have the OL to do that, even if you think they do. They OL must be able to run block and drive guys off of the ball, and they can’t do that. UF, Bama and UGA will all be able to dictate the line as they match up really well with Tennessee’s OL.