ESPN final preseason FPI

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Originally Posted by msstate7

FWIW, FPI has tenn favorite at 55.4%.

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You remind me of this guy...


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The CBS TV analyst Top 25 poll has us ranked at #21. They showed a lot of love for Tommy Stevens and said our offense should be much better this year.

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Originally Posted by biggun

The CBS TV analyst Top 25 poll has us ranked at #21. They showed a lot of love for Tommy Stevens and said our offense should be much better this year.

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I think we'll be much improved offensively. I expect significant regression defensively though, outside top 20

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Originally Posted by msstate7

FWIW, FPI has tenn favorite at 55.4%.

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Tennessee will not be Vegas favorites in our game.....you know, fwiw.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I think we'll be much improved offensively. I expect significant regression defensively though, outside top 20

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C'mon man. Some of y'all think we gonna be a 2016 Peter Sirmon defense? If we have a defense as good as 2014, 2010 or 2017 we'll be fine. And, no, none of those defenses could touch us last year but were still GOOD.

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

C'mon man. Some of y'all think we gonna be a 2016 Peter Sirmon defense? If we have a defense as good as 2014, 2010 or 2017 we'll be fine. And, no, none of those defenses could touch us last year but were still GOOD.

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Saying outside top 20 isn't saying we will suck, not even close. We were elite last year, and I don't expect elite this year... 21-30 is where I predict, and that's good

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Saying outside top 20 isn't saying we will suck, not even close. We were elite last year, and I don't expect elite this year... 21-30 is where I predict, and that's good

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That's not "significant regression". We didn't have a top 30 defense in 2014 (IIRC it was around #40).

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

That's not "significant regression". We didn't have a top 30 defense in 2014 (IIRC it was around #40).

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Ok, maybe my wording is messed up a little. I expect a drop from top 3 last season to top 30 this year.

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

That's not "significant regression". We didn't have a top 30 defense in 2014 (IIRC it was around #40).

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Ok, maybe my wording is messed up a little. I expect a drop from top 3 last season to top 30 this year.

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And I think Top 30 will be enough for us to be in every game if our offense improves to Top 40 from Top 70 - which is very plausible.

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Originally Posted by Bdawg

Don't quite understand that Tenn love.

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We'll beat Tenn by +10

I didn't realize Tennessee had so many injuries on the LOS. Do espn know about that?

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

I didn't realize Tennessee had so many injuries on the LOS. Do espn know about that?

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Just looking at the projected depth chart and UT is predicting to start 2 freshman OT. Their DT has 2 freshman as the 2nd string so they are at least as young as we are on the DLine. I think UT is probably a year away from really competing in the trenches.

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

I didn't realize Tennessee had so many injuries on the LOS. Do espn know about that?

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Probably not.

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Originally Posted by msugolf

We'll beat Tenn by +10

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The only thing in the Vols' favor is home field. I just don't think Pruitt is head coaching material though.

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

The only thing in the Vols' favor is home field. I just don't think Pruitt is head coaching material though.

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Tennessee didn’t either until their first 12 options turned them down.

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Originally Posted by Jarius

Tennessee didn’t either until their first 12 options turned them down.

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Yeah, he was sixth or seventh on the list, if that.