Will Tenn be #1 in the new AP poll
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Looks like weak OOC schedule mixed with 3 recent loses prior to that UK game.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2579/season/2016
I don't care where you graduated from. There's a lot of college graduates who claim they're smart and they're not. Fact is your school hasn't done anything note worthy and that couch you been sitting on, you may wanna get a new one because I bet that dent is deep. I'm not worried about how I look to you because you act like Tennessee should be at the big boys table and we all know they're not. You gotta crawl before you learn how to walk and so far you guys haven't mastered that.
Yes, there were some bad calls both ways, including some against UT. But it's not that simple. There is a big difference in a bad (missed) call and one that changes the outcome of a game. Down 6 with 1:22 to play and Vandy with the ball, there is only one way UT gets back into that game. And that is with some "help".
We are #1 and I think that is noteworthy.
What would you know about mastering anything, little t-shirt fan.
I'm glad you admit that, it makes you more reasonable to talk to you. I will say this, losing 2 pts on a bad call in the beginning of the game on a bad call is still equal to losing 2 pts at the later stages of the game. They are both still two pts.
Maybe, the Vandy player shouldn't have dribbled off his foot either and lost possession. Shit happens and it is disingenuous to only point out things that negatively hurt the team you're pulling for. It is called being a homer.
Only from a numerical standpoint. Perception-wise, issuing a Flagrant foul at the end of the game on a call that 99% of fans disagree with, raises eyebrows. Then putting time on the clock. Then the inbounds spot. Combine all of those at the most crucial point in the game, and well ...
I think you know what I meant though. Let's be reasonable.The game is won or lost from a numerical standpoint, knucklehead.
You being a college grad and that's all you can muster? Sit your ass down somewhere and enjoy being #1 for now. If the unthinkable happens and you make it the final 4 I will have no problems giving you props.
Factual is reasonable, Cat.
Whining about calls is for crybabies.IMO
I was prepared to create a thread with the title, "Easy come, easy go" after the game at the 1:26 point with Vandy leading by 6. William's put the team on his back and I didn't need to do that.
Just letting you know where I am on things.
Considering you are trying to gain some unearned respect for accomplishments of a school you never even attended much less contributed to their success, I think it is all I need to muster. You're the arrogant one, not me. I'm just dishing it back to.
I doubt you will follow through on your pledge, regardless of how well UT does. The poison you're spewing speaks to the contrary of your claim.
I'm pretty sure the poster you are trying to reason with has Asperger's.
You have never had one of my empanadas, Hail...
I'll try one if you can make it taste like a pasty
You're reaching when you have to say you have to attend the school you root for. Tell that to the UT fans in eastern TN or to the UK fans in eastern KY and get back with me. Name one fan that has contributed to a teams success? I'll wait. And as for congratulating you guys if you make it the final 4, oh I will do just that. If I can give props to UK, Duke, KU, UVA and others when it's warranted I can do the same for UT and their fans.
That's dumb. I've never tried a pasty but Hispanic food will always win a taste test vs. something that originated where the whitest white people came from.
That's just a fact.
[QUOTE="AWilli6995, post: 26893476, member: 5616"]You're reaching when you have to say you have to attend the school you root for. Tell that to the UT fans in eastern TN or to the UK fans in eastern KY and get back with me. Name one fan that has contributed to a teams success? I'll wait. And as for congratulating you guys if you make it the final 4, oh I will do just that. If I can give props to UK, Duke, KU, UVA and others when it's warranted I can do the same for UT and their fans.[/QUOTE]
I'm not saying that at all simpleton. I'm saying when you cop an arrogant attitude, ie (I'm a blood blood fan) and therefore non blue blood fans are in some way inferior and "can't sit at the big boy table", you come off as an arrogant t-shirt wearing fool. Maybe, if you hadn't wasted your money at the Mini mart buying your team's gear and invested in some education, you would have picked that up.
Man you're dense, your second sentence is just strengthening my other point on why it is ridiculous for fans to put other fans down as inferior or claiming superiority, we are all just fans!!
I am sorry to be so rough with you, but damn! Do you now understand that it is your undeserved arrogance that I'm taking issue with?
I haven't said UT is the greatest of all time and certainly haven't said someone doesn't deserve to talk about UT based on rankings. I'm just glad we are where we are and enjoying it. Do you get that?
I'm not saying that at all simpleton. I'm saying when you cop an arrogant attitude, ie (I'm a blood blood fan) and therefore non blue blood fans are in some way inferior and "can't sit at the big boy table", you come off as an arrogant t-shirt wearing fool. Maybe, if you hadn't wasted your money at the Mini mart buying your team's gear and invested in some education, you would have picked that up.
Man you're dense, your second sentence is just strengthening my other point on why it is ridiculous for fans to put other fans down as inferior or claiming superiority, we are all just fans!!
I am sorry to be so rough with you, but damn! Do you now understand that it is your undeserved arrogance that I'm taking issue with?
I haven't said UT is the greatest of all time and certainly haven't said someone doesn't deserve to talk about UT based on rankings. I'm just glad we are where we are and enjoying it. Do you get that?
I'm not saying that at all simpleton. I'm saying when you cop an arrogant attitude, ie (I'm a blood blood fan) and therefore non blue blood fans are in some way inferior and "can't sit at the big boy table", you come off as an arrogant t-shirt wearing fool. Maybe, if you hadn't wasted your money at the Mini mart buying your team's gear and invested in some education, you would have picked that up.
Man you're dense, your second sentence is just strengthening my other point on why it is ridiculous for fans to put other fans down as inferior or claiming superiority, we are all just fans!!
I am sorry to be so rough with you, but damn! Do you now understand that it is your undeserved arrogance that I'm taking issue with?
I haven't said UT is the greatest of all time and certainly haven't said someone doesn't deserve to talk about UT based on rankings. I'm just glad we are where we are and enjoying it. Do you get that?[/QUOTE]
You, rough on me? Step your game up! Laughing
Thankfully this isn't last year.
History of any program is a poor way to predict any particular current year.
Personally I see some things I still don't like such as relying on one player to win games and playing down to certain opponents. That's the way you get beat in March.
Having said that, Tennessee has about the best squad that I have seen in my 62+ years of watching them. I think they get a number 1 seed and have a better than average chance of making the final four
I look forward to the game as well.
Generally speaking calls even out thru out the game. People see late calls as more important but every call including those made early in the game affects the outcome. Sometimes you get a call or two to win a game. But if you are Vandys coach today you arent blaming the refs. That excuse is for fans and losing gamblers.
In the case of the F1 it cost Vandy 4 points. Pretty significant. I can guarantee the UT fans would be singing a different tune if the tables were reversed. Like I said earlier, you can accept a bad ( missed) call but at that stage if the game to misapply the rule is unforgivable. It cost Vandy the game. And I don't even like/dislike Vandy. But the fact it’s been a talking point in virtually every sports talk show is pretty telling.
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Finally a UT fan who doesn't come in acting absurd. Stick around.
It costs them 2 points. It was easily a foul either way so would have been 2 instead of 4. They also did not misapply the rule. It is just a bad rule.
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It cost them 4. They scored on the possession, a possession they shouldn’t have had. And they did misapply the rule. How in the hell you gonna hook and hold a dude in mid air? You can debate the common foul or not, but there was less contact there than when Schofield scored the tying bucket.
They scored 2 points on the possession and 2 on the FTs they would have had anyway. That is a difference of 2. He hooked him while they were on the ground. He continued the hook and hold until he pushed off with that same arm. I think the rule is absurd but it was applied correctly no matter how many Kentucky fans you listen to say otherwise. Every referee and expert and analyst I have heard have said it was the correct application of a bad rule.
I just literally watched the replay and there was never a hook, much less a hold. But you’re entitled to be wrong. As I said, I dont even think there was a common foul; there’s more contact than that on virtually every play. Any way you slice it that one call cost Vanderbilt the game. Up 6, with the ball, 1:22 left.
Saying it wasn't even a foul kind of highlights how little you seem to actually know about the actual play. Maybe you need to watch it again.
Perhaps Brown should not hook, not hold, and not push. But hey, instead of that let us just blame someone else. That is sort of the MO for some fans.
You’re right. Williams should have had 30 free throws. I am amazed he managed to get through that game with the way the officials targeted him.
He got a really good whistle. That doesn’t have anything to do with that play though.
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