Watching the Tennesee game right now

[howdydodat]

It's not how you start, it's how you finish.

Just ask Ole Miss how their 31-10 halftime lead worked out for them against Jacksonville State.

[karlhungis]

I agree the win means just about zip starting Monday (you always get one day to enjoy it- especially that beat down). But I doubt Chip will let them get complacent. He was bitching about missed assignments at halftime- up 59-0. And I agree that the caliber of athlete next week will obviously be totally different.

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

[howdydodat]

I agree the win means just about zip starting Monday (you always get one day to enjoy it- especially that beat down). But I doubt Chip will let them get complacent. He was bitching about missed assignments at halftime- up 59-0. And I agree that the caliber of athlete next week will obviously be totally different.

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

Both are FBS/D1A. They are same thing. I think you're thinking of FCS/D1AA

[Duck07]

I agree the win means just about zip starting Monday (you always get one day to enjoy it- especially that beat down). But I doubt Chip will let them get complacent. He was bitching about missed assignments at halftime- up 59-0. And I agree that the caliber of athlete next week will obviously be totally different.

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

Both are FBS/D1A. They are same thing. I think you're thinking of FCS/D1AA

No, New Mexico is a part of the Mountain West conference, which is D1. Nice try though.

[karlhungis]

I agree the win means just about zip starting Monday (you always get one day to enjoy it- especially that beat down). But I doubt Chip will let them get complacent. He was bitching about missed assignments at halftime- up 59-0. And I agree that the caliber of athlete next week will obviously be totally different.

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

Both are FBS/D1A. They are same thing. I think you're thinking of FCS/D1AA

OK, so I am confused...

Anyways, I think next week will be very interesting. At the end of the day, I worry about how Thomas is going to handle the crowd combined with an aggressive Wilcox defense. If you guys can stack the box and stop the run, we could be in trouble.

[howdydodat]

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

Both are FBS/D1A. They are same thing. I think you're thinking of FCS/D1AA

No, New Mexico is a part of the Mountain West conference, which is D1. Nice try though.

http://www.d1collegefootball.com/

Oops... Western Kentucky is D1 also.

You don't watch much football do ya?

Check out ESPN's NCAA standings... http://espn.go.com/college-football/standings

There they are again...

[howdydodat]

Exactly. I'm not trying to take anything away from the win. It was a great win.

I'm just saying in the end, it was week 1 and it means nothing next week.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on Oregon next week. I think Tennessee could surprise people and give Oregon a run for their money.

Also, I don't know why I was giving such random examples. The one poster said 72-0 against an FBS team means something. Tennessee beat Western Kentucky 63-7 last year... They finished 7-6. I think Oregon will finish a lot better then that but just sayin...

The one poster said that 72-0 against a D1 school meant something, not a FBS school. And in your previous example Navy still gave up 62 points to North Texas. I don't think your example really proves your point.

The Western Kentucky example does. 63 is only 8 less than 72 and giving up one touchdown doesn't matter in that instance. Still a 7-6 team blowing out a D1 school. It meant nothing.

Western Kentucky = FBS
New Mexico = D1

Or am I confused here?

Both are FBS/D1A. They are same thing. I think you're thinking of FCS/D1AA

OK, so I am confused...

Anyways, I think next week will be very interesting. At the end of the day, I worry about how Thomas is going to handle the crowd combined with an aggressive Wilcox defense. If you guys can stack the box and stop the run, we could be in trouble.

Believe me when I say that we are far more worried than Oregon fans .

Home crowd and Wilcox are a good start but you guys have a better team and it's blatantly obvious. I'd be willing to trade.

[gofightingducks]

72-0 against New Mexico is great and all but that game means nothing moving forward. Tennessee is going to to be tough, they have far more talent than New Mexico, much more speed and toughness, and it is a road game with 108K fans that are going to be pumped with a Top 15 team coming to town. I will be honest, I am a little nervous for this game.

[greenyellow]

72-0 against New Mexico is great and all but that game means nothing moving forward. Tennessee is going to to be tough, they have far more talent than New Mexico, much more speed and toughness, and it is a road game with 108K fans that are going to be pumped with a Top 15 team coming to town. I will be honest, I am a little nervous for this game.

I'm also a little more nervous about Tennessee. I don't think we'll see the same kind of things we did against Wilcox the previous two times we've faced one of his defenses. I believe that our offense has evolved to the point where a defense trying to shut down one aspect won't doom us.

[SuperDuck]

Look, not to take away anything from what Wilcox accomplished against us at Boise State, they beat us fair and square. However, I do want to point out that the Oregon offenses he faced had significant weaknesses that they won't have this time around.

#1. In 2008 we were without Nate Costa and Justin Roper, our #1 and #2 QB's. We started Masoli, the #3 guy, he got knocked out early in the game and we were left with two true freshman.

#2. Last year our O-Line was brand new together and went through some very obvious growing pains. The same thing happened to Oklahoma against BYU last year. Boise State used some unorthodox defensive schemes that the new guys on the O-Line really struggled with. Hey, it was fair and square and very effective!

He won't have either of those advantages this time around, as we'll have three QB's that are healthy and have been in the system for at least one year and our O-Line is one of the best in the country.

That being said...

Looking forward to the game.

[howdydodat]

Look, not to take away anything from what Wilcox accomplished against us at Boise State, they beat us fair and square. However, I do want to point out that the Oregon offenses he faced had significant weaknesses that they won't have this time around.

#1. In 2008 we were without Nate Costa and Justin Roper, our #1 and #2 QB's. We started Masoli, the #3 guy, he got knocked out early in the game and we were left with two true freshman.

#2. Last year our O-Line was brand new together and went through some very obvious growing pains. The same thing happened to Oklahoma against BYU last year. Boise State used some unorthodox defensive schemes that the new guys on the O-Line really struggled with. Hey, it was fair and square and very effective!

He won't have either of those advantages this time around, as we'll have three QB's that are healthy and have been in the system for at least one year and our O-Line is one of the best in the country.

That being said...

Looking forward to the game.

Six days! You guys need to get a game thread up. You had the New Mexico one up a month in advance.

[SuperDuck]

Look, not to take away anything from what Wilcox accomplished against us at Boise State, they beat us fair and square. However, I do want to point out that the Oregon offenses he faced had significant weaknesses that they won't have this time around.

#1. In 2008 we were without Nate Costa and Justin Roper, our #1 and #2 QB's. We started Masoli, the #3 guy, he got knocked out early in the game and we were left with two true freshman.

#2. Last year our O-Line was brand new together and went through some very obvious growing pains. The same thing happened to Oklahoma against BYU last year. Boise State used some unorthodox defensive schemes that the new guys on the O-Line really struggled with. Hey, it was fair and square and very effective!

He won't have either of those advantages this time around, as we'll have three QB's that are healthy and have been in the system for at least one year and our O-Line is one of the best in the country.

That being said...

Looking forward to the game.

Six days! You guys need to get a game thread up. You had the New Mexico one up a month in advance.

Yeah, I suppose we probably should.

Honestly, I really hope we don't have a letdown against the Vols. I'm really worried that our guys might be looking ahead to a tough Portland State game.

[howdydodat]

Look, not to take away anything from what Wilcox accomplished against us at Boise State, they beat us fair and square. However, I do want to point out that the Oregon offenses he faced had significant weaknesses that they won't have this time around.

#1. In 2008 we were without Nate Costa and Justin Roper, our #1 and #2 QB's. We started Masoli, the #3 guy, he got knocked out early in the game and we were left with two true freshman.

#2. Last year our O-Line was brand new together and went through some very obvious growing pains. The same thing happened to Oklahoma against BYU last year. Boise State used some unorthodox defensive schemes that the new guys on the O-Line really struggled with. Hey, it was fair and square and very effective!

He won't have either of those advantages this time around, as we'll have three QB's that are healthy and have been in the system for at least one year and our O-Line is one of the best in the country.

That being said...

Looking forward to the game.

Six days! You guys need to get a game thread up. You had the New Mexico one up a month in advance.

Yeah, I suppose we probably should.

Honestly, I really hope we don't have a letdown against the Vols. I'm really worried that our guys might be looking ahead to a tough Portland State game.

lol

[oregon232]

72-0 against a team a year removed from a turmoil filled 1-11 seasons doesn't mean as much as some are making it out to be. Tennessee is faster than NM and will play better defense. Remember last year, Boise St. DC absolutely shut us down. Well he is at TN now so It just might not be a walk in the park.

[howdydodat]

72-0 against a team a year removed from a turmoil filled 1-11 seasons doesn't mean as much as some are making it out to be. Tennessee is faster than NM and will play better defense. Remember last year, Boise St. DC absolutely shut us down. Well he is at TN now so It just might not be a walk in the park.

Agreed. New Mexico's talent doesn't compare to Tennessee's. North Carolina played two starters on defense and still almost beat LSU. I'm guessing Tennessee's back ups probably could have beaten New Mexico. I won't say that with certainty after watching Ole Miss's starters lose to Jacksonville State but I'd like to think Tennessee's coaches/talent are more comparable to Butch/NC than Nutt/Miss.

Should be a good game. I think your boys will take it but hopefully I'm wrong. If that's the case, hopefully Tennessee at least keeps it within 14. If they are losing by more than two touchdowns in the 4th quarter I'll probably shut it off.