@@Will97675well dude they are actually on a pretty decent run for the last two seasons, and have way better talent than they have previously had. The d line is prob the best in the SEC if not country.
you're higher on them than I am... I'm thinking 9-3/10-2. Either going to barely squeak into playoffs, or barely miss. Our secondary, while skill wise is upgraded from last year, they're still an unknown. Dline is top 5 nationally, Oline is solid, RB room(as long as they stay healthy) is solid, QB room looking great, WR room is great, on paper.
@@jaredg3905 I think they have two literal toss-up games: Alabama and Oklahoma. Sometimes luck is a factor and that maybe the case with both games. Arkansas and Florida could be tricky. 10-2 or 9-3 sounds about right unless all the breaks go with Tennessee.
Soooo many people have asked me, as a die hard Sooner, how I feel about the move to the SEC? My only response is from Bob Stopps, “Gotta beat the best to be the best”. The Big 2 and the little 10 was not the best.
SEC is overrated? That’s like saying the U.S. is overrated. If they’re so overrated why does everyone want to come to the SEC? Ask the teams making the moves. Ask the players that choose SEC teams. They want to play with the best. Some of these comments are just humorous.
Not mentioning Tennessee D line is a huge over sight. We’ll probably have one of the best D lines in the country with the best edge rusher in the country. You can’t shout out James Pearce for real?? Cat will be a top 5 pick next year. And last year the defense did win us games. Bad reporting on Tennessee my friend. Defense is as good as the D line is, and that D line is absolutely loaded
I seriously think that he just goes to ESPN and looks at 1 page or two and vomits out shit info lol really used to enjoy watching him but for a while it seems like he puts no effort into the videos
@@s1l3ntgaming7 The Tennessee Volunteers have a top-10 strength of schedule in the 2024 college football season, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. that is from ESPN and Football Wire
@@jonathanross149 I thought winning 11 games in his 2nd season at TN was about as impressive a job as I’ve seen any coach do considering where the program was when he started. Nobody and I mean nobody really saw that coming. I thought it was possible but wouldn’t have bet on it or nothing. He has some real momentum and if TN can win 10+ this season that momentum will continue to build and get bigger. TN has a real opportunity to really kick the door open and insert themself into that top tier of programs as they are knocking on it right now. TN is favored in 9 games and have 2 pretty toss ups 1) at Oklahoma and 2) Bama at home. Win one and likely make the playoff. Win both and it’s on as we ignite boosters and hold on cause TN would really start to be a dominant type program like they had been in the past. Their recruiting and talent/depth on this years team are all right on the cusp as it is. We’re close enough to compete with anyone but still have areas we can definitely take another step and improve in.
And let me put you on game real quick. The D line coach at Tennessee is Rodney Garner. The guy who had all those great D lines at Auburn that would beat your tide. Watch out for that D line brotha
As a die hard, life long Sooner fan I had grown tired of making it to the playoffs and getting our arse kicked on national television. It happened year after year because the regular season did not prepare us for the real teams. Now, we will find out during the regular season if we really have what it takes to win a national championship. Boomer…
In the past when it was a 4 team playoff being able to represent the SEC by finishing at the top was more difficult than the playoff games. Winning the SEC championship I thought was a tougher game than anybody in the playoff so I considered the SEC championship the natty some years. Good luck to Oklahoma. As a TN can we should get a much better idea of how this season goes after we play you all. Both teams need that win and I expect it to be an absolute battle.
TN will actually rotate UGA off now eventually. 2 permanent opponents are Bama and Vandy. Bama is tough more manageable with Saban gone. Vandy is as close to a sure win as you can get in the SEC. When Vandy beats somebody their coach may be getting fired. Was kinda hoping we would get Vandy and UK but that wouldn’t be fair as that would be a near lock for 2 wins.
Was happy to see a MattBeGreat video pop up. Then he started talking.....my guy, you flip flop more than a college girls emotions when it comes to Tennessee.
OU's defense is questionable??? I guess if you are just looking at what they did last year, and not factoring in any improvement over the summer and fall camp. OU returns 79% of their defense (#8 in the country/#1 in the SEC). If you listen to OU insiders, this is the best OU defense in over a decade (which isn't say much as that bar is extremely low, but I'll take it). They are bigger and faster. They also will know BV's complicated defensive scheme better. Go ahead and say it's questionable, and then get back with me in a couple of months. The offense is questionable. There is a lot of hand-wringing regarding practice and scrimmage reports. I'd rather the offense look like hot garbage now, and get these problems fixed before the season starts. I think there will still be a learning curve with getting JFA and his receivers clicking, which is why I'm glad we play Pittsburgh Parochial and H-Town Commuter U to start the season. It also seems like the players have heard all of the offseason chirping about how OU isn't SEC ready. There's nothing I love more than an OU team with a chip on its shoulder, and an underestimated BV. Buckle up, because it's going to be one hell of a season. Great video, Matt. Look forward to seeing more of your content closer we get to kick-off.
Lol this dude doesn’t know cfb. He says “gIviNg Up 30 tO tExAs 🤪🤓” like it’s a bad thing to give up 30 pts to a team that made the playoffs. & was less than 20 yards away from a national championship game appearance. Big 12 is up tempo & literally go look at the sec now. They do this on the regular. Now the tcu game I get. The worst part of ou D last year was defending the pass. We were 109. Terrible. But that also was some of the D-Line not rushing the qb & getting pressure. Look for BV & Zach alley to turn up the heat.. esp now that roof gone. Defense wasn’t bad last year there were just holes & some injuries. I believe this years D will be a lot better on all 3 levels. Finally recruiting starting to pay off for BV. Time will tell.
lol. Tennessee has the best and deepest D line in the country. Deep linebacker room, 2 stud corners, deep at safety. Even with the Jordan Thomas injury. Deepest receiver room twin the country arguably. Good running backs. And Nico. Plus 3 good tight ends. Top to bottom more talented BY FAR over the 2022 team. Need to do your research before you make a video.
Tennessee may have the OL and DL in the SEC this year. James Pierce Jr has other strong players to back him up. If Nico plays to his ability, and Bru comes back strong, TN could go 11-1 in regular season.
@@volbound1700 Coach Jon Sumrall is an excellent coach, look at what he did with Troy immediately. He’s a solid recruiter and an even better coach I believe. I think Tulane is the more dangerous team in my opinion, could just be a Sumrall bias for me though.
Are Oklahoma fans a little nervous they won’t get play a team that can challenge them before playing TN? NC St is a game TN should definitely win and if not means there is serious problems but they should give us enough of a challenge to help us for Oklahoma. We play Kent St (worst team we will play this season most likely) between NC St and Oklahoma. Wouldn’t be shocked if we look ahead a little bit and spend some time starting to look at Oklahoma that week. On the flip side Oklahoma could do the same and all 3 weeks before playing TN.
Tennessee has something to prove? Lol they won 9 games with a qb throwing screen passes and 8 yard outs. Couldn't operate about 75% of Heupel's offense because of his lack of touch. As far as not beating a ranked team last year, what does that prove? Any team in the bottom 5 could just as easily be replaced by an unranked team and no one would notice. Arbitrary nonsense. Also, UT stomped on Bama for a half, and with a decent qb would have put that game away in 3 quarters. And the part about Tennessee being irrelevant for 15 years. That's just rank stupidity. Not competing for championships doesn't make a team irrelevant (as Bama is about to start finding out). There are solid teams that haven't won a championship in 80 years or ever. They are relevant because they have fan bases that make an impact and perenially float in and out of top 25 rankings. There are probably 50 teams or better that would have gladly traded their 15 years for those 15 years Tennessee had. It's because Tennessee is a historic powerhouse that helped build the most dominant conference in the history of cfb, that people say they sucked those years. Because folks know Tennessee is supposed to be great. Anyway, they won 9 games a couple of times during that poor run. Beat ranked teams multiple times. Finished the year ranked maybe once under Dooley, 3 times under Butch Jones and once under Pruitt. Hardly irrelevant.
@@PokeT-Rave It is basically someone looking at scoreboard rather than keeping up with the game. Uncle Lou said the same crap about the game. To be fair, football is two halfs and Tennessee did not hold up.
Refs weren’t great but blaming the refs is a lame excuse and excuses are for losers. The TN offense disappeared in the second half was a big problem. The defense also lost their best cover corner as he was injured for the season just before halftime. At the time of his injury he was the best CB coverage was according to PFF grades and led TN in INTs with 3. Losing him hurt a lot and people forget he was injured. Also lost a starting ILB for the season in the first game last season. TN dealt with some bad injuries to key players otherwise we were likely much more competitive. Also lost Bru McCoy our best WR for the season in 2nd SEC game against USCjr. Cooper Mays our All SEC center missed the fjrst 4 games and his backup was a big drop off.
Lmao! This take is hot garbage. Tennessee's defensive line is gonna be one of the best in the country. Nico is a better passer and on the run when pressured then Milton is. WR group is deep and Sampson is healthy. Most predictions have them at 10 W - 2L with playoff possibilities. Do they have something to prove? Yes and so does everyone else. This goes as planned and the whole Nation will know every word of Rocky Top.
im biased as always because im a tennessee fan but last year we knew was going to be a down year. Joe was never the guy, he was a bridge for nico to take a season to learn. we have the number one prospect for his class at QB, an O line thats as veteran as it gets. all our WRs are back with a few transfers as well. a stacked tight end room. and our defense is looking alot better than people give it credit for, a returning front 7 that was 14th in the country in sacks last season, and alot of transfers in the secondary to fill those gaps, i think alot of people are sleeping on boo carter as a true freshman as well. just keep an eye out, i think we have a very real CFP shot with the expanded playoff.
As an Oklahoma fan the SEC schedule is no doubt much more difficult than the Big12! It will be refreshing to know with this schedule they have this year they won't be overlooking any team. The only positive with this difficult of a schedule is OU has bye weeks before the Texass and Bama games.
Ngl the NC State take was terrible, NC State is WAY better than Florida and substantially better than Kentucky, I’m not saying NC State is great but no one is scared to play Florida or Kentucky, I think Florida at best Florida splits its non conference games so it’s not even like they just lose to SEC teams, I think they lose to Miami FSU and would probably say UCF too but they should definitely beat Samford
We will see how elite they are as I expect TN to have one of the top offenses in the country again this season. Nico seems to be for real and TN has led or been top 2 the last two seasons running the football. Add a QB who can run and can throw on the run and it’s an offense that is difficult to defend. How is the Oklahoma OL looking as I think that will be key. If TN’s DL can win the battle up front it makes running the ball difficult and if they have protection issues then Arnold may prove to be a little turnover prone. I think TN has 5 sacks at least and maybe more. I have doubts about that OL but if they hold up then Oklahoma will be able to pick on our secondary which has 5 new starters. I’m counting on the DL to really help our secondary by getting consistent pressure and not allow time for deeper routes more often than not.
Matt u deffinatly not done your research on 2024 vols. Here is a update for you Offence. Wr absoulty loaded 6 deep with all of them starters at most schools. Rb sampson future 1st or 2nd rounder and one of the best sec rb last year. Backbups tones of tallent with lewis the next henry of bama. He is a beast but freshman. Qb well for first start 3 rushing td 1 passing and no int in bowl game agaisnt the number 4 d in country. Offencive line. Well loaded with 9 deep. Defence. Now here is where u really need to research. Front 7 are pre season 1 one in country some say and best in sec. Not to mention has pre season number 1 pick in next years draft. See james pierce .The big question is secondary. The whole scondary loaded with tallent just unproven. If i take my orange sunglass off i see 10 and 2 or 11 and 1. One lost to dawgs. I dont think bama can beat vols in neyland just like last time. Hell last year in bama was rebuild year and we where beating bama 20 to 7 at half and just lost focus at halftime.joe is not nico foresure. Plus we didnt have nico. Now we do. Nico is better then hooker with better wr then 2022. We want sec to keep thinking vols arent a top level sec team shhhhhh dont say anything. Keep thinking what u do now.
Your spelling makes you difficult to take serious and I’m a TN fan. TN’s front 4 is legit. LB’s should be improved as Pili returns from season ending injury he suffered in game 1 last year so that is big. Arion Carter has all the talent you could ask for but can he turn that talent into production this season. Telander should be good also. I think McCoy and Gibson will be by far the best starting CB pair Heupel’s had since being at TN. Should allow the defense to play press coverage on the outside and be confident/comfortable. Our likely starter our STAR was lost for the season in fall camp. Boo Carter a true freshman who is very talented likely starts there sooner than later but until then we have a solid player in Harrison but doesn’t offer the playmaking ability that Boo would. Turrentine at one safety position should be good while the other I’m a little nervous about as we could start a walk on who is also white. That has to make people a little nervous. There is more talented players behind him but haven’t taken the job from what I understand. All in all the defense needs to get great play up front from the DL because while the defense is more talented/faster/bigger and more athletic we have a lot of unproven players that may need a little time to settle in and play at a consistently high level. The offense I am very confident in and should be top 10 in the country and likely top 5. Better at OL, TE, QB and WR. RB is probably a push. Key in offense is staying healthy a few positions like QB would derail TN big time. Same with Cooper Mays at center and maybe even LT with Heard. Those 3 have to stay healthy. May even add Sampson to the list until Seldon and Lewis are fully ready as Seldon just got cleared to return from shoulder surgery and Lewis missed spring practice with a shoulder surgery of his own but has been full go all of fall camp. Still pretty tough to master the offense over fall camp as knowing protections is a must to get playing time. Excited to see him run it though as he could be pretty special.
Life long Oklahoma fan here and this is my take on the upcoming season. I think defense will be much improved. We have some beasts on defense. But the real test is not on the defense itself but on the defense coordinator. On the flip side of that, I don’t have a lot of confidence in the offense yet. Especially after the spring game. We have an inexperienced quarterback and an unproven Offensive line. So my expectations of the offense are low. I hope I’m wrong. And in my opinion, the SEC totally screwed Oklahoma with a freaking brutal schedule and basically gave Texas a cake walk. Politics maybe? I dunno man but it’ll be interesting
You’re sleeping (like almost everybody else) on Tennessee’s D-Line! Yeah, the secondary is still a question mark, and let’s be honest, probably going to be a slight improvement at best. But Tennessee’s D-Line is legit top 10 (maybe even top 5) nationally.
Something something 5-star QB prospect something something “at least (current coach) isn’t as bad as (last coach that was probably better)” something something we’re finishing 5-7 again and no bowl game.
Love the downplay and outright disparaging of the Vols. They have a fan base which expects crazy things this year. Let's get real....last year was for sure ups and downs , with the downs being very disappointing. Can't afford to do that again.
You know tn has the best front 7 in defense in the country right? Got all American transfer jemod McCoy from Oregon state. Tn going 11-1 or 10-2 also hype was spanking Bama at Bama last year 20-7 at half and refs came out horrible and absolutely helped Bama..
TN will have one of the best front 7’s in the country and prolly the best edge rusher in the nation. Also, a lot of talent in the secondary, but it’s mostly young talent so that’s really the X-Factor. TN looks like they have taken the next step in recruiting as well so we’ll see.
Yea, Heupal is no Saban. Saban is gone. How do you feel about deborah running the show with your loaded roster? I think they both have something to prove.
I'm an OU fan, but I'm uncertain how our season will go. I think it can go okay/good, but it also has the potential to be bad based on our offense. Particularly the o-line and quarterback position. We could be 9-3 if things go well, or we could be 6-6 if things go bad.. And if things go bad, watch out. 😬
I’ve gotta give credit where it’s due, MattBeSus, this here is hands down the single worst take this channel has ever produced. Congrats on that, though. I’m sure that’s an achievement you’re proud of, just make sure to be ready when the time comes after UT skips on back home out of Norman with a 14+ point win, then turns around 3 weeks later & puts a beating on your Tide, my guy. Get your psyche prepared for a National Championship Contender for the next, idk, 10-15 years on Rocky Top! GBO!
Hey yo matt as a Tennessee fan I'm very excited for this season I think we can do it we got the talent and the roster and we got the big time quarterback his name nico lamaleave to me Tennessee's records probably going to be 10-2 and I know Oklahoma's got a good team and they also have a very loaded roster and a bunch of talent and they also got a big time quarterback and his name is Jackson Arnold but to me I think Tennessee can do it and we've been killing it in the recruiting this year with two big time quarterbacks and a lot of Big Time recruits 4 and 5 Star recruits and Josh heupel aka Bobby Hill is turning Tennessee into quarterback University but honestly I think Tennessee going into the season can do it because they got the talent they got the roster and they got the big time quarterback plus the schedule I mean we're playing Tennessee's schedule UT Chattanooga NC State Kent State Oklahoma Arkansas Florida Alabama Kentucky Mississippi State Georgia Vanderbilt but I think we can win 10 or 11 this year and if something major doesn't happen like one of our big time players getting injured even though we still have a very loaded roster with a ton of talent and big time quarterback a former five-star recruit from last year's 2023 class Also hopefully the offense can improve from last year because last year with Joe Milton under center the offense took a step back from 2 years ago with hendon hooker and hopefully the defense can still be where it's at from last year and 2 years ago with James Pierce Jr on NFL radar for next year's draft Just want to say hopefully Tennessee can I have a good year probably when 10 or 11 games this year #mattbegovols
Say what you want matt but id rather play 4 top 15 teams than 2 of the best teams in cfb bama and georgia thats 2 losses for 99% of cfb teams and we play both every year were handed 2 automatic losses and expected to do somthin with it..we deserve a little eaiser schedule because our schedule has looked like Oklahomas every single year
Schedule also looks much more difficult when your bad and we were bad for a while. Now TN is a team on the schedule considered one of the tougher matchups. It’s nice being one of the teams that adds to the strength of schedule and not a team that people want to get to play as it was a likely win. I remember some of those years I didn’t feel confident we would win the spring game in the orange and white game as TN would find a way to lose if it were possible. I think we put that crap behind us for good this season and prove to everyone TN is a top program or at least very close and well on our way as we continue our upward trajectory and try to close the gap between us and UGA/Bama. Maybe if we beat Bama it creates more opportunities to catch them as a so so season may expose some chinks in the armor now that Saban is gone. Deboar has a solid resume but like anyone else has to prove he can be successful in the toughest conference in the country where coaches are chewed up and spit out constantly. TN has had more than its share of coaches that didn’t work out. I wasn’t sold on Heupel when he was hired but I’m confident in him now as he’s proven to be a top offensive coach in the country but is now starting to recruit at a level that is needed to have success or at least he’s very very close. UGA, Bama and even LSU all have classes that are a step above TN’s but TN continues to move in the right direction as each class the recruiting has had some improvement and has gotten more and more interest from top players that are needed to go toe to toe with the elite programs. We’re top 5 currently but kinda doubt we finish there as a few teams could still pass us just looking at who they are still recruiting. We get another 4+ this weekend but after that we likely would have to flip somebody and that is never easy to do.
For Oklahoma the defense is fine. They kept pretty much every starter and added to it with Damonic Williams and they are finally ready to fully run a Venables scheme. The offense is a question mark because of the new qb and the o line which was also a concern last year. We’ll see how it goes I have no idea how to predict their schedule
OU rushing defense last year was 44th. The secondary was 112th. That cannot be the case this season and get through that schedule without at least, at least 4 losses.
@@gwhite7136 It shouldn’t be. Again they have another year in the system they lost no production on that side of the ball and added to it. Expect a jump in production on the defensive side of the ball
@@ianzang2178 I figure OU's secondary has to improve after that ranking. The rushing defense if they can make a climb up that would be huge. The SEC can be pass happy, except for A&M. The biggest thing to get used to is the speeds on defense. TN is s tough 1st SEC game, but at least it's at home for OU. Can't really prepare for TN defensively as what they run on offense is predicated what your defense does when they spread you wide offensively. TN's rushing defense was 4th in the SEC. 1st in rushing offense. 62nd in pass defense, up from 126th in 2022. Would be huge if you could limit their run game. Do that and you got a shot I think. The D'line is deep though and few could run on them last season or make a living at it. Should be a very fun game. I think OU needs this game more than TN with how hard OU's schedule is.
@@ianzang2178 sooners have to face SIX of the best offenses in college football. That's a sooner defense that gave up 32 PPG last HALF of the season. It was 31 PPG last 8.
I think Oklahoma will be better but the stats may not fully reflect it because they are seeing a different level of competition as they are playing 6 top 15 programs and all are ranked ahead of them at start the season. Good news is preseason rankings don’t mean shit. It’s where you’re ranked at the end that matters.
“Josh Heupel has only had one good season at Tennessee. He’s got to prove it.” He’s only been at Tennessee for 3 years 😂 Look at what he took over year 1. Year 3 he went 9-4. I mean I guess that’s not great, but before the 2022 season, that would’ve been one of the best seasons Tennessee has had in over a decade. They’re clearly getting better & on the come up. Oklahoma‘s schedule is just tough. I think they’ll be better than whatever their record shows at the end of the year. They’ve got a murders row.
You have to do a show on Nebraska’s Bobby Newcombe. He was WR on their ‘97 team, and qb for 98. He’s a great guy and ultra athletic but kinda disappeared. I think he has a PHD now!
Depth and experience on the defense will be the backbone of this team. People will be shocked this season. More bigger bodies on the DL front. Linebacker and secondary room will be tops in the country. What worries me the most is can we stay healthy throughout the season. Taking season is over. Time to line it up BOOMER
@@Kings0424 how could you not be? This is what we’ve been asking for since the fans wanted out the big12. Like the great Robert McCall said on equalizer. Pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud. I’m fired up for it
Honestly, it'll get worse before it gets better. The SEC is a rough conference. TN has you defensively and most likely offensively, plus depth. It may have the best D 'line in Div 1.
We (Tennessee) don’t have a thing to prove to YOU (MattbeignorantAF). You clearly know nothing about Tennessee so why speak on them? Anybody who even halfway watches and follows TN football expected the drop-off last season. “High hopes” maybe. High EXPECTATIONS, absolutely not. This year is different. We EXPECT to win a MINIMUM of 9 at worst and likely 10, with an outside chance to win 11. Our defensive front 7 is STACKED. We’ve got the best edge rusher in the country. Our offense will be vastly improved and while not likely to match 2022’s production, will look much more like it than it did in 2023. We are way deeper and way more talented and way more experienced than last year. Oh, and we also have 2022’s number 1 overall player in the COUNTRY playing QB. And P.S. it’s “EE-uh-mah-lay-ah-vah.” Not that hard. As far as OU is concerned, I am thrilled to have them in the SEC. They’re a very worthy program with rich history and tradition. And their fans are fantastic, especially when compared to the, 🤢, Texas fans.
Hey if our offense gets rolling its gonna be a good year, really depends how comfortable Arnold gets and our o line, they have a lot of games under their belts an our o line coach is the best imo. I dont have any question marks on the defense for once lol
@@jasoncordell2089 heard he is somewhat turnover prone. If that’s true and the OL has protection issues it could be trouble especially against TN as they will likely be the best DL/pass rush Oklahoma faces this season.
Joe Milton is the aberration. Heupel has been around for more than 3 years. Milton is the only one who couldn't run the offense. It was a small miracle that Heupel was able to get 9 wins with that level of ineptitude at quarterback. Tennessee's defense will be able to carry them this season. That front 7 and the new, more talented secondary has a chance to be dominant. Tennessee's offense will be back to being Tennessee's offense. I believe Tennessee's average score will be 45-13 and will have between 0 and 2 regular season losses.
Pump the brakes a little. The front 4 as in the DL should be very good. LB will likely be improved from last season but not sure they are near elite or anything. They should really benefit playing behind our DL. The secondary will have some growing pains and should end up a better unit especially at CB but still a lot of questions back there. The offense should be very effective. Just have to score TD’s and not settle for FG’s as that was the biggest difference between 2022 and 2023. Milton wasn’t nearly as effective as Hooker in that area. Maybe because Hooker was a bigger threat to run which gave the offense an advantage. Nico should be a threat to run and is probably better than Hooker at throwing on the move as he’s able to improvise and create at an elite level IMO as he has the skillset to execute so much but also has the mentality to do it. He has that 6th sense and has a real feel for the game. Milton struggled a lot if the play didn’t work how it was designed to. Hooker could make something from nothing and I think Nico will be even better in that regard than Hooker was.
tn is the team most likely to improve. and we were still 15th at the end of the year. tn is crushing recruiting to compared to us in 2022. and we have good wrs coming and a 5 star qb. and a good d line. we didnt have the talent in 23. they needed the refs for tn. fl and bama that is. our d is good. outside the secondary. dude with tns scedule huepel is great. saban played no one. outside titles. regular season. their sos is always weak. so was uga's.
I’ll be at the game depending on what the temperature is I would like to go to Oklahoma vs Alabama for now OU leads 2-1-1. OU vs TN 3-1 Oklahoma. Oklahoma and Florida have the toughest schedules of D1 football this year
The analysis nationally of OU has pretty much centered on their schedule with little attention given to the jump they saw ofrensively and defensively from year 1 to year 2 under Venables. They return an experienced defense with a couple AA candidates and lots of weapons on offense. The season will fall on the shoulders of Arnold.
Starting Milton was the right call. Freshmen shouldn't start... Especially in the SEC... And maybe we win one more of those games... Or maybe Nico blows out his knee and loses a season of development. Milton was bigger, more durable, and a good leader. It was also a message from Heupel that no matter who you are you have to earn it. Milton earned that season at QB. You also cannot in good faith look at a roster with top end talent on both lines, at QB, & WR and say meh.
Nico wasn’t ready last season especially early. He may could’ve played and been effective the last month or so but by that time we weren’t in the playoff picture so no point in throwing him out there at that point. He started the bowl game and had success even though it looked pretty vanilla for the most part. TN was also missing 3 started on the OL so protection was pretty bad against Iowa who isn’t great at rushing the passer. I expect to see significant improvement from the bowl game to seeing him this season. He almost seemed a little overly cautious when it came to protecting the football as he took little to no risks when throwing the football I think he makes a lot more plays as he this season being more confident and more comfortable/experienced being the guy at QB.
This may not be a popular take, and I am not here to make predictions on OUs record this year. However, this is such a dynamic change from how we usually have to approach a season. In the big 12 we were always the top dog and people played to beat OU. OU played to win the big 12. A lot of teams prepared all year just to beat OU and it showed. Just like teams prepare to beat Alabama and overlook other teams and end up losing games they should not. Now, we are the low man on the totem pole, no one is gunning for OU, most people assume we will get walked all over with this conference change and are preparing to beat the big dogs of the SEC. OU will do they same thing they always do, play to win a championship, and I feel as though we will be that team that some other teams will overlook and end up getting upset by because they counted us out from the beginning. I could obviously be very wrong, but either way I have not met a single OU fan yet who isn't extremely excited to see how this season plays out.
Every and I mean EVERY SEC team will have sooners and/or tx games circled on the calendar for years and years to come. NOBODY will take them lightly. You the new kid on the block. Errybody wants to take a swing at you.
@@jaketyrell7710 every game is important you can’t overlook anybody. TN maybe did that with a USCjr team in 2022 as they were playing terrible but they played their best game of the last 5 years to beat us and knock us out of the playoffs. Then beat Clemson the next week and knocks them out. 2 top 5 wins to end the season to finish 6-6 and make a bowl game. Crazy stuff.
Make one about Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, and Michigan next. 🙏 love your videos Also, please make your own rankings like you did last year. These are my favorite types of videos.
As a lifelong Sooner fan, I'm walking into this season fully sober. But I can't wait. I remember traveling to Bama in 2003 and UTenn in 2016(?) and just loved that atmosphere. When Bama came to town in '02, it was the first time I saw that many RV's in one place. They brought the whole state. I'm interested in seeing OU's mental toughness this year. The KU and OSU game results last year were due to undisciplined play and inability to be mentally tough late. Don't let me get started about the bowl game. I thought Arnold fought back in the bowl game fairly well after a shaky start. Last INT was on the receiver. Having said that, this OU defense may be second only to UGA this year. Offense will be have a solid OL for the run, but the OT's are in flux. Coach BB usually likes to tinker with the OL until the Texas game and that will be the line going forward. UTenn could be the best front OU faces all year, so this will be a trial by fire for sure. OU possible has the best receiver group in the SEC - at least top 2 or 3. RB will be 3-4 deep, and for a young QB the running game needs to be his friend. Running the ball in the SEC is tough but the teams that are able to run the ball usually prosper. That's my key for OU. My prediction has always been 8-4 with wins against UTenn (See how Venables has schemed against coaches he coached with previously - Leach, Wilson, et. al.) & Bama , but losses at Auburn (Jordan Hare curse), Texas, Ole Miss, and LSU. Auburn will be the headscratcher, but will be their springboard to a solid year, IMO. Texas is a revenge game with the emotion on their side like it was for us last year. Ole Miss is so talented this year and at Baton Rouge at night after a hard 3 game run (and in my mind upsetting two Top 10 teams on the way to the LSU game).
When bama comes to baton rouge, somebody at bama has a connection to a massive parking lot not that far off campus. Those RVs come rolling into BR on tuesday. sooner WR room is no better than 4-5 in the SEC.
@@KurtMcDowellOKC that TN vs Oklahoma game at TN was a great atmosphere. Neyland was rocking that night. TN let that game slip away as Butch Jones went ultra conservative which cost TN the game. Did the same thing against Florida that season. Took a couple hard losses for sure.
@@KurtMcDowellOKC TN has led or been top 2 for the last 2 seasons in the SEC in running yards per game. TN should be just as good running the ball this season but the passing game takes a big leap. Nico is also a real threat to run himself which makes a big difference. TN’s OL is also probably in the top 3 or 4 in the SEC as we have grown men covid SR’s, picked up a 5* OT from LSU in the portal who didn’t want to sit another year behind an all American and everyone has raved about him side he’s got here. I think TN is able to find success on the ground and also provides Nico with enough protection to make plays in the passing game. I think the pressure TN’s DL is able to put in Arnold and the consistency that they do it limits Oklahoma’s strength at WR as Arnold won’t often have time to let a deeper route develop and after being hit so much his eyes will be looking for the rush quicker and quicker as well as being uncomfortable in the pocket and just being out of rhythm. Oklahoma likely also struggles to run the ball effectively with any consistency which makes it that much harder. Sustaining drives will be difficult. Oklahoma likely needs to hit big plays when possible but they likely won’t have a lot of opportunities considering first downs may be challenging.
@@nateupton7065 Nico is a lot like Patrick Mahomes but runs faster and is taller. He will also be like Mahomes in that he beat Jackson Arnold (Josh Allen). Just kidding as I think both will be very good but I do think Nick has a little Mahomes in him as his ability to create and make throws from different arm angles or off platform is pretty elite. He does the stuff other QB’s do at an elite level then does stuff other QB’s can’t do at a really high level as he has all the tools.
5:17 - You're wrong in saying OU's defense "gave up 30 to Texas". No.. The defense gave up 27 to Texas. Special teams gave up 7. How many other defenses allowed Texas to get less than 27?
Bottom line is that Oklahoma will have to play very well to win. There’s going to be unrelenting pressure on the QB for all 4 quarters. The TN D-Line is no joke this year.
I feel like a good vid would be a reaction to the pre top 25 teams because man there’s some interesting picks up there and I would love to see your personal top 25
Seen plenty of other people use very similar research to preview a team, players, etc. Pretty tough to keep a finger on the pulse of so many teams. I know TN football but that’s my team. I a little about other teens, mostly teams TN will play but even then I’m no expert and usually don’t know the details but just the broad strokes to get an idea of what TN might expect from certain teams this season.
And probably the # 1 pick the following year in Nico!!!….if we don’t fall flat on our face this season….look at how we are recruiting with our decent results…if we win 10 games our recruiting will skyrocket!!!…#goodlicktoeveryoneelse
Tennessee will shock people this year, they will be a top 8 team in the country and compete for a sec championship spot. Coming from an Auburn fan
I hear the same thing every year
@@Will97675well dude they are actually on a pretty decent run for the last two seasons, and have way better talent than they have previously had. The d line is prob the best in the SEC if not country.
you're higher on them than I am... I'm thinking 9-3/10-2. Either going to barely squeak into playoffs, or barely miss. Our secondary, while skill wise is upgraded from last year, they're still an unknown. Dline is top 5 nationally, Oline is solid, RB room(as long as they stay healthy) is solid, QB room looking great, WR room is great, on paper.
I hope you are right. I think Auburn could shock some people as well.
@@jaredg3905 I think they have two literal toss-up games: Alabama and Oklahoma. Sometimes luck is a factor and that maybe the case with both games. Arkansas and Florida could be tricky. 10-2 or 9-3 sounds about right unless all the breaks go with Tennessee.
Soooo many people have asked me, as a die hard Sooner, how I feel about the move to the SEC? My only response is from Bob Stopps, “Gotta beat the best to be the best”. The Big 2 and the little 10 was not the best.
OU will be fine, SEC is overrated as usual
SEC is overrated? That’s like saying the U.S. is overrated. If they’re so overrated why does everyone want to come to the SEC? Ask the teams making the moves. Ask the players that choose SEC teams. They want to play with the best. Some of these comments are just humorous.
@@dweez4703why did Oklahoma and Texas join the conference then?
@@dweez4703FACTS Boomer Sooners we will make the adjustments!!!
@@FoldenBrandonMSEC has a few elite teams, a few really good teams and lots of trash.
Not mentioning Tennessee D line is a huge over sight. We’ll probably have one of the best D lines in the country with the best edge rusher in the country. You can’t shout out James Pearce for real?? Cat will be a top 5 pick next year. And last year the defense did win us games. Bad reporting on Tennessee my friend. Defense is as good as the D line is, and that D line is absolutely loaded
Good thing Matt is almost always wrong..dude doesn't know what he's talking about in off-season but once he sees us play he will get his shit straight
@@foster7517 and its so easy to look up how to pronounce Nico's name lol
Literally 13 deep on the D-line. It’s insane how many dogs they have in that position group
Hopefully our back field will gel early and create turnovers when picked on
Well said. Go Vols!!
So Tennessee's schedule is easy except for half of it. Got it 😂😂😂
I seriously think that he just goes to ESPN and looks at 1 page or two and vomits out shit info lol really used to enjoy watching him but for a while it seems like he puts no effort into the videos
1/4 of the schedule is ranked aka 3 out of 12 so not half
@@s1l3ntgaming7 its still a top 10 strength of schedule
@@Aldarion65 it's ranked number 68 in strength of schedule
@@s1l3ntgaming7 The Tennessee Volunteers have a top-10 strength of schedule in the 2024 college football season, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. that is from ESPN and Football Wire
Just turning around the Tennessee program gives Josh Heupel real potential to be a great coach.
And hes proving that he can recruit as well....Were gonna learn a lot in 2024.... GO BIG 🍊
@@jonathanross149 I thought winning 11 games in his 2nd season at TN was about as impressive a job as I’ve seen any coach do considering where the program was when he started. Nobody and I mean nobody really saw that coming. I thought it was possible but wouldn’t have bet on it or nothing.
He has some real momentum and if TN can win 10+ this season that momentum will continue to build and get bigger. TN has a real opportunity to really kick the door open and insert themself into that top tier of programs as they are knocking on it right now. TN is favored in 9 games and have 2 pretty toss ups 1) at Oklahoma and 2) Bama at home. Win one and likely make the playoff. Win both and it’s on as we ignite boosters and hold on cause TN would really start to be a dominant type program like they had been in the past. Their recruiting and talent/depth on this years team are all right on the cusp as it is. We’re close enough to compete with anyone but still have areas we can definitely take another step and improve in.
And let me put you on game real quick. The D line coach at Tennessee is Rodney Garner. The guy who had all those great D lines at Auburn that would beat your tide. Watch out for that D line brotha
As a die hard, life long Sooner fan I had grown tired of making it to the playoffs and getting our arse kicked on national television. It happened year after year because the regular season did not prepare us for the real teams. Now, we will find out during the regular season if we really have what it takes to win a national championship. Boomer…
SOONER
I expect Tennessee to welcome you Sooners real proper. Hopefully we can make it a great game in Norman. Good luck GBO 🍊
In the past when it was a 4 team playoff being able to represent the SEC by finishing at the top was more difficult than the playoff games. Winning the SEC championship I thought was a tougher game than anybody in the playoff so I considered the SEC championship the natty some years. Good luck to Oklahoma. As a TN can we should get a much better idea of how this season goes after we play you all. Both teams need that win and I expect it to be an absolute battle.
8th toughest schedule in all of college football (TENNESSEE)
where?
Show me another team who plays Bama and Georgia…every year
@@markcook9084 WAR EAGLE!!
TN will actually rotate UGA off now eventually. 2 permanent opponents are Bama and Vandy. Bama is tough more manageable with Saban gone. Vandy is as close to a sure win as you can get in the SEC. When Vandy beats somebody their coach may be getting fired. Was kinda hoping we would get Vandy and UK but that wouldn’t be fair as that would be a near lock for 2 wins.
@@clintgrizzel2080 SEC has not said anything official about scheduling after the '25 season. Where you heard something about 2 permanent opponents?
Was happy to see a MattBeGreat video pop up. Then he started talking.....my guy, you flip flop more than a college girls emotions when it comes to Tennessee.
OU's defense is questionable??? I guess if you are just looking at what they did last year, and not factoring in any improvement over the summer and fall camp. OU returns 79% of their defense (#8 in the country/#1 in the SEC). If you listen to OU insiders, this is the best OU defense in over a decade (which isn't say much as that bar is extremely low, but I'll take it). They are bigger and faster. They also will know BV's complicated defensive scheme better. Go ahead and say it's questionable, and then get back with me in a couple of months. The offense is questionable. There is a lot of hand-wringing regarding practice and scrimmage reports. I'd rather the offense look like hot garbage now, and get these problems fixed before the season starts. I think there will still be a learning curve with getting JFA and his receivers clicking, which is why I'm glad we play Pittsburgh Parochial and H-Town Commuter U to start the season. It also seems like the players have heard all of the offseason chirping about how OU isn't SEC ready. There's nothing I love more than an OU team with a chip on its shoulder, and an underestimated BV. Buckle up, because it's going to be one hell of a season. Great video, Matt. Look forward to seeing more of your content closer we get to kick-off.
Lol this dude doesn’t know cfb. He says “gIviNg Up 30 tO tExAs 🤪🤓” like it’s a bad thing to give up 30 pts to a team that made the playoffs. & was less than 20 yards away from a national championship game appearance. Big 12 is up tempo & literally go look at the sec now. They do this on the regular. Now the tcu game I get. The worst part of ou D last year was defending the pass. We were 109. Terrible. But that also was some of the D-Line not rushing the qb & getting pressure. Look for BV & Zach alley to turn up the heat.. esp now that roof gone. Defense wasn’t bad last year there were just holes & some injuries. I believe this years D will be a lot better on all 3 levels. Finally recruiting starting to pay off for BV. Time will tell.
lol. Tennessee has the best and deepest D line in the country. Deep linebacker room, 2 stud corners, deep at safety. Even with the Jordan Thomas injury. Deepest receiver room twin the country arguably. Good running backs. And Nico. Plus 3 good tight ends. Top to bottom more talented BY FAR over the 2022 team. Need to do your research before you make a video.
Oklahoma is just as deeper. You'll find out soon.
@@Pierre-wm3xs just as deeper? Yeah. I’ll take college football lessons from you for sure.
@@Pierre-wm3xsno they aren’t lmfao
Tennessee may have the OL and DL in the SEC this year.
James Pierce Jr has other strong players to back him up. If Nico plays to his ability, and Bru comes back strong, TN could go 11-1 in regular season.
I'm Sooner born and Sooner bred, and I for one am super stoked about this season.
Don't sleep on Tulane, most dangerous team within those first 3 games for OU
Tulane lost a lot of their team from last year. Houston is more of a threat for OU.
@@volbound1700 They also lost their coach, which was the biggest loss.
@@volbound1700 Coach Jon Sumrall is an excellent coach, look at what he did with Troy immediately. He’s a solid recruiter and an even better coach I believe. I think Tulane is the more dangerous team in my opinion, could just be a Sumrall bias for me though.
The fear of tulane still resides lol. Tulare wad able to run with Lincoln Riley, both coaches are now gone so it'll be completely different
Are Oklahoma fans a little nervous they won’t get play a team that can challenge them before playing TN? NC St is a game TN should definitely win and if not means there is serious problems but they should give us enough of a challenge to help us for Oklahoma. We play Kent St (worst team we will play this season most likely) between NC St and Oklahoma. Wouldn’t be shocked if we look ahead a little bit and spend some time starting to look at Oklahoma that week. On the flip side Oklahoma could do the same and all 3 weeks before playing TN.
Tennessee has something to prove? Lol they won 9 games with a qb throwing screen passes and 8 yard outs. Couldn't operate about 75% of Heupel's offense because of his lack of touch. As far as not beating a ranked team last year, what does that prove? Any team in the bottom 5 could just as easily be replaced by an unranked team and no one would notice. Arbitrary nonsense. Also, UT stomped on Bama for a half, and with a decent qb would have put that game away in 3 quarters.
And the part about Tennessee being irrelevant for 15 years. That's just rank stupidity. Not competing for championships doesn't make a team irrelevant (as Bama is about to start finding out). There are solid teams that haven't won a championship in 80 years or ever. They are relevant because they have fan bases that make an impact and perenially float in and out of top 25 rankings. There are probably 50 teams or better that would have gladly traded their 15 years for those 15 years Tennessee had. It's because Tennessee is a historic powerhouse that helped build the most dominant conference in the history of cfb, that people say they sucked those years. Because folks know Tennessee is supposed to be great.
Anyway, they won 9 games a couple of times during that poor run. Beat ranked teams multiple times. Finished the year ranked maybe once under Dooley, 3 times under Butch Jones and once under Pruitt. Hardly irrelevant.
I’m an Oklahoma fan I would guess we are going 8-4 or 9-3, it’s our first year here.
I hope you do and bring it, but I think OU will be 5-7 or 6-6. Now 2025 season will be much better I expect.
If we lose 5 games, venable has to go.
Ummm, 10-2, at worst, but please 🙏 keep trash talking us! Love it!
yall lose to Tennessee, Texas, Ole miss, Bama, LSU and honestly the mizzou and auburn games are toss ups. glad yall are confident tho.
@hippy8255 Only games I see us losing are Ole miss auburn Missouri and Lsu. The others we got.
Tennesee has one of the easiest schedules in the SEC???? Wtf are you on???
@@joshuawhite7515 They do
Wait Alabama was running away with that one down by 21 at half?
More like the vols thought they had it and let up at the end to be honest
@@PokeT-Rave It is basically someone looking at scoreboard rather than keeping up with the game. Uncle Lou said the same crap about the game. To be fair, football is two halfs and Tennessee did not hold up.
@@PokeT-Raverefs helped a lot with letting Bama hold every play..
Refs weren’t great but blaming the refs is a lame excuse and excuses are for losers. The TN offense disappeared in the second half was a big problem. The defense also lost their best cover corner as he was injured for the season just before halftime. At the time of his injury he was the best CB coverage was according to PFF grades and led TN in INTs with 3. Losing him hurt a lot and people forget he was injured. Also lost a starting ILB for the season in the first game last season. TN dealt with some bad injuries to key players otherwise we were likely much more competitive. Also lost Bru McCoy our best WR for the season in 2nd SEC game against USCjr. Cooper Mays our All SEC center missed the fjrst 4 games and his backup was a big drop off.
@@clintgrizzel2080 agree, Tennessee just got outplayed in second half against Alabama last year. Game was there for them to win and they blew it.
Yeah... I'll be back to this in a few months. I'm petty and I'm taking names, bc I know what we've got.
Matt is full of it as usual.
The Vols will be a top five team this year! They are rock solid on both sides of the ball! Can't wait for that Oklahoma game!
Lmao! This take is hot garbage. Tennessee's defensive line is gonna be one of the best in the country. Nico is a better passer and on the run when pressured then Milton is. WR group is deep and Sampson is healthy. Most predictions have them at
10 W - 2L with playoff possibilities. Do they have something to prove? Yes and so does everyone else. This goes as planned and the whole Nation will know every word of Rocky Top.
im biased as always because im a tennessee fan but last year we knew was going to be a down year. Joe was never the guy, he was a bridge for nico to take a season to learn. we have the number one prospect for his class at QB, an O line thats as veteran as it gets. all our WRs are back with a few transfers as well. a stacked tight end room. and our defense is looking alot better than people give it credit for, a returning front 7 that was 14th in the country in sacks last season, and alot of transfers in the secondary to fill those gaps, i think alot of people are sleeping on boo carter as a true freshman as well. just keep an eye out, i think we have a very real CFP shot with the expanded playoff.
As an Oklahoma fan the SEC schedule is no doubt much more difficult than the Big12! It will be refreshing to know with this schedule they have this year they won't be overlooking any team. The only positive with this difficult of a schedule is OU has bye weeks before the Texass and Bama games.
Ngl the NC State take was terrible, NC State is WAY better than Florida and substantially better than Kentucky, I’m not saying NC State is great but no one is scared to play Florida or Kentucky, I think Florida at best Florida splits its non conference games so it’s not even like they just lose to SEC teams, I think they lose to Miami FSU and would probably say UCF too but they should definitely beat Samford
That true
Kentucky has one of the best front 7 in the SEC.
What's wrong with your thinking squeezey Luigi?
You can't base who they played to finish the season out. Those were some terrible teams lol. TN should annihilate NC State and I think they will.
As a Tennessee fan I am petrified of Florida 😂😂 Even when they suck they beat our ass. But NC state is a good team. Should be a good game.
OU defense is elite now
We will see how elite they are as I expect TN to have one of the top offenses in the country again this season. Nico seems to be for real and TN has led or been top 2 the last two seasons running the football. Add a QB who can run and can throw on the run and it’s an offense that is difficult to defend. How is the Oklahoma OL looking as I think that will be key. If TN’s DL can win the battle up front it makes running the ball difficult and if they have protection issues then Arnold may prove to be a little turnover prone. I think TN has 5 sacks at least and maybe more. I have doubts about that OL but if they hold up then Oklahoma will be able to pick on our secondary which has 5 new starters. I’m counting on the DL to really help our secondary by getting consistent pressure and not allow time for deeper routes more often than not.
Hearing “Florida state cinnamon rolls” makes my heart so happy 👀😂😊
Matt u deffinatly not done your research on 2024 vols. Here is a update for you
Offence. Wr absoulty loaded 6 deep with all of them starters at most schools. Rb sampson future 1st or 2nd rounder and one of the best sec rb last year. Backbups tones of tallent with lewis the next henry of bama. He is a beast but freshman. Qb well for first start 3 rushing td 1 passing and no int in bowl game agaisnt the number 4 d in country. Offencive line. Well loaded with 9 deep.
Defence. Now here is where u really need to research. Front 7 are pre season 1 one in country some say and best in sec. Not to mention has pre season number 1 pick in next years draft. See james pierce .The big question is secondary. The whole scondary loaded with tallent just unproven.
If i take my orange sunglass off i see 10 and 2 or 11 and 1. One lost to dawgs. I dont think bama can beat vols in neyland just like last time. Hell last year in bama was rebuild year and we where beating bama 20 to 7 at half and just lost focus at halftime.joe is not nico foresure. Plus we didnt have nico. Now we do. Nico is better then hooker with better wr then 2022. We want sec to keep thinking vols arent a top level sec team shhhhhh dont say anything. Keep thinking what u do now.
He just rattles off bullshit, no clue what he is talking about.
Your spelling makes you difficult to take serious and I’m a TN fan. TN’s front 4 is legit. LB’s should be improved as Pili returns from season ending injury he suffered in game 1 last year so that is big. Arion Carter has all the talent you could ask for but can he turn that talent into production this season. Telander should be good also. I think McCoy and Gibson will be by far the best starting CB pair Heupel’s had since being at TN. Should allow the defense to play press coverage on the outside and be confident/comfortable. Our likely starter our STAR was lost for the season in fall camp. Boo Carter a true freshman who is very talented likely starts there sooner than later but until then we have a solid player in Harrison but doesn’t offer the playmaking ability that Boo would. Turrentine at one safety position should be good while the other I’m a little nervous about as we could start a walk on who is also white. That has to make people a little nervous. There is more talented players behind him but haven’t taken the job from what I understand. All in all the defense needs to get great play up front from the DL because while the defense is more talented/faster/bigger and more athletic we have a lot of unproven players that may need a little time to settle in and play at a consistently high level.
The offense I am very confident in and should be top 10 in the country and likely top 5. Better at OL, TE, QB and WR. RB is probably a push. Key in offense is staying healthy a few positions like QB would derail TN big time. Same with Cooper Mays at center and maybe even LT with Heard. Those 3 have to stay healthy. May even add Sampson to the list until Seldon and Lewis are fully ready as Seldon just got cleared to return from shoulder surgery and Lewis missed spring practice with a shoulder surgery of his own but has been full go all of fall camp. Still pretty tough to master the offense over fall camp as knowing protections is a must to get playing time. Excited to see him run it though as he could be pretty special.
Oklahoma has the toughest sec schedule
Life long Oklahoma fan here and this is my take on the upcoming season. I think defense will be much improved. We have some beasts on defense. But the real test is not on the defense itself but on the defense coordinator. On the flip side of that, I don’t have a lot of confidence in the offense yet. Especially after the spring game. We have an inexperienced quarterback and an unproven Offensive line. So my expectations of the offense are low. I hope I’m wrong. And in my opinion, the SEC totally screwed Oklahoma with a freaking brutal schedule and basically gave Texas a cake walk. Politics maybe? I dunno man but it’ll be interesting
You’re sleeping (like almost everybody else) on Tennessee’s D-Line! Yeah, the secondary is still a question mark, and let’s be honest, probably going to be a slight improvement at best. But Tennessee’s D-Line is legit top 10 (maybe even top 5) nationally.
I think we need a Nebraska update. I love it when you ranted about Nebraska sucks for the past couple of years😅.
Something something 5-star QB prospect something something “at least (current coach) isn’t as bad as (last coach that was probably better)” something something we’re finishing 5-7 again and no bowl game.
It’s crazy that playing four top 25 teams is considered and easy schedule lol. This sec is absurd
I’m sorry but I work with the real Bobby Hill.
You admit that OU going to dominate SEC, going beat your tide!
Love the downplay and outright disparaging of the Vols. They have a fan base which expects crazy things this year. Let's get real....last year was for sure ups and downs , with the downs being very disappointing. Can't afford to do that again.
You know tn has the best front 7 in defense in the country right? Got all American transfer jemod McCoy from Oregon state. Tn going 11-1 or 10-2 also hype was spanking Bama at Bama last year 20-7 at half and refs came out horrible and absolutely helped Bama..
Tn will have one of the best O lines in the country also..
TN will have one of the best front 7’s in the country and prolly the best edge rusher in the nation. Also, a lot of talent in the secondary, but it’s mostly young talent so that’s really the X-Factor. TN looks like they have taken the next step in recruiting as well so we’ll see.
Yea, Heupal is no Saban. Saban is gone. How do you feel about deborah running the show with your loaded roster? I think they both have something to prove.
I'm an OU fan, but I'm uncertain how our season will go.
I think it can go okay/good, but it also has the potential to be bad based on our offense. Particularly the o-line and quarterback position.
We could be 9-3 if things go well, or we could be 6-6 if things go bad.. And if things go bad, watch out. 😬
Josh Heupel Bobby Hill comp was diabolical 😭💀
Gonna reiterate what other have said. UT has a stacked d line. Not bringing that up is weird, but I think MBG is a bigly bamer homer.
I’ve gotta give credit where it’s due, MattBeSus, this here is hands down the single worst take this channel has ever produced. Congrats on that, though. I’m sure that’s an achievement you’re proud of, just make sure to be ready when the time comes after UT skips on back home out of Norman with a 14+ point win, then turns around 3 weeks later & puts a beating on your Tide, my guy. Get your psyche prepared for a National Championship Contender for the next, idk, 10-15 years on Rocky Top! GBO!
Tennessee had the number 25 ranck defense in the country last year
22nd I thought 🤔
Top 20, maybe top 15 this season. Lead the SEC in sacks with 50+. Also cause a lot more turnovers this season.
Hey yo matt as a Tennessee fan I'm very excited for this season I think we can do it we got the talent and the roster and we got the big time quarterback his name nico lamaleave to me Tennessee's records probably going to be 10-2 and I know Oklahoma's got a good team and they also have a very loaded roster and a bunch of talent and they also got a big time quarterback and his name is Jackson Arnold but to me I think Tennessee can do it and we've been killing it in the recruiting this year with two big time quarterbacks and a lot of Big Time recruits 4 and 5 Star recruits and Josh heupel aka Bobby Hill is turning Tennessee into quarterback University but honestly I think Tennessee going into the season can do it because they got the talent they got the roster and they got the big time quarterback plus the schedule I mean we're playing
Tennessee's schedule
UT Chattanooga
NC State
Kent State
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Florida
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Georgia
Vanderbilt
but I think we can win 10 or 11 this year and if something major doesn't happen like one of our big time players getting injured even though we still have a very loaded roster with a ton of talent and big time quarterback a former five-star recruit from last year's 2023 class
Also hopefully the offense can improve from last year because last year with Joe Milton under center the offense took a step back from 2 years ago with hendon hooker and hopefully the defense can still be where it's at from last year and 2 years ago with James Pierce Jr on NFL radar for next year's draft
Just want to say hopefully Tennessee can I have a good year probably when 10 or 11 games this year #mattbegovols
Say what you want matt but id rather play 4 top 15 teams than 2 of the best teams in cfb bama and georgia thats 2 losses for 99% of cfb teams and we play both every year were handed 2 automatic losses and expected to do somthin with it..we deserve a little eaiser schedule because our schedule has looked like Oklahomas every single year
Schedule also looks much more difficult when your bad and we were bad for a while. Now TN is a team on the schedule considered one of the tougher matchups. It’s nice being one of the teams that adds to the strength of schedule and not a team that people want to get to play as it was a likely win. I remember some of those years I didn’t feel confident we would win the spring game in the orange and white game as TN would find a way to lose if it were possible. I think we put that crap behind us for good this season and prove to everyone TN is a top program or at least very close and well on our way as we continue our upward trajectory and try to close the gap between us and UGA/Bama. Maybe if we beat Bama it creates more opportunities to catch them as a so so season may expose some chinks in the armor now that Saban is gone. Deboar has a solid resume but like anyone else has to prove he can be successful in the toughest conference in the country where coaches are chewed up and spit out constantly. TN has had more than its share of coaches that didn’t work out. I wasn’t sold on Heupel when he was hired but I’m confident in him now as he’s proven to be a top offensive coach in the country but is now starting to recruit at a level that is needed to have success or at least he’s very very close. UGA, Bama and even LSU all have classes that are a step above TN’s but TN continues to move in the right direction as each class the recruiting has had some improvement and has gotten more and more interest from top players that are needed to go toe to toe with the elite programs. We’re top 5 currently but kinda doubt we finish there as a few teams could still pass us just looking at who they are still recruiting. We get another 4+ this weekend but after that we likely would have to flip somebody and that is never easy to do.
For Oklahoma the defense is fine. They kept pretty much every starter and added to it with Damonic Williams and they are finally ready to fully run a Venables scheme. The offense is a question mark because of the new qb and the o line which was also a concern last year. We’ll see how it goes I have no idea how to predict their schedule
OU rushing defense last year was 44th. The secondary was 112th. That cannot be the case this season and get through that schedule without at least, at least 4 losses.
@@gwhite7136 It shouldn’t be. Again they have another year in the system they lost no production on that side of the ball and added to it. Expect a jump in production on the defensive side of the ball
@@ianzang2178 I figure OU's secondary has to improve after that ranking. The rushing defense if they can make a climb up that would be huge. The SEC can be pass happy, except for A&M. The biggest thing to get used to is the speeds on defense. TN is s tough 1st SEC game, but at least it's at home for OU. Can't really prepare for TN defensively as what they run on offense is predicated what your defense does when they spread you wide offensively. TN's rushing defense was 4th in the SEC. 1st in rushing offense. 62nd in pass defense, up from 126th in 2022. Would be huge if you could limit their run game. Do that and you got a shot I think. The D'line is deep though and few could run on them last season or make a living at it. Should be a very fun game. I think OU needs this game more than TN with how hard OU's schedule is.
@@ianzang2178 sooners have to face SIX of the best offenses in college football. That's a sooner defense that gave up 32 PPG last HALF of the season. It was 31 PPG last 8.
I think Oklahoma will be better but the stats may not fully reflect it because they are seeing a different level of competition as they are playing 6 top 15 programs and all are ranked ahead of them at start the season. Good news is preseason rankings don’t mean shit. It’s where you’re ranked at the end that matters.
MattbeAwful NC State take was garbage… and the TN take was beyond garbage. I usually like this channel but not today.
“Josh Heupel has only had one good season at Tennessee. He’s got to prove it.” He’s only been at Tennessee for 3 years 😂 Look at what he took over year 1. Year 3 he went 9-4. I mean I guess that’s not great, but before the 2022 season, that would’ve been one of the best seasons Tennessee has had in over a decade. They’re clearly getting better & on the come up.
Oklahoma‘s schedule is just tough. I think they’ll be better than whatever their record shows at the end of the year. They’ve got a murders row.
The cinnamon rolls. LOL. "Shut up nerd!" Matt bringin' it!
You have to do a show on Nebraska’s Bobby Newcombe. He was WR on their ‘97 team, and qb for 98. He’s a great guy and ultra athletic but kinda disappeared. I think he has a PHD now!
Depth and experience on the defense will be the backbone of this team. People will be shocked this season. More bigger bodies on the DL front. Linebacker and secondary room will be tops in the country. What worries me the most is can we stay healthy throughout the season. Taking season is over. Time to line it up BOOMER
Yeah but as a Oklahoma fan, I'm not excited at all coming into this season and I still don't trust that defense
@@Kings0424 how could you not be? This is what we’ve been asking for since the fans wanted out the big12. Like the great Robert McCall said on equalizer. Pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud. I’m fired up for it
@@HoodDispatcher To be honest, I never Oklahoma to leave the Big 12 in the first place
Honestly, it'll get worse before it gets better. The SEC is a rough conference. TN has you defensively and most likely offensively, plus depth. It may have the best D 'line in Div 1.
@@gwhite7136we will see about that
I think thats a fair statement about the offense, how good is the question. I think the defensive line will surprise people. GO VOLS!
We (Tennessee) don’t have a thing to prove to YOU (MattbeignorantAF). You clearly know nothing about Tennessee so why speak on them? Anybody who even halfway watches and follows TN football expected the drop-off last season. “High hopes” maybe. High EXPECTATIONS, absolutely not. This year is different. We EXPECT to win a MINIMUM of 9 at worst and likely 10, with an outside chance to win 11. Our defensive front 7 is STACKED. We’ve got the best edge rusher in the country. Our offense will be vastly improved and while not likely to match 2022’s production, will look much more like it than it did in 2023. We are way deeper and way more talented and way more experienced than last year. Oh, and we also have 2022’s number 1 overall player in the COUNTRY playing QB. And P.S. it’s “EE-uh-mah-lay-ah-vah.” Not that hard.
As far as OU is concerned, I am thrilled to have them in the SEC. They’re a very worthy program with rich history and tradition. And their fans are fantastic, especially when compared to the, 🤢, Texas fans.
He is ignorant Af🤣 the little boy talking on things he has no clue about 😂
Hey if our offense gets rolling its gonna be a good year, really depends how comfortable Arnold gets and our o line, they have a lot of games under their belts an our o line coach is the best imo. I dont have any question marks on the defense for once lol
I watched the Sooners spring game. I am worried about Arnold.
@@jasoncordell2089 heard he is somewhat turnover prone. If that’s true and the OL has protection issues it could be trouble especially against TN as they will likely be the best DL/pass rush Oklahoma faces this season.
Joe Milton is the aberration. Heupel has been around for more than 3 years. Milton is the only one who couldn't run the offense. It was a small miracle that Heupel was able to get 9 wins with that level of ineptitude at quarterback.
Tennessee's defense will be able to carry them this season. That front 7 and the new, more talented secondary has a chance to be dominant.
Tennessee's offense will be back to being Tennessee's offense.
I believe Tennessee's average score will be 45-13 and will have between 0 and 2 regular season losses.
Pump the brakes a little. The front 4 as in the DL should be very good. LB will likely be improved from last season but not sure they are near elite or anything. They should really benefit playing behind our DL. The secondary will have some growing pains and should end up a better unit especially at CB but still a lot of questions back there.
The offense should be very effective. Just have to score TD’s and not settle for FG’s as that was the biggest difference between 2022 and 2023. Milton wasn’t nearly as effective as Hooker in that area. Maybe because Hooker was a bigger threat to run which gave the offense an advantage. Nico should be a threat to run and is probably better than Hooker at throwing on the move as he’s able to improvise and create at an elite level IMO as he has the skillset to execute so much but also has the mentality to do it. He has that 6th sense and has a real feel for the game. Milton struggled a lot if the play didn’t work how it was designed to. Hooker could make something from nothing and I think Nico will be even better in that regard than Hooker was.
Schedule is a nightmare.
You're Oklahoma prediction should be "I think they're going to win some games." I wouldn't disagree.
Sooner fan here. Very excited to join the SEC. 5 or 6 big games a year, rather than one or two. 8-9 wins if the defense lives up to the hype.
tn is the team most likely to improve. and we were still 15th at the end of the year. tn is crushing recruiting to compared to us in 2022. and we have good wrs coming and a 5 star qb. and a good d line. we didnt have the talent in 23. they needed the refs for tn. fl and bama that is. our d is good. outside the secondary. dude with tns scedule huepel is great. saban played no one. outside titles. regular season. their sos is always weak. so was uga's.
Oklahoma goes 6-6 winning one of those top 15 games and loosing to Auburn
Bro said Florida & Kentucky are better than nc state yea buddy i think you need to redo that part of the video 😂🤣
He’s just trolling at this point, or terrible at what he does.
I’ll be at the game depending on what the temperature is I would like to go to Oklahoma vs Alabama for now OU leads 2-1-1. OU vs TN 3-1 Oklahoma. Oklahoma and Florida have the toughest schedules of D1 football this year
Great video coverage 💯 Let the season begin 🏈
OU will finish 9-3
“Tennessee’s schedule is a cake walk outside of 5 or 6 games.” Lol so basically half of the schedule isn’t a cake walk? 😂 Makes sense
It’s almost football season and here come Matt back on my recommended
I feel like everyone forgot about Jackson Arnold tbh even though he was highest ranked quarter back in his class
Nico was number one on ON3 and number 2 on 247. Arnold was below him on each.
So far each QB has had one game each.
It was the 6 turnovers in one game
@@caymanmickler54434 turnovers and 2 of them weren't his fault it was the receivers.
@clarkd2742 true, he was solely responsible for 4 of those 6.
The analysis nationally of OU has pretty much centered on their schedule with little attention given to the jump they saw ofrensively and defensively from year 1 to year 2 under Venables.
They return an experienced defense with a couple AA candidates and lots of weapons on offense.
The season will fall on the shoulders of Arnold.
Starting Milton was the right call. Freshmen shouldn't start... Especially in the SEC... And maybe we win one more of those games... Or maybe Nico blows out his knee and loses a season of development. Milton was bigger, more durable, and a good leader. It was also a message from Heupel that no matter who you are you have to earn it. Milton earned that season at QB. You also cannot in good faith look at a roster with top end talent on both lines, at QB, & WR and say meh.
Nico wasn’t ready last season especially early. He may could’ve played and been effective the last month or so but by that time we weren’t in the playoff picture so no point in throwing him out there at that point. He started the bowl game and had success even though it looked pretty vanilla for the most part. TN was also missing 3 started on the OL so protection was pretty bad against Iowa who isn’t great at rushing the passer. I expect to see significant improvement from the bowl game to seeing him this season. He almost seemed a little overly cautious when it came to protecting the football as he took little to no risks when throwing the football I think he makes a lot more plays as he this season being more confident and more comfortable/experienced being the guy at QB.
This may not be a popular take, and I am not here to make predictions on OUs record this year. However, this is such a dynamic change from how we usually have to approach a season. In the big 12 we were always the top dog and people played to beat OU. OU played to win the big 12. A lot of teams prepared all year just to beat OU and it showed. Just like teams prepare to beat Alabama and overlook other teams and end up losing games they should not. Now, we are the low man on the totem pole, no one is gunning for OU, most people assume we will get walked all over with this conference change and are preparing to beat the big dogs of the SEC. OU will do they same thing they always do, play to win a championship, and I feel as though we will be that team that some other teams will overlook and end up getting upset by because they counted us out from the beginning. I could obviously be very wrong, but either way I have not met a single OU fan yet who isn't extremely excited to see how this season plays out.
Every and I mean EVERY SEC team will have sooners and/or tx games circled on the calendar for years and years to come. NOBODY will take them lightly. You the new kid on the block. Errybody wants to take a swing at you.
@@jaketyrell7710 every game is important you can’t overlook anybody. TN maybe did that with a USCjr team in 2022 as they were playing terrible but they played their best game of the last 5 years to beat us and knock us out of the playoffs. Then beat Clemson the next week and knocks them out. 2 top 5 wins to end the season to finish 6-6 and make a bowl game. Crazy stuff.
Nothing happened during this off-season except for Georgia players and DUIs
Texas a&m was ranked when they played if that counts for anything (Tennessee)
Sooners struggled getting defensive lineman they wanted to play in the SEC. Oklahoma joined the dark side and now has 7 at 300 pounds
Typically you shoot it straight. I did not like your attitude when covering the vols. All good we shall see
He is still salty about 2022 🤣
Make one about Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, and Michigan next. 🙏 love your videos
Also, please make your own rankings like you did last year. These are my favorite types of videos.
As a lifelong Sooner fan, I'm walking into this season fully sober. But I can't wait. I remember traveling to Bama in 2003 and UTenn in 2016(?) and just loved that atmosphere. When Bama came to town in '02, it was the first time I saw that many RV's in one place. They brought the whole state. I'm interested in seeing OU's mental toughness this year. The KU and OSU game results last year were due to undisciplined play and inability to be mentally tough late. Don't let me get started about the bowl game. I thought Arnold fought back in the bowl game fairly well after a shaky start. Last INT was on the receiver. Having said that, this OU defense may be second only to UGA this year. Offense will be have a solid OL for the run, but the OT's are in flux. Coach BB usually likes to tinker with the OL until the Texas game and that will be the line going forward. UTenn could be the best front OU faces all year, so this will be a trial by fire for sure. OU possible has the best receiver group in the SEC - at least top 2 or 3. RB will be 3-4 deep, and for a young QB the running game needs to be his friend. Running the ball in the SEC is tough but the teams that are able to run the ball usually prosper. That's my key for OU. My prediction has always been 8-4 with wins against UTenn (See how Venables has schemed against coaches he coached with previously - Leach, Wilson, et. al.) & Bama , but losses at Auburn (Jordan Hare curse), Texas, Ole Miss, and LSU. Auburn will be the headscratcher, but will be their springboard to a solid year, IMO. Texas is a revenge game with the emotion on their side like it was for us last year. Ole Miss is so talented this year and at Baton Rouge at night after a hard 3 game run (and in my mind upsetting two Top 10 teams on the way to the LSU game).
When bama comes to baton rouge, somebody at bama has a connection to a massive parking lot not that far off campus. Those RVs come rolling into BR on tuesday.
sooner WR room is no better than 4-5 in the SEC.
@@KurtMcDowellOKC that TN vs Oklahoma game at TN was a great atmosphere. Neyland was rocking that night. TN let that game slip away as Butch Jones went ultra conservative which cost TN the game. Did the same thing against Florida that season. Took a couple hard losses for sure.
@@KurtMcDowellOKC TN has led or been top 2 for the last 2 seasons in the SEC in running yards per game. TN should be just as good running the ball this season but the passing game takes a big leap. Nico is also a real threat to run himself which makes a big difference. TN’s OL is also probably in the top 3 or 4 in the SEC as we have grown men covid SR’s, picked up a 5* OT from LSU in the portal who didn’t want to sit another year behind an all American and everyone has raved about him side he’s got here. I think TN is able to find success on the ground and also provides Nico with enough protection to make plays in the passing game. I think the pressure TN’s DL is able to put in Arnold and the consistency that they do it limits Oklahoma’s strength at WR as Arnold won’t often have time to let a deeper route develop and after being hit so much his eyes will be looking for the rush quicker and quicker as well as being uncomfortable in the pocket and just being out of rhythm. Oklahoma likely also struggles to run the ball effectively with any consistency which makes it that much harder. Sustaining drives will be difficult. Oklahoma likely needs to hit big plays when possible but they likely won’t have a lot of opportunities considering first downs may be challenging.
Jackson Arnold is a lot like josh Allen. He’s a stud. Can run and throw. Has a hell of a deep ball. Very high football IQ.
@@nateupton7065 Nico is a lot like Patrick Mahomes but runs faster and is taller. He will also be like Mahomes in that he beat Jackson Arnold (Josh Allen).
Just kidding as I think both will be very good but I do think Nick has a little Mahomes in him as his ability to create and make throws from different arm angles or off platform is pretty elite. He does the stuff other QB’s do at an elite level then does stuff other QB’s can’t do at a really high level as he has all the tools.
5:17 - You're wrong in saying OU's defense "gave up 30 to Texas".
No.. The defense gave up 27 to Texas. Special teams gave up 7. How many other defenses allowed Texas to get less than 27?
Big OU fan since the 4th grade. Now 38. Yes, I'm excited but geez that defense is atrocious
Boomer Sooners @THUGTOWN918
Bottom line is that Oklahoma will have to play very well to win. There’s going to be unrelenting pressure on the QB for all 4 quarters. The TN D-Line is no joke this year.
Hey matt can you do a video on jonathan gray 5⭐️ from texas that went to aleo high school
Exactly what has Oklahoma proven to anyone
About time you chimed in
Texas a&m and SC was ranked at the time when they played Tennessee
TN was up at halftime vs Bama, coming back in the 2and half isnt running away with it 🤣
It sounds like you're going to be shocked best defensive line in the nation and Matt Nick is not walking through them doors 17-0 GBO
I feel like a good vid would be a reaction to the pre top 25 teams because man there’s some interesting picks up there and I would love to see your personal top 25
Reality check: The fans are about to find out how tough it is to exist in the SEC. 8-4 would be really great for Oklahoma.
@SteveGee1986 As a Oklahoma fan, I'm only seeing Oklahoma win 3 or 4 games this season
Tennessee is the new Quarterback University
Vols gonna make this dude eat his words this year
10 days and the drought is over
" i don't have any OU sources. I haven't heard anything about the team..... but im making a video about the team"😂😂😂
Seen plenty of other people use very similar research to preview a team, players, etc. Pretty tough to keep a finger on the pulse of so many teams. I know TN football but that’s my team. I a little about other teens, mostly teams TN will play but even then I’m no expert and usually don’t know the details but just the broad strokes to get an idea of what TN might expect from certain teams this season.
CANT WAIT FOR THE CFB UPLOADS MATTHEW
That matchup will be fun
Yo Matt love the channel keep doin ya thing.. what happened to Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka?
Tennessee has possibly the #1 pickin the NFL draft in James peirce jr on defense
And probably the # 1 pick the following year in Nico!!!….if we don’t fall flat on our face this season….look at how we are recruiting with our decent results…if we win 10 games our recruiting will skyrocket!!!…#goodlicktoeveryoneelse
I see tn beating OU at Norman offense is better than OU d and tn D is better than OU offense.