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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Orangefreak » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:15 pm

Our secondary sucks.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Hacksaw » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:19 pm

Unfortunately, we are continuing our trend of shrinking in the second-half. At least we have a good lead and are playing an inferior opponent, so it shouldn't cost us.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Orangefreak » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:26 pm

Wildcat. Excellent.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Orangefreak » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:29 pm

That was stupid. I know MTSU isn't going to come back against us, but every area of our team,including special teams, needs work/practice. We should have kicked that ball off.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Orangefreak » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:32 pm

Our secondary sucks ass.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Orangefreak » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:48 pm

Game over. Down to Arkansas we must travel. To bad our ass whoopin can't come to us. :(
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Hacksaw » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:03 pm

We won. And that's good. It sure beats losing.

But I'm not sure we played any better than we have the past month. We still looked good in the first half and lousy in the second half. The big difference was that our efforts in the first half resulted in a nice lead. Arky will still be like climbing Mt. Everest.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by 10ac » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:39 am

Middle should have won the second half 6 - 0. Paaaaaathettttic.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by bluetick » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:01 am

bluetick wrote:Three scores? Gutsy.

I see where the line is only 4 1/2. I'm be all over this one in a big way. Sew e pig, etc..
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by bluetick » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:22 pm

Instead of going to the wildcat we probably ought to fix why we can't hand the ball to our TB and get 4-5 yards against the 112th worst rushing defense team in the country.

Maybe it's the curse of Mike Barry - poor guy had one bad year and Fulmer showed him the door. He had OL's that figured mightily in two national championships - 1990 at Colorado under Bill McCartney, and '98 at UT under Phil. But his guys didn't pound the rock effectively in '02 and he was out. (Meanwhile, OC Randy Sanders got a raise)
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by GBJs » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:37 pm

Was it because of the effectiveness Randy ran Phil's "circa 1983" offense?
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by bluetick » Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:29 pm

GBJs wrote:Was it because of the effectiveness Randy ran Phil's "circa 1983" offense?
Randy had walleye vision, gbj - which precluded him from recognizing the middle of the field when working with the offense at field level. Therefore our passing game was limited to out routes, bubble screens and wideout screens. Defenses could keep the MLB in the box as a result, so our running game gradually went to shit as we could no longer pound it inside.

Even now - four full seasons sans Sanders - that whole fire-off-the-ball forward blocking thingy has us stumped. We are pretty good at blocking going backwards, though - much to our passer's delight. But we have indeed rediscovered the middle of the field. So maybe eventually the middle backer will back off and our guys will take to some aggressive run blocking and we can find some balance in our offense again.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Jungle Rat » Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:13 pm

Sorta surprised Orangefreak isn't here wiping his belly with his spoogie sock. Kid must have had homework.

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Post by AlabamAlum » Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:24 pm

bluetick wrote:
GBJs wrote:Was it because of the effectiveness Randy ran Phil's "circa 1983" offense?
Randy had walleye vision, gbj - which precluded him from recognizing the middle of the field when working with the offense at field level. Therefore our passing game was limited to out routes, bubble screens and wideout screens. Defenses could keep the MLB in the box as a result, so our running game gradually went to shit as we could no longer pound it inside.

Even now - four full seasons sans Sanders - that whole fire-off-the-ball forward blocking thingy has us stumped. We are pretty good at blocking going backwards, though - much to our passer's delight. But we have indeed rediscovered the middle of the field. So maybe eventually the middle backer will back off and our guys will take to some aggressive run blocking and we can find some balance in our offense again.


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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by bluetick » Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:17 pm

Thanks.

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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by AlabamAlum » Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:24 pm

Also, the frat boy kicker story is great. One of the best of 2011. Although, with the starter hurt, it doesn't make any sense that Brodus didn't make the dress list for a home game.
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by bluetick » Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:34 pm

Yeah - the kid can do some standup too. When asked if he had planned on watching the UT-MTSU game on tv, he smiled big and said "sure thing.... the first half, I mean."

One more thought about UT's OL situation...Dave Hart and Joe Pendry are friends, and maybe Joe isn't ready to retire after all. And nobody is singing the praises of Harry Hiestand, that's for sure..
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by GBJs » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:05 pm

The walleye was a very effective weapon. Especially version II. It allowed for remote guidance through the very window you wanted to put it in. All via a television camera in the nose section. It was just black and white though.

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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by Professor Tiger » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:10 pm

Corsair. Heh. "People-eater." "ABH mulcher."
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Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Post by GBJs » Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:25 pm

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