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It was hard to watch yet another UT game the other night and for one reason only: When you have a mediocre QB and a talented but admittedly young O Line and, you are on the road in a hostile environment, you do not continually call for drop back plays on first downs. IF you do, your QB has 3 seconds to throw the ball to a UT receiver, out of bounds or at someones feet. You cannot put this UT team in a 2nd down and long time and time again and expect them to win games - just not going to happen but, that is the unfortunate pattern we are in.
Games, IMO, are often won on first downs. Getting positive yardage on first down allows the offense to keep the Defense on their toes and be watching for either a run or pass on second or third down. If you lose yards on first down on the road, you have set the defense up for interceptions ALL GAME LONG. I don't blame Worley for the bad throws because they had the entire defense anticipating short dinks on almost every series.
First downs, not touchdowns, win games. If you control the ball, march down the field and continually score points, you will win a lot of your games. If all we do is focus on TDs, our defense will get worn out and our opponents will score more points than our team, and that's all I have to say about that...
Games, IMO, are often won on first downs. Getting positive yardage on first down allows the offense to keep the Defense on their toes and be watching for either a run or pass on second or third down. If you lose yards on first down on the road, you have set the defense up for interceptions ALL GAME LONG. I don't blame Worley for the bad throws because they had the entire defense anticipating short dinks on almost every series.
First downs, not touchdowns, win games. If you control the ball, march down the field and continually score points, you will win a lot of your games. If all we do is focus on TDs, our defense will get worn out and our opponents will score more points than our team, and that's all I have to say about that...