Cory Anderson: Fallen Star

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Seeing how ineffective and how little playing time CA is getting this year, I have to trace it back to the freak fumble debacle that cost us the Bama game last year. It either destroyed his confidence or the coaches confidence in him, IMO.

This leads me to reflect back on other significant UT players that had careers shortcircuited by one costly error. I remember a talented running back, named Glenn Ford, who in the 1980 16-15 loss to Georgia, fumbled on the UGA one yard line under a minute in the fourth quarter that cost us the game. He virtually dissappeared after that game. Also Greg Burk wasn't the same after he missed the winning FG in the 1990 tie at Auburn.

I'm sure there are others that you guys can think of, but one of them is NOT Arian Foster despite his, ultimately game costing fumble at the goal line against South Carolina last year. The way he caught and ran with ball in the winning drive last weekend against Bama was a thing of beauty. Look for a super game for him tomorrow night.
 
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rockydoc said:
Seeing how ineffective and how little playing time CA is getting this year, I have to trace it back to the freak fumble debacle that cost us the Bama game last year. It either destroyed his confidence or the coaches confidence in him, IMO.

This leads me to reflect back on other significant UT players that had careers shortcircuited by one costly error. I remember a talented running back, named Glenn Ford, who in the 1980 16-15 loss to Georgia, fumbled on the UGA one yard line under a minute in the fourth quarter that cost us the game. He virtually dissappeared after that game. Also Greg Burk wasn't the same after he missed the winning FG in the 1990 tie at Auburn.

I'm sure there are others that you guys can think of, but one of them is NOT Arian Foster despite his, ultimately game costing fumble at the goal line against South Carolina last year. The way he caught and ran with ball in the winning drive last weekend against Bama was a thing of beauty. Look for a super game for him tomorrow night.
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Anderson wasn't exactly Shawn Bryson to start with. He was a servicable player at best.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Anderson wasn't exactly Shawn Bryson to start with. He was a servicable player at best.
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Comparing Shawn Bryson and Cory Anderson is like comparing apples and oranges. Cory Anderson is/was a very good blocking FB that is/was average at making catches out of the backfield. Bryson was an average blocking FB, but was a very good receiving/running FB. He was a RB that we stuck at FB. People say that he lacked break away speed, but the '98 UF defense would argue that.
 
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utvol0427 said:
Comparing Shawn Bryson and Cory Anderson is like comparing apples and oranges. Cory Anderson is/was a very good blocking FB that is/was average at making catches out of the backfield. Bryson was an average blocking FB, but was a very good receiving/running FB. He was a RB that we stuck at FB. People say that he lacked break away speed, but the '98 UF defense would argue that.
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Cory Anderson isn't "very good" at any facet of the game.
 
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OrangeSquare said:
Nope, never attacked anything about the University, ever. :ermm:
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Individuals aren't the institution. A concept most people find elementary and easy to grasp. If you choose to go through life only criticizing things when your beloved backup QB doesn't play, so be it. I tend to look at every facet of the program with a critical eye.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Individuals aren't the institution. A concept most people find elementary and easy to grasp. If you choose to go through life only criticizing things when your beloved backup QB doesn't play, so be it. I tend to look at every facet of the program with a critical eye.
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hat -- you have the worst avatar of anyone on this board. can you please change it? its like visual cacophony.
 
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kidbourbon said:
hat -- you have the worst avatar of anyone on this board. can you please change it? its like visual cacophony.
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I was actually thinking about putting one of the other winners of the "Pick Hatvol's Avatar" contest up as a change of pace. However, if it annoys you, it's not going anywhere.
 
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I, actually, love Hatvol's avatar. Being somewhat of an egocentric, it reminds me of my terrible self on drums.

As for the topic, Anderson made his own bed. He was given an opportunity to shine, and for whatever reason, he didn't make the most of it.
 
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Apparently David Holbert isnt thought very highly of either. Considered how highly recruited he was out of high school, this is surprising.

Its hard to make a one dimensional player like Anderson be successful. UT's best FB have been able to catch, run, and block. Not just block.
 
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Actually after his soph. season when he averaged 10.6 yards per carry and caught 17 passes out of the backfield, he had All-SEC writtened all over him especially the way the coaches were raving about his "soft" hands and speed. personally I thought he would fall in the line of good blocking Tennessee FB's in the mode of Mario Brunson, Roland Poes, William Howard etc. (Bryson was a tailback playing FB).

I miss the "full-house" backfield that we used to run when we had FB,s mentioned above. No sissy quarterback sneaks then in short yardage and no getting stopped on fourth down like this year either.
 
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I think part of it is that Cutcliffe likes to use the TE's more than the fullback. Also Tennessee has never been known to use the fullback much. Fleming had set records in the state of Tennessee for rushing yards and virtually did nothing at UT, but somehow he ended up getting drafted to the NFL.
 
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I think Cory Anderson still has a decent chance of getting drafted. All of I've heard from coaches is that he is freakishly fast for his size. I think he still has a chance to be great with some good coaching.
 
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