Do we beat USC?

#28
#28
immyaxl said:
The Vols played their best game in years no doubt. Georgia had a lot of guys hurt that are big play makers like Gurley and Marshall. USC is a good team that has more weapons than the Vols. The Vols haven't won a meaningful game since 07.
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They still had Aaron Murray! Thats all they needed to beat Tennessee. You still got to remember we hurt Marshall. We have been injuring some teams this year look at the UF game. USCjr has stuggled with everybody, you know they are going to struggle with us in front of a sold out crowd in Knoxville! I think UT wins.
 
#31
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immyaxl said:
The Vols played their best game in years no doubt. Georgia had a lot of guys hurt that are big play makers like Gurley and Marshall. USC is a good team that has more weapons than the Vols. The Vols haven't won a meaningful game since 07.
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We also have a lot of freshman playing on both sides of the ball. It's not like we had a bunch of senior WRs and a 5th year QB. Also Georgia didn't suffer any major injuries to their defense.

You must not have watched SC v UK yesterday. Yes they won the game but they struggled against UK. Now you could say that's because Clowney didn't play. There again he has not really been a factor this season anyway. If UT plays like it did yesterday, SC will get beaten easily. Saw is nowhere near the QB Murray is. The only thing we have to worry about is Shaw is a better runner.
 
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#32
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I sure hope that we pull it out and beat them in a close struggle game. Got my tix today and ready for this years' trip to Knoxville. Go Vols!!:good!:
 
#33
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immyaxl said:
The Vols played their best game in years no doubt. Georgia had a lot of guys hurt that are big play makers like Gurley and Marshall. USC is a good team that has more weapons than the Vols. The Vols haven't won a meaningful game since 07.
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we had a ton of guys out too and we were still out gunned. two of our best three DTs were out, Marlin Lane, Brewer went out early, devrin, curt, two other CBs which would be huge depth wise when facing good passing teams like UGA. i know you are a little salty ab the Mizzou ass whipping and the fact we are improving with mostly freshman and you guys are starting to head down hill. check your recruiting class. it blows. why come on here telling us we dont have a chance and all that when your team just got hammered by Mizzou in front of about 25k? and it shoulda been Mizzou 58-28 but that last Mizzou TD got called back late in the fourth.
 
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#34
#34
It is coming.....and it would be great for it to happen for Worley against his home state team.
 
#35
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immyaxl said:
We beat South Carolina when they were 8th in the nation. It was in 2007.
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How is that meaningful? You still went 5-7 that year and finished last in the East.

At least UT went to the SEC Championship in 2007.
 
#36
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Doubt it. Butch still has to prove me wrong because after all we still did lose yesterday.
 
#37
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immyaxl said:
We beat South Carolina when they were 8th in the nation. It was in 2007.
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Have fun going 0-8 in the SEC this year. It shouldn't sting too bad since yall are used to sucking the big one year in and year out.
 
#38
#38
UT can beat USC, no doubt about it. They will have to overachieve and believe in it. Worley could have turned the corner this past saturday but we'll have to wait and see. USC has struggled to put games away and has let teams back in games they should have won convincingly, hope that trend continues. USC defense, imo, is better than UGA, they have two good qb's and a stud RB. It will take another monster effort by UT to get a win but it is possible. If Neyland is rocking again then that helps even more.
 
#39
#39
i think so. i really hope the team that played the second half of that game last night shows up. uga is better than usc and we should have beaten them. i think uga is going to win the sec this year and possibly be in the national title. i feel like usc has regressed since last season and we are taking steps in the right direction. also south carolina always struggles in neyland regardless of how good they are.
 
#40
#40
I hope so. Just bought my tickets today. First game since I graduated in 2003. I cannot wait.
 
#41
#41
immyaxl said:
The Vols played their best game in years no doubt. Georgia had a lot of guys hurt that are big play makers like Gurley and Marshall. USC is a good team that has more weapons than the Vols. The Vols haven't won a meaningful game since 07.
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why you make'n excuses for GA. We had key players out too. Lane and Maggitt come to mind. not to mention the amount of freshmen we're playing. Sure hope ya'll are full strength when your dore's travel to Knoxville. That way you can't cry when we spank the a$$ all the way back to Nashville.
 
#42
#42
It's awfully tough for a team to fire itself up to play unquestionably it's best game of the season - lose in that game - and then turn around and do it all over again for the next game. The bye week for UT may be it's best tonic for working out the doldrums from the UGA game and focus on USC, but it will have a tough task ahead for itself. Sometimes it's better for a team to continue on with another opponent to focus on the next week, instead of dwelling on a tough loss for 14 days...

USC's biggest issue thus far this season is it's passing defense: overall their defense hasn't been too bad: for most of their games, it's actually been decent to almost stellar against high passing offenses such as UNC and UCF. USC has actually played against 4 opponents that currently have top-40 passing offenses, nationally (UNC, UGA, Vanderbilt, and UCF). They were containing UCF's offense decently until the 10-minute mark of the 4th qtr, and even UK only had 301 total offensive yards. But UCF scored 15 quick 4th qtr. points, and UK scored all of their 21 pts in the 4th, so those last moments of those games made those games ugly wins overall in Gamecock Nation's minds. Murray threw for over 300 yds, and Bortles had 350+ yds but was being held well under 200 until that 4th qtr., and UNC's and Vandy's QBs were held to under 200 and under 150 yds, respectively...

The Vols will come into the USC game most likely last in the SEC in passing offense and total offense. This may help cancel out USC's defensive inconsistencies (9th in SEC in passing D). And USC has a slightly better rushing O than UT (5th vs 7th), while also having a much better rushing D (5th vs 11th).

Stats typically paint a fuzzy picture as to how a team matches up with another. Once the conference schedule gets underway and results versus common opponents can be compared, one can get a clearer picture. Right now it looks like UT can only match up against USC's weakness on defense with it's own weakness on offense, while USC's own passing offense (6th in SEC) matches up positively against UT's passing D (10th)...
 
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#45
#45
Is there seriously a vandy fan on here defending them like they are sec champs? Shut up and take franklin to a hotel room and ANCHOR DOWN!!!
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#49
#49
olbemw7 said:
Sad, sad quote IMO.
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I grew up rooting for UT and Vandy. There's still part of me that roots for the Vols but I can't stand most UT fans! No matter how much the Vols suck they still run their mouths about Vandy. U guys make Bama fans seen respectful! UT plays hard and almost wins a big game and their fans want to run their mouths about Vandy losing. UT and Vandy have the same record. If Vandy sucks so bad I guess the Vols do too.
 
#50
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immyaxl said:
I grew up rooting for UT and Vandy. There's still part of me that roots for the Vols but I can't stand most UT fans! No matter how much the Vols suck they still run their mouths about Vandy. U guys make Bama fans seen respectful! UT plays hard and almost wins a big game and their fans want to run their mouths about Vandy losing. UT and Vandy have the same record. If Vandy sucks so bad I guess the Vols do too.
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If UT fans bother you so much, I could suggest a few million other sites you may want to spend time on instead of, you know, a UT FAN MESSAGEBOARD.
 
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