Fast paced SEC vs Slow 10

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RockyTop140 said:
Yeah I don’t think that’s a good enough excuse for the “best” defense in the nation to get torn apart because they’re down 2 starters. Most teams at this point are down several starters
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I heard that all of our players practice balls to the wall like they are starters. I guess we'll see if they are.
 
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Lars said:
My question is about the speed of our receivers against the speed of Iowa's safeties and corners. With the players scheduled for the game, can we expect to have an advantage, even match, or disadvantage?
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As an Iowa fan. Big advantage. Athletically safety Nwankpa is more right there. Other safety Schulete is WAY below. Schulete is smart and assignment sound. Nwankpa can get out of position which gets him into trouble.

Corners Harris and Lee both play overly soft coverage. 8-10 yards off at snap. Quick screens you will live on. Speed wise both are average. So if you get behind them they won’t catch your WR’s. Cooper Dejean the normal starting cb is a A+ athlete but got injured week 11 practice and wont play.
 
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volfeeva said:
I predict Tenn will try to win this game with a running attack/ground game with minimal passes by Nico. I think it will be run up the middle about the entire game. A low scoring affair and the team with the fewest turnovers/penalties will win.
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That would be a good plan to lose the game. I think coach will call the plays he wants to call and rely on Nico to get the ball where it needs to go. Do I think Nico will do his job? Yes.
 
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rk_kerk said:
As an Iowa fan. Big advantage. Athletically safety Nwankpa is more right there. Other safety Schulete is WAY below. Schulete is smart and assignment sound. Nwankpa can get out of position which gets him into trouble.

Corners Harris and Lee both play overly soft coverage. 8-10 yards off at snap. Quick screens you will live on. Speed wise both are average. So if you get behind them they won’t catch your WR’s. Cooper Dejean the normal starting cb is a A+ athlete but got injured week 11 practice and wont play.
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Then I think Coach will call the game he wants to call and rely on Nico to execute the passing game. That should work, and we should win if turnovers and penalties don't kill us. If he overly relies on handoffs to RBs, our offense will stall a time or two, and we could be in trouble.
 
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#110
Nico and Squirrel have a big game, Iowa has zero on their team who can cover him. They'll figure that out double him and the rest of our passing game opens up. Then the fun runs begin.
 
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tigers68 said:
Dumb take, and simply parrotting the stupidity of loser Ohio State sycophants. Kyle McCord was so great that his own head coach and fans ran him off. He was SOOO highly valued nationally that he transferred to...(checks notes), SYRACUSE. GMAFB. Then, the guy he barely beat out for the positon (Brown) was getting his head handed to him by the Missouri defense. Who, by the way, played without three starters on defense. Both starting linebackers were out so Mizzou had to play a transfer from Wyoming (Hicks) and a safety playing out of position (Tristan Newson), and so was one of their NFL bound corners (Rakestraw). Newsflash: Ohio State didn't have their offensive line opt out. Missouri's front seven was just kicking their ass. Wouldn't have mattered WHO the qb was, when he wouldn't have had any time to pass. And without any time to throw, it wouldn't have mattered that Harrison Jr. played or not. Throw in the fact that Harrison Jr. was going to be covered by Missouri's All American corner (Abrams-Draine), and the whole "Ohio State had too many opt outs to win" quickly falls apart.
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A lot of truth to what you pointed out..... Ohio st. OL was getting dominated by our DL/LB and its not like McCord is a top flight QB either all 3 Ohio st QB are about the same.

Brown looked inaccurate, and very average at best he looked poised for a turnover. Ohio st. run game was average at best. If McCord/MHjr played Ohio st. was good for 10-17 points max versus our Defense. If Ohio st. DB can shut down Burden and Cooper and CO... I'm sure our DB's are capable of slowing their WR down. Clearly Mizzou was poised to score 17-21 pts against the Uber talented Ohio st NFL caliber defense. Make no mistake Ohio st. Defense was the best we faced all year, better than Georgia no doubt. But the margin in the two teams is not that wide..... I get it Ohio st needs excuses. And other fan bases want a private club of good teams. The idea that Mizzou might bust the glass ceiling is not appealing to many a fan in opposing fan bases. It is what it is no need to get upset.

I also think that some football fans are forgetting about the Grit and toughness factor of the game. Mizzou dominated that aspect. Ohio st. appeared to be soft upfront on the OL and really all over the offense. Their Defense played hard but at the end of the day our Less talented Offense fought and clawed to a victory on guts on the will to win.
 
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#113
amaralfan1 said:
It's an insane argument. I moved to Columbus from Knoxville. On average, Columbus is around 5 degrees cooler in October/November. Washington DC gets more snow a year than Central Ohio. "Cold weather Midwest football" is a myth.
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ON game day it was for the Cotton bowl it was 39 degree's in Columbus Ohio... and it was 37 degree's in Columbia Missouri. Let's not act like it's in the 20's and low 30's in Big 10 country during football season. Is that myth that B10 teams don't want as much speed as possible still around? Now teams might adjust their offense and be more run heavy depending on how much speed they can recruit and how plentiful Big Corn Fed top talent lineman are in their region. But as you said teams recruit speed every where no matter the location.
 
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amaralfan1 said:
It's an insane argument. I moved to Columbus from Knoxville. On average, Columbus is around 5 degrees cooler in October/November. Washington DC gets more snow a year than Central Ohio. "Cold weather Midwest football" is a myth.
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No, it's real. Big difference between Columbus and Madison. Big difference between Columbus and Ann Arbor. I could go on and on.
 
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TheFlash1971 said:
To think OSU is not better than Mizzouri you really need to take your SEC goggles off. They beat a OSU team who lost both their capable QBs . One in transfer portal other in the first qtr of the game. Mizzouri didn’t do jack vs OSU’s defense. Until 4th Qtr when OSU defense just got tired late because the offense was so inept with third string QB. All the teams in the SEC playing their Third string qb probably would have suffered the same fate.
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They're better, but not by much
 
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#119
volfeeva said:
I predict Tenn will try to win this game with a running attack/ground game with minimal passes by Nico. I think it will be run up the middle about the entire game. A low scoring affair and the team with the fewest turnovers/penalties will win.
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VFL-82-JP said:
I don't think so. For a few reasons:

(a) That would play into Iowa's hand, play to their strengths. A low-scoring slugfest is what they're good at. We don't want to play their game, we want to play ours.

(b) Our game has a lot of run plays, for sure, but our game uses spread formations and the ACTIVE THREAT of passes to open up the middle of the field for our runs. That's our game. Heupel will coach our lads to play OUR game.

(c) Nico's more ready than many here give him credit for. This is his second bowl game as a Volunteer. Yes, he was brand new to the team last December when we beat Clemson, but he's been absorbing like a sponge ever since, growing physically and mentally into his role. He's no noob. And I think we're gonna see that, emphatically, vs Iowa.

Expect a lopsided win for the Vols, with our score in the 30s and theirs somewhere either side of 10.

Go Vols!
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See what I meant, @volfeeva ? That's how we win, by playing our game. And Nico was definitely ready to run it.

Go Vols!

p.s. Updated SEC slate:

SEC #1 plays B10 #1
SEC #2 MAULED ACC #1
SEC #3 BEAT B10 #2
SEC #4 BEAT B10 #3
SEC #5 BEAT B10 #5/6
SEC #6 MAULED B10 #4
SEC #7 LOST to ACC #4
SEC #8 LOST to B12 #2
SEC #9 LOST to B10 #5/6
 
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Mtnvol80 said:
Been a few of us trying to tell yall that the metrics are skewed cause the B10 plays horrible offenses. Iowa is in that tier and their offense is even worse than this bad Penn St. The top 4 B10 teams are all about to lose to the SEC
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VFL-82-JP said:
See what I meant, @volfeeva ? That's how we win, by playing our game. And Nico was definitely ready to run it.

Go Vols!

p.s. Updated SEC slate:

SEC #1 plays B10 #1
SEC #2 MAULED ACC #1
SEC #3 BEAT B10 #2
SEC #4 BEAT B10 #3
SEC #5 BEAT B10 #5/6
SEC #6 MAULED B10 #4
SEC #7 LOST to ACC #4
SEC #8 LOST to B12 #2
SEC #9 LOST to B10 #5/6
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Not sure I'd be giving all the credit to Nico and the passing game. He looked good and did enough to win, but didn't exactly score that much thru the air. It was more his ability to run/scramble and also credit the defense for winning the game. Oh, and the fact that Iowa was a really bad team with a bad QB. Nico scored 3 TD's with his feet, not passing
 
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volfeeva said:
Not sure I'd be giving all the credit to Nico and the passing game. He looked good and did enough to win, but didn't exactly score that much thru the air. It was more his ability to run/scramble and also credit the defense for winning the game. Oh, and the fact that Iowa was a really bad team with a bad QB. Nico scored 3 TD's with his feet, not passing
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12 of 19 for 151 yards, a touchdown, and no interceptions.

That's not freakish, no. But it's a solid, solid game for a true freshman in his first start.

Recall, I never said credit should go to the passing game. Re-read my earlier post if you need to. I said we should play OUR game, not Iowa's. Our game involves a lot of running (as I mentioned), but is predicated on spreading the field and a real, viable threat in the passing game. And Nico gave us that today.

Don't sell him short. He was selected as game MVP for good reason.

Go Vols!
 
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volfeeva said:
Not sure I'd be giving all the credit to Nico and the passing game. He looked good and did enough to win, but didn't exactly score that much thru the air. It was more his ability to run/scramble and also credit the defense for winning the game. Oh, and the fact that Iowa was a really bad team with a bad QB. Nico scored 3 TD's with his feet, not passing
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If you weren’t impressed by Nico’s first start and the poise he ran the offense, then bless your heart.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
They're better, but not by much
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Pfffft. On paper maybe. Not on the field. Mizzou proved that. The B1G is hot garbage. Ohio State played two good teams all year and lost to both. Michigan and Mizzou. And no, Pedophile State isn't worthy of their ranking. Ole Miss proved that. They also lost the only 3 games they played against anyone with a pulse.
 
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Dr H Lecter said:
If you weren’t impressed by Nico’s first start and the poise he ran the offense, then bless your heart.
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Never said I wasn't impressed with Nico. In fact I was. I stated that Nico impacted the game more with his feet ( scoring 3 td's ) than with his passing game. And the defense play good as well.
 
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