SALAMANDER DRAKE
Mr. Wonderful
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Failure is not an option next two weeks. There are no excuses worth a damn. Winning is the only acceptable option. The entire remainder of the decade literally hangs in the balance.
Nothing but victory is acceptable. Nothing. I like Butch, but his tenure could be defined if he does anything other than win
Wow, it is 2013 and the Vandy game controls our success for the rest of the decade. That game should draw world wide press. Glad I got a ticket to see the most important game of the remaining decade.
I don't recall anyone saying Vandy will beat us b/c they beat Ga and Fla (just saying this makes me think I"m in a parallel universe or something...), but what some of us did say is that we can't overlook them because someone posted that we may be doing so.
No excuse not to beat Vandy. They don't have our talent, and what few decent players they have are banged up.
We are playing at home with a bye week to get healthy.
It's time for us to do we have done almost every game for 50 years, and that's beat little brother down into the ground.
Coming back from the Dooley fiasco means taking it one step at a time, and here's another one - so let's beat the in-state rival and keep our bowl hopes alive!!!
GO VOLS!!!!!!!
I have seen this quote "we have more talent" many times on the message board but I have yet for someone to explain where this much more talent is.
I believe both teams are about equally talented on both sides:
QB - Even, though I would say Robbinette and Dobbs are about equal but would take a healthy ACS over Worley all day long. ACS did not look mobile today and KY stacked the box because they knew he could not run. If he can't run this weekend, then I would go with Robinette because of his ability to tuck and UT's inability to cover at the linebacker position.
RB- Advantage UT
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WR - No contest, especially if Krause is back
TE- even, both teams have done a sad job of recruiting tight ends for this class. The one VU signee JUCO was the one that caused this years current mess.
O-Line - Advantage UT. Not as good as everyone expected but better than Vandys
K - Toss Up, both Palardy and Spears are top in SEC
P- Advantage UT, Palardy has been $ and Vanderbilt misses Richard Kent of last year
DL- Advantage Vanderbilt - Young and aggressive, have wreaked HAVOC the last 2 weeks.
LBackers - EVEN - Both teams have serviceable LB with Vanderbilt injured on that front and starting youth
Secondary - Vanderbilt. All Seniors that are starting to gel at end of year.
Coaching - Advantage Vanderbilt. Franklin gets his guys up and even though the KY game was a trap game, the team found a way to win.
Intangibles - Advantage UT. The bye week is huge and the home field crowd with a chance to go to a bowl will be a lot to overcome.
Great game to be at...
Would like feedback because to me these teams are very comparable.
I have seen this quote "we have more talent" many times on the message board but I have yet for someone to explain where this much more talent is.
I believe both teams are about equally talented on both sides:
QB - Even, though I would say Robbinette and Dobbs are about equal but would take a healthy ACS over Worley all day long. ACS did not look mobile today and KY stacked the box because they knew he could not run. If he can't run this weekend, then I would go with Robinette because of his ability to tuck and UT's inability to cover at the linebacker position.
RB- Advantage UT
.
WR - No contest, especially if Krause is back
TE- even, both teams have done a sad job of recruiting tight ends for this class. The one VU signee JUCO was the one that caused this years current mess.
O-Line - Advantage UT. Not as good as everyone expected but better than Vandys
K - Toss Up, both Palardy and Spears are top in SEC
P- Advantage UT, Palardy has been $ and Vanderbilt misses Richard Kent of last year
DL- Advantage Vanderbilt - Young and aggressive, have wreaked HAVOC the last 2 weeks.
LBackers - EVEN - Both teams have serviceable LB with Vanderbilt injured on that front and starting youth
Secondary - Vanderbilt. All Seniors that are starting to gel at end of year.
Coaching - Advantage Vanderbilt. Franklin gets his guys up and even though the KY game was a trap game, the team found a way to win.
Intangibles - Advantage UT. The bye week is huge and the home field crowd with a chance to go to a bowl will be a lot to overcome.
Great game to be at...
Would like feedback because to me these teams are very comparable.
UT will be up for this one too. dont act like Franklin is the only one.
you will also be without Marshall in your secondary and Azubike at DL. Who knows how Krause's hamstring will react
outside of Matthews i dont see any threats. we arent great but we matchup well with vandy. Vandy would have gotten hammered by Bama, Oregon, and Auburn just like we did. VU seems to really struggle running the ball. even though we arent very good along the DL your O Line has given up a ton of sacks and qb pressures all year
No excuse not to beat Vandy. They don't have our talent, and what few decent players they have are banged up.
We are playing at home with a bye week to get healthy.
It's time for us to do we have done almost every game for 50 years, and that's beat little brother down into the ground.
Coming back from the Dooley fiasco means taking it one step at a time, and here's another one - so let's beat the in-state rival and keep our bowl hopes alive!!!
GO VOLS!!!!!!!