Not so fast my friends.

#51
#51
KingtUT said:
For those that are determined to view this team and this staff in a negative light, Its just another lame excuse to use so that you dont have to admit the improvement thats being made.
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Let's just keep watching. The proof will be in the pudding.
 
#52
#52
TDawg said:
You can't compare having some guys get nicked up in practice to seeing three of your top players leave the field with what all looked to be season enders on the road. That and already having two guys in the secondary not playing, the actual top WR already out for the year, the best player in football (Gurley) already out for the game, a 6'6" WR out with a ham string and you have a recipe for a fight no matter who you are playing. But for Murray to put the team on his back and still put out a win with the third and fourth string RBs, 3 of his original top 4 WRs out and the left side of the OLine not getting it done is impressive to say the least.
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I agree it was bad injury-wise for UGA, but we've got injuries too and about a third of who should be on our roster is somewhere else due to attrition. I really think UGA was surprised after the missed FG when we blew down the field and turned it into a game.
 
#54
#54
GAVol said:
I agree it was bad injury-wise for UGA, but we've got injuries too and about a third of who should be on our roster is somewhere else due to attrition. I really think UGA was surprised after the missed FG when we blew down the field and turned it into a game.
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Of note their injuries had **** to do with us converting 3 4th and 1's or blocking that punt. That keeps getting overlooked. No doubt about it Team 117 showed up.
Murray beat us but he's a 4 year starter in the SEC. Much props to his play.
 
#55
#55
GAVol said:
I agree it was bad injury-wise for UGA, but we've got injuries too and about a third of who should be on our roster is somewhere else due to attrition. I really think UGA was surprised after the missed FG when we blew down the field and turned it into a game.
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That! .. and so were the fans .. huge momentum shift for sure. Those injuries started setting into the minds of the Dawgs and the ability of the backups is normally pretty good at the WR position but guys like Rhett McGowan dropping two third down catches (Brendan Douglas too) shows why it matters.
 
#56
#56
TDawg said:
That! .. and so were the fans .. huge momentum shift for sure. Those injuries started setting into the minds of the Dawgs and the ability of the backups is normally pretty good at the WR position but guys like Rhett McGowan dropping two third down catches (Brendan Douglas too) shows why it matters.
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As bad as the injuries were your D was worse. We beat ourselves.
 
#57
#57
The whole "Georgia had injuries" argument is lame as hell. We've been playing all year without Maggitt. Lane, who many think is our best Rb was out for that game. Georgia wasn't as full strength? Tough, neither were we. Injuries are part of football and you just have to nut up and play with who you have. The Vols played their hearts out last Saturday and that's all we can ask for.
 
#58
#58
DD4ME said:
Of note their injuries had **** to do with us converting 3 4th and 1's or blocking that punt. That keeps getting overlooked. No doubt about it Team 117 showed up.
Murray beat us but he's a 4 year starter in the SEC. Much props to his play.
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You're right, the two defensive injuries prior to the game wouldn't have mattered in that case. But do the Vols even get to that point had the offensive injuries not occurred? We will never know but it's a debatable question.:question:
 
#61
#61
TDawg said:
That! .. and so were the fans .. huge momentum shift for sure. Those injuries started setting into the minds of the Dawgs and the ability of the backups is normally pretty good at the WR position but guys like Rhett McGowan dropping two third down catches (Brendan Douglas too) shows why it matters.
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Just goes to show what a Senior QB can do for you though. Murray and that bulldozer FB y'all had when y'all got in the I, are what won the game.
 
#62
#62
TDawg said:
You're right, the two defensive injuries prior to the game wouldn't have mattered in that case. But do the Vols even get to that point had the offensive injuries not occurred? We will never know but it's a debatable question.:question:
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Murray balled out, you guys won that's plenty enough for bragging rights. You guys will miss Murray next year and we'll still be on the schedule.
 
#63
#63
TDawg said:
You're right, the two defensive injuries prior to the game wouldn't have mattered in that case. But do the Vols even get to that point had the offensive injuries not occurred? We will never know but it's a debatable question.:question:
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The one thing that didn't happen to the Tennessee defense is a bust in the secondary giving one up over the top. I have no doubt they'd have tried that late with Scott-Wesley.
 
#64
#64
90 Vol said:
The whole "Georgia had injuries" argument is lame as hell. We've been playing all year without Maggitt. Lane, who many think is our best Rb was out for that game. Georgia wasn't as full strength? Tough, neither were we. Injuries are part of football and you just have to nut up and play with who you have. The Vols played their hearts out last Saturday and that's all we can ask for.
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Yeah, that's comparable to losing Gurley, Marshall, Scott-Wesley, Bennett, Mitchell (did you forget about him), Rumph, Mattews and Norman.

Georgia barely won and I got that. But they won on their third and fourth RBs and with 4 of their top 6 WRs out. Also had two members of the defensive secondary out prior to the game as well. Sure, it's part of football but that's a lot to overcome and any team without an Aaron Murray wouldn't have.
 
#65
#65
TDawg said:
You're right, the two defensive injuries prior to the game wouldn't have mattered in that case. But do the Vols even get to that point had the offensive injuries not occurred? We will never know but it's a debatable question.:question:
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well at least their backup players are scholarship players our depth chart consist of walkons so your point is?
 
#68
#68
Simple, really:


1) If you beat SC by any margin, board will explode with optimism and scenarios whereby you will be playing in a January bowl game this season.

2) If you get beat by 10 or more, board will be back to full scale whining.

3) If you get beat by less than 10, you can pretty much have just taken a screenshot of the board this weekend and it will be identical.

Easy game.
 
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#70
#70
One game gives hope of similar efforts, but it is not a sure fire sign of where the program is at right nows.
 
#71
#71
DD4ME said:
Murray balled out, you guys won that's plenty enough for bragging rights. You guys will miss Murray next year and we'll still be on the schedule.
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Ain't that the truth. Dawg fans that used to call for him to get benched may hide under a rock if Hutson Mason doesn't show up big next year .. that's if he even wins the job. On the QB front, I am personally surprised that one of the UT freshman hasn't been started to get the future at the position some real snaps. Just my observation.
 
#72
#72
The injury crap is a stupid excuse to me. We are playing with a team that had had a huge depletion in talent so as far as that goes I say we are even or Georgia still had better talent. So I say yes we are turning the corner.
 
#73
#73
WesternKyVol said:
I am very interested to see what happens against SCe. That tell us a lot, IMO.
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Agreed. I have a terrible feeling that Shaw will have a field day pulling down the football and running on us. We still have an awful time of containing mobile QB's. South Carolina also has a very stout DL so I have concerns about us running the ball on them.
 
#74
#74
MOOOOONEY said:
well at least their backup players are scholarship players our depth chart consist of walkons so your point is?
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So your two and three deep sets have walk ons on it? Not sure what I am supposed to do with that. BTW, Norman was a walk on.
 
#75
#75
I guess the OP forgot to mention that UT has been without Maggitt all season, Lane was out for this game and Neal was in a walking boot all week and didn't even practice. Hell, the entire team didn't practice in pads Butch said because they were so banged up. Everyone is banged up at this point. Injuries are a part of the game.

Even with UGA's injuries, compare their 1's, 2's and 3's to UT's and it still shouldn't have been that close. Richt is a modern day Fulmer without the national title. He has more talent than most teams but somehow allows the game to be close at the end against an inferior opponent, but pulls out a close game in the end because he usually has more talent. That's not always a bad thing. He usually wins and he has recruited those guys, but I think he got outcoached on Sat against a team with nowhere near the talent.
 
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