Per Bill Martin.....

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#77
VolInDayton said:
Counter Point- what's our record when we decide to play a soft zone? Maybe the South Carolina game is the only loss but there could have been other things going on there.
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Too much risk. The UK game really shouldn't have been close. It wouldn't have been if they had played them like A&M. A&M is far more talented. Similar QBs. You can't do it without putting winnable games at risk.

IMO, Banks sporadically over/under estimates opponents or things about opponents. He did that with Ray Davis giving Leary all day to throw to wide open targets vs soft coverage.
 
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#79
papatomany said:
I'm with you, though I'm not a fan of "Total Defense", as it leaves out way too many factors. We're 16th in the country in yards per play allowed; 2nd in the conference, .02 behind Georgia.
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We are also 21st in scoring defense. That is the most important defensive stat imo.
 
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PEPPERJAX said:
We are also 21st in scoring defense. That is the most important defensive stat imo.
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People are down on our D but they're improved quite a bit. On top of that, we aren't going to sell out to stop the run against Mizzou like we did Kentucky. I expect cook to be running for his life.
 
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sjt18 said:
Too much risk. The UK game really shouldn't have been close. It wouldn't have been if they had played them like A&M. A&M is far more talented. Similar QBs. You can't do it without putting winnable games at risk.

IMO, Banks sporadically over/under estimates opponents or things about opponents. He did that with Ray Davis giving Leary all day to throw to wide open targets vs soft coverage.
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But have we won? We were completely depleted on defense and had zero depth for 2 years, no we have depth with young players and somehow the defense is still able to help this team win.
 
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CNCVol88 said:
People are down on our D but they're improved quite a bit. On top of that, we aren't going to sell out to stop the run against Mizzou like we did Kentucky. I expect cook to be running for his life.
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The only people that are down on the D at this point are people who have a personal bias against Banks. If you're objectively looking at the defense over the past few years, you understand the improvements that have been made under the circumstance.

Personal bias doesn't allow you to see reality. I don't care how much evidence you show them, they'll run around and make a claim that's ridiculous and dumb. We just got some folks that we need to pray for because their hearts ain't right.
 
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FollowTheLeader said:
At what point can we just have a positive post and message without the negativity? That's such a miserable way to live.
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I’m guessing a lot of the negativity comes from seeing this stat then realizing we lost against UF b/c we couldn’t run the ball or stop the run. The only P5 opponent that has rushed for fewer yards than us against UF is Vandy. The only P5 defense UF has rushed for more yards than against us is Vandy.

Utah, UK, & SCAR have held UF under 100 rushing yards. They ran for 183 against us.

UK, SCAR, UGA, & ARK have rushed for over 150 yards against UF. We only ran for 100 against them.

Against Bama we had two 4th & 1 runs that got stopped. We had one 4th & 1 run against UF that got stopped. If we are such a great running team, then why can’t we seem to get a rushing yard when we have to have it?

Some UT fans are tired of the team pumping their stats against mediocre teams while falling apart against our actual rivals.
 
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08Vol said:
I’m guessing a lot of the negativity comes from seeing this stat then realizing we lost against UF b/c we couldn’t run the ball or stop the run. The only P5 opponent that has rushed for fewer yards than us against UF is Vandy. The only P5 defense UF has rushed for more yards than against us is Vandy.

Utah, UK, & SCAR have held UF under 100 rushing yards. They ran for 183 against us.

UK, SCAR, UGA, & ARK have rushed for over 150 yards against UF. We only ran for 100 against them.

Against Bama we had two 4th & 1 runs that got stopped. We had one 4th & 1 run against UF that got stopped. If we are such a great running team, then why can’t we seem to get a rushing yard when we have to have it?

Some UT fans are tired of the team pumping their stats against mediocre teams while falling apart against our actual rivals.
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Man that is some serious cherry picking you just did.
 
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CNCVol88 said:
Man that is some serious cherry picking you just did.
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Stats from rivalry games and big games matter a whole heck of a lot more than in other games. If Heupel doesn’t start realizing that then he won’t last very long here. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want UT’s ceiling to be the SEC’s version of Penn State.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
If the refs actually CALL offensive holding and defensive PI against Mizzou we can and will beat them in their house. I think its really that simple.

Someone posted earlier we went 177mins straight in SEC games this season without a live ball penalty called against our opponents. 3mins shy of 3 ENTIRE GAMES. The holding against our DEs, triangle chokeholds, rear naked chokes etc has been so blatant that the SEC crews should have been suspended. Repeatedly. We wont beat Missouri and 4 or 5 officials after we hung 63 on them last season.
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Missouri CBS like to grab
 
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08Vol said:
Stats from rivalry games and big games matter a whole heck of a lot more than in other games. If Heupel doesn’t start realizing that then he won’t last very long here. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want UT’s ceiling to be the SEC’s version of Penn State.
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I think huepel understands that which is why he beat Florida and Alabama last year my guy.
 
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#92
CNCVol88 said:
I think huepel understands that which is why he beat Florida and Alabama last year my guy.
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Shame he couldn’t beat one of the worst UF teams of the past 20 years this year. Would have helped his 2-6, likely soon to be 2-7 record against our 3 main rivals.
 
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