Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Orange.]

Gary didn't exactly lie when he said "Tennessee rushed for over a 100 yards." 232 > 100.

 

[peaygolf]

Govs are not celebrated here

Didn’t ask you to celebrate.

 

[Nuctech777]

Didn’t ask you to celebrate.

Only joking. You do you

 

[UTProf]

We will drop 3 spots.

In the AP but rise in the Coaches. That jackwad that refuses to rank us is dropping us a ton and I don't think he's the only one. That's why we're the only team with that kind of disparity.

 

[UTProf]

Oddly enough Florida winning will help us in rankings.

I say we are close to top 15 & Bama top 10 once dust settles.

USC, Oregon both drop outta top 10

Louisville, UCLA, Washington State all drop behind us.

I think that weird vibe we're all getting is that we're a good team with an under-performing QB. BAMA and UGA are in the same boat.

Does anyone know how good/bad TAMU's OL was supposed to be? I know their DL is great but I want to know if others did to them what our D did.

 

[Orange.]

It wasn't that long ago that the overly and rashly critical were telling us that we could never have a good defense under Heupel -- either because Heupel doesn't care about defense, or because Heupel's offense makes good defense impossible.

Yet here we are.

That's not what Heup said, of course. He said "we are not going to have a good defense, we are going to have an elite defense."

And we have more hosses committed. And 66 recruits were at the game today.

 

[Orange.]

We only beat TAMU by 7. wE aRe dOoMeD

Alabama beat them by 6. tHeY aRe bEtTeR tHaN PeOpLe cReDiT tHeM fOr

 

[Orange.]

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This really is surpassing strange.

 

[Orange.]

Those Leary passes don't look so HOF level when there are opposing players on the field.

Wish we had that tweet of them going crazy over a pass against air in practice,

Found it.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

It sucks, but this team is what it is. A good running team with a good defense. It will keep us in a lot of games, and win us some, but Milton is not progressing any from here. He is what he is.

We are a great running team with a very good defense. Rest is accurate.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

That game did nothing to convince me we'll get a fairly called game against opponents. Refs missed multiple DPIs against the Aggies. Multiple false starts. At least one late hit. Multiple holding calls. And WE WERE AT HOME. Officiating has been bad across college football this season, but it's been really bad when it comes to our games.

It’s happening to both us and LSU. Who beat Alabama last year again? Oh yeah…..

 

[thomaseusin]

Fart in a skillet.

 

[butchna]

Found it.

The Lord’s work!

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

This idjit Lanning threw a duck of a pass incomplete on 4th down instead of punting, setting up Wash on the 47 with 2 minutes to go. I am laughing at the fighting Lannings

The bigger issue was not taking 3 points right before the half.

 

[Orange.]

Here is a blatant PI no-call in the first quarter. DB grabs and holds Nimrod's arm before the ball arrives. A call there likely results in us scoring. Instead we have the play where Joe is indecisive and throws out of bounds on fourth down. That play would have never happened. This is at 24:35 on Freak's replay.

Danielson, who watches multiple cameras the whole time (he does not watch the play directly) HAS to see this. What he does is to tell the viewer to blame Joe. It was a nice touch pass. But Danielson says it was thrown late and Joe should have rocketed it in there. Meaning, if anyone stopped to think about what he was suggesting, that the ball should have been a rope without touch. If that had been the case it would have been a fault, and Gary would have told the viewer that instead. Then Brad says "the Tennessee fans" want PI. As if that is merely a biased view. You can hear the boos.

When they finally show us the view that Gary has had the whole time, we immediately see that the DB has his hand around Nimrod's wrist and is pushing his arm away from the ball, leaving Nimrod one-handed and making a catch impossible. Clear PI no-call in the endzone.

I think no one even talked about this much because Danielson had played to prejudice and convinced the viewer it was Joe's fault. A nice way to dodge the PI at the spot.

 

[Orange.]

The bigger issue was not taking 3 points right before the half.

I believe it. I only watched the end of the recorded game after our game.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Jackson Ross can throw. Just sayin.

We have to have a fake punt in the bag and holding it for the perfect moment.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Anyone notice who downed the punt at the 1 yard line?

Dee made the two biggest plays of the game.

 

[Orange.]

We have to have a fake punt in the bag and holding it for the perfect moment.

He can also run. In one of the practice videos I always thought was completely stupid, AP or someone interviews Ross and keeps talking himself about Ross having a great arm and how he can run. Why would one want to publicize that? Ross never mentions it. It was pretty much the strange idea to tell everyone we have fake punt possibilities, in case they didn't have film on a guy from Australia.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

We are going to bully Kentucky

I hope we do. That game is in a bad spot coming off what will be 2 very physical games, and they get a bye week. Also, you can guarantee that will be a night game. We will need to start fast and maybe they will lay down and quit on Stoops.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Just want to say...I hope everybody knows how much of an accomplishment it was by our Ol and RBs today...running like that, against that defensive front..is a big deal.

I didn't think we could do it that well...I am super impressed.

I wish we would embrace our rushing attack, run the zone read and tell Joe to keep the ball some, run the option, run WR in motion with the option to run jet sweeps. Get super creative with it. Tell Joe if he doesn’t pull it and run aggressively some then he will sit for someone who will do that. We could demolish some teams like that. Then we can run play action off of it and probably hit some big pass plays.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Seriously though nothing beats touchdowns and fireworks and hearing Rocky Top.... but I'm not gonna lie... the atmosphere in Neyland on a big third down is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! The noise, the music, the coordination of breaking out Third Down for What... 100k fans on their feet screaming....

Inject that into my veins.

When Tennessee is good... Neyland never disappoints.

 

[Aesius]

AP explained why they will continue rolling with Milton in the post-game pod. Essentially, the team still believes in Joe and continues to win with him, so replacing him would not go well with the players on the team. Apparently, Alabama replacing Milroe caused locker room issues ("when they pulled Milroe, the locker room revolted down at Alabama"), and replacing Milton would likely produce similar results at Tennessee under the current circumstances.

Plus, once you make the change, you can't really go back to Joe.

This makes sense. The team as a whole stands to lose more than it gains by benching Milton if he’s viewed as a leader who guys rally behind. I also believe that Milton was unusually bad yesterday and that he’s good for 200 yds, 2 TDs type performances far more often than what we just saw. That combined with the run game and defense is enough to win. Joe didn’t do much yesterday but Dee Williams bailed him/the offense out with 6 points of his own.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Milton can’t be fixed imo. He relies so heavy on his arm. He doesn’t throw a receiver open or anticipate routes. He has to see the receiver open and then relies on his arm to rocket the ball in there. He doesn’t look at all comfortable or confident back there. It’s really hard to watch because I had such high hopes for the guy.

Edit: that said, I’m not advocating a switch to Nico. Not at 5-1. And I trust CJH and his decision not to make the switch.

 

[Orange.]

Seriously though nothing beats touchdowns and fireworks and hearing Rocky Top.... but I'm not gonna lie... the atmosphere in Neyland on a big third down is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! The noise, the music, the coordination of breaking out Third Down for What... 100k fans on their feet screaming....

Inject that into my veins.

When Tennessee is good... Neyland never disappoints.

Preach!