Recruiting Football Talk VII

[JT3]

So many uncalled holds in that video

Pearce and Baron was being held damn near every passing play.

We missed ONL this game. The push and pass rush up the middle wasn't as frequent. Did like what I saw out of big ES10 tho. Our Dline is legit.

 

[Jackcrevol]

It doesn't have your age in it even after the edit, you also misspelled swear...

Oh no, it was intended that way. Just as spelling labour, favour, etc. Do you like chips with your fish?

 

[engineerVOL]

The door is wide open to Atlanta and the playoffs. If Joe is struggling Saturday I think you have to make the change.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I would much rather win big like we did against South Carolina...but against the top talent teams in the SEC (Florida, A&M, Bama, Georgia, LSU) we're going to see more and more games like this past weekend. Maybe not 20-13, but 1 possession wins.

I'm glad to see we can win one on the backs of our defense and special teams. We've ran the ball great all season so it wasn't surprising we did it again.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I’m still slightly side-eyeing Missouri. No one really talks them. They could sneak in especially if we don’t show up on the road. Georgia could lose to them. They’re sneaky pretty good if they don’t shoot them selves in the foot.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Hell they didn’t call the one on atm when we got the first pick at the end. Here’s screenshots, but watch it in motion and it’s blatantly obvious.

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I’m convinced the referee system is broken.

It's not broken, it's corrupt on purpose. If that's what you meant by "broken"...then you are right.

 

[itsme]

Keyton dropped 3 passes he should've caught iirc. Not sure what his deal is.

Honestly, it seems like every game he has dropped a big play.

 

[engineerVOL]

100% those thinking Nico is the savior need to realise, we have a 5/6 yr Sr at the helm. Just needs to play better.

Why do you spell like a redcoat, Jack.

 

[Orange_Crush]

I didn't think the loaded the box in the first half..I think they had confidence that they could stop us without loading the box.

They were wrong about that and so was I, but it was a fair assessment. They had done a great job stopping the run all year...I was not stupid for saying it...and for that matter all I said was they would stalemate us and force the passing game to win it.

We still only scored 13 points with all those running yards...thanks to our defense playing great and the A&M offense sucking even worse.

Neither Georgia nor Bamas offense, while not great, are as inept as A&Ms.

We will see...once again I hope you are right and that you get to make fun of me and call me stupid and deluded all week next week.

ATM tried to shut down the run and make Milton beat them. We would have, too, if not for dropped passes and uncalled DPI. I posted pictures if you care to look, and don't want the filmy gauze of a game rewatch interfering with your Ziggy-Personal-Raincloud outlook.

Milton moved the chains with great throws and had three perfect long pass touchdowns fail due to no fault of his own, just in the first half.

Even when they stacked the box, we moved the ball and ran on them.

The offense isn't as horrid as you think. It just beat one of the best teams in the SEC. A rewatch shows that it doesn't need revamping, and isn't without hope.

This was absolutely the worst the passing game has looked this year, bar none. And it was still within a gnat's ash of clicking and absolutely murdering ATM.

There's no delusion or veil of unacceptable sunshine pumping there. It's an honest game rewatch, with pictures. Do we expect the passing offense to be this bad again? Probably not. Do we expect it to be Hooker-esque? Probably not.

But the decent passing offense we've seen the rest of the year, with this defense and this running attack, should give us a good chance against anyone this year.

And FTR, your defeatist "this is truth" predictions are just as much bull**** as the sunshine pumping windmills you're tilting at, Mr. Quixote.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

You’re not being honest with yourself if you think there is even a remote possibility that Joe is benched barring injury. And before you respond back, no, I don’t think Joe is playing at an acceptable level right now and wouldn’t mind a change, but we need to accept it’s just not going to happen so we’re wasting our breath and angering ourselves over something that will not change.

I know it's not likely.

Just after the Florida loss the odds of making Atlanta and the playoffs were slim. It didn't really matter what happened 9-3 maybe 10-2 looked to be the ceiling.
Now UGA looks more human. I'm just saying in an alternate scenario where the coaches think there is a chance to make the playoffs, you make the change.

 

[BigSteve09]

OK, so.. Joe... WTH? You'll get a lot of people off your back without this kind of stuff.

Turn and truck someone. Your frame, you could out-Tebow Tebow. Turn up field and get the first. DON'T let them string you out until you throw it OOB on 4th down.

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if you're gonna do the superman celebration, you gotta be willing to hammer fools

 

[Orange_Crush]

I would much rather win big like we did against South Carolina...but against the top talent teams in the SEC (Florida, A&M, Bama, Georgia, LSU) we're going to see more and more games like this past weekend. Maybe not 20-13, but 1 possession wins.

I'm glad to see we can win one on the backs of our defense and special teams. We've ran the ball great all season so it wasn't surprising we did it again.

After such a long time, how amazing is it to see UT with a dominant defense, and a running game that runs it down peoples' throats even hen they know it's coming?

And we have some here bemoaning it.

 

[Orange_Crush]

if you're gonna do the superman celebration, you gotta be willing to hammer fools

Nope. You only hammer fools if you do the Thor celebration.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Correct. When Ohio St stalemated UGA’s DLine in the playoff semi’s, Marvin Harrison Jr. and company were torching their secondary. Still have to have guys that can cover but the DLine may be the single most important unit on the defense.

I hate OSU...but the fact they were able to do that to UGAs DL was impressive as hell.

I was not expecting that kind of performance from their OL after Meatchicken shredded them on the ground the way they did, but some OLs are just way better at pass-pro vs Run blocking.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

9 wins this season will be above my pre-season expectations and I'll be happy regardless of who the losses are to.

This season success was always going to ride on Joe and how he performs hasn't played at Hendo's level yet and probably won't...if he does though we won't lose another game.

 

[BigSteve09]

Nope. You only hammer fools if you do the Thor celebration.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[Jack Burton]

Rusty on Basilio with a heater of a stat:

For the Vols in 2021 and 2022, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions was 22%.

For the Vols in 2023, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions is 3%.

 

[SoilVol]

Vols highest ranked preseason SEC basketball team:
#9 Vols
#14 Arkansas
#15 Texas A&M
#16 Kentucky
#24 Alabama

 

[drvenner]

Napier is going to back that slaw ass UF team into Atlanta isn't he?

If that happens, we would all completely lose our minds. And, rightly so.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Also, I don’t want to be critical of Halzle yet, but I think we miss Golesh. I know it’s more than that, but I’m not seeing as much creativity in play selection as last year.

Patiently waiting for improvement here.

It's not Halzle..

 

[BigSteve09]

9 wins this season will be above my pre-season expectations and I'll be happy regardless of who the losses are to.

This season success was always going to ride on Joe and how he performs hasn't played at Hendo's level yet and probably won't...if he does though we won't lose another game.

what's been his best game this season?

he's GOT to have a good game or two tucked away, right? there's got to be a good surprise in store somewhere down the stretch.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

If that happens, we would all completely lose our minds. And, rightly so.

The scenario where we go nuclear is us beating one of UGA or Bama and they make it.

 

[BigSteve09]

Rusty on Basilio with a heater of a stat:

For the Vols in 2021 and 2022, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions was 22%.

For the Vols in 2023, the percentage of pass interference calls on our incompletions is 3%.

This is a startling stat to read, but it does match up with what we've been seeing/saying.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

It doesn't matter what play you call if the QB and/or WRs don't execute. And as it's been stated on here a dozen times, pretty sure Heupel is calling the plays.

I hate it when people start throwing around words like "creativity"...all you can do is shake your head