Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Orange.]

Yes, you can have a couple close games, or even a fluke loss if you look good the rest of the way. Our problem was those UK and MSST games were horrible. We really needed those to be beatdowns.

The UK and Miss St games were "horrible" based on your expectations, perhaps. They were not horrible per se.

Compare:
UK 20, Ole Miss 17
Georgia 13, UK 12
Tennessee 28, UK 18

Tennessee 33, Miss St 14
Texas 35, Miss St 13
Georgia 41, Miss St 31

 

[vol4eva]

 

[Aesius]

inb4 Heupel is lying, Gaston is playing, our playoff dreams are dead, Heupel is going to OU, Tony V is going to Arkansas, Barnes is retiring, and Danny White is going to sell the naming rights to Neyland Stadium to Buc-ee's

 

[TrippieRedd]

inb4 Heupel is lying, Gaston is playing, our playoff dreams are dead, Heupel is going to OU, Tony V is going to Arkansas, Barnes is retiring, and Danny White is going to sell the naming rights to Neyland Stadium to Buc-ee's

Nico walking out for the first snap against UGA like

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Good teams blow bad teams out and look dominant.

We as a team haven't looked dominant all year.

Did Ole miss look dominant against Kentucky? Im confused on what teams you are referring to you think have looked dominant?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Did Ole miss look dominant against Kentucky? Im confused on what teams you are referring to you think have looked dominant?

Ole Miss took a team we lost to to the woodshed.
Bama smashed Mizzou.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

The UK and Miss St games were "horrible" based on your expectations, perhaps. They were not horrible per se.

Compare:
UK 20, Ole Miss 17
Georgia 13, UK 12
Tennessee 28, UK 18

Tennessee 33, Miss St 14
Texas 35, Miss St 13
Georgia 41, Miss St 31

Ole Miss blitzed a team we lost to.
UGA has 2 Elite wins.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Ole Miss took a team we lost to to the woodshed.
Bama smashed Mizzou.

I tried making this same argument yesterday. I talked about how we squeeze by teams.

They won’t listen. It’s “UT is the best”

 

[MemphisVol3]

Ole Miss took a team we lost to to the woodshed.
Bama smashed Mizzou.

They did but that also goes both ways. Kentucky beat Ole Miss @ Ole Miss. Scorewise, we would have dominated Kentucky. WRs dropped several sure TD throws.

The '98 team had several semi "close" games. I'm not comparing us as a team to them but we are winning in similar fashion. Dominant defense and run game. Passing game execution has been lacking but Nico has looked better, the receivers just needed to catch better.

 

[itsme]

Hyatt caught all his targets even though the Giants lost.

I sure wish they would trade him.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Ole Miss took a team we lost to to the woodshed.
Bama smashed Mizzou.

Mizzou isn’t good though…and Arkansas isn’t the same team when their QB is hurt…also did bama look dominate vs Vandy? Ole miss lost to Kentucky…so you not see the holes in your argument? Or do we need to keep playing this game?

 

[SpringBokVol]

We haven't looked dominant in any SEC game this year. That is clear to see.

What is also clear to see is that our defense does look dominant so it's allowed us to not be so dependant on the offense - it backfired against Arkansas but it has worked in every other game.

Starting Saturday this offense needs to step up and start to playing at a high level.

The offense can figure it out and the defense continues to dominate we will be a scary playoff team.

 

[Vols4us]

inb4 Heupel is lying, Gaston is playing, our playoff dreams are dead, Heupel is going to OU, Tony V is going to Arkansas, Barnes is retiring, and Danny White is going to sell the naming rights to Neyland Stadium to Buc-ee's

That's some funny stuff. Well played.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

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They did but that also goes both ways. Kentucky beat Ole Miss @ Ole Miss. Scorewise, we would have dominated Kentucky. WRs dropped several sure TD throws.

The '98 team had several semi "close" games. I'm not comparing us as a team to them but we are winning in similar fashion. Dominant defense and run game. Passing game execution has been lacking but Nico has looked better, the receivers just needed to catch better.

This isn't 98 though.

 

[MemphisVol3]

This isn't 98 though.

I didn't say it was...was just referencing the scores. As long as we keep winning, I could care less lol

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Mizzou isn’t good though…and Arkansas isn’t the same team when their QB is hurt…also did bama look dominate vs Vandy? Ole miss lost to Kentucky…so you not see the holes in your argument? Or do we need to keep playing this game?

I'm not saying my argument is perfect.
I'm saying when all things are equal, they've looked better than we have over the course of the season.

Us and Ole Miss is the real argument, and every stat likes them better.

 

[TrippieRedd]

We haven't looked dominant in any SEC game this year. That is clear to see.

What is also clear to see is that our defense does look dominant so it's allowed us to not be so dependant on the offense - it backfired against Arkansas but it has worked in every other game.

Starting Saturday this offense needs to step up and start to playing at a high level.

The offense can figure it out and the defense continues to dominate we will be a scary playoff team.

If the offense would’ve dominated the last few weeks, none of us or the media would be talking about leaving UT off.

I get our defense has looked amazing, but WHO we have we played other than Bama?

Let’s say we get the 11th or 12th seed. Does our defense hold against OSU then AGAIN against a top 4 team? I’m not sure.

Let’s put it all to rest by beating the **** out of UGA. That’s the best way to do it.

 

[vol4eva]

We haven't looked dominant in any SEC game this year. That is clear to see.

What is also clear to see is that our defense does look dominant so it's allowed us to not be so dependant on the offense - it backfired against Arkansas but it has worked in every other game.

Starting Saturday this offense needs to step up and start to playing at a high level.

The offense can figure it out and the defense continues to dominate we will be a scary playoff team.

The offense has gotten better. Nico looks better, the oline looks better. Receivers caught balls Saturday.

We just have to avoid the boneheaded turnovers, penalties, or dropped balls at the worst time.

 

[MarcoVol]

Ole Miss blitzed a team we lost to.
UGA has 2 Elite wins.

Ole Miss lost to a team (LSU) that got blitzed at home by a team we beat (Bama) and also lost to a bad team at home (UK) that we beat.

UGA lost to a team we beat.

If your post means you’re taking into account Ole Miss beating ARK while we lost to them, you must also take into account these things.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I didn't say it was...was just referencing the scores. As long as we keep winning, I could care less lol

Yeah win this weekend and none of this matters.

 

[SagginVawls]

That same Bud Elliot just went through the top 10 playoff rankings on the Cover 3 Podcast and picked the teams they each thought could win it all. Bud said yes to 5 teams... one of them being Tennessee...

Dude is all over the place.

 

[vol9799]

So he's kinda using the same argument as last year to explain leaving TN out.
So the better question is. TN or Ole Miss

You want to know the real reason he put them in?

He's an alum and former employee.

Just carrying their water like a good butt puppet.

 

[MemphisVol3]

If the offense would’ve dominated the last few weeks, none of us or the media would be talking about leaving UT off.

I get our defense has looked amazing, but WHO we have we played other than Bama?

Let’s say we get the 11th or 12th seed. Does our defense hold against OSU then AGAIN against a top 4 team? I’m not sure.

Let’s put it all to rest by beating the **** out of UGA. That’s the best way to do it.

Definitely get that...Throughout the last 15 or so years, Bama's defense held for the most part. Only saying that because this team's defense has been compared to those past teams' level of defense.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Ole Miss lost to a team (LSU) that got blitzed by at home by a team we beat (Bama) and also lost to a bad team at home (UK) that we beat.

UGA lost to a team we beat.

If your post means you’re taking into account Ole Miss beating ARK while we lost to them, you must also take into account these things.

I'm not denouncing them.
UGA did lose to a team we beat, but you can't ignore the 2 really good road wins.
Bama is in because they're Bama, that LSU win is really good, and a road loss doesn't really hurt as bad.
The real comparison I believe is us and Ole Miss and the stats like them better.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Definitely get that...Throughout the last 15 or so years, Bama and UGA's defenses held for the most part (particularly Bama's). Only saying that because this team's defense has been compared to those past teams' level of defense.

Yeah fair enough to be honest!