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Adam2014 said:
Right now, I do not think it will rain much during the Tennessee Georgia game. Personally, I think this is a good thing because it will allow JG to throw the ball around a bit more.
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To have a solid shot to win, JG needs to ball out and to do that you have to have that shot to first. I want him so badly to have a game similar to 09 Crompton.
 
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Pruitt's quote re: LB's after yesterdays practice:

ON IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY JEREMY BANKS AND QUAVARIS CROUCH AT INSIDE LINEBACKER

“It’s interesting with not having spring ball. For linebacker, you’ve got to be the signal-caller. So being in there, the communication part between the defensive line, the secondary, setting the fronts, setting the blitzes, making sure we’re in the right call from a secondary standpoint. We put a lot on them. If you just go get the ball, they both do a really nice job of that. They’re going to continue to progress and improve every week. Because they live over here. There probably hasn’t been a day that went by over the last three months that I don’t see them sitting in a room together with Henry and the other linebackers. And them in there just coaching each other up. When you as much time and effort into it as they have, they’re going to continue to get better.”
 
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Also I was talking with my dad yesterday hes seen a lot of TN football he usually won't give me a prediction on games but he did so last night.
1. He said I hope we dont win on a Hail Mary or fumble out of the end zone or something weird we need to beat them out right.
2. His prediction vols win 28-14, JG leads the Vols on a late 4th quarter drive to put the game away in the 4th.
I haven't been ready all week, but I think im settled on 21-17, Vols score late to win.
 
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Weezer said:
@BaldBiker be like...

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I really hate you. No, seriously, I hate you.


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ChattaTNVol said:
This is going to be a bit nerdy but I’ve been looking at some advanced metrics to compare the line of scrimmage between Georgia and Tennessee. It should go without mentioning that both teams thus far into the season have an extremely limited body of work so these numbers will definitely change week to week until we've had enough games to represent the full spectrum of the strength of the conference. jmo.

Football outsiders has our offensive line ranked as #1 in the conference and first in the nation when we’re behind schedule. In other words if it’s 2nd down and 7 or more or 3rd down and 4 or more or 4th down, nobody is better than us on the offensive line, at least not right now. When it’s 1st down or we’re ahead of schedule so far we’re not doing as good, ranking at 7th best in the conference. Georgia is the opposite, ranking as 1st in the conference when 1st down or ahead of schedule but only 5th best when behind schedule. I’m sure Pruitt will try to put them behind schedule as often as possible. jmo.

Also given who we’ve each played so far they’re doing a slightly better job of protecting their quarterback, something Pruitt has said we need to do a better job at. Both teams obviously will field a stronger offensive line than any of either of our opponents so far this year.

Football outsiders gives the offensive line credit for a portion of the rush yards and the rest goes to the ball carrier and this is where, and it may be surprising to some, we destroy Georgia. Georgia’s ball carriers only account for 0.30 additional yards per attempt beyond that which the offensive line earns while our runners earn 1.25 additional yards per attempt over and above that earned by our offensive line.

On the defensive side of the ball, Georgia is allowing opposing running backs an additional 0.47 yards and so far runners against us have managed 0.79 additional yards beyond what the defensive line is credited for allowing. Georgia has the #1 ranked defensive line in the conference so far; ours is ranked #3 in the conference, with Alabama’s D-Line sandwiched in between the two of us as 2nd best in the SEC.

Overall our pass rush is ranked as 4th best while Georgia’s is presently ranked as 8th best in the conference. Neither one of us seem to have been pressuring quarterbacks much on standard downs (ahead of schedule) with us ranking #10 in the conference and Georgia ranking #12. On Passing downs (behind schedule) we rank 4th best and Georgia ranks 7th best.

For comparison, Auburn’s offensive line ranks 10th overall and their defensive line ranks 9th overall. Arkansas’s offensive line ranks 13th and their defensive line also ranks 13th. South Carolina’s offensive line ranks 7th and their defensive line ranks 11th. Missouri’s offensive line ranks 14th and their defensive line ranks 10th. Auburn’s opponents have been Kentucky and Georgia while Arkansas’s opponents have been Georgia and Mississippi State. South Carolina has played us and Florida while Missouri has played us and Alabama. I'd argue that our opponents win the strength of schedule competition thus far. jmo.

One of the things Pruitt has talked about as something they've been working on over the last 2 or 3 weeks is to improve the conditioning of the guys who were out a lot during fall camp due to quarantines. He specifically noted this as an issue with the offensive line and gave that as the reason for shuffling linemen during our first couple games. We should mostly be beyond that now, especially with another week of work behind us. jmo.

The matchup between us and Georgia along the line of scrimmage this Saturday may very well come down to Ty Chandler, Eric Gray, and Jabari Small. All three are actually performing at a high level with regards to yards per attempt. Obviously the offensive line helps them and if it’s in top form (according to Pruitt) it can do a lot more but our secret weapon may be that we have underrated running backs. jmo.
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bigorange said:
Pruitt's quote re: LB's after yesterdays practice:

ON IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY JEREMY BANKS AND QUAVARIS CROUCH AT INSIDE LINEBACKER

“It’s interesting with not having spring ball. For linebacker, you’ve got to be the signal-caller. So being in there, the communication part between the defensive line, the secondary, setting the fronts, setting the blitzes, making sure we’re in the right call from a secondary standpoint. We put a lot on them. If you just go get the ball, they both do a really nice job of that. They’re going to continue to progress and improve every week. Because they live over here. There probably hasn’t been a day that went by over the last three months that I don’t see them sitting in a room together with Henry and the other linebackers. And them in there just coaching each other up. When you as much time and effort into it as they have, they’re going to continue to get better.”
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CULTURE.

Build a program that loves football, loves to work, and gets a taste of winning. So good.
 
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