Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[drvenner]

Ohio State loses to Oregon. Makes me think life sucks just a little less.

 

[Revived2002]

The good

Punt block call and execution
Special Teams overall were excellent
The fight we showed after facing adversity
Hooker can run it
Theo Jackson
Tyler Barron
Run defense
Overall playcalling and switching up the gameplan when Hooker came in


The Bad
OL, overall especially on the interior
DL overall, especially on pass plays
The second quarter again (ugh)
41 points and almost 400 yards allowed
Milton still too focused on the home run
5 sacks way too many
The officiating (this is not why we lost)
The play call on 4th and 1. You will never convince me that being in the pistol on 3rd or 4th and 1 or less is a good idea

The ugly
13 penalties for 134 yards, we will win no tossup games with this lack of discipline
-3 on TO, we have to start forcing some to win the tossup games
That pure garbage spot inside the five yard line on 3rd and 3. Ridiculously bad (again, not why we lost)

Grades
Offense B
Defense C- (not good enough to win)
Special Teams A

I am not as discouraged as I was halfway through the third quarter but this was a winnable game and it's very disappointing that we could not find a way. Pitt is a little better than I thought and Pickett played better than I hoped or thought he would. He was really good in the second quarter and start of the third.

I still think we can get to 6, but I was at 7 before today. Not ready to throw in the towel at all. Our offense will get better and if we can get a few TO we can still win some of our tossups.

I was at 6 wins going in and I’m at 6 coming out.

Team has heart.

we get some good players back soon

Schedule is favorable

 

[jave36]

aTm looking overrated so far... Again

 

[Revived2002]

aTm looking overrated so far... Again

That’s too bad. I want them to challenge Bama.

I’d be totally fine with A&M winning a title this year.

 

[Rishvol]

I'm going to say my I told you so on Hooker and walk away

 

[jave36]

That’s too bad. I want them to challenge Bama.

I’d be totally fine with A&M winning a title this year.

I hate jimbo, would rather auburn or lsu challenge Bama

 

[Revived2002]

My question from early this week.

How do you see this Pitt game?

1) Nice, early (and entertaining!) test for the Vols in Year 0 of a multi-year rebuild that will help us see where we are?

2) Critical game on which the entire season hinges - if we lose, it sets Heupel back, starting the clock on his tenure and begins introducing doubts about whether he's "the guy"?


Many are showing their cards that they are at #2. I’m still very much at #1.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

We still scored 30+

TTU game is hitting at a good time. Two games on film where you have lots of coaching points, an opponent you should be able to out talent easily and hopefully get some young guys lots of series to play.

Personally I like that Cooper didn't try to play, also appreciate leaving Small & Joe out when they got hurt. Ya can't preach a culture of caring if ya don't keep your guys healthy.

 

[vol4eva]

I’m tired of being dogsh*t. I’m tired of the excuses. Pitt is not a good football team. Tenn could have won that game. Go win some games man. Just tired of all the excuses.

 

[butchna]

I'm going to say my I told you so on Hooker and walk away

Mixed bag. He made some plays.

 

[butchna]

I’m tired of being dogsh*t. I’m tired of the excuses. Pitt is not a good football team. Tenn could have won that game. Go win some games man. Just tired of all the excuses.

K

 

[beneVOLence]

A lot of people said they didn’t care what the record is as long as we are fun to watch. Well, these games are what we are going to get.

 

[drvenner]

I hate jimbo, would rather auburn or lsu challenge Bama

I hate Ed more than Jimbo. Both are supremely unlikable.

 

[LA Vol]

Lost the TO battle 3-0
13 penalties for 134 yds
5, maybe 6 overthrown balls
Blowing a 4th and .5 that would've tied the game, after a bad spot

Officiating was wretched and UT should be aggressive in addressing but will not. It was a winnable game and we didn't capitalize when it mattered. Fix it, get better and get some of our key players back. Big picture: SEC play matters more.

 

[Revived2002]

I hate jimbo, would rather auburn or lsu challenge Bama

Watch out for Florida. They may have found their QB.

 

[Smokeytom]

Not caught up since game ended…don’t care…I’m excited about this team this year. We play clean and we WILL upset somebody this year. Guarantee it!

 

[TheTimeIsNow]

This is just who we are right now. You can either watch it or not. What's the point in complaining?

 

[GoBigOrange86]

I’m not disappointed. I thought before the season that this was a 4-5 win team and they looked the part. They may gel and get better over the course of the season, but we simply are not very good. Any hopes of shocking the world and being a pretty good team should be considered buried at this point. We could still claw to 6 wins but it will be a struggle.

 

[Ace]

A lot of people said they didn’t care what the record is as long as we are fun to watch. Well, these games are what we are going to get.

Yep

 

[GoBigOrange86]

double post

 

[Smokeytom]

You dumbasses wanted to see the backup qb and look what ya got. We suck

Backup QB gave us…better QB play…

 

[therickbol]

Sloppy play. Pretty pitiful. Their qb was 9/12 on 3rd downs. 6-6 would be great

Lmao...for 4 first downs

 

[VolGee4]

Lost the TO battle 3-0
13 penalties for 134 yds
5, maybe 6 overthrown balls
Blowing a 4th and .5 that would've tied the game, after a bad spot

Officiating was wretched and UT should be aggressive in addressing but will not. It was a winnable game and we didn't capitalize when it mattered. Fix it, get better and get some of our key players back. Big picture: SEC play matters more.

Officiating was wretched- you are correct. Blaming Heupel for not challenging is asinine. College game has automatic review. We reviewed other calls that were much clearer, so why not that call? This, along with Bama slanted officiating, makes me lose all faith in what I am watching.

 

[Smokeytom]

Ohio State loses to Oregon. Makes me think life sucks just a little less.

This is going to be a wild CFB season and I think we’ll play a part in the chaos…

 

[Batman1948]

aTm looking overrated so far... Again

And they have that high priced ball coach