Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXVII

[butchna]

They can not run the ball which is surprising

Chaney...dude gets tunnel vision and goes full passing. VNers pining for him managed to forget that. But a huge talking point when he was here.

 

[Glitch]

They will get smashed in Oxford

And in Athens in a couple weeks.

 

[Kristy*]

North Dakota State on the cusp of being a top 25 team.

I honestly didn't know they were FBS.

 

[SergeantVol]

I honestly didn't know they were FBS.

Haha

 

[tonybologna]

I honestly didn't know they were FBS.

They're not. They are FCS I'm pretty sure. They can still be ranked in the FBS polls though. Taken from wikipedia:

The Bison have won 13 National Championships and 32 Conference Championships and are the five-time defending NCAA Division I-FCS National Champions (2011–2015).

 

[SergeantVol]

Missouri Valley Conference. They are a perennial FCS power. Should be FBS IMO.

 

[Kristy*]

Haha

:matrix:

 

[tonybologna]

Missouri Valley Conference. They are a perennial FCS power. Should be FBS IMO.

They will be FBS by 2018 or 2019 in my opinion.

 

[OnTheWayBack]

Yeah I'm thinking more like 13-9

16-13, Medley hits the game winner as time expires from 42 yards

 

[snowvols]

I haven't seen where this question has been asked--- Is GA that bad and winning ugly like us or is Mizz better than folks think? Serious question...

Missouri moved the ball up and down the field vs UGA, but only scored 11 on WVa. Nicholls also had a lot of success moving the ball vs UGA. Georgia couldn't run against either.

 

[tonybologna]

16-13, Medley hits the game winner as time expires from 42 yards

That's the score I picked but I don't know if it will happen that way though. :wink: Just get it done Vols!

 

[UTProf]

Glad the Tight Ends were involved yesterday. Stay away from Florida CBs and hit the TEs over the middle.

Croom has the potential to really come up big for us this game. He's a mismatch there and potentially a nightmarish one and he's always been a very good receiver for Dobbs despite his injuries. They've had chemistry from the get go.

 

[Outofmyvolcanmind]

Every Vol fan should make it a point to pay close attention to Kerby on the Sports Source program today, along with others. That show is usually mediocre at best. Today's show was a home run. Kerby laid it out there with honest responses. Says Mahoney is not the problem. He suggested that perhaps the coaches should curb the constant movement of players to different positions along with the players simply doing their jobs more consistently. If not Mahoney, whoever thought Coleman Thomas going to RT was a good idea needs to stop making suggestions. I do not necessarily agree with Kerby on Mahoney, but respect the opinion of a guy that benefitted personally. He also said that Dobbs has full control over the choices he makes on most of the plays. Indicated that he did not always agree with those decisions.

One further personal observation that VN experts, analysts, coaches, etc. have not emphasized. My 30 year old daughter started watching football for the first time a couple years ago. She is now a fan. Without any coaching up on how the game is played she noticed what a few of us know, that when mentioned gets ignored or shouted down. Josh Dobbs throws the ball well between the hashmarks. He does not throw the ball near as well toward the sidelines and flat passes. It has been this way since he took over the job. Simply put, his pocket footwork has issues. There is less footwork required on passes between the hashmarks. So O-line protection should be set up accordingly. Which means keep Hurd in to block to work the middle of the field. When UF loads the box, quick passes over the middle will be there to Byrd, Croom, Wolf and occasionally to the WR's. Skinny posts and go routes will also be there. Throw the ball there. If they do and Dobbs throws reasonably well, it will open up the run game as the box becomes less crowded. When that happens it frees the sideline routes. So we will see what Butch approves and what Debored calls. But now is not the time to go conservative out of fear something negative might happen.

Let's win this thing and be about winning the SEC.

Brother, you're right on.

 

[31VFL]

For those who don't check the pre-game thread. 247 says JRM is going to try and play. Said to expect Chance Hall on the practice field soon but didn't mention the game.

 

[Aesius]

How much has Hurd helped out in pass blocking this year? He saved several sacks last year and opened up the passing game quite a bit.

 

[InVOLuntary]

For those who don't check the pre-game thread. 247 says JRM is going to try and play. Said to expect Chance Hall on the practice field soon but didn't mention the game.

Hubbs said this morning that they were going to "push" Chance in practice but it might be unrealistic to expect him to play.

 

[grobin4300]

There were a couple of swing passed that DKjr would eat up for one yard or no gains, and they got about three with Jumper.

He did ok though.

I said the same thing and they better expect Florida to run a ton of swing plays to jumper's side as I know they don't expect Jumper to be able to tackle and McIwain is too smart of a Offensive Mind not to involve Jumper on key plays........they will target him and target him OFTEN

 

[govols09]

TN -7.5 vs UF

 

[JAllen18]

As bad and incosistent as we've played this year, I think we pull it together and play a complete game this year.

Butch Jones knows how important this game is, The team will come out and be very focused.

 

[csprig9]

This game is huge IMO, win this this and we also win uga with a chance at the other to because of momentum...lose this and I'm afraid we lose 4 straight. I'm stillad at the last three games bit we are winning , if it was last year I'm gonna say were 0-3 right now. These first three games have been gut check time and we continue to find ways to win unlike last year against fl ok and arky. So I'm thinking these guys are mentally tougher this year and handle adversity alot better and that will help us win Saturday...GBO

As bad as I hate it, winning ugly is still winning, and that's all that matters

 

[BigOrangeVols]

As bad and incosistent as we've played this year, I think we pull it together and play a complete game this year.

Butch Jones knows how important this game is, The team will come out and be very focused.

It was very important the last 2 years as well. I think the intensity of the team will be 10x what we saw the first 3 games.

 

[Lovesomebigorange]

I hope you are right JAllen. Hopefully they dedicate the rest of the season to Cam and play hard for him. Do you anticipate Hall being able to go by any chance? That would be great news although I don't expect it. I feel like the future of Tennessee football, at least for the next few years, is hanging in the balance with this game. Win and boy could we be in for a great season and future- but lose this game yet again and I don't know if Butch survives it long termand I just don't know if this team could overcome that. Recruiting would also take a bigger hit than it's already taken. This team is definately a head scratcher this year. Something is just off. Lots of talent, but very sloppy and uninspired. They look like they just would rather be doing something else at times. What do you think it is since you are close to the team?

 

[PowerOrange]

Vols about to maul Florida in Neyland.

 

[engineerVOL]

Guys we're getting into Shoop's specialty. Defending a conventional pro style offense. Florida will have to fight for every little yard.

 

[Vols2DaWall]

As bad and incosistent as we've played this year, I think we pull it together and play a complete game this year.

Butch Jones knows how important this game is, The team will come out and be very focused.

Hopefully focused and not stiff out of the gates. They need to play confident and loose and they can do damage. Huge game mentally for this team.