Should Tennessee Have More Of An Aerial Attack This Year Or Stick To The Run

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TennVols423

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I was just thinking i love sec football, but the problem is sometimes we dont generate much of an offense, seeing how we did in 98 with martin and price you think we should do the same with ainge and meachem:whistling:
 
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balance is good, but ainge has a beutiful arm and meachem has size and speed, it could be ugly
 
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needs to be balanced. you can't be one dimensional against the SEC defenses today. they're too fast, strong and deep to only focus on one thing as an offense.

now you can use the pass to set up the run, but you have to be able to run the ball.

and if we can run for 200+ yds a game and throw for 250+ a game like we did Saturday, we'll win a lot more than we lose.
 
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football games are won on the ground but um what happened last year??? just curious????
 
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jakez4ut said:
Miami would disagree. they out rushed FSU 2:1....uh, literally, 2 yards to 1 yard, and lost.:p
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True- but that was an unlikely situation. Rarely do you have two teams with such dominate front defenses that they put each others running game in a stale mate.

That game turned into a lob-the-ball fest.
 
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SWIL said:
True- but that was an unlikely situation. Rarely do you have two teams with such dominate front defenses that they put each others running game in a stale mate.

That game turned into a lob-the-ball fest.
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i was really just joking around...i agree with GAVol. i thought it was hilareous that between the two teams, they neted only 3 yards rushing for an entire game.

either both defenses are really, really good, or both offenses are just plain awful. probably a combination of both from what i saw. Defenses definitely good. they were flying to the ball. but the offensivle lines couldn't get any push whatsoever.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i was really just joking around...i agree with GAVol. i thought it was hilareous that between the two teams, they neted only 3 yards rushing for an entire game.

either both defenses are really, really good, or both offenses are just plain awful. probably a combination of both from what i saw. Defenses definitely good. they were flying to the ball. but the offensivle lines couldn't get any push whatsoever.
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Yeah I agree that it was a combo of both. I definitely don't agree with Bowden's comment about the two having the best defenses in the nation! They are good, but the poor offenses and the rain made them look much better :acute:
 
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I think we have all the ingredients to dominate an "air" game. Saturday the recievers missed thier marks on several plays (over ran them) and they were still able to re-adjust and make the catches. Once they get all of the adreneline out of thier systems, and run the perfect routes, I believe we could be scarry through the air.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Tell that to Spurrier.

We just have to keep the other team guessing.
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ah, while Spurrier's team's are rememeberd for the pass, they routinely out rushed their opponents.

how? get up big and run the ball to eat clock....basically using the pass to set up the run, in a weird round about way....

and again, i don't think he could be as successful in today's SEC. the defenses did eventually catch up, as they always do.
 
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TennVols423 said:
football games are won on the ground but um what happened last year??? just curious????
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football games are WON on the ground. they can be LOST through the air, on the ground, in the special teams games - we showed all kinds of ways you can LOSE a game last year. I hope we show 'em all how we can WIN games through all of those ways this year! But, I tend to agree, games can be won through a consitent rushing attack...it's all about clock control.
 
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it's like my dad always told me about the forward pass...

"only three things can happen, and two of them are bad".
 
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The run clears things up for the pass... watch Saturday's game again, and you'll see that the threat of our run game created the big plays in the passing game. 41 rushing attempts vs. only 20 passing attempts. This is the perfect "balance" for a UT offense... pound the rock, and make the passes count. :)
 
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TennVols423 said:
I was just thinking i love sec football, but the problem is sometimes we dont generate much of an offense, seeing how we did in 98 with martin and price you think we should do the same with ainge and meachem:whistling:
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Strange comment! How can you say 500+yds isn't much offense?

Sure, the balance was a bit lop-sided toward the passing game but I'll take 500+yds every game especially against Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn in the SEC Championship Game.

I'll be happy to let each of those teams have 65 yds rushing just like we did the oh-so-powerful PAC-10 "loose in the slippers" boys from CAL.

GO VOLS, POUND THE ROCK AND RUN TO VICTORY
 
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I almost always say that a good run game is the most important, for a myriad of reasons: it shows you can dominate the d-line (moving them around to create holes rather than just holding them off), control the clock, set up the pass, wears down the D and keeps them on the field (while at the same time keeping our D fresh)...there are lots of reasons to pick the run game as the most important. I got to say, though (and I'm offending my own UT sensibilities here), I think the passing game will be more important for us this year. No one has ever said that this group of WRs isn't talented--in fact all anyone has said is they have the potential to be one of the best corps in the contry--and TT has these guys playing as well as I've seen both with the ball and without it (Meachem getting 2 blocks on the Hardesty run had me giddy as a schoolgirl for the next 24 hours). If TT keeps them playing at their potential, operating under a Cutcliffe offense, is there any team that can put enough DBs on the field to cover Meachem, Swain, Smith, and Brown? I really doubt it, and since we do have a trio of really talented backs and a history of pounding the rock above all else, teams HAVE to respect the run against us. Putting 7 men in the box just isn't going to cut it against the run, but 8 men in the box and single coverage on our WRs doesn't look like it's going to cut it either. One game isn't much to go on, but how I see it...

Teams will go into the game trying to stop the run and force Ainge and the recievers to beat them, which--given their physicality and big play ability--they will be able to do. Once teams realize that their DBs are mismatched, they'll have to get them help, which should allow this young O-line to open better holes which our talented backs can most definitely can exploit.

Because of this, I really think the best chance this year is to use the pass to set up the run. With our recievers, we have to make the other team afraid of giving up the big play. Once that happens, it's back to smashmouth football.
 
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TennVols423 said:
I was just thinking i love sec football, but the problem is sometimes we dont generate much of an offense, seeing how we did in 98 with martin and price you think we should do the same with ainge and meachem:whistling:
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In 1998, UT passed for 2,528 yards. Conversely, UT rushed for 2,650 yards in 1998. What exactly was the point that you were trying to make regarding 1998? It shocks me that anyone could possibly remember the 1998 team as a passing juggernaut. That team won games because of an excellent rushing game, an excellent defense, and some really lucky breaks at opportune times.
 
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