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#51
#51
Maybe also float the idea to stick to west coast teams for his out of conference schedule? Cal would be a top five team right now if they'd have scheduled a team softer than themselves, as they did after their embarrassment in Knoxville.
 
#52
#52
I dont believe in Curses because to believe in them you have to be superstitious. And it is bad luck to be superstitious! :salute:
 
#54
#54
tidwell said:
Maybe also float the idea to stick to west coast teams for his out of conference schedule? Cal would be a top five team right now if they'd have scheduled a team softer than themselves, as they did after their embarrassment in Knoxville.
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Nah. I'm proud of the fact that the Pac-10, by and large, doesn't completely pussify its non-conference schedule, like a lot of other BCS teams.
 
#55
#55
You pretty much have to when you play in the Pac 1. Even then it still backfired on Cal.
 
#57
#57
It wouldn't have mattered who Auburn scheduled. They were too low in the initial rankings.

USC's out of conference schedule wasn't that stellar in 2003 or 2004 either. Reaching out to play BYU and Hawaii. Tough stuff right there. Still better than what Cal got themselves into this year, at least.
 
#58
#58
rockytopscott said:
on a side note, does anyone know if you can purchase the footballs we use? The ones with the T instead of that G of course...
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I am pretty sure I saw these in the new Tennessee Traditions inside the stadium.
 
#59
#59
VolInsider said:
SWEET!:rock:
I'll have to add this one to the collection. I had just finished getting all the Tennessee-covered SI issues, I think...

"Championships at Albquerque", 1966 (Richmond Flowers)
"Tennessee Overwhelms Alabama", 1967 (?)
"Double Trouble from Tennessee", 1976 (Ernie & Bernie)
"The Tennessee Waltz", 1985 (Tony Robinson)
"College Football '96", 1996 (Peyton & Archie Manning)
"Gator Bait Again", 1997 (Peyton Manning clay figure)
"The Wizard of Knoxville", 1998 (Pat Summitt)
"Peerless", 1999 (Peerless Price)
National Championship comm. edition, 1999 (Tee Martin)
"The Best College Football Weekends", 2004 (painted fan)

Anybody know if I'm missing any?:confused:
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I think there is another issue after a Florida lost that said "SWAMPED" It was quite a downer.
 
#60
#60
tidwell said:
It wouldn't have mattered who Auburn scheduled. They were too low in the initial rankings.

USC's out of conference schedule wasn't that stellar in 2003 or 2004 either. Reaching out to play BYU and Hawaii. Tough stuff right there. Still better than what Cal got themselves into this year, at least.
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Forgetting the Auburns and VaTechs of the world, are we?

USC's '03 non-conference:
@ Auburn (W 23-0)
vs BYU (W 35-18)
vs Hawaii (W 61-32)
@ Notre Dame (W 45-14)

USC's '04 non-conference:
@ #10 Virginia Tech (W 24-13)
vs Colorado State (W 49-0)
@ BYU (W 42-10)
vs Notre Dame (W 41-10)
 
#61
#61
Nope, didn't forget them at all. Auburn was a 5 loss team in 2003 and Virginia Tech is annually overrated and collapses. You can't trash Auburn and Virginia Tech in one breath and then use them to prop up your argument in the next breath.

Auburn's SEC schedule alone was, is, and will remain tougher than anything USC faced outside of their own conference. Cal proved that this year by ignorantly scheduling a top SEC team to make a statement against. They made a statement alright.
 
#62
#62
milohimself said:
I'll also mention to Tedford the idea to not put an undersized freshman corner on Meachem.
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That would result in him getting burned by Jayson Swain, Bret Smith, Austin Rogers, Quentin Hancock, Josh Briscoe, Lucas Taylor, Chris Brown, Brad Cottam, Aaron Sears, James Wilhoit, or whoever else we decided to line up at WR.
 
#63
#63
kptvol said:
That would result in him getting burned by Jayson Swain, Bret Smith, Austin Rogers, Quentin Hancock, Josh Briscoe, Lucas Taylor, Chris Brown, Brad Cottam, Aaron Sears, James Wilhoit, or whoever else we decided to line up at WR.
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Swain's good, but there's hardly a receiver in the country that I know of, aside from Dwayne Jarrett and Calvin Johnson that can match the physical ability of Meachem.

I expected Tennessee to win, but the blowout was caused almost entirely by Cal lining up a scrub against Meach.
 
#64
#64
milohimself said:
Swain's good, but there's hardly a receiver in the country that I know of, aside from Dwayne Jarrett and Calvin Johnson that can match the physical ability of Meachem.

I expected Tennessee to win, but the blowout was caused almost entirely by Cal lining up a scrub against Meach.
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The totally impotent Cal offense had quite a bit to do with the outcome.
 
#65
#65
milohimself said:
I expected Tennessee to win, but the blowout was caused almost entirely by Cal lining up a scrub against Meach.
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We definitely abused that poor kid, but Meachem has pretty much abused everybody he's lined up against. I would attribute the blowout to the tackling optional; Flag Football style defense that Cal looked like they were playing.
 
#67
#67
milohimself said:
Swain's good, but there's hardly a receiver in the country that I know of, aside from Dwayne Jarrett and Calvin Johnson that can match the physical ability of Meachem.

I expected Tennessee to win, but the blowout was caused almost entirely by Cal lining up a scrub against Meach.
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Give me a break. We pushed them around even without Meachem's big plays. Suppose he doesn't make those huge plays. Then we take a little longer to get our gigantic lead. In the meantime, our first string offense and defense is staying in the game. Cal isn't scoring. They still aren't tackling our RBs. They still aren't getting pressure on Ainge. We're still scoring. I'd say the score would have been more like 35-0.
 
#68
#68
USC's '04 non-conference:
@ #10 Virginia Tech (W 24-13)
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I attended that game at Fed Ex Field and I can assure everyone that the Hokies were the victims of terrible officiating. They should have won that game.

Just throwing that out there. :whistling:
 
#69
#69
I hope we're not arguing that we didn't completely abuse Cal on both sides of the ball until the dogs were called off at 35-0. Its way to early for revisionist history.

USC is good, but otherwise the Pac 10 is still a joke. As is the Big 12.
 
#71
#71
GAVol said:
We definitely abused that poor kid, but Meachem has pretty much abused everybody he's lined up against. I would attribute the blowout to the tackling optional; Flag Football style defense that Cal looked like they were playing.
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kptvol said:
Give me a break. We pushed them around even without Meachem's big plays. Suppose he doesn't make those huge plays. Then we take a little longer to get our gigantic lead. In the meantime, our first string offense and defense is staying in the game. Cal isn't scoring. They still aren't tackling our RBs. They still aren't getting pressure on Ainge. We're still scoring. I'd say the score would have been more like 35-0.
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Those two bone-headed matchups Meach got to his advantage comprised much of our offense. Our rushing attack wasn't even that good, I very explicitly remember our RB's not doing much against Cal's front 7. Hardesty's 43-yard run was a "What the hell were you thinking?" kind of moment for Cal. One long run each for Coker (21 yards in junk time) and Foster (19 yards), other than that it's a constant flurry of 1-3 yard runs. I remember our guys getting stuffed almost all night, they weren't getting blocking and they weren't making plays. And I explicitly remeber coming on this board directly after and many of you expressing concern for our running game, as well which had looked less than stellar. Cal did run fairly well on us, however, as Lynch picked up 74 yards on 12 touches, the majority of which came against our first team defense.

Both of those same problems proved not to be one-time deals, coming again against Florida, as our D had a notably difficult time stopping the run, as Wynn passed the 100 yard mark on 22 carries, and Tebow picked up 29 rushing yards in limited action. Conversely, our two RB's who saw time were averaging about 0.8 yards per carry. All of this is obviously due in part to the offensive line which had not looked good.

Given the facts that Lynch did pretty well against our first-team defense, and Longshore looked at least serviceable, and they kept our rushing offense from doing much of anything, Cal coulda kept up. Alas, a scrub is mistakenly lined up against an all-American. Yes, we still beat the hell out of them. Yes, I know it's called smart coaching to take advantage of such mismatches. Shut up about it. That blowout came off of three plays. Once the other team is forced to stretch out the offense, any decent defense can take advantage of it. Kudos to our D for doing so. But I find myself ill-convinced that we out-played them in every phase of the game. I saw the game with my own eyes, and it simply did not happen.

Luckily for Cal, that game was a slap in the face for the coaches at Berkley on how to line up defensive backs. I guarantee you that Cal would also have been soundly defeated by at least USC, Oregon, UCLA, Washington and Washington State in the Pac if similar decisions were made. Which is why I repeatedly posted that similar decisions in the Pac would place them in the middle at best, if they don't turn it around, which I noted every single time I posted that (tidwell). They haven't made those similar decisions, instead lining up corners where they ought to be and are now clearly reaping the benefits of the talent they have. Longshore is also taking advantage of the diminished ability of Pac-10 DB's and has gone from looking mediocre at best against Tennessee, to pretty darn good against everybody else. Longshore's defense has also kept him from having to stretch out the offense...
 
#75
#75
milohimself said:
Those two bone-headed matchups Meach got to his advantage comprised much of our offense. Our rushing attack wasn't even that good, I very explicitly remember our RB's not doing much against Cal's front 7. Hardesty's 43-yard run was a "What the hell were you thinking?" kind of moment for Cal. One long run each for Coker (21 yards in junk time) and Foster (19 yards), other than that it's a constant flurry of 1-3 yard runs. I remember our guys getting stuffed almost all night, they weren't getting blocking and they weren't making plays. And I explicitly remeber coming on this board directly after and many of you expressing concern for our running game, as well which had looked less than stellar. Cal did run fairly well on us, however, as Lynch picked up 74 yards on 12 touches, the majority of which came against our first team defense.

Both of those same problems proved not to be one-time deals, coming again against Florida, as our D had a notably difficult time stopping the run, as Wynn passed the 100 yard mark on 22 carries, and Tebow picked up 29 rushing yards in limited action. Conversely, our two RB's who saw time were averaging about 0.8 yards per carry. All of this is obviously due in part to the offensive line which had not looked good.

Given the facts that Lynch did pretty well against our first-team defense, and Longshore looked at least serviceable, and they kept our rushing offense from doing much of anything, Cal coulda kept up. Alas, a scrub is mistakenly lined up against an all-American. Yes, we still beat the hell out of them. Yes, I know it's called smart coaching to take advantage of such mismatches. Shut up about it. That blowout came off of three plays. Once the other team is forced to stretch out the offense, any decent defense can take advantage of it. Kudos to our D for doing so. But I find myself ill-convinced that we out-played them in every phase of the game. I saw the game with my own eyes, and it simply did not happen.

Luckily for Cal, that game was a slap in the face for the coaches at Berkley on how to line up defensive backs. I guarantee you that Cal would also have been soundly defeated by at least USC, Oregon, UCLA, Washington and Washington State in the Pac if similar decisions were made. Which is why I repeatedly posted that similar decisions in the Pac would place them in the middle at best, if they don't turn it around, which I noted every single time I posted that (tidwell). They haven't made those similar decisions, instead lining up corners where they ought to be and are now clearly reaping the benefits of the talent they have. Longshore is also taking advantage of the diminished ability of Pac-10 DB's and has gone from looking mediocre at best against Tennessee, to pretty darn good against everybody else. Longshore's defense has also kept him from having to stretch out the offense...
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UCLA is a joke, and a bad one at that.
 
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