So against a seasoned OK D, how many rushing yards for UT?

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The first two opponents were lightweights compared to the Sooners, and UT struggled to run, any hope it improves Saturday? Thinking the RB's will have few holes. Meaning OK will be able to go after Worley en force.
 
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CBJ brings 2 cases of wheaties for pre game meal and 1 of Lucky Charms. UT = 286 yds,, Hurd 136 Lane 101 who gets the rest?
 
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Rooster1 said:
The first two opponents were lightweights compared to the Sooners, and UT struggled to run, any hope it improves Saturday? Thinking the RB's will have few holes. Meaning OK will be able to go after Worley en force.
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Sounds like you want Worley to get sacked 10 times and Hurd/Lane rush for a combined 50 yds. I bet our team disappoints you.
 
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Rooster1 said:
The first two opponents were lightweights compared to the Sooners, and UT struggled to run, any hope it improves Saturday? Thinking the RB's will have few holes. Meaning OK will be able to go after Worley en force.
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Hurd picks up the blitz better than any Freshman RB I have seen. He and Lane will be able to provide more support than most are expecting. We won the first two games easily because of these small things (not soley).

Their DBs are their weakness so I would use a similar gameplan as USU. Throw it around with quick passes and spread OU out.
 
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Rooster1 said:
The first two opponents were lightweights compared to the Sooners, and UT struggled to run, any hope it improves Saturday?
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It's a bit early in the season to rely on statistical comparisons, but it's clear that we haven't yet shown a potent running game and our per-carry average of just 3.31 yards ranks 101st nationally. OU's rushing defense has yielded 2.35 yards per carry, which ranks 20th nationally.

I would be pleased if we rush for 100+ yards and amazed at 150+, but with our green OL facing a stout front 7 in a very noisy Memorial stadium, what I realistically expect is more along the lines of 35 rushes for 75 yards.
 
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clt_tiger said:
Hurd picks up the blitz better than any Freshman RB I have seen. He and Lane will be able to provide more support than most are expecting. We won the first two games easily because of these small things (not soley).

Their DBs are their weakness so I would use a similar gameplan as USU. Throw it around with quick passes and spread OU out.
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Too bad our DBs do not appear to have the same problem


5th play of first drive Hurd break free for TD. Called it.
 
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kamoshika said:
It's a bit early in the season to rely on statistical comparisons, but it's clear that we haven't yet shown a potent running game and our per-carry average of just 3.31 yards ranks 101st nationally. OU's rushing defense has yielded 2.35 yards per carry, which ranks 20th nationally.

I would be pleased if we rush for 100+ yards and amazed at 150+, but with our green OL facing a stout front 7 in a very noisy Memorial stadium, what I realistically expect is more along the lines of 35 rushes for 75 yards.
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NEGAVOL!!! Just kidding as I'm right there with you. It's going to be tough no doubt, and if the O-line doesn't step it up majorly, it could be down right ugly. One thing that could help this young group would be if we were able to stretch the field early and hit a couple of long completions. Our passing game has been effective, but it's mostly been quick, short to medium yard completions which allows those safeties to creep up a bit, and allows them to help defend the run. Eric Berry was great at this for those with short memories. Problem with that is our offensive line has to be able to give those long routes time to develop while protecting Worley. Bottom line...our hopes of an upset this weekend really depends if this inexperienced offensive line has really improved from what we saw the first two weeks of the season.
 
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Forgot yardage in previous post. I'm going with 72 yards and an average of a little over 3 yards per carry.
 
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Rooster1 said:
The first two opponents were lightweights compared to the Sooners, and UT struggled to run, any hope it improves Saturday? Thinking the RB's will have few holes. Meaning OK will be able to go after Worley en force.
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Here's a better question..

How are the Gamecocks going to STOP the run? Go home, bruh.
 
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186 yards on the ground.

Hurd and Lane hit the holes plus bounce it to the green starting this game. Devrin Young also gets more looks in the backfield.

Watching the USU and ASU games a second time, I noticed they seemed to be actively looking to run at the opposing players instead of open lanes. I know that Hurd has remarkable vision for finding open lanes and can't help but think the last two games were getting him some experience getting hit and running into defenders. They gained good experience getting those tough yards up the middle. If people don't think that's going to translate on Saturday they are mistaken.

Just my two cents, but I honestly don't think we opened our run game up these last two games. There is a reason why Coach Jones took a 4-8 Cincinnati team to a 10-3 shared conference title in his second year.
 
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I think we will do decent rushing. I think we will see a bunch of different plays and formations. Some sweeps, reverses and maybe some draws.
 
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This is precisely why any predictions that have the Vols scoring more than about 17 points Saturday are pure fantasy. You have to be able to run the ball to score against Top 10 teams at their place. The mismatches between the Tennessee OL and Okla front seven are massive. The "long handoff" plays on first down will have very limited success because in the Big12 they see this all the time. As a team, Tennessee is far better than a LaTech, but the current OL is basically the same as LaTech's when you combine talent and experience. Tennessee will be in 2nd and 8-15 on virtually every drive, and that unleashes OUs nasty blitzing.

Tenn rushing yards: 35
Tenn rushes: 26
Average: 1.37/carry
Tenn rushes for negative yards: 7
Tenn turnovers: 4
OU sacks: 8
Final score: 35-3 OU

Next year will be much better. This year, we just need to avoid injuries and decommitments.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is precisely why any predictions that have the Vols scoring more than about 17 points Saturday are pure fantasy. You have to be able to run the ball to score against Top 10 teams at their place. The mismatches between the Tennessee OL and Okla front seven are massive. The "long handoff" plays on first down will have very limited success because in the Big12 they see this all the time. As a team, Tennessee is far better than a LaTech, but the current OL is basically the same as LaTech's when you combine talent and experience. Tennessee will be in 2nd and 8-15 on virtually every drive, and that unleashes OUs nasty blitzing.

Tenn rushing yards: 35
Tenn rushes: 26
Average: 1.37/carry
Tenn rushes for negative yards: 7
Tenn turnovers: 4
OU sacks: 8
Final score: 35-3 OU

Next year will be much better. This year, we just need to avoid injuries and decommitments.
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Good grief hide the razor blades. Their cupcakes averaged more yards and better stats.
 
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PagingDrVol said:
This is precisely why any predictions that have the Vols scoring more than about 17 points Saturday are pure fantasy. You have to be able to run the ball to score against Top 10 teams at their place. The mismatches between the Tennessee OL and Okla front seven are massive. The "long handoff" plays on first down will have very limited success because in the Big12 they see this all the time. As a team, Tennessee is far better than a LaTech, but the current OL is basically the same as LaTech's when you combine talent and experience. Tennessee will be in 2nd and 8-15 on virtually every drive, and that unleashes OUs nasty blitzing.

Tenn rushing yards: 35
Tenn rushes: 26
Average: 1.37/carry
Tenn rushes for negative yards: 7
Tenn turnovers: 4
OU sacks: 8
Final score: 35-3 OU

Next year will be much better. This year, we just need to avoid injuries and decommitments.
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Go back to landthieves.com...
 
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I would say a lot of misdirection, reverses and screens. We need to get them going the wrong way and up field as much as possible. I expect Pig to have a big role, unfortunately we are really going to miss Pearson. #9 would be a big part of my hypothetical game plan. Josh Smith IMO will get some looks at JET carries. I also think Devrin Young will get more snaps.

Edit: 137 yard rushing.
 
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