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Tennessee vs The Maxims vs Georgia
So how did the team do compared to the Maxims?
1. The team that makes the fewest mistakes will win.
Great day, where to begin? At one point towards the end, I thought CBS graphic of Georgia miscues was going to require extra pages. Aside from the multitudinous penalties and such, Mark Richt made some coaching decisions that just defied explanation. Most egregious of these was a half-hearted fake punt on 4th and 2 at the UGA 40. The Vols stuffed the run by a reserve quarterback and took the ensuing drive into the end zone for the winning score.
Earlier in the game Richt made an equally mystifying decision. Richt pulled the ineffective David Green for the Dawgs first series in the 2nd quarter and replaced him with D.J. Shockley. Shockley promptly sparked a 63-yard UGA scoring drive. On Georgias next series, Green went back in and continued his floundering. Why Richt benched a quarterback with the hot hand in favor of one struggling is a question best left to the denizens of Dawg Vent.
2. Play for and make the breaks. When one comes your way SCORE!
See above.
3. If at first the game or the breaks go against you, dont let up PUT ON MORE STEAM!
There were several points where the Vols could have folded but didnt. They got into Georgias collective heads and stayed there the entire game. Repeatedly Georgia came out and committed mental errors that snuffed promising drives and, in the case of a 90-yard potentially game-breaking kick return called back for a holding penalty, arguably cost the Dawgs the game.
4. Protect our kickers, our quarterback, our lead and our ballgame.
There were points in the game Saturday where I half expected Eric Ainge to whip out his cell phone and order pizza as he seemed to have most of the day to throw the ball. Tennessees defense rose to the occasion time and again but never as tellingly as on Georgias last drive. Georgia drove into scoring range, took their last shot with 0:01 on the clock and watched Greens pass get batted down in the end zone.
5. Ball! Oskie! Cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle THIS IS THE WINNING EDGE.
Yea, verily.
6. Press the kicking game. Here is where the breaks are made.
This is the major blemish on the Vols performance Saturday. Wilhoit, for whatever reason, seems to have a bad case of the yips. I noticed on the close-ups of his missed field goals that the holder seemed to be titling the ball towards himself. Whether this is Wilhoits preference or what, I cant say, but I feel it needs a look-see. At any event, Wilhoits kicking falls into the Fix it, Fix it NOW!" category. Also our kickoff coverage just sucks, particularly on the short pooch kickoffs our coaches are enamored of. Auburn returned one last week to set up a score and Georgia blistered Tennessees coverage team for a 90-yarder called back as described above. In short, if the kickoff goes anywhere but into the end zone, hold on to your hats.
7. Carry the fight to Georgia and keep it there for sixty minutes.
On the dot. The Vols took the opening drive eighty yards for a touchdown and their next possession for a field goal. They kept the pressure up right to the last-gasp UGA pass, batted down as time expired.
I had the impression that after Tennessee drove and scored on their first possession the entire Georgia nation did a fair imitation of Union General William Rosecrans, who also managed to lose to an opponent who, on paper, he out-manned and out-gunned. The Confederate Army of Tennessee came up off the mat at the Battle of Chickamauga and put Rosecrans blue-coated host to fly. After the battle, Rosecrans holed up in Chattanooga and did nothing as the Rebels surrounded him. Lincoln summed up Rosecrans reaction to the unexpected setback with a statement that described Mark Richt, the Dawgs and the 80,000 or so UGA fans at Sanford Stadium.
The Vols left them all, Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.
MAXOMG
© 2004 One Man Gang
So how did the team do compared to the Maxims?
1. The team that makes the fewest mistakes will win.
Great day, where to begin? At one point towards the end, I thought CBS graphic of Georgia miscues was going to require extra pages. Aside from the multitudinous penalties and such, Mark Richt made some coaching decisions that just defied explanation. Most egregious of these was a half-hearted fake punt on 4th and 2 at the UGA 40. The Vols stuffed the run by a reserve quarterback and took the ensuing drive into the end zone for the winning score.
Earlier in the game Richt made an equally mystifying decision. Richt pulled the ineffective David Green for the Dawgs first series in the 2nd quarter and replaced him with D.J. Shockley. Shockley promptly sparked a 63-yard UGA scoring drive. On Georgias next series, Green went back in and continued his floundering. Why Richt benched a quarterback with the hot hand in favor of one struggling is a question best left to the denizens of Dawg Vent.
2. Play for and make the breaks. When one comes your way SCORE!
See above.
3. If at first the game or the breaks go against you, dont let up PUT ON MORE STEAM!
There were several points where the Vols could have folded but didnt. They got into Georgias collective heads and stayed there the entire game. Repeatedly Georgia came out and committed mental errors that snuffed promising drives and, in the case of a 90-yard potentially game-breaking kick return called back for a holding penalty, arguably cost the Dawgs the game.
4. Protect our kickers, our quarterback, our lead and our ballgame.
There were points in the game Saturday where I half expected Eric Ainge to whip out his cell phone and order pizza as he seemed to have most of the day to throw the ball. Tennessees defense rose to the occasion time and again but never as tellingly as on Georgias last drive. Georgia drove into scoring range, took their last shot with 0:01 on the clock and watched Greens pass get batted down in the end zone.
5. Ball! Oskie! Cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle THIS IS THE WINNING EDGE.
Yea, verily.
6. Press the kicking game. Here is where the breaks are made.
This is the major blemish on the Vols performance Saturday. Wilhoit, for whatever reason, seems to have a bad case of the yips. I noticed on the close-ups of his missed field goals that the holder seemed to be titling the ball towards himself. Whether this is Wilhoits preference or what, I cant say, but I feel it needs a look-see. At any event, Wilhoits kicking falls into the Fix it, Fix it NOW!" category. Also our kickoff coverage just sucks, particularly on the short pooch kickoffs our coaches are enamored of. Auburn returned one last week to set up a score and Georgia blistered Tennessees coverage team for a 90-yarder called back as described above. In short, if the kickoff goes anywhere but into the end zone, hold on to your hats.
7. Carry the fight to Georgia and keep it there for sixty minutes.
On the dot. The Vols took the opening drive eighty yards for a touchdown and their next possession for a field goal. They kept the pressure up right to the last-gasp UGA pass, batted down as time expired.
I had the impression that after Tennessee drove and scored on their first possession the entire Georgia nation did a fair imitation of Union General William Rosecrans, who also managed to lose to an opponent who, on paper, he out-manned and out-gunned. The Confederate Army of Tennessee came up off the mat at the Battle of Chickamauga and put Rosecrans blue-coated host to fly. After the battle, Rosecrans holed up in Chattanooga and did nothing as the Rebels surrounded him. Lincoln summed up Rosecrans reaction to the unexpected setback with a statement that described Mark Richt, the Dawgs and the 80,000 or so UGA fans at Sanford Stadium.
The Vols left them all, Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.
MAXOMG
© 2004 One Man Gang
