Tennessee would win the SEC East if Justin Worley were coming back next year.

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VolinDalton

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Per Foxsports...

You'll recall that Derek Dooley blew Justin Worley's redshirt season in late October when he brought in Worley to hand off with the Vols trailing by 31 points in Tuscaloosa. That was despite the fact that Matt Sims was perfectly willing and able to play the remainder of the 2011 season. Here's the play-by-play of that disaster. Since that disatrous decision, Worley has developed into a solid SEC quarterback. If he was coming back next year, I think he'd be one of the top three or four guys in the league. Add in the fact that Tennessee is the youngest team in college football and has an offensive line that is woefully inexperienced, and Worley's performance is even more stellar.
So let's think about this for a minute. Next season South Carolina, Georgia and Florida will all have new quarterbacks (Florida will probably have a new coach as well). Missouri's Maty Mauk will return so the Tigers will probably be solid in the East. Kentucky and Vandy will not threaten for the division title. The Vols get Georgia and South Carolina in Neyland. They also draw Arkansas in Knoxville as their rotating SEC West opponent. So you tell me why the Vols couldn't go 6-2 and win the SEC East next year with Justin Worley at quarterback?
Hell, Tennessee might well have beaten Georgia this year if Worley didn't get knocked out of the game in the second half. I've seen enough to believe that Worley and the Vols will win seven games this year. Kentucky, Vandy and Chattanooga are definite wins. I think the Vols beat Florida and win at least one of Missouri, at Ole Miss and at South Carolina. And it wouldn't shock me if Tennessee won two of these three games.
Absent Dooley's decision to blow Worley's redshirt, I really think the Vols would win the East next year. Now, the difficult thing for Butch Jones is that Tennessee's going to be much-improved everywhere in 2015 except for at quarterback. Unless, that is, one of Tennessee's freshman quarterbacks turns out to be a stud.
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The more I think about Dooley burning Worley's redshirt for one series of handoffs, down 31 points from the TN 1 yard line, the more I think:

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Dooley really is the gift that keeps giving.

This, on top of not taking a single OL in a class? Seriously?

I know we should move on, but damn he's made it difficult.
 
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LotteryPick said:
Dooley really is the gift that keeps giving.

This, on top of not taking a single OL in a class? Seriously?

I know we should move on, but damn he's made it difficult.
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I really hate bringing up his name but it's almost impossible. Especially seeing that almost all of our struggles this year is because of the OL.
 
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I'm not saying it'll happen, but I wouldn't be shocked if we go 6-2 in the sec this year.
 
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VolinDalton said:
Per Foxsports...



The more I think about Dooley burning Worley's redshirt for one series of handoffs down 31 points from the TN 1 yard line, the more I think:

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Lol Butch was giving Stripling absolute H*LL over that onsides kick execution.

I agree with this 100% and actually said the exact same thing in another thread a day or two ago.

I really want to let my Dooley hate go... it's just... he gave UT fans so many reasons to dislike him...
 
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LotteryPick said:
Dooley really is the gift that keeps giving.

This, on top of not taking a single OL in a class? Seriously?

I know we should move on, but damn he's made it difficult.
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It's hard to move on from a guy that took our program to the lowest levels in its history and could end up costing us a shot at a SEC crown three years after he was let go.

Like you said Dooley is the gift that keeps on giving.
 
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Coug said:
Dude, that's hilarious! Was that gif really from the Georgia game?

Was this really about the on-side kick or does someone have the real context?
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It was at the end of the first half when an unsportsmanlike penalty was called on UT bench. UT players celebrated when JRM sacked Driskell for a seven yard loss.
 
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VolinDalton said:
It was at the end of the first half when an unsportsmanlike penalty was called on UT bench. I'm still unsure about what the exact reason for the penalty was, but I want to say it was a reaction to a UT sack of Driskell.
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The penalty was thrown because people came onto the field when there was still time on the clock, and as CBJ so eloquently put it, it was "bull****".
 
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dduncan4163 said:
That is a special kind of pissed off.
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Butch still looks like he has half a smile on his face despite the fact that he is clearly voicing his displeasure. Will Muschamp, on the other hand, often looks like a seething volcano that is constantly flirting with the point of spontaneous combustion.
 
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it isn't only Worley that will be missed ,AJ will be gone,Darr,Coleman,Young,Williams,
Gilliam is all ready done for the year,a lot of leadership will be gone,especially AJ



more young players will be called on to take a leadership roll,it will be great once CBJ can red shirt some freshmen and not have to look for them to play right off the bat

CBJ and company are still a few years away for making a run at the SEC East Championship,to me any way,but they are on the right track for sure
 
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Voiced this in another thread, so I might as well here...IIRC Bray had broken a finger at the Georgia game so it was pretty much down to Matt (Only P****** Throw The Ball Away)Simms and Worley...there was no guarantee that Bray was going to make it back by the end of the season...it wasn't a matter of Worley handed off a few times in the Bama game and then gets shelved for the rest of the season , redshirt burning. There was a more than slight possibility that Worley might have been called upon with a bowl game in sight. No coach worth a crap would start a QB with no game action...and neither would Dooley apparently. :)....lot of words to say I don't think Dooley had a choice on this one people.
 
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I think we could win the east anyway. Our defense will be the best it's been in years, and our skill positions will be filthy. With a even decent qb we may very well win it. Still, g**d***it Dooley
 
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I think we can win the East this year. I think GA will lose two more games...AU and Arky. We just need to handle business on our end. What a story book turn around that would be.
 
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Coug said:
Dude, that's hilarious! Was that gif really from the Georgia game?

Was this really about the on-side kick or does someone have the real context?
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I think it was about the sideline penalty right before the half.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Butch still looks like he has half a smile on his face despite the fact that he is clearly voicing his displeasure. Will Muschamp, on the other hand, often looks like a seething volcano that is constantly flirting with the point of spontaneous combustion.
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I know, right. Then why the hell would you want to play for somebody like that? :whistling::no:

GO VOLS!
 
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I think 7-1 is highly doable in the SECe next year.

Another year of Nutrition, S&C (especially for Oline) and learning the system.

We only have a handful of seniors departing that are in the two deep: Worley, AJ, Coleman, J. Williams, Darr, Lane, Devrin and Gilliam. AJ and Worley are only big losses.

Von and Randolph are the only serious threats of declaring early for the draft.
 
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