The Fall Camp Thread

#77
#77
AboveAllNations said:
Anybody else think Josh Dobbs is going to win the starting QB job? The fact that Justin Worley wasn't sent down to speak at SEC media week indicates to me that there really is a legitimate competition for starting QB.
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Worley WILL be the starter mark it down! Personally I believe he will have a "Cromptonesque" rebirth as a senior & will finish the year in the top half of the SEC QBs. Hes had 2 years in this system, has much better talent around him, has a stronger arm & has put in the work. If go back to Butches days at c mich & cincy, his QBs have improved greatly in year 2!

If ur a Vol fan you better hope that whoever starts the year as #1 ends it #1 as well. Otherwise thats means that he lost the job due to injury or poor play, neither of which is good for the season.
 
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Magic8Vol said:
Worley WILL be the starter mark it down! Personally I believe he will have a "Cromptonesque" rebirth as a senior & will finish the year in the top half of the SEC QBs. Hes had 2 years in this system, has much better talent around him, has a stronger arm & has put in the work. If go back to Butches days at c mich & cincy, his QBs have improved greatly in year 2!

If ur a Vol fan you better hope that whoever starts the year as #1 ends it #1 as well. Otherwise thats means that he lost the job due to injury or poor play, neither of which is good for the season.
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I think Worley can be an efficient game manager. With the weapons at receiver, someone who can get them the ball without turning it over can be critical.

Dobbs has greater talent. Would he be efficient and stay away from game changing mistakes is the question for me, FWIW.
 
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ionaVOL said:
Boom.

@Volquest_Paul: Butch says freshman Aaron Medley hit a 'game-winning FG' that Butch threw at him as a surprise. Also says the team is faster overall.
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@Vol_Photos: Game Winner @MedleyAaron

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Magic8Vol said:
Worley WILL be the starter mark it down! Personally I believe he will have a "Cromptonesque" rebirth as a senior & will finish the year in the top half of the SEC QBs. Hes had 2 years in this system, has much better talent around him, has a stronger arm & has put in the work. If go back to Butches days at c mich & cincy, his QBs have improved greatly in year 2!

If ur a Vol fan you better hope that whoever starts the year as #1 ends it #1 as well. Otherwise thats means that he lost the job due to injury or poor play, neither of which is good for the season.
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I agree Worley will give us the best chance to win.
 
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Day 1 Worley threw better IMO. Dobbs had a lot of balls sail on him. Lots of practice to go and football is played in pads so let's get after it
 
#91
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JohnMcA60 said:
Day 1 Worley threw better IMO. Dobbs had a lot of balls sail on him. Lots of practice to go and football is played in pads so let's get after it
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Word , stood out to me too. Worley throwing very hard bullets, Dobbs wildly inaccurate with much less zip. Also Randolph is a Chavis era LB now.
 
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#94
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Being big wasn’t a problem for Dontavius Blair this spring.

Everything else was, though.
The 6-foot-8, 300-plus-pound offensive tackle hadn’t needed great technique before he arrived at Tennessee this spring as a four-star junior college prospect. He hadn’t needed to be in great shape, either. His size had generally overcome all those things. When in doubt, he was bigger and just naturally more powerful than just about anyone who had the guts to try taking down the tower.
But this spring was different. Blair gasped for air less than halfway through his first workout with the Vols, and his first practice wasn’t much better. He eventually was replaced by fifth-year senior walk-on Jacob Gilliam at first-team left tackle.
Rather than sulk going into the summer, though, the Alabama native chose to sweat. He dedicated himself to strength, conditioning and technique more than he ever had before, and the results were clear Friday night on Haslam Field.
Blair didn’t look out of place during the Vols’ first preseason camp practice. He looked good. Second-year Tennessee head coach Butch Jones and several players noticed it.
“He looks much different,” Jones said. “Dontavius Blair has worked exceptionally hard in the strength and conditioning area. He has a lot more confidence. You can see it in his approach, you can see it in the meetings and obviously you can see it in the weight room. I thought that translated on the field today, as well.”
Junior guard [/b]Marcus Jackson[/b] smiled when asked whether Blair was really as much improved as he seemed to be Friday night.
“No question. No question,” Jackson said. “He doesn’t look like the same guy.”

Junior Kyler Kerbyson, Tennessee’s other first-team guard, said Blair has made “huge strides” the past few months, and that Vols offensive line coach Don Mahoney mentioned it to the entire group before leaving the field after the two-hour workout.
“He’s probably dropped 6 or 7 percent body fat since the spring,” Kerbyson said. “Our first spring practice, it was a struggle for him. Halfway through the practice, he was breathing hard, his stance was getting kind of sloppy. But today he really held his own and was able to finish the practice. I’m really proud of the guy.
“Coach Mo even pointed it out after practice, when we met up. He really has made some strides. He really has. I think he can really help us out this year.”
Gilliam — who in fairness also seemed to have a solid summer — remained the first-team left tackle Friday night, at least during the practice periods open to reporters.
The bigger guy seemed to be the bigger story, though — at least this night.
“The amount of potential on him is enormous,” Kerbyson said. “We really want to work with the guy and get him conditioned. All his technical things are right, too. He’s a big frame, so maybe before he used that frame to help him out, you know? He (dominated) just because he was so much bigger than everybody else, so he’s got to work on his sets and hands and conditioning and all of that, and he has.
“Dontavius has really held it on himself to be the best he can, and he’s able to answer questions in meetings, too. He wasn’t able to do to that when he first got here. I’m really proud of the guy for stepping up.”

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RockVol said:
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Being big wasn’t a problem for Dontavius Blair this spring.

Everything else was, though.
The 6-foot-8, 300-plus-pound offensive tackle hadn’t needed great technique before he arrived at Tennessee this spring as a four-star junior college prospect. He hadn’t needed to be in great shape, either. His size had generally overcome all those things. When in doubt, he was bigger and just naturally more powerful than just about anyone who had the guts to try taking down the tower.
But this spring was different. Blair gasped for air less than halfway through his first workout with the Vols, and his first practice wasn’t much better. He eventually was replaced by fifth-year senior walk-on Jacob Gilliam at first-team left tackle.
Rather than sulk going into the summer, though, the Alabama native chose to sweat. He dedicated himself to strength, conditioning and technique more than he ever had before, and the results were clear Friday night on Haslam Field.
Blair didn’t look out of place during the Vols’ first preseason camp practice. He looked good. Second-year Tennessee head coach Butch Jones and several players noticed it.
“He looks much different,” Jones said. “Dontavius Blair has worked exceptionally hard in the strength and conditioning area. He has a lot more confidence. You can see it in his approach, you can see it in the meetings and obviously you can see it in the weight room. I thought that translated on the field today, as well.”
Junior guard [/b]Marcus Jackson[/b] smiled when asked whether Blair was really as much improved as he seemed to be Friday night.
“No question. No question,” Jackson said. “He doesn’t look like the same guy.”

Junior Kyler Kerbyson, Tennessee’s other first-team guard, said Blair has made “huge strides” the past few months, and that Vols offensive line coach Don Mahoney mentioned it to the entire group before leaving the field after the two-hour workout.
“He’s probably dropped 6 or 7 percent body fat since the spring,” Kerbyson said. “Our first spring practice, it was a struggle for him. Halfway through the practice, he was breathing hard, his stance was getting kind of sloppy. But today he really held his own and was able to finish the practice. I’m really proud of the guy.
“Coach Mo even pointed it out after practice, when we met up. He really has made some strides. He really has. I think he can really help us out this year.”
Gilliam — who in fairness also seemed to have a solid summer — remained the first-team left tackle Friday night, at least during the practice periods open to reporters.
The bigger guy seemed to be the bigger story, though — at least this night.
“The amount of potential on him is enormous,” Kerbyson said. “We really want to work with the guy and get him conditioned. All his technical things are right, too. He’s a big frame, so maybe before he used that frame to help him out, you know? He (dominated) just because he was so much bigger than everybody else, so he’s got to work on his sets and hands and conditioning and all of that, and he has.
“Dontavius has really held it on himself to be the best he can, and he’s able to answer questions in meetings, too. He wasn’t able to do to that when he first got here. I’m really proud of the guy for stepping up.”

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Me likey.
 
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Pacer92 said:
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#99
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JohnMcA60 said:
Day 1 Worley threw better IMO. Dobbs had a lot of balls sail on him. Lots of practice to go and football is played in pads so let's get after it
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KBVol said:
Jayson Swain@SwainEvent · 58s
Worley's arm is not the same arm from last year. Confidence level is through the roof also.

Jayson Swain@SwainEvent · 1m
Justin Worley is a different Justin Worley and can't wait until everyone else to see what I've seen since spring.
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New faster bigger stronger weapons for Worley is going to help his mental game IMHO...he will take over and tell this staff and VolNation...

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