The QB doesn’t matter against UGA, the OL does

[FLVOL_79]

Ole Miss laid the blueprint. Heup and company are surely studying that film in order to continue to exploit UGA.

Are you sure? I dont think they've "studied the film" on opposing defenses who keep outsmarting them and limiting the offense. You'll hear Halzle say "they threw in wrinkles we didnt see on film" because they keep watching the wrong film..

 

[89 VOLS grad]

Moore can make the passes and look good throwing from rollouts last week. Had a cool head. He will be a good game manager and will execute exactly what CJH brought him along for. We don't have to have deep down field plays. medium to over medium will be sufficient, but we will need to require those WR's make the plays that come their way.

I did see Matthews got in a few routes last week, but only saw one where he was targeted, and not a great throw. Would like to see him in space after a catch.

UT does need to stretch the field with 2-3 long balls each half. Otherwise, UGA can pin their ears back and bring the house pretty much every play. No one should kid themselves into thinking UT can dink and dunk their way to a win vs a Kirby coached D. UGA isn't the beast they have been on D. But, they are still a SOLID or better SEC D most of the time!

 

[89 VOLS grad]

Shite post is shite

QB is the most important position on the field.

And now vs UGA, it is massive. You either have top QB play or you don't beat UGA.

You are wrong! A solid - dominant DL and solid - dominant OL are the two most important positions on the field, PERIOD. I am not saying QB isn't important. It definitely is. But, without a solid - dominant OL to give the QB time. The best QBs don't have time to make their reads. Without a solid - dominant DL, the opposing team can milk the clock and run the ball all over the other team.

Dart threw from 199 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT vs UGA. Those aren't gaudy numbers at all! Beck had similar yards and 1 INT, no TDs. The OL and DL of UM won the game, PERIOD! UM held UGA to 60 yards rushing and had 138. If UT can do the same and have less turnovers than UGA, UT has a good chance to win as long as whoever plays QB manages the game at takes what the D gives him most every time!

 

[njvols]

I love you all but Gaston isn't beating Georgia. He is serviceable but he can not put the ball in the windows needed to beat UGA. Nico can...

Maybe it’s just me but handing the ball to all sec safety net doesn’t show me he’s capable as back up. He got some good interference calls and completed a few. Nothing against him…will see if he has to go I guess, but if he does, I’d say about 14 point win by UGA. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[Voljayton]

I feel like some of yall saw a couple decent passes and a couple promising downfield shots from Moore and got the warm fuzzies. If he plays from start to finish it will be ugly. I would LOVE to be wrong but I'm just not seeing it.

 

[njvols]

You are wrong! A solid - dominant DL and solid - dominant OL are the two most important positions on the field, PERIOD. I am not saying QB isn't important. It definitely is. But, without a solid - dominant OL to give the QB time. The best QBs don't have time to make their reads. Without a solid - dominant DL, the opposing team can milk the clock and run the ball all over the other team.

Dart threw from 199 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT vs UGA. Those aren't gaudy numbers at all! Beck had similar yards and 1 INT, no TDs. The OL and DL of UM won the game, PERIOD! UM held UGA to 60 yards rushing and had 138. If UT can do the same and have less turnovers than UGA, UT has a good chance to win as long as whoever plays QB manages the game at takes what the D gives him most every time!

Yes trenches of course are critical, but UGA didn’t stack the box vs OM because they knew Dart had the capability of gashing them thru the air so had to respect it…not so much if Gaston goes, and Nico to lesser extent. They will force us to beat them thru the air and stack the box…at least that’s what I would do.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Ole Miss laid the blueprint. Did their backup QB play the whole game? Did Ty Simpson play the whole game against UGA? No to both. We absolutely have to have Nico to not only play, but have the best game of his life.

If you think we are just gonna run Sampson 30 times and sun you are sadly mistaken. Some of you seem to think UGA has turned into some kind of lower rate team.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I feel like some of yall saw a couple decent passes and a couple promising downfield shots from Moore and got the warm fuzzies. If he plays from start to finish it will be ugly. I would LOVE to be wrong but I'm just not seeing it.

Not only that, but UGAs defense is in a different stratosphere than MSU.

 

[njvols]

Not only that, but UGAs defense is in a different stratosphere than MSU.

When Kirby really dials in his team they are a handful…unfortunately we usually get that version…and not the UGA/Kentucky game version.

 

[CAVPUT]

When Kirby really dials in his team they are a handful…unfortunately we usually get that version…and not the UGA/Kentucky game version.

And that's the version we get Saturday. The dawgs have their backs against the wall. Beck will have the game of the season Saturday. Of that, I have no doubt. It's the Tennessee way.

 

[Vol4ever]

Their DL also stunk it up too really. Lane called a game to limit their weaknesses and emphasized their strengths, which worked our amazingly. Ole Miss has a poor OL and virtually no run game, but still got 28 points because UGA's offense couldn't do anything against that OM DL and UGA's corners are not great.

There are weaknesses to exploit on Saturday. They have been there all season and Lane finally put it together. Hoping Huepel can too.

Dart is a much better QB too.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

If we hold them to 10 points like Ole Miss did, we can.

If we hold them to 13 points like Kentucky did, we can.

Unfortunately, those were road games for UGA. They haven't scored fewer than 30 at home, but they haven't faced the Vols yet either.

If Gaston can put together three drives resulting in 13-17 points and we get a turnover on Georgia's side of the field resulting in a touchdown, that's 20-24 points and that could very well be enough to win.

At least one 40yd plus passing TD
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At least one 30 yard plus interception or punt return
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Defense doesn’t allow UGA to suddenly find their footing in the run game
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Dub

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Because Georgia is going to key on Sampson and load the box. Moore will not be able to fit the ball in the windows of Georgia's defense. And if he does I will eat all kinds of crow raw. Guy I have hope but it isn't blind.

There were some pretty big windows in Oxford. Guys were open all day.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

I love you all but Gaston isn't beating Georgia. He is serviceable but he can not put the ball in the windows needed to beat UGA. Nico can...

I don’t get this take. I’m not a nico basher and I think he will be great in time. BUT he hasn’t been so far. He’s been mediocre AND turned the ball over. I don’t think it’s an automatic L if Moore starts. He threw some good balls last week.

 

[BigALWiLson]

There were some pretty big windows in Oxford. Guys were open all day.

Well too bad this Ain't in Oxford and Moore isn't in the same universe as Dart at QB. Honestly I'm not sure we are better than OM anywhere on offense except at RB. Which is where GA will key without Nico. We will see if he plays I like our chances if healthy. Without and it's going to be a much tougher climb.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

5/8 for 38 yards is very inspiring going into a tough game on the road without QB1. If you disagree that's fine.

You’re looking at 0 context to boost your agenda of course. Heupel played conservative (once again) and leaned on the defense to protect the lead. I don’t like it, but it is what it is. In another post you boast about Nico’s numbers. Let’s not forget the long TD that was an absolute awful throw that our receiver came back to the ball and bailed Nico out on. Nico hasn’t been this QB hero that you paint him to be. He hasn’t carried the team this year.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

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[BigALWiLson]

You’re looking at 0 context to boost your agenda of course. Heupel played conservative (once again) and leaned on the defense to protect the lead. I don’t like it, but it is what it is. In another post you boast about Nico’s numbers. Let’s not forget the long TD that was an absolute awful throw that our receiver came back to the ball and bailed Nico out on. Nico hasn’t been this QB hero that you paint him to be. He hasn’t carried the team this year.

I don't give a rats ass what you think about Nico or his numbers. You are either stupid or blind to not see the talent difference. Nico is the QB you take to win on the road against Georgia with everything on the line. Not a 5th year walk on that hasn't given us 2 games worth of film in 5 years. He ain't that guy. And all those pass interference calls Gaston got were under thrown passes. Lmao NICO is the QB because he is better. Period

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Well too bad this Ain't in Oxford and Moore isn't in the same universe as Dart at QB. Honestly I'm not sure we are better than OM anywhere on offense except at RB. Which is where GA will key without Nico. We will see if he plays I like our chances if healthy. Without and it's going to be a much tougher climb.

We were talking about throwing windows. Not who is playing QB. A wide open receiver even makes it easier for a backup QB to be successful. Do you realize Ole Miss's backup played well the other day? You're just changing your tune to fit your narrative. If you want to talk details, like throwing windows, we can do that too

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

When Kirby really dials in his team they are a handful…unfortunately we usually get that version…and not the UGA/Kentucky game version.

We really needed UGA to smoke Ole Miss. Now they know their season is on the line. UGA has struggled with UK multiple times in the past few years. It’s honestly shocking to see some of our fans acting like UGA is just some second rate team that we can just easily run on and beat. That would be awesome if that happens. But I just don’t see is being able to rely on Sampson to carry us against them.

Also, I don’t understand why some think it doesn’t matter if we have Nico. That’s insane. Athens is going to be an extremely hostil environment. And to my knowledge, Moore has never started a road game for us. Much less a road game against one of the most talented teams in the nation.

 

[BigALWiLson]

We were talking about throwing windows. Not who is playing QB. A wide open receiver even makes it easier for a backup QB to be successful. Do you realize Ole Miss's backup played well the other day? You're just changing your tune to fit your narrative. If you want to talk details, like throwing windows, we can do that too

Simple question... then we can agree to move on. Has our WR been as good as OM ? So my answer is no. Could they be ? Yes. We drop way to many passes, we are not getting open at times. Sometimes those windows are about more than a QB. Nico is still the best choice, yall act like going in there with GM we are now the favorite. We are not and it will be a miracle IF we win this game without our #1 guy at QB.

 

[Sara Clark]

Injury report came out, questionable is his status.

 

[n_huffhines]

I'd just like to know if I should print up some Gas Pipe T-shirts, or not.

 

[n_huffhines]

UT does need to stretch the field with 2-3 long balls each half. Otherwise, UGA can pin their ears back and bring the house pretty much every play. No one should kid themselves into thinking UT can dink and dunk their way to a win vs a Kirby coached D. UGA isn't the beast they have been on D. But, they are still a SOLID or better SEC D most of the time!

Long ball is the easy part. It's the intermediate passes that really make the difference.

 

[n_huffhines]

I don’t get this take. I’m not a nico basher and I think he will be great in time. BUT he hasn’t been so far. He’s been mediocre AND turned the ball over. I don’t think it’s an automatic L if Moore starts. He threw some good balls last week.

He's 9-1, my guy. He's not perfect, but he is 9-1.

I have hope for Moore, but to expect basically some random 5th year senior backup to be as good as a 9-1 guy on his 11th start (meaning, he's almost doubled his experience compared to when he was 5-1)...you're not playing the odds.