They ran the same 3-3-5 defense that Oklahoma used.

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I was sure that Heupel would have made adjustments to operate against it, but it didn't look like it. We will continue to see it until we learn how to defeat it. I have to say that this is the first time that we really were not ready to play since Coach got here. Not because of health reasons, but because of coaching. I still believe he is the guy so it's time to suck it up and get ready for the gators. In a way, we didn't lose a lot of ground because of the losses by bama, uga and Ole miss. We are just going to have to do things the hard way and win out for the rest of the year.

Go Vols!
 
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Was this the same defense that NC St ran? If so, is OU and Ark defense that much better? Are both starting tackles still injured? Looked like they couldnā€™t block the shade with a 20 foot umbrella last night.
 
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Following. Those here who are better at analyzing defenses can educate those of us that aren't about the nuances. I saw a 3-3-5 and it looked a heck of a lot like OU.

From my uneducated view, I thought they were "shooting" one guy from the linebackers lots of the time making reads hard to make.

Heupel addressed that their "defense was different than we'd seen on film from them" and I'm wondering if the secret sauce to stopping Heupel is simply disguising who is actually going to be in the box.
 
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kckempf said:
They had a 3-2 in the box, which is a handoff in the RPO plays. But in the first half particularly we lost a lot of one-on-one matchups we should have won.
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This was one of my biggest disappointments in the game. We struggled to run the ball effectively against that light box.

At first, I was almost yelling at the TV to change to a running play against that look. And then I saw us call some running plays and get held for small gainsā€¦and I realized we were in trouble.

When a defense can control the LOS and get pressure on the QB with that front, it becomes almost impossible to scheme around it.
 
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I thought it was a 3-2-6 but who's counting?
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It was a mix of 3-2 & 3-3 looks pre snap and they rolled more down into the box on the snap thus creating confusion on blocking assignments. In addition, they slanted their defense occasionally on the snap to create more confusion for our OL. We lost a lot of one on one matchups in run blocking. They knew our tendencies, if the defense shows 5 or 6 in the box pre snap we run the ball. The problem was post snap there was more than 5 or 6 to block. When we did get a hat on a hat we lost the battle 1 on 1. Pass protection was a whole different story, they created havoc and our OTs really struggled with their edge rushers. Very poor performance by our OL/TE in run blocking and pass protection. The games only get harder down the road, we will see if we improve. Plus when they stemmed, we would false start. Better get used to that, Georgia will stem a lot. Just a terrible performance by our OL.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Following. Those here who are better at analyzing defenses can educate those of us that aren't about the nuances. I saw a 3-3-5 and it looked a heck of a lot like OU.

From my uneducated view, I thought they were "shooting" one guy from the linebackers lots of the time making reads hard to make.

Heupel addressed that their "defense was different than we'd seen on film from them" and I'm wondering if the secret sauce to stopping Heupel is simply disguising who is actually going to be in the box.
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More than I liked to see they actually had 7 players almost at the line of scrimmage showing blitz. Our problem was the OL was lost as they didn't ever blitz all 7, we were unable to ;pick up the ones who did though. Our OL remained confused all night. We were out coached and out played by a team not as talented or deep. It does not sit well with me, the jury is out whether or not Heupel is the long term solution. I saw wheels coming off last night and it's up to him and the staff to get them back on and not wobbling.
 
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Whether than had 5 or 6 in the box is irrelevant, our line couldnā€™t block them consistently in the pass game. The only two drives we had any real success were from the run game. Nico certainly missed some throws but Thornton and Brazzell have been major disappointments who consistently do not get open. White is our most consistent receiver which is concerning; Bru got hurt but he was a non factor the first half. Our tight ends are far
more consistent than the wide receivers. There are several position coaches that are major question marks thus far including Pope. There are several upper classmen who cannot seem to get open. Quite frankly, outside of Garner, I canā€™t think of a single unit that is performing well thus far. Maybe, running backs or tight ends?
 
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EZE said:
This was one of my biggest disappointments in the game. We struggled to run the ball effectively against that light box.

At first, I was almost yelling at the TV to change to a running play against that look. And then I saw us call some running plays and get held for small gainsā€¦and I realized we were in trouble.

When a defense can control the LOS and get pressure on the QB with that front, it becomes almost impossible to scheme around it.
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The ARK DC called a fantastic game. They mixed a lot of coverages and blitz schemes and their guys were winning one on ones up front. Give credit where it's due.
 
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I donā€™t make a damn what defense they run when your LT whiffs on 75-80% of his assignments. The SEC is won in the trenches and our OL got its @ss kicked last night.
 
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sami said:
The ARK DC called a fantastic game. They mixed a lot of coverages and blitz schemes and their guys were winning one on ones up front. Give credit where it's due.
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He must have felt like Superman last night. He had to be thinking how is this OL this bad on the #4 ranked team. Overrated indeed.
 
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