I believe much of it can be attributed to Florida's front seven... they were as good as advertised.
Vols didn't have many problems blocking Cal on the way to 200+ rushing yards and 0 sacks. Sometimes the front seven of the other team is just better.
While last night was extremely discouraging as far as the OLine goes, if they have similar results against Marshall and Memphis, then I'll really hit the panic button hard.
:BANGHEAD2: I know, it is just frustration right now. the ? is, what is it going to take? line up changes? can this be corrected in practice?:BANGHEAD2:
Actually, UT's offensive line didn't get a good consistent push against California either. We piled up the rushing yards against Cal only because our running backs were able to bounce a couple of runs outside for really long gains when the hole that they were supposed to hit up the middle were stuffed by the defense. Our run blocking has been consistently atrocious all season.
There WAS a visable adjustment made to our gameplan during the game. Didn't you notice how our offensive playcalling went ultra conservative once we were up by 10 points? That's classic UT football!