jakez4ut
Patience... It's what's for dinner
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Let's hope that Ainge got the interceptions out of his system....i said it last week, the only way Bama has a chance to win is if we help them...well, we helped and it nearly cost us the game.
Kudos to Ainge though for a) making that tackle after the pick...that was a huge play at the time, and it proved even bigger by games end and b) for shaking it off in the 2nd half and coming out and playing like we expect.
Moving forward...i think it's safe to say this offense has to control the ball. we can't afford sillly turnovers, especially when our running game isn't up to par. I'll continue to say it...if we don't turn the ball over, we will have a chance to win every game we play.
Defensively, we are getting better....they did a great job of bottling up Darby and the pressure on JPW was nothing short of great.
Offensively, it's still up in the air if this O line can run block effectively...our running game doesn't have to be special, it just needs to work. running on 1st down for marginal gains or running on 2nd down after an incompletion for marginal gains is what drives me nuts...Play to our strength...the run game will, and has in the past, come to us because of our ability to keep the defense on it's heels. put us in 2nd and 3rd and short....and the run game will be fine. Put is in 2nd and 3rd and long...well, we all know how that works...fortunately we've been great on 3rd down all year, but i hate to keep getting put in 3rd down passing situations....
the next 3 games imo is the toughest stretch of games on the schedule. we won't sneak up on anyone, two of them are on the road, in very hostile environments...and all of them imo are capable of beating us. LSU is the most talented, great D, great skill on offense, J Russell though...which guy shows up? SC...very good defense, Syvelle Newton has been playing very well, Sydney rice and the running game are all effective. Ark...maybe the most dangerous of the three. they are solid all over the feild...great RB's, good young qb, and a defense while not stellar, has been good.
one game at a time...that's all we can do at this point...i don't care about rankings, SEC CG etc...i won't care about any of that until after the KY game. And if any of it matters at that point, great. if not, well, i'll cross that bridge when i get to it.
Go Vols.
Kudos to Ainge though for a) making that tackle after the pick...that was a huge play at the time, and it proved even bigger by games end and b) for shaking it off in the 2nd half and coming out and playing like we expect.
Moving forward...i think it's safe to say this offense has to control the ball. we can't afford sillly turnovers, especially when our running game isn't up to par. I'll continue to say it...if we don't turn the ball over, we will have a chance to win every game we play.
Defensively, we are getting better....they did a great job of bottling up Darby and the pressure on JPW was nothing short of great.
Offensively, it's still up in the air if this O line can run block effectively...our running game doesn't have to be special, it just needs to work. running on 1st down for marginal gains or running on 2nd down after an incompletion for marginal gains is what drives me nuts...Play to our strength...the run game will, and has in the past, come to us because of our ability to keep the defense on it's heels. put us in 2nd and 3rd and short....and the run game will be fine. Put is in 2nd and 3rd and long...well, we all know how that works...fortunately we've been great on 3rd down all year, but i hate to keep getting put in 3rd down passing situations....
the next 3 games imo is the toughest stretch of games on the schedule. we won't sneak up on anyone, two of them are on the road, in very hostile environments...and all of them imo are capable of beating us. LSU is the most talented, great D, great skill on offense, J Russell though...which guy shows up? SC...very good defense, Syvelle Newton has been playing very well, Sydney rice and the running game are all effective. Ark...maybe the most dangerous of the three. they are solid all over the feild...great RB's, good young qb, and a defense while not stellar, has been good.
one game at a time...that's all we can do at this point...i don't care about rankings, SEC CG etc...i won't care about any of that until after the KY game. And if any of it matters at that point, great. if not, well, i'll cross that bridge when i get to it.
Go Vols.
