RiseToTheTop
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If the offensive line can get a push and we can control the clock then it will be close for 3 qtrs. If not...we lose by 21.
So many of these predictions are acting like we still have our last coach. We'll likely lose, but we won't get beat by 40. 35-20 is my prediction if Worley plays like expected. If he suddenly becomes a post-Auburn Crompton then it could be a lot closer.
49-17 ducks. They will stack the box and dare Worley to beat them. Needless to say he won't.
That's the basic philosophy of the Duck defense against every opponent. Then toss in a lot of stunts, variety of defensive sets and blitz on occasions. Let the secondary sit out there in man to man and take care of the receivers. It's gambling, but that's what the Ducks fans have lived with for a few decades now.
We can win this game if we give Mariota and Thomas the Bo Jackson treatment. Hit them hard on EVERY play so they don't want to come back on the field. The problem will be catching them to hit them. My orange kool-aid has me thinking we have a better shot than most people think. I'm anxious to see where we stand against a good team.
I'm going with 2-0 Vols in a defensive struggle for the ages.
It's all tied up at 0-0 with 1:45 left in the 4th. The Vols are forced to punt from mid-field and pin Oregon down at the 3. Then, a miraculous sack results in a safety.
The Vols defenders jump up and down and celebrate by hoisting the safety symbol. Vols go up 2-0 and run the clock out. Then, out of the shadows, General Neyland's ghost emerges and congratulates the Vols on a spectacular defensive shutout! He's followed by a drunken Johnny Majors and a twinkie-eating Philip Fulmer, who throw their arms around one another and sing "Rocky Top" together.
Then, Chip Kelly emerges and says, "Congratulations Tennessee Volunteers --- you have discovered the secret to stopping my offense. You are now the CHOSEN ONES!" He then vanishes in the air, never to be seen again. Oregon coach Mark Helfrich decides to retire from football, start life anew, and begins to pursue his real dream of becoming a "whale defender" for Greenpeace.
(We still have a few hours to dream, don't we?)
So many of these predictions are acting like we still have our last coach. We'll likely lose, but we won't get beat by 40. 35-20 is my prediction if Worley plays like expected. If he suddenly becomes a post-Auburn Crompton then it could be a lot closer.