"I assume most of you were at Rocky Top last year. How much do you think the crowd contributed to the demolition of Cal? Or was the team that much better?"
To this question I would have to respond in this fashion:
I think the crowd could have played a role in the outcome of the game, However I find it odd that a team like CAL wasnt coached to be ready for a SEC type atmosphere and 107,000 fans. If the team diddnt know what they were walking into, and truly were caught off guard then I say blame the coaches for underpreparing the players. After all, in the SEC we play high intensity games every week. Typically you will find 3-5 SEC teams in the top 10 in the polls ,this is what we are used to. This is what level we are used to playing on week in and week out.
Now was CAL the better team last year? At 35-0 in the 3rd qtr I'd have to say no. CAL looked unprepared and out of their league. The films of the game say it all. Cal was beaten on both sides of the ball all the way around. That my friends was done by the players on the field, not the crowd.
