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#101
#101
allvol123 said:
Ainge screwed up royally, he is a senior and gone. Don't have to worry about him anymore. Of our 2 scoring drives, Ainge had much more to do with them than Foster. Foster will be back next year and if these idiotic coaches continue believing he is anything other than a very average TB, then we might as well chalk 8-4 up.
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Uh. Well in games where Foster is averaging 6 or 7 a carry, we frequently forget about him. I don't see why you seem to think we lean on him too much. If anything, in the majority of games we underutilize him. The Alabama game might have been competitive if we'd let him run. The Vandy and USC games sure as hell would have been less scary.

Bottom line: The coaches are laying the game at Ainge's feet, not Foster's.
 
#102
#102
hatvol96 said:
This team gave us everything they had. The sad fact is, we just aren't that good anymore.
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The defense gave 100% tonight, but offense didn't. But I agree. I don't think we're that good anymore either. We're a good team but nowhere near an elite one. We're basically that 3 or 4 loss per year team who might give an elite team a scare once in a while. We're a second-tier SEC team that might win it's division every few years but not anything else. In that sense, I don't see a lot of difference between the teams we have had lately and the many of ones Johnny Majors used to field.
 
#103
#103
pardon me if i decline to join in this little orgy of phil-bashing, feeling sorry for me crap. i've been following the orange since doug dickey was coaching them, and i was proud of the effort they gave today. yes, i do see a bright future for the orange. always have, always will. whiners, get lost!
 
#104
#104
Cartervol said:
Ah come on now we all know that austin and ryan karl went to (M)omma's (B)oy (A)cademy. Daddy is probably pumping money into the program just like daddy clausen used to do.
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Karl went to BGA.

Austin went to David Lipscomb.

Come on now, if you're going to talk bad about somebody, at least know the facts.
 
#105
#105
kptvol said:
Uh. Well in games where Foster is averaging 6 or 7 a carry, we frequently forget about him. I don't see why you seem to think we lean on him too much. If anything, in the majority of games we underutilize him. The Alabama game might have been competitive if we'd let him run. The Vandy and USC games sure as hell would have been less scary.

Bottom line: The coaches are laying the game at Ainge's feet, not Foster's.
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I'm sure Foster will have a monster bowl game. Yeahhhhh!

I wouldn't lay anything at Foster's feet. He would trip over it.
 
#106
#106
allvol123 said:
I'm sure Foster will have a monster bowl game. Yeahhhhh!

I wouldn't lay anything at Foster's feet. He would trip over it.
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Right. So do you want to address the post or just reply with something totally unrelated?
 
#107
#107
kptvol said:
Right. So do you want to address the post or just reply with something totally unrelated?
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Address what? Those stupid YPC numbers. Or your "ifs" about what would have happened in Bama, USC or Vandy? While were at "ifs", what happend if McClendon doesn't cover slow pokes fumble at USC game.


What was his YPC tonight? Other than catching a wide open pass and rambling for yardage on an open field, what did he do?
 
#108
#108
arkyvol said:
pardon me if i decline to join in this little orgy of phil-bashing, feeling sorry for me crap. i've been following the orange since doug dickey was coaching them, and i was proud of the effort they gave today. yes, i do see a bright future for the orange. always have, always will. whiners, get lost!
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I..for one...am just calling them like I see them. And that's where I think Tenn's football program is now.
 
#109
#109
allvol123 said:
Address what? Those stupid YPC numbers. Or your "ifs" about what would have happened in Bama, USC or Vandy? While were at "ifs", what happend if McClendon doesn't cover slow pokes fumble at USC game.


What was his YPC tonight? Other than catching a wide open pass and rambling for yardage on an open field, what did he do?
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Who the hell cares? He had a good season. He didn't play so hot tonight. Ainge hasn't played that great in any game all year, and every single game has been placed in his hands for him to win. You acting like the coaches are giving the entire offense over to Foster is just stupid. Ainge is the man Fulmer and Cut trust to win the games.
 
#110
#110
arkyvol said:
pardon me if i decline to join in this little orgy of phil-bashing, feeling sorry for me crap. i've been following the orange since doug dickey was coaching them, and i was proud of the effort they gave today. yes, i do see a bright future for the orange. always have, always will. whiners, get lost!
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1. You did join in the debate,
2. If the last 9 years are what you want, you can take your ancient loyalty and go root for Vandy.
 
#112
#112
kptvol said:
Who the hell cares? He had a good season. He didn't play so hot tonight. Ainge hasn't played that great in any game all year, and every single game has been placed in his hands for him to win. You acting like the coaches are giving the entire offense over to Foster is just stupid.
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I'm not acting like anything. Giving this guy 20+ carries tonight was stupid. Run the G-gun, go 5 wide, I don't care. Any play we handed to him was as close to a wasted play as you can get.
 
#113
#113
allvol123 said:
I'm not acting like anything. Giving this guy 20+ carries tonight was stupid. Run the G-gun, go 5 wide, I don't care. Any play we handed to him was as close to a wasted play as you can get.
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The G-gun worked great. It wouldn't have worked great if we'd kept doing it. Bo Pelini isn't going to allow that to work forever. Putting the game in Ainge's hands worked really well. Going five wide when Ainge can't handle pressure would have worked out beautifully.
 
#114
#114
kptvol said:
The G-gun worked great. It wouldn't have worked great if we'd kept doing it. Bo Pelini isn't going to allow that to work forever. Putting the game in Ainge's hands worked really well. Going five wide when Ainge can't handle pressure would have worked out beautifully.
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Yea, Pelini stopped Arky so well. But I forgot, Bo would not allow something to work forever. Good luck with that mistake Nebraska.

Giving the ball to Arian 20+ times, proved to work "beautifully". What were his numbers again? Name one thing he did tonight that is worthy of mentioning?
 
#115
#115
allvol123 said:
Yea, Pelini stopped Arky so well. But I forgot, Bo would not allow something to work forever. Good luck with that mistake Nebraska.

Giving the ball to Arian 20+ times, proved to work "beautifully". What were his numbers again? Name one thing he did tonight that is worthy of mentioning?
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He had a run after catch that put us in a position to win the game. Then what happened? My memory is fuzzy... It seems like our only other offensive option did something...
 
#116
#116
kptvol said:
He had a run after catch that put us in a position to win the game. Then what happened? My memory is fuzzy... It seems like our only other offensive option did something...
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So his play of the game was...catching a ball while wide open. Then, running until someone caught him and took him down. Damn, how could we ever replace someone like that. That certainly makes up for the 20+ times he touched the ball and did absolutely nothing.
 
#117
#117
allvol123 said:
Yea, Pelini stopped Arky so well. But I forgot, Bo would not allow something to work forever. Good luck with that mistake Nebraska.

Giving the ball to Arian 20+ times, proved to work "beautifully". What were his numbers again? Name one thing he did tonight that is worthy of mentioning?
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It's hard for any running back to be consistently successful when he's getting hit at or behind the line of scrimmage. Foster's a decent RB; we just couldn't get him much space. We don't have a RB on our roster like McFadden who's going to get his yards regardless, but neither does anybody else in the country.
 
#118
#118
allvol123 said:
So his play of the game was...catching a ball while wide open. Then, running until someone caught him and took him down. Damn, how could we ever replace someone like that. That certainly makes up for the 20+ times he touched the ball and did absolutely nothing.
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Ask Austin Rogers how hard that is to do. Once again, what else could UT do? Let Ainge pass. We did that. Forty times.
 
#119
#119
Vercingetorix said:
It's hard for a running back -- any running back -- to be consistently successful when he's getting hit at or behind the line of scrimmage. Foster's a decent RB; we just couldn't get him much space. We don't have a RB on our roster like McFadden who's going to get his regardless, but neither does anybody else in the country.
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He is decent, at best. Consistently succcessful? Exactly where was he even successful at all, tonight? What was his longest run from scrimmage?
 
#121
#121
tuxman said:
I thought this was THE WORST play calling game of the year by Cutcliff/Ainge. Too damn conservative....just like the past 5 games...too conservative:rock:
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I'm just saying like the USC game, too conservative we blew a 21 point lead. Against UK last week we blew a big lead. When we're aggressive, we can move the ball. Do I think we had a fantastic called game, no, but it's better I believe than most this season.
 
#122
#122
allvol123 said:
We had to, what else were we going to do? Keep giving it to our undersized fullback?
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Right. So you're saying it's Foster's fault that we lost because he sucks so bad we had to give it to our quarterback that also sucks really bad?
 
#124
#124
kptvol said:
Right. So you're saying it's Foster's fault that we lost because he sucks so bad we had to give it to our quarterback that also sucks really bad?
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Foster can't help it that he is so average. He gives it his all, it just isn't that great. No running game certianly does not help a passing game.
 
#125
#125
kptvol said:
Throwing a touchdown to Zenon (even though he's a super slow LSU DB) probably wasn't the best idea.
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Not sure what Ainge's screw ups have to do with Foster being so damn average. One doesn't offset the other. Foster isn't better because Ainge sucks.
 
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