Georgia Tech with a message to Tennessee....

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Freak said:
So for clarification, with all the "hads" and "spents" and "soleys," how much time do you think we spent working specifically on Appy State?
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jakez4ut said:
not enough.:)
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Behr said:
Could you clarify "not enough" so I know what you mean?
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Haha, I would say "just barely enough, by a fine frog hair." Barely.

Iam4utalways said:
To win in OT, maybe within minutes of the correct amount of prep time.
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Lol yeah, exactly, man, measured down to the minute. :)
 
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Techfan1 said:
I agree, good thing about center is our backup played a lot because of injuries to the starter and he did well. As far as QB it's a competition right now, last year when Justin was injured our backup center and QB (Matthew Jordan) played against VT the whole game and we won. Matthew Jordan is a bigger stronger QB but hasn't shown in a game yet if he can pass well. There is a redshirt freshman who is showing out from what I am hearing and we have our 3rd string guy from last year competing as well, so it seems like it's a 3 man race right now. None of them have much if any experience though, except Matthew Jordan. I'm more worried about our D over anything.

You can probably watch our spring game on Friday night at 7:00 I think it will be one espn 3.
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Thanks, I'll see if we get it here.
 
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1974Vol said:
My guess would be yes as the last thing you want your DB's doing against a run oriented option team is turning their backs on the LOS.
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Good insight, thanks for it. You're right, the zone puts DBs in better position to read the O and tick through their assignments. Never thought about it that way. :hi:
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
When this game was announced last year I was terrified, but after this off season I'm thinking we got this. Everybody relax, This was WHY Butch brought in new line coaches.
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He gave a promotion to a guy who was already on the staff as a quality control guy. If he was the answer, why did our o-line perform so poorly last year?
 
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I have to wonder if this game won't get a little salty/chipppy at some point with all this talk and the questionable blocking techniques. Kinda hope it does and the Vols stand for no BS.
 
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I love the fact they are already practicing for those cut blocks. My hope is after the first half of us grinding their faces into the ground, they change their tactics in the second half before someone gets hurt. Of course if they don't change, I hope we have them eating turf the entire game....
 
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Longsufferingvol said:
If he is an expert on the o-line why wasn't he coaching the o-line last year?
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so, we can gripe about how bad the o line coaching was, demand that he change it, then he change it, and now go back and gripe that he should have changed it sooner?

even if that's a valid argument, and i would say that it is, in the end, he made the change that we all saw needed to be made. it's not like you can back 2 years and re do it.

some of you are not doing a very good job of dispelling the myth that some people just want to gripe.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
I love the fact they are already practicing for those cut blocks. My hope is after the first half of us grinding their faces into the ground, they change their tactics in the second half before someone gets hurt. Of course if they don't change, I hope we have them eating turf the entire game....
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I know, I'm hoping GT practices for cut blocks as well. I don't want our players getting hurt from UT cut blocks either.
 
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catss350 said:
tech_wreck47?
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That's me, and no I'm not trolling lol. I've actually had decent talks with people on this board. I'm just trying to give formative information about cut blocks because it gets old hearing the same thing over and over again when pretty much evey team does them. If UT players can get injured from it so can GT players. So, comments saying we hope we stay healthy, it's dirty etc is ridiculous, when the people who complain about it don't even know their own team does it. Almost every fan base we play says it though, if not every.
 
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Techfan1 said:
That's me, and no I'm not trolling lol. I've actually had decent talks with people on this board. I'm just trying to give formative information about cut blocks because it gets old hearing the same thing over and over again when pretty much evey team does them. If UT players can get injured from it so can GT players. So, comments saying we hope we stay healthy, it's dirty etc is ridiculous, when the people who complain about it don't even know their own team does it. Almost every fan base we play says it though, if not every.
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i think the difference being that most cutting in more standard offenses is situationally based, for a specific purpose.

it's your entire philosophy, and it's constant.
 
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Techfan1 said:
That's me, and no I'm not trolling lol. I've actually had decent talks with people on this board. I'm just trying to give formative information about cut blocks because it gets old hearing the same thing over and over again when pretty much evey team does them. If UT players can get injured from it so can GT players. So, comments saying we hope we stay healthy, it's dirty etc is ridiculous, when the people who complain about it don't even know their own team does it. Almost every fan base we play says it though, if not every.
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I was over at the GT board and a lot of posters there are really good with the hillbilly and inbred talk...I just want to experience a good, clean game from what used to be a good rivalry back in the day. Best wishes:hi:
 
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Techfan1 said:
That's me, and no I'm not trolling lol. I've actually had decent talks with people on this board. I'm just trying to give formative information about cut blocks because it gets old hearing the same thing over and over again when pretty much evey team does them. If UT players can get injured from it so can GT players. So, comments saying we hope we stay healthy, it's dirty etc is ridiculous, when the people who complain about it don't even know their own team does it. Almost every fan base we play says it though, if not every.
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To pile on...

...you ever hear about the guys who have cross-country auto races on America's interstates? From coast to coast in 30 hours kind of races, where their AVERAGE speed is in the 90-100 mph range, where evading police is a big part of the race?

I saw a TV show about one group of them several years ago. And one of the funniest things in the entire program was when one of the drivers said, "hey, almost everyone speeds."

Like there's any comparison between going 5-10 mph over the limit on your way to work, and averaging 90-100 mph all the way across the country with no sleep for 30 hours straight.

That's kind of like Ga Tech saying everyone cut blocks. Sure, everyone does, but it still really doesn't compare.

And this is why you find yourself responding to the fans of just about every team you play.

You should give that fight up; you're like the dude on the TV show, and will never win that argument. :)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
To pile on...

...you ever hear about the guys who have cross-country auto races on America's interstates? From coast to coast in 30 hours kind of races, where their AVERAGE speed is in the 90-100 mph range, where evading police is a big part of the race?

I saw a TV show about one group of them several years ago. And one of the funniest things in the entire program was when one of the drivers said, "hey, almost everyone speeds."

Like there's any comparison between going 5-10 mph over the limit on your way to work, and averaging 90-100 mph all the way across the country with no sleep for 30 hours straight.

That's kind of like Ga Tech saying everyone cut blocks. Sure, everyone does, but it still really doesn't compare.

And this is why you find yourself responding to the fans of just about every team you play.

You should give that fight up; you're like the dude on the TV show, and will never win that argument. :)
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I agree we do it more, but that doesn't defeat the purpose that anybody from any team can get injured from it. And your analogy wasn't very good, the people going five and 10 miles an hour over the speed limit aren't going 90 to 100 so that's a huge gap. The other teams we play DO cut block so it's completely different. Maybe if you said others only occasionally go the 90 to 100 you would have a point. That's not even my main argument though, most people don't even know their team cut blocks and want to complain without having a clue about it.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i think the difference being that most cutting in more standard offenses is situationally based, for a specific purpose.

it's your entire philosophy, and it's constant.
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I can agree with this. And I'm fine with that thinking the part I don't like it when people are uneducated and know nothing about it yet they still want to complain about it.
 
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catss350 said:
I was over at the GT board and a lot of posters there are really good with the hillbilly and inbred talk...I just want to experience a good, clean game from what used to be a good rivalry back in the day. Best wishes:hi:
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Don't pay those posters any attention, most of the fans are very good and respectful at the games. Even the ones making jokes will be nice and not start anything. And same to you, best wishes, and have safe travels if you come to the game.
 
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