HoleInTheRoof
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What if we looked like a bag of smashed a-holes last week, because the staff and team took the patsie for granted and started prepping for UGA?
Maybe the loss to FL put made UGA a must win in the coaches eyes.
Maybe we were so vanilla because we didn't want to show UGA anything.
Maybe the team picked up on the virtual disinterest in UMass and fed off that general lack of energy.
Possible or wishful thinking?
I never want UT to lose but I hat to say it, a little part of me wants us to get embarrassed Saturday so Butch will get fired.
Screw that. Saturday is going to be our biggest recruiting effort all fall, with kids from 2018, 2019, and 2020 in attendance. I hope Neyland is electric and we dominate uga and recruits fall in love with the Vols.
I never want UT to lose but I hat to say it, a little part of me wants us to get embarrassed Saturday so Butch will get fired.
I'll have to see us stop their running game before I believe it. Any QB with a pulse can throw against our defense and it'll be especially so when we have to keep 8 or 9 in the box. Defenses have figured out our offense - stuff the inside zone read and make Dormady drop back and pass.
Tennessee can win this game. But there's no evidence to support picking them to do it. Any scenario in which we win involves luck on our end or a a massive letdown on Georgia's end.
I think it will be close for a while. The only constant in the last 5 years has been fan support. The stadium will keep the team energized. But ultimately they have better players and better coaches.
Dawgs 35
Vols 14
I think if it stays close for a while that may favor UT. My bigger fear is that UGA jumps out on us big early, as they have done the past 2 seasons and the air goes out of the stadium, and the fight goes out of the team. If that happens...
Very possible. We come out flat in every game. Georgia is good enough to punish us for it. The only reason we were able to fight back last year was because we had Dobbs and Jim Chaney wouldn't run the ball.
My assumption is we're able to keep it close, maybe by getting a couple turnovers or some big play on special teams, but eventually they start running down hill on our front 7. UMass was gashing us up front. I expect UGA to do the same.
Shy was held out against UMass. If he plays Saturday it will help the run defense a lot because he can command double teams, which will keep UGA OLs from hunting our LBs. Kongbo also needs to be moved back inside. He simply cannot set an edge and almost always gets too far upfield on his pass rushes.
Also have to hope Jashon is back to set the interior of our OL, which will help our running game between the tackles, and if we can run inside will help the outside game and set up the play action. If we can't run inside we are pretty much dead on offense because the UGA defense is waybtoo fast on the edges and we simply cannot put the game on our inexperienced QB and receivers.
Not looking forward to seeing that sweep they run with a couple of OL pulling. They always kill us with that play, and we still can't defend it.
