Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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Neyland Law Vol said:
Trying to be positive: Could a reasonably close loss (less than 14 points) at UGA Saturday lead to a potential upset coming out of the off week at Auburn?
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I can see us playing Georgia close bc we have in previous years besides last year obviously but I still think we lose the next 3 games
 
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South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
 
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JAllen18 said:
South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
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JAllen18 said:
South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
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I see little to no chance to beat Mizzou. Little chance at UK. Socar and Vandy are our best chance imo, Scar could very well be a low scoring game defensive battle
 
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JAllen18 said:
South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
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I've never been one to get too down, I'm usually very realistic...I just don't see more than one win in that stretch.

We'll be fortunate to win an SEC game this year.

My God, that's depressing to say out loud.
 
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*** I noted in my review piece that Tennessee A) let the quarterback get hit way too many times and B) the run game was pitiful, with half the rushes going for two yards or fewer. PFF’s grades certainly back up both statements, as Tennessee had a single lineman earn a grade north of 60, which is considered average, and that guy was benched for a portion of game (Locklear replaced Johnson).

*** Smith continued his tough start to his sophomore season, struggling as both a run and pass protector Saturday. As a unit, the OL allowed nine pressures and five other hurries, and Smith was the culprit for three pressures, two hurries and a quarterback hit. Richmond draws a lot of flack, but he has widely outperformed Smith as a pass protector so far in 2018. He wasn’t great Saturday with a penalty, hurry and pressure, but on the season, Richmond has a PBLK grade of 78.3 while Smith’s stands at 58.9. Smith has been UT's best run blocker through four games, though.

For the fourth straight week, Carvin continued his odd splits of being a solid pass protector and really sub-par run blocker. Meanwhile, Ryan Johnson actually graded out as the team’s top pass protector, but its worst run blocker.

*** Tim Jordan was asked to pass protect three times Saturday and he missed his assignment twice, giving the sophomore tailback a PFF grade of 13.9. That’s as low as a grade I’ve seen for a subsection for a UT player so far in 2018.

*** Guarantano was just 7 of 18 for 159 yards and two picks, but Tennessee dropped three JG passes Saturday. The second-year starter struggled mightily under pressure, though, completing just a single pass for 15 yards (Tennessee’s initial 1st down of the game). On the other six drop backs under pressure, Guarantano was sacked once, threw four incompletions and had an interception.

*** Tennessee rushed for 158 yards on Saturday — 142 after contact. They had just three rushes over 10 yards, two from London.

*** As for the wideouts, the Vols had success going after freshman corner Trey Dean (2 of 3 targets for 61 yards and two first downs) and nickel-back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (3 of 4 targets, with a drop, for 50 yards and three first downs) but they didn’t do it enough. CJ Henderson got flagged a couple times, but he held Callaway in check (0 for 3).
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orangeblood79 said:
I've never been one to get too down, I'm usually very realistic...I just don't see more than one win in that stretch.

We'll be fortunate to win an SEC game this year.

My God, that's depressing to say out loud.
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It's where we are at this time.

Kentucky and Vandy have improved to 6-8 win teams and we haven't caught up yet.
 
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orangeblood79 said:
I've never been one to get too down, I'm usually very realistic...I just don't see more than one win in that stretch.

We'll be fortunate to win an SEC game this year.

My God, that's depressing to say out loud.
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If we don't win an SEC game from here on out we won't win a Power 5 game this year. I don't know if that has ever happened here before.
 
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JAllen18 said:
South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
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Vandy . Please beat Vandy. Being in Nashville their fans are almost unbearable.
 
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JAllen18 said:
South Carolina
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

Gotta find some way to go 3-1 here to get to a bowl game. Assuming no major injuries and young guys get better during the October gauntlet. Its not a stretch to go 3-1 here with an upset along the way. We need the bowl prep practices to get better.
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We probably don't win any of those, and we are not going to a bowl game IMO. This is the worst or co-worst roster in the SEC right now. I agree with Spears and Macelroy. If they will listen to the coaches and actually learn, I think they can do better than they have.
 
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Mike4Vols said:
Any idea why Trey Smith has been so bad? Very puzzling to me.
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Out of position, learning new scheme, and missed most of practice...the trifecta of suckitude happened to him. He is a great talent..he will be alright.

One good thing about this mess is that we probably don't have to worry about him leaving early now.
 
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Smokey123 said:
Lol that’s not way it works. If that was the case our defense would be dreadful right now, and would have been in 2013 and 2014, there were major improvements. The same can’t be said for offense (at least yet)
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This is the worst OL in the SEC and maybe power 5 right now in terms of play. The offense can and will not do anything till they start getting it together.
 
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