Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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OrangeBlood4life said:
Cmon man. Give us some hints about what happened..
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A toxic environment is putting it lightly. It doesn’t surprise me that JJ said what he said that got him temporarily kicked off the team, although he shouldn’t have done it. I won’t give details, but really everyone already knows the gist of it through some on here who have made mention of numerous things. Oh yeah, no coaching whatsoever...another thing everyone knows now. With actual coaching, we are starting to get a glimpse of the actual talent we have on this team. It’s amazing. I’m not saying we have Bama or Georgia talent, but we have talent to compete against everyone else, and maybe even them if we had more time to improve and develop.
 
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Defensively, Saturday will be a huge test for Pruitt's unit which has gotten better each week. In the secondary, Shawn Shamburger will start opposite Nigel Warrior if Abernathy can't go and Marquill Osborne will get an opportunity as the sixth defensive back ahead of Theo Jackson. It's pretty obvious in watching the little amounts of practice that we get to watch, the secondary is starting to really grasp the system. By no means are they mistake free, but to hear them ask questions and their communication with the coaches on the practice field, their understanding of things is definitely growing.

The secondary is also getting help from the defensive front who is finding a way to get to the quarterback. Tennessee has recorded seven of its 12 sacks the last three games.

With Daniel Bituli out for the first half, Will Ignot and Quarte Sapp will get those opportunities.

How much has the defense improved? From a year ago, a lot. Last season, Tennessee's defense allowed 251 yards rushing per game. This season, the defense is giving up just 152.7 yards on the ground per game. Saturday at Auburn, they gave up 87 yards rushing on the first two drives of the game and then just 39 for the rest of the afternoon.
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-VQ
 
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Ron Swanson said:
-VQ
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seems the no where to go but up theory is being proven true lol.

in all seriousness, we'll need that rush defense to continue the rest of the way. not that we were good at it before, but it seemed the 2nd half of both of the last two years, is when we really opened the flood gates for opposing runners.

it's also visibly noticeable the difference in how the defense plays this year. stil make mistakes, yes, but they seem more physical and aggressive at the point of attack. and play diagnosis seems to be a lot better as well.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
For those of you who didn't see this posted in the FF, it is an awesome article on Jeremy Pruitt:

Remembering Jeremy Pruitt, the elementary P.E. teacher
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That's my coach...

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HoleInTheRoof said:
Tennessee Volunteers 2018 Statistics - Team and Player Stats - College Football - ESPN

Didn't even realize Madre London is averaging almost two more yards a carry than Tim Jordan.

In fact, if you take away Jordans 20 carry, 118 yard game vs WVU.... hes only averaging 2.96 yards per carry
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That's sort of misleading though since London only had 4 total carries against UGA (3 carries for 6 yds) and Auburn (1 carry for 0 us). Except for his 11 carries for 66 yds against Uf, his average was padded significantly against ETSU and UTEP.. Which, of course, is true for all the RBs, but Jordan and Chandler have both had their averages hurt by getting the bulk of the carries against UGA and Auburn. It's just hard to find yardage when you have DLs in the backfield before the RBs can get to the LOS. But I do agree I would like to see more of London in the rotation.
 
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drvenner said:
I have zero expectations but I am going to support my coach. He is most certainly not going into the game hoping we don't get embarrassed. He's not going to tell the players let's take it easy and just get out of here alive. He is going to coach to win and will have the team thinking they have a shot. Whenever you start playing scared is when you start getting hurt.
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Heck yeah, we finally have the right coach and staff in place that has the correct mindset. Pruitt will surely be coaching to win, but he is smart enough to see the big picture of the remainder of the season and what we can accomplish, so he will not take any chances getting one of our players hurt... I will not be surprised to see guys like DWA sitting this one out...
 
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jakez4ut said:
seems the no where to go but up theory is being proven true lol.

in all seriousness, we'll need that rush defense to continue the rest of the way. not that we were good at it before, but it seemed the 2nd half of both of the last two years, is when we really opened the flood gates for opposing runners.

it's also visibly noticeable the difference in how the defense plays this year. stil make mistakes, yes, but they seem more physical and aggressive at the point of attack. and play diagnosis seems to be a lot better as well.
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When I saw the entire d line read the screen pass against Auburn and blow it up it made me smile. I can't remember the last time we had a defensive line not go gangbusters past the oline to the qb only to have the screen pass go for 20 yards.
 
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bignewt said:
When I saw the entire d line read the screen pass against Auburn and blow it up it made me smile. I can't remember the last time we had a defensive line not go gangbusters past the oline to the qb only to have the screen pass go for 20 yards.
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agree 100%. that and the play where WArrior blew up the screen pass, made a solid solo open field tackle. didn't dance, didn't wait to see what woul dhappen. ran thru the guy and put him on the ground like you're supposed to.

we're not perfect by no means, but we keep seeing the defense make plays like that, and it'll keep building in to a good defense.

they also seem to be getting off blocks a whole lot better than they used to. especially the DB's. to me, there's not a ton of stats you can point to that say this or that...but i do see things happening that have been sorely missed on our defenses the past few years.

now, they just gotta do more of it!!!
 
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