Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the main objective of the 3 interior lineman on defense is to eat gaps and keep our LBs clean. If we can find 6-7 that can at least do that we will be fine. We don’t need gamechangers there (except it probably wouldn’t hurt). The added size, strength, and overall health compared to last year should help.
 
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Well if Gooden can get healthy and decides to stay one more year instead of going to the NFL draft that could potentially help us out a LOT next year, as our DL will still be lacking. We need to do better there. Im looking at you Rocker!
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I am bouncing between 6 and 7 wins - leaning more towards 7 at the moment.

Your point about replacing WVU with BYU is valid. However, that game still scares me. I think it’ll be close - and maybe being at home gets us through it.

Mississippi State is the swing game to me. We have more talent - and get them at home. There’s a pretty good chance they’ll be 4-1 and ranked in the top 20 for that game. Win that one and I think it might springboard us to 8-4 or 9-3. Lose and you’re looking at three straight tough losses and South Carolina might be able to capitalize on the downward trajectory.
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see, i look at the BYU game a lot like i did the 06 cal game. i think this team is pretty hungry, and kinda probably pissed off to be honest.

it's a night game at neyland.

i expect a pretty lathered up team to hit the field. that doesn't mean BYU won't give us a game. they're an experienced P5 level program. it's not UNLV or inept tech. still, i think that game works in our favor a whole lot more than the WVU game did. really glad that's not a neutral site game this year.

we get MSU and USCe at home as well. not that that is the ultimate deciding factor, but you gotta believe that making home field be an advantage has to be "a thing". i don't think we win both. but you're right, if we're going to break out of the 6/7 mold, winning 1 of those is almost a must.

MO is a big game for me. it's on the road, and if things haven't gone as well as we hoped, that'd be a spot i would worry about things getting away from us. if things have gone well, then that's a huge opportunity to maybe get that 7th win BEFORE the vandy game.....

pretty please, w/a cherry on top.
 
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Catbone said:
Well if Gooden can get healthy and decides to stay one more year instead of going to the NFL draft that could potentially help us out a LOT next year, as our DL will still be lacking. We need to do better there. Im looking at you Rocker!
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Why in the world would you think Emmitt Gooden could leave early for the draft?
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I am bouncing between 6 and 7 wins - leaning more towards 7 at the moment.

Your point about replacing WVU with BYU is valid. However, that game still scares me. I think it’ll be close - and maybe being at home gets us through it.

Mississippi State is the swing game to me. We have more talent - and get them at home. There’s a pretty good chance they’ll be 4-1 and ranked in the top 20 for that game. Win that one and I think it might springboard us to 8-4 or 9-3. Lose and you’re looking at three straight tough losses and South Carolina might be able to capitalize on the downward trajectory.
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Really wish that MSU didn't have a bye week before the play us.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
I agree Bass. Good post. It's not a depth issue, it's experience we're lacking. We have plenty of DL on the team, they just need to practice, get better, and go play. And I have faith in our coaching staff and S&C coaches that these kids will play to the best of their ability. And with the DB group looking very good and extremely talented on the backend it'll help the DL greatly.

I'm looking forward to watching our ballhawking defense cause way more turnovers than we're used to which will allow the offense short fields to work with. Getting close to kickoff, boys!
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I think thats a stretch. We don't have plenty of DL. We have 10 scholarship guys. One isn't eligible yet. One is in the transfer portal last we heard. A couple have bounced around to different positions since theyve been here (not including Kingston and Emerson). One hasn't played a game in two years.

I mean, I know you're usually as big of a homer as anyone - but the DL is a concern. It's a major concern if Solomon and Garland aren't available. And lets not act like there won't be more injuries to the unit.

I mean... I'm all for glowing camp reports but lets remember these guys see 8 minutes of practice. Call me a skeptic but I seriously doubt guys like Blakely won't get exploited when they come in the game.

Id venture to say that UA and UGA and uscjr - similar schemed teams - have more scholarship guys on their team.
 
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Tennessee Golfer said:
Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the main objective of the 3 interior lineman on defense is to eat gaps and keep our LBs clean. If we can find 6-7 that can at least do that we will be fine. We don’t need gamechangers there (except it probably wouldn’t hurt). The added size, strength, and overall health compared to last year should help.
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you're not wrong..... but you'd like to be able to roate more than 6-7....right now we have 9. if we find ourselves w/only 6-7 to rotate at some point in the season, that's bad.
 
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Unless my memory is gone the win total for us this season has gone up from 6.5 to 7 in vegas. It’s currently 7 which is very hard for me to bet now
 
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Kingston Vol said:
Question: if you grant me that the offensive line was bad last year, and the defensive line was average at best, what would your record prediction be if both of those squads are “average” this year?

Because while I’m sure they will be better - I’m not ready to say they’ll be good.
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7-5.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
I think thats a stretch. We don't have plenty of DL. We have 10 scholarship guys. One isn't eligible yet. One is in the transfer portal last we heard. A couple have bounced around to different positions since theyve been here (not including Kingston and Emerson). One hasn't played a game in two years.

I mean, I know you're usually as big of a homer as anyone - but the DL is a concern. It's a major concern if Solomon and Garland aren't available. And lets not act like there won't be more injuries to the unit.

I mean... I'm all for glowing camp reports but lets remember these guys see 8 minutes of practice. Call me a skeptic but I seriously doubt guys like Blakely won't get exploited when they come in the game.

Id venture to say that UA and UGA and uscjr - similar schemed teams - have more scholarship guys on their team.
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yeah, can't argue with that either. lol.


in the end, the only thing that has changed is just how big a ?mark the DL is/has become?
 
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LightningVol said:
One thing too about the DL and experience is that our schedule sets up nicely to get some before we hit the teeth of the SEC schedule. Seems valuable to have GA state and a tougher test in BYU, and then Chatt. before FL. More experience would be better of course, but that is a good setup in my eyes.
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Love the layout of those 3 games.
Practice game, then test ourselves without getting beat up, followed by a recovery practice.

Doesn't guarantee anything but I don't see how anyone could not like that setup to prepare.

I'll be picking UT by 10 when the FL game rolls around and don't need any realists killing my high.
GBO!
 
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rocktopper16 said:
Anyone calling the UGA game a automatic lose is fooling themselves. I just rewatched the game. We had Zero balls go our way and still had them 13-24 midway through the fourth.
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It was a competitive game and we had 2 int’s that didn’t go our way and we forced 4 fumbles they recovered. What if those balls bounce our way? Especially that fluke first TD they had. We’ll out-coach them. Have to hope our talent can compete with them
 
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