Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

Status
Not open for further replies.
#12,251
#12,251
Bassmaster_Vol said:
We just have no idea what we are getting in Trask. No clue. Just because he looked okay against soft coverage at KY doesn't mean he'll look great when DT, Henry T, or Crouch is coming after him. He faced 0 pressure Saturday. I don't think that will be the case come this Saturday.
Click to expand...

Agreed. I really am not buying any hype on Trask until he lights us up, I'll eat that crow. He hasn't played for a reason.

Also I'm not buying Florida's superior front 7, they ate big in one game. Miami gave up 10 sacks of the 16 the team has amassed in 3 games. Bumphus has nearly identical numbers to Zuniga. And thus far their secondary hasn't shown to be elite. Just 4 picks (3 in one game against UK) and 1 was a hailmary.

Miami gashed 'em on the ground their RB was hitting 8.5 a carry the -43 from the 10 sacks skewed the final box score and Kentucky was doing a fine job as well until they faded.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Bassmaster_Vol
#12,254
#12,254
MoCo_Vol said:
Agreed. I really am not buying any hype on Trask until he lights us up, I'll eat that crow. He hasn't played for a reason.

Also I'm not buying Florida's superior front 7, they ate big in one game. Miami gave up 10 sacks of the 16 the team has amassed in 3 games. Bumphus has nearly identical numbers to Zuniga. And thus far their secondary hasn't shown to be elite. Just 4 picks (3 in one game against UK) and 1 was a hailmary.

Miami gashed 'em on the ground their RB was hitting 8.5 a carry the -43 from the 10 sacks skewed the final box score and Kentucky was doing a fine job as well until they faded.
Click to expand...
they might beat us, and they probably will. But they're not a top 10 team. They're not unbeatable. Apart from us crapping the bed this will be a very close and competitive game.
 
  • Like
Reactions: chargervol
#12,257
#12,257
bignewt said:
Im not playing in the game. They are, the fan base's opinion of the outcome is what really has no bearing on the outcome, why can't you guys seperate the two?
Click to expand...
If you don’t believe in Tinkerbell then she doesn’t exist. Better believe or we won’t win!
 
#12,258
#12,258
bignewt said:
So you would take Vols and the points?
Click to expand...
I don't gamble, and I don't understand exactly what you're asking me here because of it. I fully expect the Vols to cover. If we lose, I expect it to be another BYU type loss. It'll come late in the 4th. They're not going to blow us out unless we have a repeat performance from last year imo.
 
#12,259
#12,259
Bassmaster_Vol said:
they might beat us, and they probably will. But they're not a top 10 team. They're not unbeatable. Apart from us crapping the bed this will be a very close and competitive game.
Click to expand...

I think there's more fire in this team, even if it's just from youthful ignorance. You think Henry T or Jeremy Banks is going to let up in the Swamp? You're crazy, we've gotten a lot faster from last year to this season, something that has surprised me. Most of the defensive woes have been inexperience and poor play calling/game-planning from a brand new DC.

I do agree Florida is the most suspect Top 10 team in the country, and I sure as HELL hope we're the ones that get to be the punch in the mouth to prove it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Vols_Life and Bassmaster_Vol
#12,261
#12,261
bignewt said:
why do you think I am at that point? Is it a baseless decision?
Click to expand...
Look, I get it. The history and odds aren't in our favor. But, I'll be damned if I'm going to sit up in here and whine about it all week. This year is probably the best year we have to upset them for the foreseeable future. They have a bunch of disadvantages against them this year and I think we capitalize on them, imo.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Skizer41, joceppyjoe, Orangeredblooded and 2 others
#12,262
#12,262
UTSuave’ said:
To be honest..Maurer’s running ability would help us best against Florida.keeping the defense honest and not allowing them to get comfortable loading the box is key.dude is fast and you never know when he will run but when he does he’s gone.
Click to expand...

Maybe I'm not thinking this through, but wouldn't a running QB make the box get loaded even more??
 
#12,263
#12,263
bignewt said:
why do you think I am at that point? Is it a baseless decision?
Click to expand...

I’m in a similar place. After the BYU loss, I invited my mom to come visit this weekend. I’m going to spend Saturday with her and have no plans to watch the game. First time I have ever done something like that. I’m just not going to keep planning my weekends around watching heartbreaking losses. We couldn’t beat Ga St. at home, so I definitely don’t expect us to be able to beat an SEC team on the road—especially an SEC team that has owned us for 30 years. If I I’m wrong and we pull out the upset, I’ll have a great time watching the replay on Sunday after my mom leaves. If I’m right and FL spanks us, I don’t spend all day Saturday fuming over it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Vols4us, Paper_Towel and bignewt
#12,264
#12,264
Devo182 said:
Maybe I'm not thinking this through, but wouldn't a running QB make the box get loaded even more??
Click to expand...

You blitz a DB from one side and the running QB makes him miss you now have 10-15 yards of freedom on that side he blitzed from with the rest of the team likely in man with their backs turned.
 
#12,265
#12,265
SLICKYINC said:
Look, I get it. The history and odds aren't in our favor. But, I'll be damned if I'm going to sit up in here and whine about it all week. This year is probably the best year we have to upset them for the foreseeable future. They have a bunch of disadvantages against them this year and I think we capitalize on them, imo.
Click to expand...
at the risk of pressing the triggered button...........................................how is any of that any dissimilar than 2017, 2015, 2014, or even last year? lol.

i'm not buying we lose because of any history at this point, but we did say the same thing last year because of all the suspension, the credit card scandal etc, etc, etc.....

it really is uncanny.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 94mustang, BlackLabelVols and bignewt
#12,266
#12,266
It would be such a shot in the arm of this program and this fan base...with two weeks before Hosting Georgia...if we could somehow...somehow...
 
  • Like
Reactions: Devo182
#12,267
#12,267
Does anyone else see a heavy dose of screens and option plays from Florida? Everyone and their mother knows Pruitt is very aggressive, maybe too aggro according to some (Saban). I think Mullen will try to punish us with screens and he already knows the option has hurt us. I just don't know if Trask can run the option to the same degree as Franks. Hopefully our bullets Bituli and HT can rock the screens. They are both elite at diagnosing plays iyam and are maybe our best finishing tacklers.
 
#12,269
#12,269
Devo182 said:
Does anyone else see a heavy dose of screens and option plays from Florida? Everyone and their mother knows Pruitt is very aggressive, maybe too aggro according to some (Saban). I think Mullen will try to punish us with screens and he already knows the option has hurt us. I just don't know if Trask can run the option to the same degree as Franks. Hopefully our bullets Bituli and HT can rock the screens. They are both elite at diagnosing plays iyam.
Click to expand...
yeah, and i think they mix in some real zone read stuff too and let trask run it a bit.
 
#12,270
#12,270
JohnnyD1024 said:
Every Tennessee and Florida game that has been played before this Saturday will have no bearing on the game this Saturday. Who ever wins on Saturday will do so because they're the better team on Saturday. It won't be because of some curse that this fanbase has made up in their head. The main reason the streak got as bad as it did was because our pass coaches didn't recruit up to the level as the Florida coaches did.
Click to expand...
Whoa, whoa, whoa.....we choose to operate off pure emotions in here. Please take your logic across the street and peddle it over there. We can't beat UF because....THE PAST says so. Nothing more you need to know.
 
#12,271
#12,271
highspeed said:
I’m in a similar place. After the BYU loss, I invited my mom to come visit this weekend. I’m going to spend Saturday with her and have no plans to watch the game. First time I have ever done something like that. I’m just not going to keep planning my weekends around watching heartbreaking losses. We couldn’t beat Ga St. at home, so I definitely don’t expect us to be able to beat an SEC team on the road—especially an SEC team that has owned us for 30 years. If I I’m wrong and we pull out the upset, I’ll have a great time watching the replay on Sunday after my mom leaves. If I’m right and FL spanks us, I don’t spend all day Saturday fuming over it.
Click to expand...

nailed it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: highspeed and Catbone
#12,272
#12,272
Vfl2407 said:
It would be such a shot in the arm of this program and this fan base...with two weeks before Hosting Georgia...if we could somehow...somehow...
Click to expand...
Total 180 in how the fanbase views this season and Pruitt RN imo. UGA will still beat us, probably handily. Grab Miss St before Bama pummels us and we're fine. 4 losses going into the backstretch reeks of a postseason for us, maybe even 7-5 (still don't like Mizzou, USC, UK games).
 
#12,273
#12,273
jakez4ut said:
at the risk of pressing the triggered button...........................................how is any of that any dissimilar than 2017, 2015, 2014, or even last year? lol.

i'm not buying we lose because of any history at this point, but we did say the same thing last year because of all the suspension, the credit card scandal etc, etc, etc.....

it really is uncanny.
Click to expand...
Y'all said that stuff. I couldn't care less about a credit card scandal. It takes more than that to press my triggered button. I think we win in 2019, that's all.
 
  • Like
Reactions: drvenner, Skizer41, BBlevyOUUT and 1 other person
New posts
Status
Not open for further replies.
Advertisement



Back
Top