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The stillshot of seeing not 1, but TWO facemasks going uncalled is the worst thing I've seen this year. Only made epically more egregious by Rucker's tweet showing the clear view that the backjudge had. And surely a side judge would have seen it too.

TERRIBLE
 
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Bearwallow Bandit said:
Given the last two weeks I think UK will be the tougher game. A bowl game still isn't a shoe in by a long shot. Hopefully we can stay healthy and continue to improve from week to week.
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Can't look past a good UAB team either. I expect it to be close til the end then we pull away
 
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VolInDayton said:
3 weeks ago I would have said Mizzou was better but now it's a toss up. The rest of our schedule doesn't scare me. What scares me is a young team with no experience of having success getting complacent and laying an egg one week.
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Wouldn't say "scared" but both Mizzou and UK can give us serious fits and are probably "pick ems" by Vegas or 2-3 pt favs for having home field. UK has a great OL and Bowden is a threat. Mizzou is an enigma. We could get good home Mizzou or really bad away Mizzou. Hopefully their away team stays in Columbia that weekend.
 
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Devo182 said:
While UAB has shown good pass blocking, they are 116th in run blocking Line Yards. Their workhorse only averages 3.3 YPC, while 2 guys that get fewer carries both average over 5. A bit of a Hurd situation it appears to me. We should be able to dedicate fewer resources to stopping the run than normal and focus on pass defense and creating turnovers. Would expect a heavy dose of exotic zones to confuse and create turnovers.

Their DL on the other hand is #2 nationally in LY and #13 in sack rate. Granted, that's an awful schedule, but it shouldn't fool us either. We heard Charlotte had a very good run D last year and most ignored it due to schedule, yet they shut us down as well as anyone all year. Hopefully we don't take this game like Charlotte and just bang our heads against the wall (obviously our run game is significantly improved, but still). They have no answer for our big WRs and I hope we absolutely go ballistic with those weapons.
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Go ahead and peep their schedule ....its horrible. The record of their opponents theyve played so far is 13-41. Their only loss is to WKU whom is the only team they've played so far with a winning record at 5-3. Now....im not saying that we look ahead to Kentucky because that would be stupid especially with what has happened this season.....but their 6-1 record does not mean they are a good football team. I suspect we will beat them by a score of something like 42-17.
 
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Bearwallow Bandit said:
That's what I said yesterday. Folks can scoff at the level of competition that UAB has faced, but they're still 6-1 coming off a bye. They'll be ready. Our guys better be.
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Or there will be heck to pay from message boards! I think these guys still recall the first game on the schedule.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i don't expect a let down at all. i get why it's easy to say that, homecoming game sandwiched between conf games, and coming off the win.

but i expect this team is still pretty damn hungry sitting at 3-5 with what looks like could be a dynamite finish on the horizon....i know the staff will be. and i just won't let myself think they are going to look past this game.
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It’s a very common occurrence. It’s human nature to get up or down for calbert sin games. I expect like a 31-17 type game
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
How to attack Kentucky’s defense:
KY run defense against SEC opponents (6 games)
220 attempts, 1169 yards, 5.31 ypa, 14 TDs
KY Pass defense against SEC opponents (6 games)
147 attempts, 88 completions, 59.9%, 941 yards, 6.4 ypa, 2 TDs, 2 Ints., rating 115.40
Our running backs should have their best game of the season. jmo.
How to attack Missouri’s defense:
Wyoming Fr QB Sean Chambers, 12 rushing attempts, 120 yards, 1 TD
Ole Miss Fr QB John Rhys Plumlee, 23 rushing attempts, 143 yards, 2 TDs
Kentucky JR WR turned QB Lynn Bowden Jr, 21 rushing attempts, 204 yards, 2 TDs
Maurer healthy or Jennings as more than a wildcat QB and we should do good. jmo.
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I like your intraconference view of things. I looked at our own and noticed we are 5th in the SEC in YPC allowed. Impressive given our complete turnover of the starting DL and losing Gooden.

We are a mere .3 ypc allowed from LSU at #2. Given our remaining schedule and the others'...could we leapfrog to #2 in intraconference rush D? That would be crazy.

One note on Kentucky's pass D - they gave up more ypa than us vs common opppents of Miss St and UF, did better vs USC. But their overall stats are positively affected by an absolute downpour vs UGA where Fromm only threw for like 30 or so yards on a mere 12 pass attempts. And another downpour vs Mizzou where Kelly Bryant couldn't even get the ball out of his hand. It was comical. Not what UK did. I'd say they do have a decent pass D overall though.

Your point on Mizzou is spot on. Watched their opener vs Wyoming and they were embarrassed. Maurer or JJ could be a gamechanger there.
 
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Devo182 said:
The stillshot of seeing not 1, but TWO facemasks going uncalled is the worst thing I've seen this year. Only made more epically more egregious by Rucker's tweet showing the clear view that the backjudge had. And surely a side judge would have seen it too.

TERRIBLE
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This causes ire, for sure.
 
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Bearwallow Bandit said:
That's what I said yesterday. Folks can scoff at the level of competition that UAB has faced, but they're still 6-1 coming off a bye. They'll be ready. Our guys better be.
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4 of the 6 teams they have beaten have 2 wins...COMBINED.

The way this team is playing right now, and the fact that Georgia State came in here and beat them...do you really think that our homecoming game for the seniors on this team is one they're going to "overlook" when we're trying to win out to get a bowl bid?

I think we get up early and never look back. I'll be surprised if UAB manages more than 10 points.
 
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BruinVol said:
Interesting listening to JS and he’s raving about ASoloman playing very well Saturday. That’s one guy I didn’t notice and wouldn’t have guessed that
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Must have been doing something to control the line or affect plays. He graded out as our 2nd best run defender, but only had 1 tackle and 1 stop. Glad someone else is giving him credit.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
We’ve gotta get better at red zone offense if we’re gonna win out. We can’t just rely on big explosive plays to score
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It's still sooo bad. Please god can we just practice rz offense all practice? What about running JJ wildcat every time within the 10? Idk we need something, anything. We are still DEAD LAST in the SEC in the rz
 
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Devo182 said:
It's still sooo bad. Please god can we just practice rz offense all practice? What about running JJ wildcat every time within the 10? Idk we need something, anything. We are still DEAD LAST in the SEC in the rz
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Did JJ tuck and run or did he throw it from the wildcat the other day? Or was that an end around with pass option? Cant remember.
 
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What is the SEC division tie-breaker if: 3 teams end with identical records, and they have all beaten each other, such that no team wins the head-to-head tie-breaker?
 
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Orangeburst65 said:
Did JJ tuck and run or did he throw it from the wildcat the other day? Or was that an end around with pass option? Cant remember.
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WR reverse with pass option first, which JJ threw successfully to Calloway, but the play was called back on lineman downfield (I think it was the center with no one around him to cover him or for him to block iirc.) It's easy to find: our second offensive play.
 
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Pane di mais said:
WR reverse with pass option first, which JJ threw successfully to Calloway, but the play was called back on lineman downfield (I think it was the center with no one around him to cover him or for him to block iirc.) It's easy to find: our second offensive play.
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Oh yea. Kennedy wandered.
 
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