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SouthKnoxVOL said:
How does Pruitt expect JT to progress in this offense without giving him the proper amount of live in game reps...i just don't understand.
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If he can't consistently make his pre-snap reads and get the offense in the right alignment, Pruitt can't afford to play him. The goal is winning out, or at the very least get 6 wins, so there is not much margin for error. JG struggles some with pre-snap reads as well, for sure, but he is at least has been consistent finding the open man on 3rd downs.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
During the past week I took the over on 2 interceptions off of Johnston. Check. Thanks Bryce.

I said I thought we ought to win by 20+ points. Check. Thanks defense.

I’m okay with the game. I think maybe some fans look for the same game plan for all of our opponents, particularly on offense. Of course it doesn’t work that way. Every game plan has its own nuances and for multiple reasons. jmo.

I didn’t think we executed all that well tonight on offense, particularly up front, but we did enough to more than cover the spread. Sometimes I think in games where we have a substantial advantage or are maybe substantially overmatched we may use those games to work on things we’re not all that good at yet. Think about it like this, we have several hundred plays in our offensive playbook; tonight we probably ran very few of those plays which we have the highest confidence in our ability to execute, particularly as it applies to the guys up front. jmo.

Last year against Charlotte we rushed only 26 times and gained a total of 20 net yards on the ground. That was all we needed to win. The very next game against a highly ranked Kentucky squad we rushed 40 times and gained a net of 215 yards and were well in control of the game throughout.

Last year Kentucky’s rushing defense finished ranked 6th in the conference against conference competition. With only 2 conference games to go this year for them they are ranked 12th. Our rushing defense against SEC teams was at #9 last year; this year we’re at #6 so far.

We were dead last in the conference last year for rushing offense but we had a stellar rushing performance against the wildcats while shutting down their run game. I think we need to do the same thing this year, make them one-dimensional on offense and have a game plan that we know we can execute for our running game, particularly as it relates to blocking assignments.

Last year Kentucky’s passing offense was dead last in the conference against their schedule. So far it hasn’t budged from that position this year. At this point in our season we have marginal improvement in both our passing offense and our rushing offense, relative to last year.

I think our rush defense, if it holds up, is the main factor in us winning out and I think to compliment that we need a strong offensive rushing performance against Kentucky by our running backs and against Missouri by our QB (Maurer or Jennings). I think UAB would probably have no problem beating Vandy. jmo.

We’re not just running the same 20 or so plays game in and game out and I don’t think we’re missing a lot of blocks because of lack of effort. Our blocking assignments are as complex as our playbook. We ran pretty good against the SC defensive front so what happened yesterday? My opinion is we didn’t run the same plays with the same blocking assignments. We weren’t going to our bread and butter that often, maybe in a few situations just to make sure we came out with a win. Based on the MSU & SC games I think we’ll see our better game plans especially over the next couple of games. jmo.

On defense, last night Pruitt credited some of our improvement on that side of the ball to improved play-calling by Ansley. He said he’s gotten better as the year has gone on. I said last week that I thought we needed to shut down UAB’s passing game and I thought we could do that if we kept Johnston under pressure. I think we did a really good job of that last night. jmo.

In rewatching the first 3 quarters of the game I think if we get TDs instead of FGs for our first 3 scores and JG makes a better decision on his lone pick, and we don’t empty the bench in the 4th quarter, we maybe win the game 49-0, at least. Brent Cimaglia says, “Where’s the fun in that? I want to play too.” Career long 53 yard field goal and it’s GOOD.
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gunner said:
Correct, if JG is still the starter and plays like that against any of the three remaining opponents, UT will get beat.

JG did NOT play winning football last night, Vols were just good on defense last night which won them the game.
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I am not sure we get beat but we will surely struggle. Our defense is substantially improved and none of the remaining offenses terrify me, but it is unlikely we go bowling with last night's level of QB play.
 
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millst987 said:
One thing I know for certain is that Kash kid for UK will intentionally hurt Maurer if he gets a chance. He’s a dirty dirty player for sure. He snapped FF’s ankle purposely earlier this year. Need to keep an eye on that kid if Maurer plays.
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Do people believe he did that on purpose?
 
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CHen said:
I think Gibbs is going to add another needed veteran on the WR group next year. It’s been quiet since the season started but in fall camp he was mentioned a lot to be looking good.

Beyond him Brandon Johnson redshirting should help. Keyton and Tillman have both had flashes this year.
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Gibbs has also gotten a lot of run in scout duty - seems like he always acts as the opponents #1 receiver
 
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