What is the Pitt game telling us...

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TooLegit2Quit said:
Pitt's uniforms look awful. When did their colors change? They look like a D2/high school level
team with these unis.
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I thought the opposite. One of the better uni’s in CFB imo. Love that color blue and it looks great with their yellow. Maybe it’s just me.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
My point was never that UT got "steam rolled". Just that Pitt didn't, comparatively, when you consider they played better competition in a renewal of a rivalry game. I think the Pitt game will be close. Sue me.
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Pitt got steam rolled in the run game by a better opponent than UT played. BSU wouldn't have run over Pitt and didn't run over UT. WVU did run over Pitt for much of the game and might or might not do the same vs UT.

I wrote a long post in another thread but will just summarize here. I think UT is several degrees better on O than WVU. The Vols are significantly more talented at every position... except maybe that RB that trucked Pitt. He looked pretty good.

Pitt has to be disappointed with the play of their front. Three sacks against a statue who took a long time to deliver and 5.76 ypc just isn't what was expected. I personally thought their back end would be a weakness and it looks like they are. They played a team with one "dude" at WR... and UT has at least 4 or 5 guys as good or better than him. Their lone INT went right through that guy's hands. If the OL is as improved as they looked in the BSU game then UT should have a day throwing the ball then running it.

The problem for UT could be the other side. Pitt's OL didn't play well. They allowed 5 sacks and had 2 ypc running the ball on 36 attempts. Not good at all for a unit expected to be strength. But Slovis and their receivers had a lot of success. UT's gameplan has to be MUCH more aggressive. They have to play better all the way around or Pitt will also score lots of points.

What I "think" will happen is that UT will play more aggressive vs WR's at the LOS. As a result, they'll get more pressure on Slovis who also isn't very mobile. Their success will come down to rectifying their rushing woes and how well Slovis can hit throwing windows with pressure.

Honestly... I don't think they can stop UT from scoring. They may be able to score with UT... but I think UT will have success both rushing and passing.
 
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Volfan39 said:
They gave up 200 yards rushing to a horrible rushing team. They also rushed for like 2 yards a carry. There pash rush is quite literally the only thing that looked physical besides there pash rush they looked really bad
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“There” it is.
 
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What the Pitt-WVU game tells me is that in the next Vols vs Pitt game a turnover or badly timed penalty could cost either team the win. Playing there doesn't help (it's not like playing at Mizzou, more like a night game at USCjr).

Expect a close game and the edge if we keep them under 35 pts
 
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JCHateSteve said:
I'm not the one claiming Pitt got steam rolled in a game where they gave up 50 more yards than we did, in a rivalry game, to a much better team than we played in. We both won. Either we both got steam rolled or neither of us did. Saying we played our 2s and they didn't is a really lame justification for that claim.
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We played our 3s, 4s, and billy from the playground down the street.
 
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I can’t believe how many negative comments there are regarding our chances of beating Pitt. I think we hang 50+ on them and easily win by 2 tds. I know we all have a bit of “BVS” from the last decade but we don’t have Pruitt or butch constantly making conversative (cowardly) decisions and we don’t have JG under center. This is legitimately the best team we’ve had since at least dobbs last year…and imo better than that team was.
 
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chattavol420 said:
I can’t believe how many negative comments there are regarding our chances of beating Pitt. I think we hang 50+ on them and easily win by 2 tds. I know we all have a bit of “BVS” from the last decade but we don’t have Pruitt or butch constantly making conversative (cowardly) decisions and we don’t have JG under center. This is legitimately the best team we’ve had since at least dobbs last year…and imo better than that team was.
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No kidding
 
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chattavol420 said:
I can’t believe how many negative comments there are regarding our chances of beating Pitt. I think we hang 50+ on them and easily win by 2 tds. I know we all have a bit of “BVS” from the last decade but we don’t have Pruitt or butch constantly making conversative (cowardly) decisions and we don’t have JG under center. This is legitimately the best team we’ve had since at least dobbs last year…and imo better than that team was.
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Not a better team than Dobb’s last year, but an infinitely better coach makes it appear possible.
 
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sjt18 said:
Pitt got steam rolled in the run game by a better opponent than UT played. BSU wouldn't have run over Pitt and didn't run over UT. WVU did run over Pitt for much of the game and might or might not do the same vs UT.

I wrote a long post in another thread but will just summarize here. I think UT is several degrees better on O than WVU. The Vols are significantly more talented at every position... except maybe that RB that trucked Pitt. He looked pretty good.

Pitt has to be disappointed with the play of their front. Three sacks against a statue who took a long time to deliver and 5.76 ypc just isn't what was expected. I personally thought their back end would be a weakness and it looks like they are. They played a team with one "dude" at WR... and UT has at least 4 or 5 guys as good or better than him. Their lone INT went right through that guy's hands. If the OL is as improved as they looked in the BSU game then UT should have a day throwing the ball then running it.

The problem for UT could be the other side. Pitt's OL didn't play well. They allowed 5 sacks and had 2 ypc running the ball on 36 attempts. Not good at all for a unit expected to be strength. But Slovis and their receivers had a lot of success. UT's gameplan has to be MUCH more aggressive. They have to play better all the way around or Pitt will also score lots of points.

What I "think" will happen is that UT will play more aggressive vs WR's at the LOS. As a result, they'll get more pressure on Slovis who also isn't very mobile. Their success will come down to rectifying their rushing woes and how well Slovis can hit throwing windows with pressure.

Honestly... I don't think they can stop UT from scoring. They may be able to score with UT... but I think UT will have success both rushing and passing.
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Nice run down.

I think Pitt's DL will get into the backfield and be disruptive. The lack of a big back makes me worry about the run game, especially early in the game. Pitt looked to have a good DL and talent in the secondary. If we can get ahead early I'm not sure Pitt is built to comeback. But Pitt got turnovers last year and I could see it happening again if they get to HH.

I honestly don't know what to think about Tennessee's defense. Coverage was soft a lot last night. The score might have looked different without that freak touchback and some questionable 4th down calls from Ball State. We weren't aggressive on D much last year. So I hope you're right about pass coverage.

I'll take a shoot out over a grind it out game though. You'd think that would favor Tennessee since O is our strength.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
We actually gave up 4.9 yards per play (Georgia gave about that up to us last year) it's actually a solid number for a defense. That was better than Pitt, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Penn State and Purdue who played today. We also gave up far fewer points than any of those team.
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Against Ball State?
we played the worst team of those by far.
 
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We will have to play complementary football and execute the maximums...that's what Butch said.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
We're torching Pitt. They're run D is weak. WVU dropped tons of passes. HH gets 300+ and 5 passing tds. I'm calling 45-13.
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Ball State held us to under 5 YPC last night excluding Wright’s 33 yard run. Their run D might not need to be that strong. We’re definitely going to have to run more zone reads. Hooker might be our best runner. Plus that additional threat helps free up the RBs when they get the ball
 
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Doberman said:
They are night and day more physical than us.

That is worrisome.
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Go rewatch the game. The only reason Pitt won is because WVU gave it to them. WVU wide outs couldn't catch a cold and they left about 3 tds on the field. Sure Pitt won't be easy but I'm not worried at all. They are nowhere as good as they were last year. Mark my words. We win by 2 tds at least.
 
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BelieveTheHeup93 said:
Ball State held us to under 5 YPC last night excluding Wright’s 33 yard run. Their run D might not need to be that strong. We’re definitely going to have to run more zone reads. Hooker might be our best runner. Plus that additional threat helps free up the RBs when they get the ball
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5 YPC is a 1st down every 2 plays.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Nice run down.

I think Pitt's DL will get into the backfield and be disruptive. The lack of a big back makes me worry about the run game, especially early in the game. Pitt looked to have a good DL and talent in the secondary. If we can get ahead early I'm not sure Pitt is built to comeback. But Pitt got turnovers last year and I could see it happening again if they get to HH.

I honestly don't know what to think about Tennessee's defense. Coverage was soft a lot last night. The score might have looked different without that freak touchback and some questionable 4th down calls from Ball State. We weren't aggressive on D much last year. So I hope you're right about pass coverage.

I'll take a shoot out over a grind it out game though. You'd think that would favor Tennessee since O is our strength.
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Quick slants to tight ends will slow that D line down. It was intentional that you did not see tight end play Thursday night. The TE's will be a major factor in the first half in my humble opinion.
 
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My opinion, pass rush is a concern. Against Ball State, At the very least , your 1s comes away with 2 sacks on the night. WV played Pitt , better O/Line , had 5-6 sacks. If we don’t generate that type of pass rush against Pitt,l, then i think we go from “concerned” to in trouble.
 
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