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Pleasant surprise: the defense, in all honesty. It looked like our plan was to make Slovis uncomfortable and we did that. Unfortunate for them that he got injured but if you wanna sit back there you gotta deal with the dogs.

Unpleasant surprise: 2nd half offense. Special teams except for the kicker.

I want to see the replay and watch our WR. I think that the Pitt DBs were getting away with murder in the second half and not getting called. On the Tillman winning TD he was getting held and it wasn't called. I think they were having their way back there and that's why Hooker was holding it so long.
 
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matt_mccoy19 said:
#6, #8 and either the #20 or #12 will go down, plus we beat the #17 team, we should LEAP in the polls
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I question how much respect we'll get for that ugly of a win.

That said #8 and #6 losses were really bad. #20 and #17 seem obvious jumps. Top 20 for sure.

Handle our business smoothly next week and I could see a top-15 bout vs UF on the horizon...if they win tonight (hope they don't).
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Pleasant surprise: the defense, in all honesty. It looked like our plan was to make Slovis uncomfortable and we did that. Unfortunate for them that he got injured but if you wanna sit back there you gotta deal with the dogs.

Unpleasant surprise: 2nd half offense. Special teams except for the kicker.

I want to see the replay and watch our WR. I think that the Pitt DBs were getting away with murder in the second half and not getting called. On the Tillman winning TD he was getting held and it wasn't called. I think they were having their way back there and that's why Hooker was holding it so long.
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Yeah I hated our 2nd half offense, but won't overreact because we're unlikely to see that sort of defense again all season.

416 yards and 34 points. Not pretty for how fast we play, but it's not some abysmal overall performance either.

I mean...Alabama with the reigning Heisman scored 20 points today.

Early season games can be WEIRD.
 
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SoilVol said:
Ranked win in OT on the road against the reigning ACC Champions.

Defense had 2 TOs and I think 6 sacks. Allowed 2 big plays but overall held contain and was disruptive.

Hooker passed for 325 and 2TDs. Tillman 162yds 1 TD including game winner in OT.

The only thing I could really complain about is special teams. Blocked punt and muffed punt. Both resulted in scores.

So I think Pitt was in this game on 4 major plays: the long rushing TD, the TE hurdle TD, and the two special teams miscues. Defense otherwise dominated and offense put up 34.

Only Tennessee fans would complain about that win.
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Blocked punt didn't result in a score
 
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Devo182 said:
Yeah I hated our 2nd half offense, but won't overreact because we're unlikely to see that sort of defense again all season.
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Hey a win is a win.

Just like our offense, sometimes we look like we can't get a 1st down, but then we get just one or hit one big play and we can't be stopped.

I am more encouraged by the defense than I am discouraged by the offense.

Big win on the road. Tune up game and let's get wild.
 
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Tennessee they had to run their offense unconventionally and win a ball control game. Got it done. Heupel showed us today he can win these types of games. On another note. Did anyone notice Derek Dooley on the Bama sideline today? Didn't know he had become a part of the island of misfit coaches.
 
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Devo182 said:
I question how much respect we'll get for that ugly of a win.

That said #8 and #6 losses were really bad. #20 and #17 seem obvious jumps. Top 20 for sure.

Handle our business smoothly next week and I could see a top-15 bout vs UF on the horizon...if they win tonight (hope they don't).
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We definitely made mistakes, but that win looks good on paper. Good teams force their opponents to make mistakes. Wright lost the fumble bc of a defensive effort play. The block was an effort play. I'd say Flowers's muff was the only big "unforced error." We also forced them to make a lot of mistakes. 2 or 3 missed FGs, interception, fumble.

At the end of the day, I think it'll look like two top ranked teams had a dogfight, played great games, and Tennessee pulled it out on the road and the defense looks vastly improved from last season. Those things will give us a bump to a lot of people outside TN.
 
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