Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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Some thoughts:

Ole miss beat an LSU team who beat Clemson by 5

Tennessee beat a Syracuse team who beat Clemson by 13

Ole miss beat a not so good Kentucky team by 7, a not so good Arkansas team by 6, and a not so good Washington State team by 3

Tennessee beat a not so good Mississippi team by 7 and a not so good Arkansas team by 3.

All this to say is some of y’all focus way too much on the negative and not enough on the positive. We make the field goal against Georgia and we are considered a top 5 team.

Time to turn the page and have some confidence in this team.

Vols 37 Bama 34
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Just did a film breakdown of Bama vs Vandy and Bama vs Georgia. Here is what I noticed. They is no full game on Missouri yet, so I didn't watch.

- Poster said Sunday that Bama doesn't run the ball well. That's true in terms of big plays. They are more of a ball control run offense that lacks explosiveness. They primarily use the run to set up play action and keep defenses honest.
- Simpson is a zone defense buster. He feasts off of zone defense. More on this next.
- Simpson only threw 3 total deep balls in both games. One was under throw but caught by Williams against Vandy (right). One was a perfect deep throw against Georgia and Williams dropped (middle). Last was a deep throw right and overthrown to Bernard. Most of Simpsons deep throws tend to be high.
- Against Vandy, the only contested throw over 10 yards was the deep ball to Williams. All other pass plays over 10 yards were wide open due to holes in the zone. Only seven throws were more than 10 yards in the air.
- Against Vandy 5 passing plays that went over 10 yards were simple dump offs or screens and all yardage after catch.
Against Georgia he only completed 6 passes that traveled in air over 10 yards. 5 of them were over the middle and many set up by scrambles.
- Against Georgia, 7 pass plays that went over 10 yards were dump off or shorts screens that led to yardage after catch.

Ty Simpson is a typical take what the defense gives you. He almost never throws where he is first looking except for screens. He typically moves LB's and Safeties out of the middle with his eyes and then attacks the middle. He leads drives late in the first half with ease against prevent defenses. He kills zones. He scrambles enough and typically on 3rd and long. He is best on balls in air over 10 yards when he is outside of the pocket. My advice to CTB:

-Don't bite on play action. Just hit the QB.
-Don't be tricked by his eyes. That is how the middle opens up.
-Do not blitz LB's. He lives in the middle. Bring corner blitzes like Miami does.
-He typically only throws outside if defense is in zone.
-We need to wrap up and not go for the big hit. That's how they killed Georgia.
-Jam the WR's all day
-DT's better get their hands up and stay in the middle. Vacating middle is a trap.
-He throws 1-2 picks a game, better catch them. Georgia let him off the hook twice.
-Their kicker sucks, so look for them to go on 4th down often. That means do NOT play soft zone on 3rd and long when they are on our side of the field. They will be looking to get 7-9 yards and go for it on 4th. Do NOT play soft zone on 2nd and long on their side of the field. He looks to get 5-7 yards to set up short 3rd downs. That is what they want.

Also, Vandy has a better defense than Georgia. Georgia had zero pressure on Simpson the entire game. Vandy had 4 sacks, and most were huge losses. If Vandy and Georgia didn't turn the ball over and just took the points (FG's) they both probably win.
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We’re running stunts too much on the defensive line too. I’m concerned we keep doing the same thing and keep giving up 7-10 yard runs/passes.
 
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tyonthefly93 said:
Pate going to LSU vs Vanderbilt when the Third Saturday in October is looming in Tuscaloosa... Disagree with the decision but I do respect it.
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Does he live in Nashville? I’d rather be there than tuscalooser for sure.

But if Vols win, I hope our fans take over every bar they have.
 
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GVol1966 said:
That’s kinda irrelevant . The Question isn’t if the schedules are tougher or easier.
It’s whether or not you can turn around a team and be relevant in a year or two and the answer is absolutely yes, in any conference.
Want proof?
From 3-7 to 11-2 in year 2 . UT. Volunteers - SEC
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You are kind of all over the place and use irrelevant so flippantly. Your original post said in “year 1.” Cignetti went 11-2 in year one absolutely because of their schedule. It was discussed all of last year- they played like the 5 worst teams in the conference and 7 of the worst 8. Indiana this year goes out and cancels future OOC P4 games and schedules more FCS teams. It is easier to be a “contender” when you do that.

I get that you are trying to say that you can turn around a program quicker now, and there is truth to that. But it’s tougher in the SEC because of schedule AND it is still true that we went 15 years wandering in the desert, and people should be more appreciative of what we are currently doing. All truth.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
How does Matt Rhule keep getting these jobs, man? What is so attractive to Penn State about Rhule's record? He had 2 good seasons at Temple, one good one at Baylor, and is 17-14 overall, a yikes-level 8-13 in conference at Nebraska. If Penn State wanted someone to lose conference games, James Franklin was managing that well.
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I think he’s excellent at stabilizing and advancing a program…to your point, so was Franklin.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
I'm a bit surprised we got folks that can't just google "adidas james franklin" and see all the different media outlets running this...

Neither I or Ace just made this up, it's very much the narrative that's out there as to it happening now and not at the end of the season or later. I don't even think Adidas has an issue with Franklin or cares, but as part of the deal to land the brand contract with the school I'm sure they had no issue.

To Adidas they've landed a major university to a 10 year 300m deal...the only contractual difference is that the "cash" amount came with no restrictions. The university is still choosing to fire Franklin and use that cash value to pay the majority of his buyout, but it's coming from the new Adidas deal.
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It coming from the deal money is a far cry from adidas wants Franklin gone and is paying the buyout.
 
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therickbol said:
Why in the world would it be insane to imagine that a multi-billion corporation that has a $200m contract with a school would have influence with the administration about the direction of the flagship program that the corporation was "paying for" when it committed $200m to PSU?
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Because adidas doesn’t know shite about whose a good coach and who isn’t and whether a university should put itself through a coaching search without knowing what the outcome will be.
 
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25vol said:
Super random and off topic. Does anyone on here have any experience in or know anybody who’s ever ran a food stand or anything like that around Knoxville? I’ve got an idea I’ve been wanting to pursue for a while. My head is spinning reading about all the permits and everything involved. Any advice would be appreciated.
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I have multiple friends/clients who own either food trucks, restaurants, and or bars all of which are existing businesses that could share some insight.
 
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