Ah, the morning after

[cd12]

We Played Tennessee football! Under both Majors and Fulmer our m.o. more often than not is to play to the level of our competition. With the occassional blowout loss or blowout win! We can play with anybody Fla., LSU, Ky and AF. Its what we do best win or lose, ugly!

 

[Lexvol]

The one thing that struck me the most while at the game was the PSU fans. They blew us out of the water. Their student section was loud and animated. We sat with a number of the PSU alumni and they were up and cheering for their team while some of the UT alums were complaining that we did not sit down fast enough. When the rain started after the fumble return the Volunteer fans started leaving in droves. IN a game that close the fans CAN help the team to get fired up! Those of us at the game certainly did not give our all for Tennessee! Sad.

OK, two storied programs play in a meaningless bowl game. One program (PSU) comes with a sharp offense and an agressive defense. The other team shows the same effort that was on display at the UK game. As a fan, how in the world are you supposed to be excited when your team shows up with an unoriginal game plan, and a defense that played solid, but created little or no excitement?

 

[Business]

That little or no excitment is known as the "Mustang" bend-don't break package. You know the one where there is absolutley no one from Tennessee in the offensive backfield causing any kind of pressure on anything and giving an average QB all the time in the world to throw.

 

[KnoxNash]

Weather? The game was in Florida for god's sake. Now if the game were held in 25 degree weather, then I'd see your point.

And, what team doesn't plan to attack the other's weaknesses? I think that we lost because their running back kicked our butts. Plain and simple, we need to get tougher.

 

[DowntownVol]

That little or no excitment is known as the "Mustang" bend-don't break package. You know the one where there is absolutley no one from Tennessee in the offensive backfield causing any kind of pressure on anything and giving an average QB all the time in the world to throw.

The lack of pressure on Morrelli, who's not exactly known as the world's smartest QB anyway, was appalling. We didn't need to sack him 8 times, just GET IN HIS FACE. Make him hurry, get his timing off a bit, give him a few good shots, make him pick himself up off the grass. He's an average quarterback who could easily have been forced into mistakes had Chavis decided to blitz, early and often.