Any Northwestern fans lurking around the boards?

[82_VOL_83]

I said it another post, we hate Vandy with an extreme passion too

Vandy pretty much insults the human race.

 

[chicagocatfan24]

You don't have to explain it. I watched that game, and NU put it on Stanford, especially in the second half. NU defense was impressive. It is a quality win under any circumstances.

However, it has no bearing on the bowl game. Just like none of UT's past games.

Completely agree. I just hate when people use the excuse that it was an earl game for Stanford which is why NU won. FOH with that ****.

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Turk is who you don't want over here. That guy is a ****ing moron

Please bring him.
I crave another immyaxl.

 

[Orange_Crush]

I'm not feeling the enthusiasm from mister exclamation point. And "G" & "O" need to spend the off season in the weight room...they probably should have red shirted.

The funny thing about that tradition is that it was invented as a self defense mechanism for major suckage.

Every time you see them do that during the bowl game, just realize that the message behind it is literally: "We may suck at football, but one day we'll be a success at our jobs."

 

[Orange_Crush]

I've been posting a lot on here. Basically how I see the game shaking out:

NU, unless something drastic changes, will not move the ball well. Their best bet for a victory is winning a game 21- whatever or less.

Their defense is very good, Anthony Walker was just named 2nd team All American by SI, and CB Nick Van Hoose got an honorable mention. Dobbs isn't going to light them up passing whatsoever. If UT gets their ground game going, which they very well might, that'll be how they win.

I'm predicting a score of 21-13ish UT. But those 21 points will be hard to come by. This defense is so, so much better than Iowa's of last year. If NU can get a pick 6 or shut down UT's run game to an extent, they very well could win, and if UT's players are guaranteeing a blowout like their fans are, NU will win as well. They play very sound, very disciplined defensively. No, they don't have the athletes UT does but they rely on smarts (not because their NU students) to win.

Everyone points to the Cats' two blowouts. They did get blown out, yes, but they also shut down Heisman finalist Christian McAffery. Stanford fans came over and said they were gonna outspeed us to death as well. That didn't happen, we were the faster team.
Speed obviously gives UT an advantage, but if they don't play disciplined offensively, NU will take full advantage of that.

Just my two cents. I think it's going to be a close game

I'm not calling for a blow-out... And I would tend to agree with much of what you said... But one thing confuses me about your post. You seem to contradict yourself by first intimating that we won't out-speed you, then intimating that speed was an advantage for you over Stanford, then admitting that we'll out-speed you while intimating it won't be that much of an advantage.

UT will out-speed you, and it will be a tremendous advantage. You can play as fundamentally as you want, but if your players physically can't keep up with our players, those fundamentals are useless.

You can tackle as fundamentally as you like, but if you can't align the space-time-continuum in such a way that your player meets our player, he'll never get the chance to tackle in the first place.

Your D-line can play the correct gap all day long... But if our player is bigger, stronger, and faster, your player will get pushed out of that gap pretty much every time.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I see basically three types of NU fan. (1) NU will probably lose big. (2) NU is out-talented in this game, but the bad-news-bear, scrappy, overachiever factor has us in the game, so I'm not too worried. (3) UT who? NU went 10-2 and was the fasted thing in our division. UT are scrubs.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Lowry, NU's best d-end, is going to have to bring his A game. He's not a great pass rusher, just adequate, but he's excellent against the run. 6'6'', 290. He's going to have to be the one that shuts down Hurd IMO. He crashes down the line great on run plays. I don't know anything about Kamara so I won't comment.

How will your D stand up if, by chance, Lowry is schemed out of plays? Our O has many plays designed to make either a LB, or a DE an unblocked non-factor based on QB reads. By end of season Dobbs has shown to make the correct reads nearly every time.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Pandy

Purdy?

 

[KKAT]

We barely beat the mighty gamecocks. A win is a win. This will be a hard fought bowl game. Let's show some class and hope for a great, injury free contest.

Agree! Besides [to the original respondent], the Cats only have to "barely" win one more to be 11-2. I'll take barely all day.

 

[sjt18]

How will your D stand up if, by chance, Lowry is schemed out of plays? Our O has many plays designed to make either a LB, or a DE an unblocked non-factor based on QB reads. By end of season Dobbs has shown to make the correct reads nearly every time.

Run the read option right at him. The guy's greatest weakness is quickness. Unlike other DE's UT has faced, he cannot recover if he crashes and Dobbs keeps. Several times while watching replays, I saw him basically quit on plays after the play went past him. Big difference between him and UT's DE's is that from Barnett on down they pursue downfield if a play gets past them.

 

[1SmokinVol]

VOLS- we played the # 2 ranked d- Alabama scored 14 pts, # 6 ranked d- Florida scored 27 pts, #8 ranked d- Georgia scored 38 pts, number 9 ranked d- Mizzou 19 pts. With all the field goals missed this year these numbers should be a lot higher...3 of those games were on the road.

I thinkj Vols hit 30 point mark, but our D can be spotty,

 

[DaddyChad]

We all have some of the worst fans in the SEC, and that is unfortunate.



Go Vols!

I see this crap all the time. GTFO with that garbage, we have a few bad fans but for the most part we have one of the best fanbases in the SEC. Multiple OOC opponents have mentioned how great and welcoming our fans are.

 

[VolAllen]

I see this crap all the time. GTFO with that garbage, we have a few bad fans but for the most part we have one of the best fanbases in the SEC. Multiple OOC opponents have mentioned how great and welcoming our fans are.

Hey dude...he said "we all", meaning ALL the fanbases have a few bad apples. Reading comprehension....

 

[Dragon18]

I'm by far and away most worried about Hurd. Walker, NU's MLB was 1st team all B1G and SI just named him 2nd team all american. He's great, but his Achilles heel is running right at him. Sideline to sideline he's great.

Lowry, NU's best d-end, is going to have to bring his A game. He's not a great pass rusher, just adequate, but he's excellent against the run. 6'6'', 290. He's going to have to be the one that shuts down Hurd IMO. He crashes down the line great on run plays. I don't know anything about Kamara so I won't comment.

Whole key for NU is to get UT into 3rd and longs and make Hurd throw. I know he's not a bad passer, but he's not a great one either and NU has to force turnovers. That's their best shot at winning

Your end will need to stay disciplined. If he crashes down he will get torched when Dobbs pulls it on the read option.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Nw beAt stanford at a 12 or 11 am central time stanford was 3 hours behide so that win is bs nw is playing a hot UT TEAM. With a month to prepair i think nw scores a touchdown or two maybe 2 fg no way they score more than 20 and karmara is the real deAl best all around back we have could break a long run on anyplay or swing pass hurd is our work horse vols win 38 to 20 maybe 28 scoring 10 of those. In garbage time good gAme thow wish we could play UM

Really? Do you have a hill billy setting on your phone?

 

[MFL]

I see this crap all the time. GTFO with that garbage, we have a few bad fans but for the most part we have one of the best fanbases in the SEC. Multiple OOC opponents have mentioned how great and welcoming our fans are.

Ask Vandy fans about the numberopcorn:

 

[Iam4utalways]

I see this crap all the time. GTFO with that garbage, we have a few bad fans but for the most part we have one of the best fanbases in the SEC. Multiple OOC opponents have mentioned how great and welcoming our fans are.

It's not garbage to say all teams have bad fans, us included.

It's how some fans act at games it what is garbage.

I rarely have trouble with any fans, but I know what is out of line.

Go Vols!

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Might be how it was worded. Sure, all teams have some bad apples. But when one says we have some of the worst ... then in becomes a comparative thing.

 

[BigOrange15]

I've been posting a lot on here. Basically how I see the game shaking out:

NU, unless something drastic changes, will not move the ball well. Their best bet for a victory is winning a game 21- whatever or less.

Their defense is very good, Anthony Walker was just named 2nd team All American by SI, and CB Nick Van Hoose got an honorable mention. Dobbs isn't going to light them up passing whatsoever. If UT gets their ground game going, which they very well might, that'll be how they win.

I'm predicting a score of 21-13ish UT. But those 21 points will be hard to come by. This defense is so, so much better than Iowa's of last year. If NU can get a pick 6 or shut down UT's run game to an extent, they very well could win, and if UT's players are guaranteeing a blowout like their fans are, NU will win as well. They play very sound, very disciplined defensively. No, they don't have the athletes UT does but they rely on smarts (not because their NU students) to win.

Everyone points to the Cats' two blowouts. They did get blown out, yes, but they also shut down Heisman finalist Christian McAffery. Stanford fans came over and said they were gonna outspeed us to death as well. That didn't happen, we were the faster team.
Speed obviously gives UT an advantage, but if they don't play disciplined offensively, NU will take full advantage of that.

Just my two cents. I think it's going to be a close game

Northwestern fans are awfully quick to point out how they shut down "Heisman finalist McCaffrey" without bringing up the fact that Stanford didn't know what kind of player they had in him yet so they didn't run the offense through him like they did in the weeks after.

 

[VolNExile]

Nw beAt stanford at a 12 or 11 am central time stanford was 3 hours behide so that win is bs nw is playing a hot UT TEAM. With a month to prepair i think nw scores a touchdown or two maybe 2 fg no way they score more than 20 and karmara is the real deAl best all around back we have could break a long run on anyplay or swing pass hurd is our work horse vols win 38 to 20 maybe 28 scoring 10 of those. In garbage time good gAme thow wish we could play UM

Good God Almighty, son. You need to go to bed earlier.

What did I just read? :blink:

 

[82_VOL_83]

Good God Almighty, son. You need to go to bed earlier.

What did I just read? :blink:

I turned the redneck filter on my phone on and it still didn't help.

 

[QuickSmurf]

I've been posting a lot on here. Basically how I see the game shaking out:

NU, unless something drastic changes, will not move the ball well. Their best bet for a victory is winning a game 21- whatever or less.

Their defense is very good, Anthony Walker was just named 2nd team All American by SI, and CB Nick Van Hoose got an honorable mention. Dobbs isn't going to light them up passing whatsoever. If UT gets their ground game going, which they very well might, that'll be how they win.

I'm predicting a score of 21-13ish UT. But those 21 points will be hard to come by. This defense is so, so much better than Iowa's of last year. If NU can get a pick 6 or shut down UT's run game to an extent, they very well could win, and if UT's players are guaranteeing a blowout like their fans are, NU will win as well. They play very sound, very disciplined defensively. No, they don't have the athletes UT does but they rely on smarts (not because their NU students) to win.

Everyone points to the Cats' two blowouts. They did get blown out, yes, but they also shut down Heisman finalist Christian McAffery. Stanford fans came over and said they were gonna outspeed us to death as well. That didn't happen, we were the faster team.
Speed obviously gives UT an advantage, but if they don't play disciplined offensively, NU will take full advantage of that.

Just my two cents. I think it's going to be a close game

I think it will look more like the Michigan and Iowa games. We will see.

 

[QuickSmurf]

Northwestern fans are awfully quick to point out how they shut down "Heisman finalist McCaffrey" without bringing up the fact that Stanford didn't know what kind of player they had in him yet so they didn't run the offense through him like they did in the weeks after.

The last half of the season says a lot more about a team than the first game.

 

[vtvol98]

The last half of the season says a lot more about a team than the first game.

Without looking up statistics, I would say that more upsets occur during the first weekend of the year than any other weekend (See Arky-Toledo, App St.-Mich etc.). I bet Stanford would win 9 out of 10 times.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

I've been posting a lot on here. Basically how I see the game shaking out:

NU, unless something drastic changes, will not move the ball well. Their best bet for a victory is winning a game 21- whatever or less.

Their defense is very good, Anthony Walker was just named 2nd team All American by SI, and CB Nick Van Hoose got an honorable mention. Dobbs isn't going to light them up passing whatsoever. If UT gets their ground game going, which they very well might, that'll be how they win.

I'm predicting a score of 21-13ish UT. But those 21 points will be hard to come by. This defense is so, so much better than Iowa's of last year. If NU can get a pick 6 or shut down UT's run game to an extent, they very well could win, and if UT's players are guaranteeing a blowout like their fans are, NU will win as well. They play very sound, very disciplined defensively. No, they don't have the athletes UT does but they rely on smarts (not because their NU students) to win.

Everyone points to the Cats' two blowouts. They did get blown out, yes, but they also shut down Heisman finalist Christian McAffery. Stanford fans came over and said they were gonna outspeed us to death as well. That didn't happen, we were the faster team.
Speed obviously gives UT an advantage, but if they don't play disciplined offensively, NU will take full advantage of that.

Just my two cents. I think it's going to be a close game

BUMP

Anyone seen cat fan after the game?
Not only theirs but some of the Vol "fans" predictions are hilarious!

 

[checkerboards09]

BUMP

Anyone seen cat fan after the game?
Not only theirs but some of the Vol "fans" predictions are hilarious!

They just got their a**es handed to them. You probably won't see them for a long while, if ever again.