Bailey MUST start against Kentucky

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JG is this years starter and will be next years starter damn Covid! Look for HB to transfer after this season.
 
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djohnnyg said:
If HB isn't the 5 star stud we have been led to believe then we are seriously behind everyone else in recruiting. Look how many stud...prolific QBs there are in the SEC. Almost EVERY school has one and they aren't all 5 stars....yet UT trots out these game managing low grade QBs like its the 1970s. Its a new offensive era and we are stuck in a bygone time. Even MAC schools and conference usa get it. This isn't a grind it out league anymore. Bama is scoring 63 points and giving up 48...but that's how it's game planned now. It amazes me a program W the money and resources of UT still don't get it. GA is playing a 3 star nobody who totally outplayed our long term starter. We aren't gonna win many games scoring 14 offensive points. I know..."its big bad Georgia..lets all be scared". Our chance for winning yesterday hinged on being stout on defense and game managing our way to a close win. Our offense is the 1970 Redskins. That's not how its done in today's day and age. Someone show Pruitt a calendar. Every other team in the SEC has a chance to comeback from a 9 point deficit...quickly. We have literally no chance in hell. What does that tell you?
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If bailey ISNT the 5* stud most think he is that doesn’t mean all is lost. He can develop just as anyone else can. At that point it’s up to Pruitt to chose who to develop and why. Shrout seems to be doing well but you do have to wonder how he’ll be when the lights come on because the extent of his experience is all of his senior year of Hs and with 27 tds and 25 ints it makes you wonder if he were overwhelmed at that level. Maurer wasn’t “great” last year but all things considered he showed a lot of things that this team has lacked for a long time. Obviously the lights can’t get “too bright” for him. When his first start was vs that very same defense that just took us apart limb by limb as a true freshman and limited time invested as a staff, what he did was actually amazing imo. The following week he made coachable mistakes but otherwise dominated Miss St. Then comes Alabama and we’re thinking he’s going to get killed. All he does is go 6/7 while going toe to toe with Tua and Saban before taking a cheap shot to the head. He showed leadership, energy, speed and awareness as well. If we are measuring where we’re at by how well we do vs the “big three” then I say go with the qb that’s already proved capable of competing with them with “raw” talent. Otherwise let’s hold him responsible for his freshman mistakes and count him out of possible development but at the same time let’s stop bit**ing that we don’t have a qb.
 
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JG did not lose the game for us. Lack of depth and elite talent lost the game for us. JG has never been elite at QB. Our inability t run the ball and penalties allowed the elite Ga defense to wreak havoc on our offense. They play 36 players on defense. Our defense played their buts off until the finally ran out of gas. We need a couple of more elite recruiting classes to reach the next level. The Vols are way better than they were a year ago and will continue to get better. I like Coach Pruitt and now let's get ready to beat Kentucky next Saturday. Go Vols!!!!!!!
 
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Love his heart and his love for the university and his teammates. I get it that he's been through too many coaches and coordinators, but his inconsistencies as a qb play out in the offense and team as a whole.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
I said it two weeks ago, once this season goes off the rails you play the QB you think will start next season. There's 0 reason to do otherwise. This is a free year with no eligibility use concerns. Play for the future. Just have to determine the jumping off point, it will almost assuredly arrive before Halloween.
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I whole heartedly agree here, but does one bad quarter really constitue being "off the rails" yet ???

I agree, but hope it doesn't, happen before Halloween...that means we drop a very winnable game to KY.

I say one quarter because after the 3rd, there was no way we were coming back.
 
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I have been a die hard UT fan from the second I was put on this earth, I have gone through all the highs (98 championship team) and all the lows (Butch). I refuse to watch another game with JG at QB. I will follow the remaining games on the ESPN app and if I see another QB attempt a pass I will turn on the game. I have never missed a UT game that I can remember but personally I’m at my breaking point. If Pruitt continues to trot JG out there game after game it will be a 5-5, 6-4 mediocre season. I don’t understand what Pruitt see’s in him, but if he remains handcuffed to JG we will be talking about his horrible tenure at UT like we talk about Butch and Dooley. Pruitt’s coaching career at UT is at a crossroad, what he does at the QB position in the next two weeks will determine everything. I’m fine with 5-5 or 6-4 as long as there is a glimmer of hope from one of the young QB’s, not acceptable for a 5th year senior. This team is a good QB away from being dangerous, JG just isn’t a SEC QB.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Why burn a year of eligibility in a shortened season?
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He could put HB in for next 3 games, see if he is gonna work out. If not sufficient progress, save the rs year. At least you can play him 3-4 games and still save the rs if progress is too slow.
 
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I'm surprised CJP didn't pull him after three turnovers and put in another QB to try and get some momentum. Seems like JG has to be benched to get his attention.
 
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I guess everybody yesterday and today can all agree on one thing.
We don't have a Quarterback right now that can do what we need to be done to beat the likes of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama every other year at the least.
So until we do I guess we will continue to hope for someone to step up.
 
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TAF said:
prove me wrong!
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When you are wrong, you are wrong. If they held their scrimmage today and he was the best QB, I might agree. Otherwise, he starts. Might want to shake up the Oline and see what happens.
 
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Jake Tate said:
We couldn’t run the ball, not everything is the quartbacks fault. He can’t block for himself. He had one bad interception, the strip sack was on Cade.
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Is it the QBs fault that when he has time...he checks down....or that he either refuses or is unable to throw into tight coverage.....when those are your QBs issues...the defense plays a downhill scheme...the both stops the run and pressures the QB...
 
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whodeycin85 said:
Is it the QBs fault that when he has time...he checks down....or that he either refuses or is unable to throw into tight coverage.....when those are your QBs issues...the defense plays a downhill scheme...the both stops the run and pressures the QB...
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9/11 and 2 TDs in the first half. Not sure we were watching the same game
 
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1vol8 said:
If bailey ISNT the 5* stud most think he is that doesn’t mean all is lost. He can develop just as anyone else can. At that point it’s up to Pruitt to chose who to develop and why. Shrout seems to be doing well but you do have to wonder how he’ll be when the lights come on because the extent of his experience is all of his senior year of Hs and with 27 tds and 25 ints it makes you wonder if he were overwhelmed at that level. Maurer wasn’t “great” last year but all things considered he showed a lot of things that this team has lacked for a long time. Obviously the lights can’t get “too bright” for him. When his first start was vs that very same defense that just took us apart limb by limb as a true freshman and limited time invested as a staff, what he did was actually amazing imo. The following week he made coachable mistakes but otherwise dominated Miss St. Then comes Alabama and we’re thinking he’s going to get killed. All he does is go 6/7 while going toe to toe with Tua and Saban before taking a cheap shot to the head. He showed leadership, energy, speed and awareness as well. If we are measuring where we’re at by how well we do vs the “big three” then I say go with the qb that’s already proved capable of competing with them with “raw” talent. Otherwise let’s hold him responsible for his freshman mistakes and count him out of possible development but at the same time let’s stop bit**ing that we don’t have a qb.
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Last year our OL didn't crap the bed as bad against Georgia as this year. We were able to move the ball pretty well first half.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
Last year our OL didn't crap the bed as bad against Georgia as this year. We were able to move the ball pretty well first half.
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Playing style of a qb has more effect than you give it credit for. I don’t mean any disrespect but hear me out. In years past they played jg the same way as they did yesterday, downhill, and the result was always the same. Blowout. But last year they had to face Maurer. They had to rush 4 and drop 7. The result was a better running game than we seen yesterday and not NEARLY the pressure JG was under but it was the same exact roster. Maurer beat them from the pocket in the first half but was unable to adjust at halftime because he’d only recently been invested in. Two weeks isn’t enough to sustain 4 quarters of play and anyone that thinks it should be is unreasonable.
 
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1vol8 said:
Playing style of a qb has more effect than you give it credit for. I don’t mean any disrespect but hear me out. In years past they played jg the same way as they did yesterday, downhill, and the result was always the same. Blowout. But last year they had to face Maurer. They had to rush 4 and drop 7. The result was a better running game than we seen yesterday and not NEARLY the pressure JG was under but it was the same exact roster. Maurer beat them from the pocket in the first half but was unable to adjust at halftime because he’d only recently been invested in. Two weeks isn’t enough to sustain 4 quarters of play and anyone that thinks it should be is unreasonable.
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You may be right. I went back and watched some of last years game and they weren't stacking the box like this year. We just didn't have a plan to beat it this year. very few slants, curls, or outs. These short passes allow qb to get rid of it quick, and force defenses to drop back a little bit.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
You may be right. I went back and watched some of last years game and they weren't stacking the box like this year. We just didn't have a plan to beat it this year. very few slants, curls, or outs. These short passes allow qb to get rid of it quick, and force defenses to drop back a little bit.
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I know I’m right but I don’t mean that the way it sounds. Lol
We also need blitz beaters like RB screens. I have a hard time believing that Cheney don’t have them in his playbook so I’m wondering if JGs tendencies to rifle short passes plays a part in limiting Cheney’s play calling and game plan. I know he tends to steer clear of the middle of the field with JG. So slants are out of the question.
 
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