Cry about it

[milohimself]

I suspect you think they'll lose to the Trojans. Who else in the Pac-10 will beat them? Assuming the Bears stay healthy, I don't know if there's anyone in their conference that can hang with them.

USC, UCLA, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State and possibly Washington can all hang with Cal.

 

[Jmxvol]

I can't pick 3 definite losses out of those, but I know Cal's not good enough to run through them all

 

[Vol1312]

They did a fine job running through, around, over, and underneath us....thats not even mentioning passing.

 

[CaSteve77]

BigSteve is right,

Last year you guys killed us with kindness before the game and then killed us during the game. We went on finish 10-3 and could have smothered USC if we had played at all like yesterday!

You guys have a great team...we just played one of our best games in the last few years (triple overtime win against Tommy Trojan at Cal) and I enjoyed myself thoroughly on a long hot gorgeous Bay Area night!

Danny Ainge will be a pro quarterback before Nate Longshore and you're tough and well coached.

We keep getting better and better recruits each year...also a little street ball can go a long way to both wins and entertainment (it is California!).

Beat LSU and we'll try to do the same to USC in Nov...see you in New Orleans! Hope you all had fun while you were here.

Go Bears

 

[tvolsfan]

I think USC destroys Cal, and Cal loses one more game, than loses their bowl game.

 

[tvolsfan]

BigSteve is right,

Last year you guys killed us with kindness before the game and then killed us during the game. We went on finish 10-3 and could have smothered USC if we had played at all like yesterday!

You guys have a great team...we just played one of our best games in the last few years (triple overtime win against Tommy Trojan at Cal) and I enjoyed myself thoroughly on a long hot gorgeous Bay Area night!

Danny Ainge will be a pro quarterback before Nate Longshore and you're tough and well coached.

We keep getting better and better recruits each year...also a little street ball can go a long way to both wins and entertainment (it is California!).

Beat LSU and we'll try to do the same to USC in Nov...see you in New Orleans! Hope you all had fun while you were here.

Go Bears

Danny Ainge?:birgits_giggle:

But USC won't lose to a team that is supposed to challenge them... With the exception of Texas with Vince Young, USC has pretty much handled every game that was supposed to be a challenge. If you make it to USC unbeaten, I expect everyone to get excited for the game, then have USC win by 14-21.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I have still yet to hear a convincing reason as to why you have to throw long. Give me one good explaination as to why 3, 5-10 yard passes are worse than one 30 yard play. We had 5 or 6 20+ yard plays how big will suit you? So if a team dont have at least a couple 60 yard plays they suck?

I get your point but I think the big play threat does a couple of things for you. First, it opens the running game a little if you have a receiver who has to be put in double coverage. Second, it's a simple matter of percentages. If you are dinking and dunking your way down the field and you are not inclined to go for it on fourth down in most situations then you are going to have to complete about 67% (two-thirds) to move the chains. If you have some guys who are legitimate big play threats you can just about cut the completion percentage in half and still have the ability to convert first downs and sustain drives.

 

[givem6]

They should at least of threw it 60 yards down field a few times even if you have to waste a few plays to do it. Then they have to think about it.

 

[volfan2024]

I've never seen so many grown men cry like a bunch of little babies. I watched the game on cumberland last night going from party to party and everyone else had exciting points.

so what, we lost the game. cal wanted the game BAD. the only things that game them the win were the fumble return which is gonna happen at a home game anyway. and desean jackson. we don't have a desean jackson. and when i say we don't have a desean jackson i don't mean what he just does when he has the ball, i mean how he spreads the defense out.

their offense has so many weapons and despite our d line playing poorly, our defense was getting it together in the second half.

as for the coaching, there was some calls that didn't make sense to me. i wanted to see o'neal out there earlier.

our running looks sharp. and coker wasn't even there. foster looks really good.

ainge was playing like a vet and is our offensive leader. i'm excited to have him behind center.

our receivers started playing better towards the end of the game.

our team started to play as a team towards the end of the game. yes it sucks that we lost and it does piss me off to. i hate losing. but there's so many things to be happy about. i'm excited about this season i think we're going to do well. cal wanted the game more than we did and they had a whole year to think about revenge. they didn't even really get revenge like they wanted to. we brought the game back within reach several times. it's too bad the offense started clicking late and the defense couldn't handle the infinite skill of their offense.

i'm sorry we lost but we still have a whole season ahead of us. we can still make it to atlanta and after last night's game and knowing the talent they have at cal, i think we can do big things this year.

Careful bigsteve, and slower with your words, seems some people over here are low on cognitive reasoning scale if you know what I mean.:crazy:

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

So I guess bigsteve, you are saying that UTK could be the '07 version of '06 Arkansas?

 

[Voldaddy]

We lost a hard fought game, a game that we could have won. While our play was not as good as we would have liked it surley was not as bad as some would believe. Our mistakes were few but the ones we made were costly. The lac of back side protection for Ainge resulting in a Cal td one play the fourth and goal at the one for us no td one play, the five yard O line motion call came at a real bad time one play , Lac of punt return coverage on one play and the Cal rushing yards. If you look at the stats it was a even game except those things. I think these things can be fixed at least by the Fla game.

I must have watched a different game then, because the game I saw Cal and Tedford toyed with our defense and did what they wanted to do at will. They caught on to the dink and dunk stuff in the 2nd half, and shut our "passing" game down. I'll catch the replay, maybe I was just watching my nephew play NCAA 08 on PS3.

 

[champyvol]

I've never seen so many grown men cry like a bunch of little babies. I watched the game on cumberland last night going from party to party and everyone else had exciting points.

so what, we lost the game. cal wanted the game BAD. the only things that game them the win were the fumble return which is gonna happen at a home game anyway. and desean jackson. we don't have a desean jackson. and when i say we don't have a desean jackson i don't mean what he just does when he has the ball, i mean how he spreads the defense out.

their offense has so many weapons and despite our d line playing poorly, our defense was getting it together in the second half.

as for the coaching, there was some calls that didn't make sense to me. i wanted to see o'neal out there earlier.

our running looks sharp. and coker wasn't even there. foster looks really good.

ainge was playing like a vet and is our offensive leader. i'm excited to have him behind center.

our receivers started playing better towards the end of the game.

our team started to play as a team towards the end of the game. yes it sucks that we lost and it does piss me off to. i hate losing. but there's so many things to be happy about. i'm excited about this season i think we're going to do well. cal wanted the game more than we did and they had a whole year to think about revenge. they didn't even really get revenge like they wanted to. we brought the game back within reach several times. it's too bad the offense started clicking late and the defense couldn't handle the infinite skill of their offense.

i'm sorry we lost but we still have a whole season ahead of us. we can still make it to atlanta and after last night's game and knowing the talent they have at cal, i think we can do big things this year.

we always lose to good teams and win against the cream puffs it is what tennessee football has come to. no usse in crying, just might as well get used to it. fulmer should resign.

 

[BigSteve09]

I was getting fired up until I read this. Now I understand.

Unfortunately for you, we Tennessee fans refuse to accept the type of defensive performance that we saw last night. No one (except ksusha) is crying, but we are die-hard, orange-bleeding Vols that have waited 8 months to see how far our defense and special teams have come. . . .only to be left wondering if the deficiencies of the last few years have been addressed at all.

Unfortunate for me? I attend UT. I AM A VOL!

Don't get it twisted at all. Just because I don't scream like Godzilla is gonna stomp on me if we lose a game does not mean that I am not a Vol who bleeds orange and will die for Tennessee football. I was at the Florida game last year 4 rows up next to the band screaming my ass off with a 103 temp and pneumonia.

I AM TENNESSEE FOOTBALL! I AM A VOL!

 

[colliervillecard]

:cray:I don't think Ainge's finger had anything to do with not throwing the deep ball. PF & DC do not trust the receivers yet. Offense is not our problem the defense is

 

[CalTL]

That is a valid point. If we accept my dream world and then give Cal the touchdown you mention, Cal still wins by 7. I'm not saying we should have won the game (see my post), but I think that on another day the game might actually have gone another way (even given our abysmal defensive performance). Of course, as Vols4ever mentioned, this is what separates good (mediocre?) teams from great teams. And, unfortunately for the Vols, we don't get another day to play Cal.

Droski had been essentially the same thing about the first game for the past 3 months, and he was being flamed big time.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

whatever. take it like a man.

WOW!!! How did I miss this comment all weekend? Take it like a man?:blink:

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

first downs UT 20 CAL 23
net rushing UT 111 CAL 230
passing UT 271 CAL 241
avg. punt UT 40 CAL 43
avg kickoff UT 58 CAL 57
kickoff retervn avg.UT 7-179 CAL 6-144
possession time UT 30.14 CAL 29.46
third down conversions UT 6-14 CAL 6-13
red zone scores UT 4-5 CAL 5-6
avg gain/play UT 5.2 CAL 7.2
sacks UT 0 CAL 1
pentalties UT 3-25 CAL 7-52

Cal 45 - The Good Guys 31

 

[ft.o]

I've never seen so many grown men cry like a bunch of little babies. I watched the game on cumberland last night going from party to party and everyone else had exciting points.

so what, we lost the game. cal wanted the game BAD. the only things that game them the win were the fumble return which is gonna happen at a home game anyway. and desean jackson. we don't have a desean jackson. and when i say we don't have a desean jackson i don't mean what he just does when he has the ball, i mean how he spreads the defense out.

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i'm sorry we lost but we still have a whole season ahead of us. we can still make it to atlanta and after last night's game and knowing the talent they have at cal, i think we can do big things this year.

I'm with you, BigSteve. So we didn't win against a higher-ranked opponent. That's the end of the world? I'd like a national championship as much as the next guy, and being reasonable enough to know they don't come every year doesn't make me less of a fan than those of you who "won't accept mediocrity."

Of course you're going to accept it! The way I see it, here are your choices:

1. Accept the team we've got; support them, wear your orange, and hope for the best.

2. Go back to college and try to walk-on in an effort to make them better.

3. Put in your application with Mike Hamilton to be head coach.

4. Whine and moan on this board about things you don't have the power, money, or connections to change, like who the head coach is or what defensive scheme we run. Stress yourself out because UT football is your ENTIRE life and you're completely impotent where decision-making is concerned.

5. Go be a Bama fan. You'll like it there; they'll take your advice and get a new coach every year or two.


I'm going to stick with #1.

 

[hatvol96]

Droski had been essentially the same thing about the first game for the past 3 months, and he was being flamed big time.

Droski was wrong about last year's game and anyone who says Tennessee would beat Cal on another day this year is incorrect. If they played 10 times, the Vols would be fortunate to win twice.