Like it or not Pruitt needs to realize that Maurer possibly saved his job with the way things were going. I noticed right away last night the lack of energy the team played with in comparison to previous weeks. Despite the win they looked lackluster and “going through the motions”.I dont see Pruitt playing maurer again barring injury or game out if hand, but huge mistake not to
I love this bipolar fan base. Last week Pruitt is the man and this week, even though we win easily, he is an idiot.
My 2 cents. In Pruitt’s eyes Maurer is the possible future and Pruitt did not want to play him unless absolutely needed. Pruitt did not want another loss to a lowly ranked team after the Georgia St. debacle and he feels JG is the safe, conservative option compared to Shrout who may throw great passes or he may throw a couple critical interceptions in the first quarter.
And it doesn’t take a genius to see the issues that would cost this team against the final three foes.I mean for Gods sake people we won by 23 points! People are acting like we freaking lost!
Pay attention. Its only a very loud few in a little circle jerk.I love this bipolar fan base. Last week Pruitt is the man and this week, even though we win easily, he is an idiot.
My 2 cents. In Pruitt’s eyes Maurer is the possible future and Pruitt did not want to play him unless absolutely needed. Pruitt did not want another loss to a lowly ranked team after the Georgia St. debacle and he feels JG is the safe, conservative option compared to Shrout who may throw great passes or he may throw a couple critical interceptions in the first quarter.
The UAB QB handed the game to us on a silver platter. If UAB had a QB of the caliber, or even close to the caliber, of Troy a few years back (remember the 600 yards he threw against us) then we would have gotten beat. I do not think that even that Troy QB could throw for 600 yards against this defense but he would throw for 300, 250 at least. The UAB guy was a DB's dream come true. He threw the ball directly at them. It was like he was color blind and actually thought that was one of his receivers. Other than that, how many times did the QB fumble? Thankfully for us, UAB never replaced him, that is, until late in the game when he got hurt. Hard to tell how good the replacement was cause we had a 2nd string defense in by then.Be happy. It's a GOOD thing that the offense can be flat, and we still win by 23. (Basically 30)
Your crazy, we could play UAB another 10 times and whip them everytime. We dominated the game. I could give a lot of if's right back at you. Bottom line is Tennessee whipped UAB from start to finish. They were lucky to score. GBO!The UAB QB handed the game to us on a silver platter. If UAB had a QB of the caliber, or even close to the caliber, of Troy a few years back (remember the 600 yards he threw against us) then we would have gotten beat. I do not think that even that Troy QB could throw for 600 yards against this defense but he would throw for 300, 250 at least. The UAB guy was a DB's dream come true. He threw the ball directly at them. It was like he was color blind and actually thought that was one of his receivers. Other than that, how many times did the QB fumble? Thankfully for us, UAB never replaced him, that is, until late in the game when he got hurt. Hard to tell how good the replacement was cause we had a 2nd string defense in by then.
The UAB QB handed the game to us on a silver platter. If UAB had a QB of the caliber, or even close to the caliber, of Troy a few years back (remember the 600 yards he threw against us) then we would have gotten beat. I do not think that even that Troy QB could throw for 600 yards against this defense but he would throw for 300, 250 at least. The UAB guy was a DB's dream come true. He threw the ball directly at them. It was like he was color blind and actually thought that was one of his receivers. Other than that, how many times did the QB fumble? Thankfully for us, UAB never replaced him, that is, until late in the game when he got hurt. Hard to tell how good the replacement was cause we had a 2nd string defense in by then.
First INT, Bryce jumped the route.
2nd INT Crouch pressured the QB and caused a bad throw.
3rd INT, Henry T deflects the pass.
Team game.
