Face it. Against well coached teams...

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that have decent talent...the Vols have had VERY LITTLE success over the past few years. Think about it...the Vols have won quite a few games...but I can't think of too many since the 1998 season that you could truthfully say "...boy, that team had more talent than we did, but we outcoached 'em."

Just a thought.
 
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i think LSU has more talent than us and we were one mistake away from beating them
 
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LSU had alot more talent hurt on the sidelines. I didn't see alot more talent on the field. We gave this game away. We should have won.
 
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This wasn't the problem against LSU. Les Miles is an idiot. I don't know why any team would want him as a coach. LSU has great talent.
 
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VOL61 said:
LSU had alot more talent hurt on the sidelines. I didn't see alot more talent on the field. We gave this game away. We should have won.
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Alot of LSU's "playmakers" were on the sidelines and we still couldn't beat them. :banghead2: I agree, we gave them this game.
 
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I dont think there's anything to be ashamed about in this loss. Every time you lose, it hurts. We were one mistake away from winning but we had alot of opportunities to put the nail in the coffin and didnt. I dont think we were out coached and I dont think the talent level was that great of a gap... they just made one more play than we did and it cost us.
 
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I disagree. The talent gape is there. Teams like georgia,florida,lsu pull top classes every year. We are now getting to the point where we have a good class one year and follow it up with a back half of the top twenty class. This trend can't continue if we are to contend for title's. It won't be to long before teams are just like LSU was yesterday,just better.
 
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Cartervol said:
I disagree. The talent gape is there. Teams like georgia,florida,lsu pull top classes every year. We are now getting to the point where we have a good class one year and follow it up with a back half of the top twenty class. This trend can't continue if we are to contend for title's. It won't be to long before teams are just like LSU was yesterday,just better.
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How was the talent gap so big? Recruiting rankings are based on potential... nothing else. Case in point: Wasn't Hester a 2 star recruit? That guy has been nothing less than phenomenal for 2 years.
 
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CovVol said:
How was the talent gap so big? Recruiting rankings are based on potential... nothing else. Case in point: Wasn't Hester a 2 star recruit? That guy has been nothing less than phenomenal for 2 years.
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The lines were the most glaring in talent gape between the two teams. We couldn't run on them. Defensive line still hardly pressured perriloux all night like usual. We got to start getting some of these big ugly's again or more of the same is to come.
 
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Cartervol said:
The lines were the most glaring in talent gape between the two teams. We couldn't run on them. Defensive line still hardly pressured perriloux all night like usual. We got to start getting some of these big ugly's again or more of the same is to come.
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Does LSU get no credit for just being a good defensive football team? They are VERY tough to run on.... especially in the middle.Our offensive line has played as well as any unit in the country the entire year. LSU just played better than us yesterday up front.... but not by much.

Defense: We pressured Perriloux quite a few times. I know I saw him get positively hammered 5 or 6 times. He was hurried 6 times but he did a good job of getting the ball off to avoid the sack and he only ran for 14 yards. For what it's worth, our D-Line played OK but they are/have been thin... I've said that since the spring game.
 
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CovVol said:
How was the talent gap so big? Recruiting rankings are based on potential... nothing else. Case in point: Wasn't Hester a 2 star recruit? That guy has been nothing less than phenomenal for 2 years.
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Hester & Ainge were 3 star (Scout).
 
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lsu--a lot more talent due to Saban's recruiting, but UT still choked the game away with bad plays and coaching.
 
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VOL61 said:
LSU had alot more talent hurt on the sidelines. I didn't see alot more talent on the field. We gave this game away. We should have won.
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I agree totally. LSU was set up every way it could be for a loss (all the injuries and coaching distractions). It was completely our for the taking.

I know the two picks that EA threw were the glaring mistakes that we blame the loss on, but ther were other opportunities we had that we could not take advantage of.

You can call it lack of tallent or lack of coaching if you wish. I think it's some of both. But both of these problems lie solely with the HC. He signs of on alll the decisions.
 
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I did not think that it was possible that there could be a starker, more obvious set of circumstances that would illustrate the thin line between success and failure than last year's Florida team. A one point win over UT, three blocked kicks against SC, and bam they win the national title.

But then came 2007. UT lost a couple of lopsided games, but last night you can point to two particular plays that made the difference. If Ainge completes the second throw and you score a TD, my God its another OT game for LSU.

Look at LSU. Two losses, both in triple overtime. How narrow a margin is that between victory and defeat.

And had that Auburn kicker missed that field goal against us in the waning seconds, guess what? We'd have been sECE champs and maybe against a banged up LSU team we win and go to the NT game this year.

My point is, each of us can point to one series or maybe even one play that spelled the difference between major success and disappointment. I think its time we sobered up to the reality that over the course of a year almost all teams are going to have those moments and the difference between the winner and the loser, overall, is extremely tiny.
 
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There were a couple of plays were we could have won.. However LSU gave us lots of opportunites we just couldnt capitlize on. I think its a combination of things.
Coaching was probably a part of it but there were other problems as well.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I did not think that it was possible that there could be a starker, more obvious set of circumstances that would illustrate the thin line between success and failure than last year's Florida team. A one point win over UT, three blocked kicks against SC, and bam they win the national title.

But then came 2007. UT lost a couple of lopsided games, but last night you can point to two particular plays that made the difference. If Ainge completes the second throw and you score a TD, my God its another OT game for LSU.

Look at LSU. Two losses, both in triple overtime. How narrow a margin is that between victory and defeat.

And had that Auburn kicker missed that field goal against us in the waning seconds, guess what? We'd have been sECE champs and maybe against a banged up LSU team we win and go to the NT game this year.

My point is, each of us can point to one series or maybe even one play that spelled the difference between major success and disappointment. I think its time we sobered up to the reality that over the course of a year almost all teams are going to have those moments and the difference between the winner and the loser, overall, is extremely tiny.
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For once in your life you make sense Lawgator well said...This must be a tennessee fan filling in for you today....
 
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