Four things I'm waiting to see. Game 2

[VonVol]

he's covering his prison tats

It's probably not prison tats. It's Debord's playbook tattooed 'Memento' style so Debord doesn't forget. On one arm "Hurd Right" and "Hurd Left" on the other.

 

[supersmo18]

doesn't matter,just win

I would agree, but it does matter. This place will come unglued if we "just win" in anything other than a blowout. People will find something to gripe about and "Fahr Butch!" over.

But I agree. Just win.

 

[The Orange Pants]

Ever notice that Jones never wears a short sleeve shirt

Doesn't he do that for the same reason players can't wear sleeves when it's cold? A wannabe macho thing.

 

[govols105]

i hope jones is not lying about dobbs health. if he is then the fanbase should and will turn on him quickly with another loss. be to vt or florida or both if dobbs is out.

 

[ALLVOL24/7/365]

Here's what I think will happen. VT will stuff every aspect of Tennessee's offense. Question is will Butch adjust like most successful coaches or will he just be stubborn and lose the game.

My plan would be:

Start Dobbs - Two senseless picks and he's coming out/ 4 possessions without any productivity, he's coming out especially if VT is having success.

Game plan - Very aggressive offensively

70% pass 30% run because VT will try and stuff the run forcing UT to pass. Pass early and often so you don't feel like you have to start passing to be successful. Dink and dunk all day. It will open up the run some.

Every possession take one shot down field whatever down doesn't matter especially like 2nd and 2 play action

Play a lot of no back, spread the field to give Dobbs some running room. They don't do a lot of that so VT would likely not be preparing to see that a lot. Show regular formation and then audible a two back set where Hurd and Kamara goes into the slot receiver positions on the audible. Personnel wise VT would probably have a heavier set package on defense and this would spread the field opening up spacing for quick explosive plays.

Goa line - send in power I type formations and use quick misdirection on the snap and then some straight power runs. That assuming they make it to the goal line often. Hopefully they will.

Several middle screens slipping Kamara up front if VT over penetrates a lot. The bubble screen has very little production, scrap it

Move North and south. Tennessee tries to get the edges too much. Scrap the jet sweep. that play never produces a lot of yards. The quick hits to the TE was very good in the App State game. Nice to see them involved.

Overall - Put them in positions where their scheme doesn't defeat you. Put them in situations where if my player is better than your player , you will get beat! Be very aggressive and ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!!!

Flip, without going back and looking at game film to verify one way or the other you might have pulled DOBBS out of the games at USCe two years ago and the UGA game last year before he lead us back from behind. Also, a lot of times we keep a back in to pass protect or chip on a defender for extra time to pass. That puts more pressure on the OL without that. You are complaining we try to get to the edge to much and need to go north and south and I have seen others on here complain because we ran Hurd up the middle to much. We just need to win the game that is all that matters. We are whining because we do not like the way we won last week. It is no wonder other fan bases make fun of us. A win is a win.

 

[vtvol98]

4a. No midnight Volnation board meltdowns.

 

[norrislakevol]

1. kendrick handles the pass rush
2. Weisman handles the pass rush
3 thomas handles the pass rush
4. Robertson handles the pass rush

This X1000. ^^^^^

If the offensive line plays well then we crush them. If they struggle we will be fighting for the win into the 4th quarter.

 

[First-A-Vol]

Game plan - Very aggressive offensively

70% pass 30% run because VT will try and stuff the run forcing UT to pass. Pass early and often so you don't feel like you have to start passing to be successful. Dink and dunk all day. It will open up the run some.

You lost me here. Last year our offense put up the second most rushing yards in school HISTORY. And that's against a lot of really good rushing D's.

Soooo, your thought is to "abandon the run early, because they'll be expecting it"?

Why not just run it down their throats, because they can't stop us?

 

[Flipdaddy]

Flip, without going back and looking at game film to verify one way or the other you might have pulled DOBBS out of the games at USCe two years ago and the UGA game last year before he lead us back from behind. Also, a lot of times we keep a back in to pass protect or chip on a defender for extra time to pass. That puts more pressure on the OL without that. You are complaining we try to get to the edge to much and need to go north and south and I have seen others on here complain because we ran Hurd up the middle to much. We just need to win the game that is all that matters. We are whining because we do not like the way we won last week. It is no wonder other fan bases make fun of us. A win is a win.

I wouldn't have pulled Dobbs last year because Dormady probably wasn't ready but he's had another year in the system along with conditioning. It's not 2015 anymore...It's 2016 and time to produce. The win felt like a bad loss last week.

If you go empty backfield somebody has to cover a receiver. Just like in basketball...spacing would help free up some field. I'm not saying do it the whole game but..give VT something else to look at other than Debord's 4 play offense.

 

[Flipdaddy]

You lost me here. Last year our offense put up the second most rushing yards in school HISTORY. And that's against a lot of really good rushing D's.

Soooo, your thought is to "abandon the run early, because they'll be expecting it"?

Why not just run it down their throats, because they can't stop us?

You really believe after watching last week UT will run it down their throats??? Man I hope you're right but I don't see it. Surprise them with heavy pass early.

 

[golf437]

i hope jones is not lying about dobbs health. if he is then the fanbase should and will turn on him quickly with another loss. be to vt or florida or both if dobbs is out.

The only fans that will that will turn on Him are the ones that do not matter.

 

[volsohard09]

1 Dormady --not really a knock on Dobbs just because I think this kid has so much potential and don't wanna wait until next year to see it. 2 more Kamara, more play action passes and shots down the field, better offensive game plan. 3 offensive line improvement. 4 a defense that dominates like it did in second half vs App State/ great adjustments at the half by Shoop again-- just want to see a repeat.