Ole Miss is worst in penalties committed. UT is about 7th in penalties committed but improved of late. Oddly UT is 1st in opponent penalties. UT averages getting about 70 ypg through penalties. Tempo forcing mistakes?
The reason I say that is because media buzz and all players have social mediaWhy is "The pressure on us because their HC" ?
That doesn't make any sense. Lane Kiffin only coached one season at Tennessee, and that was 12 years ago.
Our players were somewhere between 6 and 11 years old (between the 1st and 5th grades) during the 2009-10 academic school year. I would bet a majority of them have no memory of that college football season, or of how Kiffin left Tennessee that January .... while the few players who might remember, do not care.
Only a Tennessee fan would have that on their mind right now... and you think it's going to be a determining factor in the outcome of the game? Seriously??? That is so stupid.
Why would they care about something they probably don't remember? 12 years is an eternity to a 22 year old... but they are supposed to feel added pressure from it? That's a stretch.
I would contend that most of Tennessee's roster would not know what the hell you were talking about, if you mentioned the mattress burning. This only matters to fans.Very few people on the field have any personal attachment to Lane packing his bags in the middle of the night. This is all being pushed by spectators who cannot let go.
Matt C is known for a stinkers every now and then, where he looks awful!! When you lay your head down Friday night, if you are so inclined, pray for it to be against us...lolFor my money Matt Corral is the best QB in the country. Ole Miss is going to score early and often. For UT to win they’re gonna have to catch some breaks. The Vol defense won’t be stout on Saturday but they have to be opportunistic. Wrap guys up and don’t give them extra yardage. If that ball hits the ground a Vols jersey has to land on top of it. If MC Touchdowns hits one of our DBs in the bread basket with a bad throw he needs to wrap it up. Turnovers and big stops are gonna be key in this game. The team that has the most (not longest) drives will win the game imo.
Yea yea....everybody knows you will attack anyone that says anything objective about the vols that happens to not be positive. Come talk to me in 5 weeks after Heupel has faced some sec teams that aren't consistently at the bottom of their division in historically bad years even for them.Doesn't take a "pumper" to recognize your kneejerk negative assumption about virtually everything... or the factual flaws in that argument.
I'm not even predicting a win. That game could literally go in any direction. They could get UT on skates and win by 3 or 4 TD's. UT could do the same to them. It could be a track meet where the last one with the ball wins. It could surprise the experts and both teams try to slow their O's down to prevent their D's from being abused. But the truth is that both of these teams have strengths and weaknesses. The team that wins will win advantageous match ups. I like UT's run D vs their run game. Limit that including Corral running... and the Vols take a huge step toward winning.
Would you like to discuss all the things your negative assumptions have made you wrong about just since the summer? You've said a number of truly stupid things while apparently thinking that you were just being "realistic".
Hardly. You haven't said anything "objective". Try a little self reflection and check your own posting history. You aren't objective.Yea yea....everybody knows you will attack anyone that says anything objective about the vols that happens to not be positive.
LOL... All we can judge at this point is what Heupel has done to this point. You seem to want him to fail and determined to prove he's already failed regardless of anything else. IIRC, you were one of the ones suggesting 3 or 4 wins before the season, right? Five at the most?Come talk to me in 5 weeks after Heupel has faced some sec teams that aren't consistently at the bottom of their division in historically bad years even for them.
You probably believe UT only has 71 scholarship players, right?
LWSVol who somehow tracks every roster in FBS showed last week that the media for some reason isn't counting the "Covid plus" players. UT actually has 81 on scholarship with one being a promoted walk on. IOW's, they're basically in the same range a roster would be in any normal year.
I pointed out elsewhere that UT's missing players aren't guys you would normally expect to play. They're mostly guys who would be in development. Fully 8 missing guys were released from their LOI in the '21 recruiting class. Very unlike any of those 8 would be making a contribution right now. OTOH, UT has several Covid Srs who are making a contribution.
1.Their ability to throw the ball better than us
2. depth
3. Our injured
4. The pressure is on us because their HC
5. They’ve faced better competition than us so far
I hope I’m wrong but here’s my game and score predictions.
For some reason, we go back to making stupid mistakes that cost us a chance.
We get down big early.
Ole miss 41
Tennessee 28
Close. Does UT have the quality depth of Bama or UGA? No. But the Vols have as much or more quality depth as programs like UK and Ole Miss. They're fairly close according to 247's roster talent composite so UT could still lose or be outcoached. But too many here act as if no one but UT has talent gaps or thin spots. EVERYONE outside of Bama, UGA, TAM, and maybe UF does.So then we aren't short of total depth now, just quality depth and we don't have anyone developing at the moment so when our starters and/or lower quality depth is gone we have nobody to ready to replace them?
I agree with you as much as I hate to say it. Ole Miss has too much speed on offense and Tennessee won't be able to come from behind such an early deficit. Ole Miss scored 52 points just last week on Arkansas.1.Their ability to throw the ball better than us
2. depth
3. Our injured
4. The pressure is on us because their HC
5. They’ve faced better competition than us so far
I hope I’m wrong but here’s my game and score predictions.
For some reason, we go back to making stupid mistakes that cost us a chance.
We get down big early.
Ole miss 41
Tennessee 28
What makes you think that Ole Miss is faster than MU at the skill positions... or UT much less UF?I agree with you as much as I hate to say it. Ole Miss has too much speed on offense and Tennessee won't be able to come from behind such an early deficit. Ole Miss scored 52 points just last week on Arkansas.
UT has more depth on the DL than Arkansas or OM for that matter. UT needs to get TFL's and rotate their front 4.Ole Miss scored 37 of their points in the second half. They can be slowed down, as Arkansas did in the first half. I worry about our depth on defense in the second half.
UT probably won't go into their 4 minute O slow down even if they manage to get a lead in this game. I will be shocked if they don't push tempo the whole game regardless of the score. They haven't been able to move the ball with the same consistency when they've slowed down. That's something Heupel suggested they were working on.On the flip side, Arkansas had two 21 point quarters. OM’s defense is not very good, but we’ll have to be productive every quarter to win this game. We cannot afford some of the empty quarters we’ve suffered in previous games.
Because both teams can score lots of points... I wouldn't be surprised by any outcome. OM could get on a roll, grab a lead, and have UT chasing all day. The same could happen in reverse. Both teams could try to "zag" and slow down to protect their D's though I don't expect that. UT's D could have a better day than many are expecting and limit their O while UT's O has a lot of success. Obviously it could turn into a track meet that depends on who has the ball last.This is going to be a really tough win to get for this team.