Holgorsen is classless

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BowtechDan said:
What should Holgorsen do with 2 minutes left, 1st down, 9 yards to go, UT had 3 timeouts?
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You take a knee it what most coaches know as the victory formation. You think Pruit was really going to call a timeout down 33-14? Its classless to pat meaningless stats, as the winner of the Heisman almost never has the most TDs. He will get enough TDs and the ones against a quality win really matter. Grier already had 400 + yards and 4 tds. Its classless as you dont try to show up first year coaches like that, and when you score to go up 40-14 you dont act like it was the score that won the game. At least run the ball and if you score then it is what it is.
 
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Maddog1992 said:
Just to clarify, you are including the Vols as one of those weak OOC games!!! Our secondary couldn't have stop anything, our DL and OL got pushed around by smaller players. UT was out coached and out played. There were 2 minutes left in the game. Would it have offended you less if WVU pounded the rock into the end zone by running it. You play the game till it's over, and UT loaded the box and put a smaller player one on one against an AA WR. It's football. If UT is ever going to make it back, they need to put their big boy pants on!!!
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Oh I know I included us and I also know we need to man up as a team. But the fact that they went full out to create a campaign and even made Grier clean up his look makes it clear. The coach is using a steroid using transfer to get his otherwise second thought team more attention and he also deep down knows he isn’t competing with Oklahoma so he has to use the weak part of his schedule to pump a qb that will fall flat in big games.
If you rewatch the game pay close attention to Grier. When the D line gets in his face he will throw ALOT of picks. If our safeties and cbs could read and break down a play as it’s happening better we’d couldve had several picks. But our secondary is constantly out of position and seem stuck in a spot even when there’s no reason to be there, something I noticed happened under Lyles leadership.
WVU will have a decent record and will make a bowl game. But they will fall flat against the top of their schedule and would get ran over against the likes of OSU or Bama. So even if they do somehow have a Cinderella season, come playoff time they will be exposed, and exposed of the biggest stage possible In the most brutal way you could imagine.
 
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JFBanicki said:
Oh I know I included us and I also know we need to man up as a team. But the fact that they went full out to create a campaign and even made Grier clean up his look makes it clear. The coach is using a steroid using transfer to get his otherwise second thought team more attention and he also deep down knows he isn’t competing with Oklahoma so he has to use the weak part of his schedule to pump a qb that will fall flat in big games.
If you rewatch the game pay close attention to Grier. When the D line gets in his face he will throw ALOT of picks. If our safeties and cbs could read and break down a play as it’s happening better we’d couldve had several picks. But our secondary is constantly out of position and seem stuck in a spot even when there’s no reason to be there, something I noticed happened under Lyles leadership.
WVU will have a decent record and will make a bowl game. But they will fall flat against the top of their schedule and would get ran over against the likes of OSU or Bama. So even if they do somehow have a Cinderella season, come playoff time they will be exposed, and exposed of the biggest stage possible In the most brutal way you could imagine.
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And they still beat us in every stage of the game. You really have no point.
 
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If i were CDH, i would have played that swain show call from volnation mafia (whatever his name is) every time they scored.

Oh and yeah, and i would have scored everytime i could until i was stopped.....kinda like we will all be cheering the vols for doing the next two weeks.....including the op.
 
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JFBanicki said:
Oh I know I included us and I also know we need to man up as a team. But the fact that they went full out to create a campaign and even made Grier clean up his look makes it clear. The coach is using a steroid using transfer to get his otherwise second thought team more attention and he also deep down knows he isn’t competing with Oklahoma so he has to use the weak part of his schedule to pump a qb that will fall flat in big games.
If you rewatch the game pay close attention to Grier. When the D line gets in his face he will throw ALOT of picks. If our safeties and cbs could read and break down a play as it’s happening better we’d couldve had several picks. But our secondary is constantly out of position and seem stuck in a spot even when there’s no reason to be there, something I noticed happened under Lyles leadership.
WVU will have a decent record and will make a bowl game. But they will fall flat against the top of their schedule and would get ran over against the likes of OSU or Bama. So even if they do somehow have a Cinderella season, come playoff time they will be exposed, and exposed of the biggest stage possible In the most brutal way you could imagine.
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Grier served his suspension.....kinda like JJ, but i guess you are good with that one?
 
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JFBanicki said:
Oh I know I included us and I also know we need to man up as a team. But the fact that they went full out to create a campaign and even made Grier clean up his look makes it clear. The coach is using a steroid using transfer to get his otherwise second thought team more attention and he also deep down knows he isn’t competing with Oklahoma so he has to use the weak part of his schedule to pump a qb that will fall flat in big games.
If you rewatch the game pay close attention to Grier. When the D line gets in his face he will throw ALOT of picks. If our safeties and cbs could read and break down a play as it’s happening better we’d couldve had several picks. But our secondary is constantly out of position and seem stuck in a sn when there’s no reason to be there, something I noticed happened under Lyles leadership.
WVU will have a decent record and will make a bowl game. But they will fall flat against the top of their schedule and would get ran over against the likes of OSU or Bama. So even if they do somehow have a Cinderella season, come playoff time they will be exposed, and exposed of the biggest stage possible In the most brutal way you could imagine.
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News Flash...just about every school that isn't Bama, Clemson, tOSU, etc. has to create a campaign to promote their player of they might be a potential Heisman candidate. It's called PR, and the "steroid using transfer" reference indicates your own classless attitude toward Grier just because he played at Florida and the Vols secondary couldn't keep from choking a game that occurred 3 seasons away too. Whether he injected, took a supplement without knowing it had a banned substance, etc., he served his suspension, moved on from Florida, and is enjoying success in an offense that fits his skill set. I guess UT has never had an athlete do something wrong and get a second chance.

As to Grier's tendencies to take chances under pressure and throw an INT, fumble, or just make a stupid mistake, WVU fans and coaches are fully aware. That's why they continue to coach him. QBs in Holgerson's system always show improvement from year 1 to year 2. I can't nor will I guarantee that WVU wins 10 games, competes for the Big 12 title, or make the CFP. They may fall flat in November when they face the four other top teams in the conference in consecutive weeks, or they may have that Cinderella season and get beat raced by Bama, Clemson, etc., but if they do, I will take that.

See, as a fan and alum of both UT and WVU, I couldn't lose today. The Vols fought hard and never gave up. CJP got out coached and learned that going from DC at Bama to HC at a program that was in turmoil last season isn't going to be a quick fix. Grier is a talented QB now, just like he was at Florida, and it isn't because of "steroids". WVU has a good team, but anything can happen, so this victory is no indicator of how the rest of the season will go. DH had every intention of competing with Oklahoma and every other team in the Big 12, and WVU is also fully aware that early season stats matter, but matter less in a Heisman campaign than late season stats. If Grier falls flat in November, he stands no chance of winning the Heisman or even sniffing an invite to NYC, but that doesn't make anything that happened today classless. It's just football!!!
 
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volfannbama said:
Lol, yeah no....its pretty much the exact same thing. Im not so certain we beat app st playing them today....took a miracle to do it last year...at home.
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Or TWO years ago...when we actually played them.
 
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I like that he keep playing the game. Losing by 1 or 100 is still losing. Our defense needed the practice!
 
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Look at it this way. Our guys need all the live action reps they can get. So in that regard, I’m glad they kept running their offense.

This is D1 football. We are Tennessee. If you don’t want the other team to embarrass you, do something about it. If it was high school ball, then I would agree with you.
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
Relax. WVU won't be around when the playoff field is set, and if they are, they'll get killed by the SEC rep.

I said this before, this is the peak of WVU football. UT is just now coming off of the low tide of the last 40 years, if not more. Two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum, and now headed in opposite directions. Today they caught us at the bottom, and we ran into them at the top. It is what it is.

Grier is special. They have a lot of talent on offense. Holgerson is completely classless. He'll get his, on national TV.

So, relax. Bookmark this post, and get back with me in two years when UT is on top of the SEC, and WVU is still looking for a playoff slot.

Go Vols.
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Spot on right here, and it's not hard to understand this at all! I told my son yesterday that I would love to have WVU again in 3 years, they would get a whole new Vols team indeed
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
If you don’t want them to score then stop them.
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Thank you. We're the University of Tennessee! Stop the dang whining and do something about it. We're not some sort of CFB charity case.

Holgerson showed plenty of class and spoke highly of us on several occasions. He had a good plan, executed it well, and deserves the spoils of a big win. Some of y'all need to pull up your big boy pants and follow the lead of your HC. He said it was a beat down and took responsibility.

If you wanna act like Jim Donnan when you get your a$$ kicked, then go bandwagon at UGA until you grow a pair!
 
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Holgerson was probably using it as additional practice since they barely had the ball in the first half.
 
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sjt18 said:
Here's what I meant since some of you seem to be so used to losing that you don't mind. With less than 3 minutes left in a game that was out of reach, Holgorsen not only sent his starters back out against a gassed D... he threw the ball knowing they were likely to play base D for the rest of the game. Most coaches even if they do not do it for "sporting" reasons... will protect their players in a situation like that.
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Ok, then using your mindset. Why didn’t Tn protect their players? You want WV to pull their players/starters then shouldn’t UT? WV did the “sporting” thing. They ran the ball straight up the gut to kick a FG. The TN gunner on the FG unit was closer to the football than the kicker, WV didn’t force UT offside.
 
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