Marlin Lane

#126
#126
Kingston Vol said:
Lane just has more "pop" in his runs. He finds, and hits the whole harder. (no homo) He fought harder for extra yards, and he's faster.

But that's about it.
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Poole runs as hard as anybody & it's hard to hit a hole that isn't there. Lane may be a little faster but to say Poole is slow is absurd. Poole got his legs taken out a bunch of times last night & it's hard to break those tackles.
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#127
#127
If you know anything about football, you would know that the running game being horrible in week 1 wasn't so much the RBs lack of running ability as it was the offensive line not blocking well.

Our offensive line got handled by Montana's defense. Sure, alot of times they were having to block 1-2 extra men because of how Montana was playing (alot of man coverage and concentration on stopping the run, thus the big gaping pass plays we had).

I'd give our o-line a "C+" for pass blocking (3 sacks) and a "D" for run blocking. I was really unimpressed with the entire o-line. The running backs were getting hit in the backfield and at the line of scrimmage by 1-2 guys almost every time.

Did you see the 4th and goal run by Tom Smith? Dude had no chance of getting into the end zone. They pushed our line back into the backfield about a yard and half.
 
#128
#128
My impression of the safety....seems the o-line all moved laterally down the line of scrimmage, and the D shot the gaps and Poole was caught. Again....push by the line was missing on a lot of running plays, and it helped cause a safety. The blocking scheme on that play was not the right call...or Poole should have slanted his run, following his linemen.
 
#130
#130
crunchimusmaximus said:
maybe montana's run d is legit
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They sure looked like it to me. They stuffed our backs a lot. Walter Payton could have not done much with the holes they had. I hope their run D is that good, bc if not our OL is weak.

RBs looked decent to me. Lane looks really good, but I doubt he jump TP. Poole looked good (barring fumbles) except for the one run where he actually had a nice hole off LT and then turned inside and ran up the blockers back when he probably scores outside. Lane looked good, but CDD reamed him about not powering in on the 1yd TD run.

Overall, were in good shape at RB. OL is TBD!
 
#131
#131
NEVolFan said:
My impression of the safety....seems the o-line all moved laterally down the line of scrimmage, and the D shot the gaps and Poole was caught. Again....push by the line was missing on a lot of running plays, and it helped cause a safety. The blocking scheme on that play was not the right call...or Poole should have slanted his run, following his linemen.
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Yeah, it appeared Bray checked into that play too. Thanks Tyler! :hi: :)

The DL slashed in and made a great play. They seemed to do that a lot and it really disrupted our OL.
 
#132
#132
Did Poole play in the 1st quarter of the first game of his freshman season? Did he make a highlight reel catch and run for a score in that game? Did Lane??? ----- The Cincy game won't be the deciding factor. Who ever runs better at Florida deserves to start the rest of the season IMO. Lane sure looks better to me though. Wait until he gets comfortable out there. He is only a freshman. Poole is a senior. We should not be having this debate. The fact we are is in Lane's favor. JMHO.
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#133
#133
govols/cc said:
I saw alligator arms & mediocre running behind a weak o-line with Lane. Poole had poor blocking as well. Not sure what "it" factor you saw with Lane that was better than what Poole was doing.
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wha? Poole was the best blocker on the team last night, poole and lane both looked good to me. (wrong quote bajajaja)
 
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#134
PimpVol said:
Did Poole play in the 1st quarter of the first game of his freshman season? Did he make a highlight reel catch and run for a score in that game? Did Lane??? ----- The Cincy game won't be the deciding factor. Who ever runs better at Florida deserves to start the rest of the season IMO. Lane sure looks better to me though. Wait until he gets comfortable out there. He is only a freshman. Poole is a senior. We should not be having this debate. The fact we are is in Lane's favor. JMHO.
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Has Lane rushed for over 1000 yards against an SEC schedule?

Has Lane been the only back to rush for 100+ yards against an Alabama defense in 3 years?

No and no.

He's gonna be really good in the future but to say he should be starting over Poole after one game is idiotic.

You're exactly right, we shouldn't be having this debate.
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#137
#137
The Breakerboy said:
He fumbles and he misses holes like crazy. Yeah the line didn't block it's best but he didn't any of the holes that were there.
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Exactly. Finally someone with some sense. Not to mention the Neyland turf should be credited with a few tackles as easily as he goes down.
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#139
#139
Col_Cathcart said:
Lane was under 4 ypc by a good bit if you actually look at the stats.
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I did..11 carries 40 yards..that's not by much. Wouldn't call that a good bit. Your not one of those that has your girl believing 4 inches is really 9 are you?
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#140
#140
PaceFLVol said:
+1

It is funny how they mention Poole and a fumble...but forget that Lane fumbled one that was recovered by us and he muffed a punt as well. Selective amnesia I guess. :thumbsup:
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No Lane did fumble a punt but Poole fumbled to carries within 8 plays.
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#143
#143
Lane did not run the ball well yesterday as much as all of you Poole haters would wanna believe. He tip toed around & didn't try to hit the hole. That's something you can never say about Poole. Lane did make a decent move on the short td pass but didn't even make an attempt on the wheel route because he was scared of getting hit. I'm sure Lane will be a good player for UT but he is not better than Poole right now. If the line doesn't get their act together nobody will be running worth a damn.
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#144
#144
govols/cc said:
Lane did not run the ball well yesterday as much as all of you Poole haters would wanna believe. He tip toed around & didn't try to hit the hole. That's something you can never say about Poole. Lane did make a decent move on the short td pass but didn't even make an attempt on the wheel route because he was scared of getting hit. I'm sure Lane will be a good player for UT but he is not better than Poole right now. If the line doesn't get their act together nobody will be running worth a damn.
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Not sure if serious, and if Lane was scared of taking a hit on the overthrown wheel route I'm not sure why he dished one out as the ball sailed over his head.
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#146
#146
holdemvol said:
Not sure if serious, and if Lane was scared of taking a hit on the overthrown wheel route I'm not sure why he dished one out as the ball sailed over his head.
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He didn't dish out any hit & the ball wasn't that badly thrown. He is a good player but not our savior at least not yet or better than Poole.
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#147
#147
Looks like a bright future for him for next several years if he does not get hurt. He and the OL can grow together.
 
#148
#148
PaceFLVol said:
I think the issue is alot of fans always feel the "next guy" is better and will choose to look at things a certain way to support their ideas. Poole had a solid game and was right at 100 yards. Lane had 1/2 the carries and 1/2 the yards. Numbers wise, they were even or Poole was a bit better. Lane did NOTHING to show he is taking Pooles job anytime soon. Sometimes it's good to support the guy who your coach has put out there to start and not sit back trying to find a reason to drop him for the "next guy". JMO
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This
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#150
#150
It looked like Poole was dancing too much before hitting the small holes the OL was giving him. I kept seeing him take 1-2 sidesteps then as the hole was closing he couldn't break the first arm tackle. He does need to break those, which last year seemed to not be an issue.

I also didn't notice him dancing that much last year, so hopefully this was first-game gitters. The rain-delay could have also messed with him. Or perhaps he's nervous about Lane overtaking him and is trying to take on more of his scat-back style?

The OL did alright for a team stacking the box and not as small as what I thought a Wyoming team would be. They did horribly on pass protection when Wyoming overloaded a side, but again it was the first game. It's good to get that addressed early on with a W.
 
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