Mike Leach Sucks and UT can easily lose to Arkansas

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Two things have become more clear to me recently. First I'm glad we didn't hire Mike Leach. His "air raid" offense has scored a grand total of 16 points in the last 3 weeks. After what appeared to be an impressive first game against LSU (who obviously have enormously huge issues), Leach's team has fallen more flat that UT has which is impressively bad given Tennessee's last two weeks.

That brings me to my second observation. One of those teams that beat Leach was Arkansas. Arkansas with a first year head coach, playing in the SEC west, has scored at least 21 points in 4 of their 5 games this year. The lone blemish was against Georgia's defense. Since Tennessee doesn't have anything even close to Georgia's defense that means UT has to score points. Something they haven't managed to be able to do since JGs epic meltdown.

Arkansas is probably the second easiest game UT has left and on the road against a team that can score points I'm now inclined to think this is an "L" and UT ends up going 1-4 in the back half of the year.

ESPN is giving Arkansas the edge to win in this one and Vegas is only giving Tennessee -3 on the spread. This game is considered a toss-up. A DAMN TOSS-UP! It's very possible that Tennessee loses to lowly Arkansas with a first year head coach. A loss would also mean that Arkansas is having more success with a 1st year HC playing in the SEC west than Tennessee is having with a 3rd year HC playing in the east. That's crazy to think about.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Two things have become more clear to me recently. First I'm glad we didn't hire Mike Leach. His "air raid" offense has scored a grand total of 16 points in the last 3 weeks. After what appeared to be an impressive first game against LSU (who obviously have enormously huge issues), Leach's team has fallen more flat that UT has which is impressively bad given Tennessee's last two weeks.

That brings me to my second observation. One of those teams that beat Leach was Arkansas. Arkansas with a first year head coach, playing in the SEC west, has scored at least 21 points in 4 of their 5 games this year. The lone blemish was against Georgia's defense. Since Tennessee doesn't have anything even close to Georgia's defense that means UT has to score points. Something they haven't managed to be able to do since JGs epic meltdown.

Arkansas is probably the second easiest game UT has left and on the road against a team that can score points I'm now inclined to think this is an "L" and UT ends up going 1-4 in the back half of the year.

ESPN is giving Arkansas the edge to win in this one and Vegas is only giving Tennessee -3 on the spread. This game is considered a toss-up. A DAMN TOSS-UP! It's very possible that Tennessee loses to lowly Arkansas with a first year head coach. A loss would also mean that Arkansas is having more success with a 1st year HC playing in the SEC west than Tennessee is having with a 3rd year HC playing in the east. That's crazy to think about.
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Two things...1st they are playing with "juice" under a Coach in year 1 (doesn't mean they will sustain that, and secondly...they have a QB (we don't). Remove Franks and plug in what they had before him and things are different.
 
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1truevol said:
Two things...1st they are playing with "juice" under a Coach in year 1 (doesn't mean they will sustain that, and secondly...they have a QB (we don't). Remove Franks and plug in what they had before him and things are different.
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What is your point? You're saying "they have a QB and are playing well but if they didn't have a QB and weren't playing well then they would suck" LOL
 
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1truevol said:
Two things...1st they are playing with "juice" under a Coach in year 1 (doesn't mean they will sustain that, and secondly...they have a QB (we don't). Remove Franks and plug in what they had before him and things are different.
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In other words, Arky's coaches in Y1 have been to find someone to play the most important position in sports, develop them, and protect them. In Y3, we are 0 for 3.

And I'd rather have my players playing with juice than quitting (which has happened this year and Y1 for us).
 
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It looks like UT just ran the gauntlet of the best 3 defenses in the SEC. we’ve had two weeks to get things realigned so I’m going into this with an open mind. One positive is that Arkansas won’t sneak up on us, they know they’ll be in a dog fight
 
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In other words, Arky's coaches in Y1 have been to find someone to play the most important position in sports, develop them, and protect them. In Y3, we are 0 for 3.

And I'd rather have my players playing with juice than quitting (which has happened this year and Y1 for us).
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Do you not remember where and what Franks did before he transferred to Arkansas? He was a top tier QB before the move. SMH
 
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Vol524 said:
Do you not remember where and what Franks did before he transferred to Arkansas? He was a top tier QB before the move. SMH
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Franks was looking like a bust his first 2 years, got competent coaching, played well in 2018, then missed most of 2019. The fact is Arky's coaching staff found a QB and we are still rolling out the guy who hasnt improved since 2017.
 
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QB is obviously the difference, but Arkansas was down 25 points in the 4th quarter yesterday before scoring two 4th quarter touchdowns. Not exactly as close as the score indicated, but not a bad showing.

The defense needs to be up to the task. Arkansas is not great at any one thing on offense, but they are very balanced. We have to contain Franks on QB runs, he had 91 yards on 16 rushes yesterday (that includes negative yards from sacks). Defensive line has to figure something out in the bye week.
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Two things have become more clear to me recently. First I'm glad we didn't hire Mike Leach. His "air raid" offense has scored a grand total of 16 points in the last 3 weeks. After what appeared to be an impressive first game against LSU (who obviously have enormously huge issues), Leach's team has fallen more flat that UT has which is impressively bad given Tennessee's last two weeks.

That brings me to my second observation. One of those teams that beat Leach was Arkansas. Arkansas with a first year head coach, playing in the SEC west, has scored at least 21 points in 4 of their 5 games this year. The lone blemish was against Georgia's defense. Since Tennessee doesn't have anything even close to Georgia's defense that means UT has to score points. Something they haven't managed to be able to do since JGs epic meltdown.

Arkansas is probably the second easiest game UT has left and on the road against a team that can score points I'm now inclined to think this is an "L" and UT ends up going 1-4 in the back half of the year.

ESPN is giving Arkansas the edge to win in this one and Vegas is only giving Tennessee -3 on the spread. This game is considered a toss-up. A DAMN TOSS-UP! It's very possible that Tennessee loses to lowly Arkansas with a first year head coach. A loss would also mean that Arkansas is having more success with a 1st year HC playing in the SEC west than Tennessee is having with a 3rd year HC playing in the east. That's crazy to think about.
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What about it’s year zero, wait until he has at least 4 classes of his own players, running an air raid offense with players that don’t fit, can’t win without talent, it’s a COVID year, etc, etc more excuses give him time,? Before saying a HC that’s won every where he’s been sucks? Or does that only apply at UT?
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
In other words, Arky's coaches in Y1 have been to find someone to play the most important position in sports, develop them, and protect them. In Y3, we are 0 for 3.

And I'd rather have my players playing with juice than quitting (which has happened this year and Y1 for us).
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Wish I could like this x100.

Could someone please let Pruitt know that transfer QBs are, like, a thing now?

Naah. Let's just trot #2 out there and hope. THATS the ticket!!!
 
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MWAVolfan said:
Two things have become more clear to me recently. First I'm glad we didn't hire Mike Leach. His "air raid" offense has scored a grand total of 16 points in the last 3 weeks. After what appeared to be an impressive first game against LSU (who obviously have enormously huge issues), Leach's team has fallen more flat that UT has which is impressively bad given Tennessee's last two weeks.

That brings me to my second observation. One of those teams that beat Leach was Arkansas. Arkansas with a first year head coach, playing in the SEC west, has scored at least 21 points in 4 of their 5 games this year. The lone blemish was against Georgia's defense. Since Tennessee doesn't have anything even close to Georgia's defense that means UT has to score points. Something they haven't managed to be able to do since JGs epic meltdown.

Arkansas is probably the second easiest game UT has left and on the road against a team that can score points I'm now inclined to think this is an "L" and UT ends up going 1-4 in the back half of the year.

ESPN is giving Arkansas the edge to win in this one and Vegas is only giving Tennessee -3 on the spread. This game is considered a toss-up. A DAMN TOSS-UP! It's very possible that Tennessee loses to lowly Arkansas with a first year head coach. A loss would also mean that Arkansas is having more success with a 1st year HC playing in the SEC west than Tennessee is having with a 3rd year HC playing in the east. That's crazy to think about.
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It just goes to show how important coaching is. Ark looks like a completely different team than what they have put on the field the last 2 years under Morris.
 
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Leach going to the air raid without a Spring...Summer....limited camp and somebody else's players. If Leach is regressing or threading water in year 3 like we seem to be then I'll have a opinion of Leach and his ability to win in the SEC.

And I will not be shocked at all if we lose to Ark.....Right now I will be shocked if we win. They put up 30 on A&M and their offense looked good at times and much better than KY's. If we play JG (which we will) we couldn't score 30 in 2 games combined.
 
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Tnphil said:
Leach going to the air raid without a Spring...Summer....limited camp and somebody else's players. If Leach is regressing or threading water in year 3 like we seem to be then I'll have a opinion of Leach and his ability to win in the SEC.

And I will not be shocked at all if we lose to Ark.....Right now I will be shocked if we win. They put up 30 on A&M and their offense looked good at times and much better than KY's. If we play JG (which we will) we couldn't score 30 in 2 games combined.
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His entire team is bailing on him and leaving the program. He benched the best RB Miss State has had in 20 years
 
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Leach is getting shut down no doubt. In his defense, he hasn't had khill since game 1 and no running game, a ton of transfers and opt outs. Also, he doesn't have the air raid players other than an average QB throwing into 8 deep coverage. Still I think we did ok to not hire him.

I had MissSt pegged as the 12th best team in the SEC and then they shocked everyone and knocked off LSU. Now that reality has set in MissSt is still the 11th or 12th best team in conference if you ask me (really depends on how bad LSU is).

As for Arky, they are playing tough and spirited.

One thing I noticed about them is their defense thrives on turnovers. aTm didn't give them any and that hurt them. Arky has a great RB too and Franks is scrappy.

Balanced offense, don't lose the turnover margin by more than one and we beat them by 10.

Oh and no kicking players in the crotch stupid penalties either!
 
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Firebirdparts said:
You’re not counting all the points Leach’s offense scored for the opposing teams. You’re right, though, Arky is surprisingly good.
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His entire team is bailing on him and leaving the program. He benched the best RB Miss State has had in 20 years
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Maybe they just had bad attitudes left over from the previous staff.

Wasnt that the excuse made for all the departures a couple of years ago..changing the culture...getting rid of those that wont buy in..

Or does that only work in Knoxville...kind of like how Covid only screwed Pruitt but no one he has coached against
 
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Maybe they just had bad attitudes left over from the previous staff.

Wasnt that the excuse made for all the departures a couple of years ago..changing the culture...getting rid of those that wont buy in..

Or does that only work in Knoxville...kind of like how Covid only screwed Pruitt but no one he has coached against
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Leech said something in the summer that pizzed off some recruits and caused some transfers. I don't recall it being that bad but some took it as a racist comment.
 
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