RockyMtnsVol
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On the negative side I see 2 glaring things that cost us the game and the last of our National respect. Without Dobbs' awful play and without his interceptions we would have won by double digits. I want to like Dobbs but it's hard. I don't think it's best for the team to bench him at this point and play Dormady but dang, I'll be glad to start fresh next year with (hopefully) Guarantano. The other thing is Shoop's "relentless" blitzing. I like the concept and think Shoop deserves another season but he should also understand that we don't currently have the talent in our secondary to play the tight man coverage required for all that blitzing! We made that jr in high school qb look like a heisman candidate!
I would like to point out that Kelly, Jennings, and Ev Berry had great games and I was proud of them. I'll obviously throw Barnett in there too. It's too bad their quarterback let them down. Those boys played their hearts out just to have the game given away
Everything obviously falls on the HC but I don't blame Butch for the loss. Our DC was trying to showboat without the talent to do so (injuries) and our QB did not have his head in the game (I believe Dobbs' academics may be catching up to his football play during his senior year).
This seems to be the Vols motto and I'd never say this in an SEC forum but I do see a bright future for us. I was overly ready for it now just like everybody but it was not to be. I think Guarantano is the real deal though and he will shred defenses in years to come. Shoop will help develop depth on defense (he basically had no play in recruiting LY and kids do want to play in his overly aggressive system).
Finally, if Florida loses to Arkansas and LSU which I would go as far as to say is likely, we're back in the driver's seat. The question is would we be up to another game vs Bama on the biggest stage? We'll see how things play out I guess...
I would like to point out that Kelly, Jennings, and Ev Berry had great games and I was proud of them. I'll obviously throw Barnett in there too. It's too bad their quarterback let them down. Those boys played their hearts out just to have the game given away
Everything obviously falls on the HC but I don't blame Butch for the loss. Our DC was trying to showboat without the talent to do so (injuries) and our QB did not have his head in the game (I believe Dobbs' academics may be catching up to his football play during his senior year).
This seems to be the Vols motto and I'd never say this in an SEC forum but I do see a bright future for us. I was overly ready for it now just like everybody but it was not to be. I think Guarantano is the real deal though and he will shred defenses in years to come. Shoop will help develop depth on defense (he basically had no play in recruiting LY and kids do want to play in his overly aggressive system).
Finally, if Florida loses to Arkansas and LSU which I would go as far as to say is likely, we're back in the driver's seat. The question is would we be up to another game vs Bama on the biggest stage? We'll see how things play out I guess...
