Nobody is talking about the Littrell factor..

[KTrain]

Look at who their QB was. Look at what he's done at OU and now Auburn.

That is a problem when teams get tunnel vision on 5 Star QBs no matter how the play. It happened to us with Nico & JG you keep waiting for his numbers to hit that high 5* ceiling as you stack Ls.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Broken hand Mateer is almost definitely not better than UK's freshman, so you can't make this assumption with a straight face.

Boley
* Passing: 105/158 for 1,215 yds with 9 TDs and 5 INTs; 15 sacks; overall QBR 66.4
* Rushing: 78 yds and 1 TD
* 5 of his passing TDs came against us

Mateer
* Passing: 150/236 for 1.1790 yds with 8 TDs and 6 INTs; 13 sacks; overall QBR 68.6
* Rushing: 226 yds and 5 TDs

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Ole Miss gave us the blueprint. Run it if we get a light box. Take shots downfield if they load up. I like our chances winning the one on one battles on the perimeter, Joey just needs to get the ball out on time because OU will have a strong pass rush

This is the plan IMO. If they start rolling Safeties outside to double Brazzell and Matthews then Staley and the TEs HAVE to kill them between the hashes on pass plays. It will be a game long chess match between CJH and Venables.

If we get garbage azz referees like we had for the Arkansas game this year that penalized UT 10 flags to 1 accepted penalty on Arkansas then i might stroke out. I was at the Arkansas game and it was blatantly 1sided and ridiculous. Bama was so ridiculous and one sided that the TV broadcaster who WAS NOT a former Bama QB called them out for calling meaningless penalties on Bama on the last 2min drive "in order to create a false narrative." That NEVER happens. We were penalized 8to1 the previous trip to Bama in 2023. I am sick and tired of the bullcrap. Stupid presnap penalties are one thing. Thats on us. Holding calls and PI calls are drive killers or drive extenders and thats where we always get screwed.

 

[ButchPlz]

Boley
* Passing: 105/158 for 1,215 yds with 9 TDs and 5 INTs; 15 sacks; overall QBR 66.4
* Rushing: 78 yds and 1 TD
* 5 of his passing TDs came against us

Mateer
* Passing: 150/236 for 1.1790 yds with 8 TDs and 6 INTs; 13 sacks; overall QBR 68.6
* Rushing: 226 yds and 5 TDs

Why did you bold the rushing stats? He hasn't put up much of anything on the ground since the injury. Which has been my point.

 

[cgrish]

He under threw a jump ball against UGA. The receiver didn't have much of a chance to get back to the ball. It was on 3rd down, so basically became a short punt.

Yes, i remember that one since you have mentioned it.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Why did you bold the rushing stats? He hasn't put up much of anything on the ground since the injury. Which has been my point.

Bolded as something different than Boley offers.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Why can’t we hire any really good defensive analysts?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

With one of the greatest running QBs of this century behind center.

Who are you referring to?

 

[knox73]

Littrell and Landry Jones have been outstanding along with Jim Chaney. Need some serious defensive analysts to join the band in off-season. There should be some good ones out of work.

 

[ButchPlz]

Bolded as something different than Boley offers.

But he actually doesn't, that's my point.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

But he actually doesn't, that's my point.

Boley: Rushing 78 yds and 1 TD
Mateer: Rushing 226 yds and 5 TDs

226 yds > 78 yds
5 TDs > 1 TD

You can argue it isn’t significantly better than some QBs, but the numbers are what they are.

* BTW, Mateer with 16 carries for 80 yds (5.0 avg) and a rushing TD tonight. That gives him 306 yds on the season and 6 TDs.

 

[Volsbattle]

I have a feeling Vols put a full game together and show out this game.

Yep. We showed out. We have played three ranked teams and lost all three. Vandy and fla will embarrass us royalty