Our 3 Losses Have Come To Teams (merged)

#51
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Brave Volunteer said:
That's all well and good but as a fan of this team who wants to win.....I don't care! I don't care if he busted his ass. We're still losing and Crompton is a big part of why.

The thing people are not talking about enough in regards to Crompton is not just his stats. It's that intangible leadership quality that Crompton so blatantly lacks. It's obvious to me that his team mates do not respect him. They don't want to play with him. The offense has no real leader!

Look I'm not saying Nick Stephens is better or would BE better. However did it cross anyone's mind that by putting in NS it might cause the rest of the team to play better?!?
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Not one single time did that cross my mind...
 
#52
#52
utvolpj said:
Fact- one of their 5 wins was over UT. They had the talent to beat us last year so why would this year be any different.
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And they have not played the defending National Champions. The wins WILL come. give it time.
 
#53
#53
UT's#1Fan said:
Are you aware STANFORD beat UCLA?
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Are you aware that multiple analysts across multiple sources have called Stanford the mpst offensively powerful team in the PAC-10?
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#54
#54
Lord Vader said:
with a combined record of 13-1...

We need to stay positive. Let's not give up on this team. This isn't like last year when the team started laying down. These guys are giving it their all. I still think we make it to a bowl game. We have to win 1 of these 4 (UGA, Bama, Ole Miss, USCjr.) and sweep UK, Vandy, and Memphis. We will do it...

There are positives you can take away from the game. We had over 400 yards of offense. Crompdaddy didn't kill us. Sure, he wasn't spectacular, but he didn't lose the game. We had our chances. If we play an A game in special teams, we might win the game last night. Crompton's INTs have went down for 3 consecutive games. He is still not that good, but you can see an improvement. Just go back and look at the UCLA game. He is getting better...

I am not giving up on this team. We still have a top 10 defense and the offense has improved drastically over last year. I think we have just played 3 good teams. This is not the awful UCLA and Auburn teams we played last year who combined for a total of 9 wins. For comparison, they already have 9 wins this year...

We will finish this year out by going to a bowl game. We need to trust this coaching staff, they will get us there. They have been involved in too many wins (Nat'l Cships, Super Bowls, etc.) to not know what they are doing...

V,B
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Good post. We haven't lost to a team we should have beaten except UCLA. I know it sounds Fulmeresque but we are a play or 2 away from being 4-1. I got faith that this staff will get it done we just have to go with the growing pains for a year or 2 and be patient.
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#57
#57
Lord Vader said:
They also came against much improved UCLA and Auburn teams and in game on the road against the #1 team in the country who was supposed to kick our teeth in...

When the game was over? Did you miss the TD drive right before halftime? Did you miss the TD drive early in the 4th? Did you miss the FG drive in the 4th? The last drive of the game was the only one that happened when the game was over...
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I think time will tell how much more "improved" these teams are. Both had nowhere but up to go, and I'm not willing to say either of these teams beats the better teams on their schedules.
 
#59
#59
JohnWardForever said:
OMG---I don't know how much more SPIN I can take on this train wreck.
Fact is if we had a SERVICABLE QB, we would be 4-1.
Don't throw the rest of the team under the bus with JC.-------especially the Defense.

Fact-----UT and AU had identical records LY------Au is now 5-0 and UT is 2-3. New coaches for both teams. Spin that.
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1) UT starts 2 walk-ons and a converted TE on the OL. Auburn doesn't.

2) Auburn has a QB. We don't.

3) Auburn's receivers actually have the seemingly rare ability to catch the ball. Ours don't.

4) You know things are bad when we lose an ex-walk-on MLB for the season and it's a big deal. I'm pretty sure Auburn didn't have such issues.

5) Gus Malzahn has had explosive offenses at every school he's coached, even Tulsa. He will be a head coach somewhere before 2011. Book it.

6) Tuberville outrecruited Fulmer, and it showed on Saturday.

7) As bad as Auburn was last year, they were still good enough to beat us.

8) Identical record =/= identical talent.
 
#60
#60
VolsSportsFan said:
I think time will tell how much more "improved" these teams are. Both had nowhere but up to go, and I'm not willing to say either of these teams beats the better teams on their schedules.
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agreed........before the year is over, Tennessee is most likely just below or at .500 and Auburn maybe a game or 2 better. Doesnt happen very often that you turn a team around from 5-7 to 10-2 so I dont see it this year either.
 
#62
#62
Lord Vader said:
Crompton's '08 Stats
51% COMP, 98 Rating, 111 YPG, 4 TDs, 5 INTs

Crompton's '09 Stats
58% COMP, 115 rating, 160 YPG, 9 TDs, 8 INTs

And the teams we've played this year are alot better than the teams last year. It's getting better. We will go to a bowl game man. Keep the faith...
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is very misleading. Yea, it's higher this year because he's ONLY throwing short passes. Last year, we mistaken threw downfield a lot, not realizing how incompetent our QB and receivers were. This year, Kiffin has pulled it all back and almost exclusively thrown nothing but relatively safe passes--many to backs. We never throw the ball more than 15 yards down the field anymore, so a 58 percent completion percentage is nothing to shout about at all. More than half JC's TD passes came in one game against a cupcake--so that is also misleading. Our passing game STINKS.

As for a bowl game, we'll be lucky to get to one and who cares if we do: Who are we going to play--the citadel in the weedeater bowl? There are 30 bowl games: you have to be truly terrible not to get in one of them, so let's not pretend that a bowl game would be some kind of achievement.
 
#63
#63
armchair said:
As for a bowl game, we'll be lucky to get to one and who cares if we do: Who are we going to play--the citadel in the weedeater bowl? There are 30 bowl games: you have to be truly terrible not to get in one of them, so let's not pretend that a bowl game would be some kind of achievement.
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It would be an achievement for this team, this year. I'll take a Liberty Bowl birth against Southern Miss and smile. It is a building block, an extra month of practice, and a chance for momentum going into next year. It is improvement over last year. Given what I have seen on the field this season, I would consider any bowl bid against anybody a success.
 
#64
#64
Bowls allow you a jump start on the next season. Its like having two springs practices and gets you exposure for recruiting. I will take any bowl after last year's drought.
 
#65
#65
armchair said:
is very misleading. Yea, it's higher this year because he's ONLY throwing short passes. Last year, we mistaken threw downfield a lot, not realizing how incompetent our QB and receivers were. This year, Kiffin has pulled it all back and almost exclusively thrown nothing but relatively safe passes--many to backs. We never throw the ball more than 15 yards down the field anymore, so a 58 percent completion percentage is nothing to shout about at all. More than half JC's TD passes came in one game against a cupcake--so that is also misleading. Our passing game STINKS.

As for a bowl game, we'll be lucky to get to one and who cares if we do: Who are we going to play--the citadel in the weedeater bowl? There are 30 bowl games: you have to be truly terrible not to get in one of them, so let's not pretend that a bowl game would be some kind of achievement.
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Erik Ainge is getting paid for thriving in that offensive sysyem
 
#66
#66
VolsSportsFan said:
I think time will tell how much more "improved" these teams are. Both had nowhere but up to go, and I'm not willing to say either of these teams beats the better teams on their schedules.
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5 weeks in, they've already combined for 9 wins. Last year, they had 9 wins the whole season...
 
#67
#67
I stole this from a PTClaus' post because I thought it was relevant and I did not realize it Their records may change and UCLA may wind up being aweful, but the fact remains we have played quality competiton close.
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#69
#69
Interesting isn't it. I was trying to explain this to a Bama fan this afternoon, but it was like talking to a brick wall! I know scores really didnt matter, its all about the W or L, but against the 3 teams mentioned (12-1) we lost by 4, 10, and 4. Pretty good for an extreme down year at offense! Our defense is built for a NC, our offense just needs to catch up!
 
#70
#70
tripper said:
I stole this from a PTClaus' post because I thought it was relevant and I did not realize it Their records may change and UCLA may wind up being aweful, but the fact remains we have played quality competiton close.
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No offense to the OP but I'm sick and tired of these moral victories and positve tid bits. There should be no such thing at Tennessee. We are 2-3 and should be 4-1.Lets get a freakin W this saterday.
 
#71
#71
allvol21 said:
No offense to the OP but I'm sick and tired of these moral victories and positve tid bits. There should be no such thing at Tennessee. We are 2-3 and should be 4-1.Lets get a freakin W this saterday.
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Point is, we are improving. You have to be competitive before you can win. We weren't competitive last year.

Down years happen everywhere.

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
 
#72
#72
ledhed43 said:
Point is, we are improving. You have to be competitive before you can win. We weren't competitive last year.

Down years happen everywhere.

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
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To be honest I have not see any improvement offensively. Defensively our we have not improved but we are good.
My point is when you should win a ball game it is irrelevant if you are considered in a rebuilding year or are the defending champs. If we were getting beat by large margins then I would agree. We have been in every ball game we have played and our 3 losses would have been W's if we simply had a mediocre offensive performance, which I believe we are capable of. If we were not that would be another story.
 
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#74
#74
rlntlss said:
So you don't see a difference in our running game from last year?:question:
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Yea of course... I was reffering to an improvement from the western ky game through the auburn game. Offseason is so important in terms of improvement..but with this being the first year this staff has been together and with so many first time contributers after some game experience I was hoping to see some improvements from week to week throughout the season.
 
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#75
#75
We need a big W bad, but are TEAM, and i say TEAM, is a believer and plays hard. Every game all game. That means alot
 
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