Postgame Notes - NC State

#28
#28
Awesome post. I had no idea that we had only ever played 7 games in August... Seeing as we have been a team for over 116 years!
 
#30
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SpringBokVol said:
TENNESSEE CAPTAINS
#8 Tyler Bray, #71 Dallas Thomas, #34 Herman Lathers, #23 Prentiss Waggner

TENNESSEE TIDBITS
Alex Bullard is donning 88 tonight, not his normal 78
UT all-time record: 795-346-53
UT in August: 6-0-1
UT on Fridays: 12-7
UT in domes: 7-7
UT in the Georgia Dome: 3-6
UT vs. the ACC: 99-58-7
UT in season openers: 86-24-6
UT in season openers at a neutral site: 3-0-1
Tonight's attendance is 55,529

STREAK SNAPPER
Tennessee's win snapped a six-game losing streak in Atlanta and the Georgia Dome dating to 2001.
The victory snaps a three-game losing streak to ACC schools, including a two-game losing streak in neutral site games against the conference (2010 Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina and 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl vs. Virginia Tech).
The win also marks UT's fourth consecutive win in a season opener since 2009 and the 16th win to open the season in the last 18 years since 1995.

BIG ORANGE DEBUTS
Five Vols started their first career contests today - Cordarrelle Patterson (WR), Antonio Richardson (LT), Darrington Sentimore (DE), Daniel McCullers (NG) and Byron Moore (SS).
Rajion Neal made his first career start at TB after previously starting three games at WR last season.
Herman Lathers made his first start since 2010 at WLB.
Five other Vols made their collegiate debuts in the first half today - J.R. Carr (DS), Deion Bonner (SS), Cody Blanc (WR), Jacob Carter (WR) and Geraldo Orta (DB).
Carter, who is celebrating his 21st birthday today, made his first career catch with a 20-yard reception for a first down in the second quarter.

PATTERSON PROVING IT
Cordarrelle Patterson scored a touchdown on the second catch of his collegiate career with his 41-yard grab in the first quarter. He also scored on his first rushing play, scoring from 72 yards out on a reverse later in the same quarter.
Patterson's rush was the longest by a Vol since LaMarcus Coker had an 87-yard rush on Nov. 18, 2006 vs. Vanderbilt.
No Tennessee player has ever had a 100-yard receiving game in their first game as a Vol.
With 160 all-purpose yards (67 rushing, 93 receiving), Patterson could close in on UT's single-game top-15 all-purpose yardage list. At 15th on the list is Tony Thompson with 236 (all rushing) vs. Vanderbilt in 1990.

Mr. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD
Zach Rogers' 72-yard touchdown tied a career best. He also had a 72-yard catch against UAB on Sept. 25, 2010.

BIG FIRST QUARTER
Tennessee's 22 points were its most in any quarter since scoring 23 vs. UT-Martin in the third quarter on Sept. 4, 2010.
The 22 points were UT's most in a first quarter since opening its game against Arkansas with 35 on Nov. 11, 2000.

PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE
The first quarter was a big one for the Vols in the social media realm as well, as "Tyler Bray," "Cordarrelle Patterson," "Tennessee Touchdown" and "Go Vols" were all trending Worldwide on Twitter at various points.

SAFETY DANCE
The Vols recorded their first safety since Austin Johnson and Greg King tackled a Skyhawk in the endzone against UT-Martin on Sept. 4, 2010.

DARR DRILLS IT
Matt Darr's 51-yard punt in the first quarter was his fourth of 50+ yards in his career.

HUNT(ER)ING THE WOLFPACK
Justin Hunter's nine catches were one off his career high of 10 set vs. Cincinnati on Sept. 10, 2011.
Six of his nine catches came in the second half.

AIR BRAY
Tyler Bray was 27-of-41 for 332 yards, marking his seventh career 300-yard game.
He passed for two touchdowns, the 12th time he has thrown for multiple touchdowns in his career, all in the last 14 games. He is now 9-4 as a starter.

PICK-OFF ARTISTS
Tennessee had four interceptions against NC State, with Prentiss Waggner, Byron Moore, Eric Gordon and Marsalis Teague each picking off passes from Mike Glennon. Teague picked up his interception with five seconds left to seal the win.
It was the eighth career interception for Waggner, fifth for Gordon, first for Moore and first for Teague.
Moore also had eight tackles after recording six all of last season.
The last time the Vols had four interceptions in a game was November 13, 2010 against Ole Miss in Knoxville.
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great post
 
#31
#31
Great post.

I know the stat was taken from utsports.com, but the losing streak vs ACC teams on neutral fields had to have been longer than 2, because of the bowl losses to Clemson and Maryland. But, that's all in the past.
 
#33
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ankh83 said:
Love it, could use a what we need to work on category, but thank you for the awesome write up.
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1. Better communication among DB's so as to not give up so many huge pass completions.

2. Give Lane more carries between the tackles and Graham needs to have a "come to Jesus" meeting with Neal on bouncing runs to the outside. That crap needs to stop now!

3. Chaney needs to stop calling these ridiculous slow to develop running plays. SEC defenses will stuff that crap 9/10 times! Then again, this being his 4th year you'd think he would know this by now. And stop passing on 3rd and 1! Call a sneak or run it up the gut for Christ sake! Quit trying to be cute with the play calling!

4. Get Rivera more involved. He's too good an athlete not to get him the ball underneath.

5. Keep throwing to Hunter and give him more opportunity to shake the rust off and gain confidence.
 
#34
#34
Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread, but I can't start new threads yet. I've already provided my analysis of the game, but I really wanted to say something about the Vols fans in the Georgia Dome last Friday...


First of all, I am very proud of NC State's football fan base. We can only cram about 60k into our stadium, but if any of you ever go to a game in Raleigh, I think you will be impressed with how rowdy it can get in there.

Anyways, unfortunately I couldn't go to Atlanta, so I was forced to watch our game on TV. We all knew there would be more Vols fans there than State fans, and I was well aware of the fact that SEC football fans are the most passionate in the country. Nevertheless, I was anxious to see just what the environment would be like. Fans are usually loudest for their team on defense, so I was paying close attention to the fans when NC State got their first possession. Let me just say, it was a surreal moment for me that I will never forget! I know that a lot of times ESPN will bring the crowd noise down in order for the TV viewers to be able to hear the announcers. I'm not sure if they did that Friday night, but the tone/pitch of the roar I heard on State's first possession was INCREDIBLE. I know it was only like 3 seconds, but it felt more like 30 as the camera panned across a section of Vols fans...I remember thinking to myself, "Awww, $hit...", lol. Just wanted to let you guys know from an outside perspective, that the roar from your fans on that first possession was truly awesome. Like I said, it's something that will stick with me for the rest of my life as a football fan.

Also, I would like to say that I was very proud of our team for weathering through that environment at the beginning of the game. Was very pleased to see that our guys were able to somewhat tune out the crowd noise and actually take a 7-6 lead early. I think most programs with a similar history to us would have been crapping their pants, lol.
 
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ukvols said:
Great post.

I know the stat was taken from utsports.com, but the losing streak vs ACC teams on neutral fields had to have been longer than 2, because of the bowl losses to Clemson and Maryland. But, that's all in the past.
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And VT in the 09 bowl
 
#37
#37
mad_max said:
Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread, but I can't start new threads yet. I've already provided my analysis of the game, but I really wanted to say something about the Vols fans in the Georgia Dome last Friday...


First of all, I am very proud of NC State's football fan base. We can only cram about 60k into our stadium, but if any of you ever go to a game in Raleigh, I think you will be impressed with how rowdy it can get in there.

Anyways, unfortunately I couldn't go to Atlanta, so I was forced to watch our game on TV. We all knew there would be more Vols fans there than State fans, and I was well aware of the fact that SEC football fans are the most passionate in the country. Nevertheless, I was anxious to see just what the environment would be like. Fans are usually loudest for their team on defense, so I was paying close attention to the fans when NC State got their first possession. Let me just say, it was a surreal moment for me that I will never forget! I know that a lot of times ESPN will bring the crowd noise down in order for the TV viewers to be able to hear the announcers. I'm not sure if they did that Friday night, but the tone/pitch of the roar I heard on State's first possession was INCREDIBLE. I know it was only like 3 seconds, but it felt more like 30 as the camera panned across a section of Vols fans...I remember thinking to myself, "Awww, $hit...", lol. Just wanted to let you guys know from an outside perspective, that the roar from your fans on that first possession was truly awesome. Like I said, it's something that will stick with me for the rest of my life as a football fan.

Also, I would like to say that I was very proud of our team for weathering through that environment at the beginning of the game. Was very pleased to see that our guys were able to somewhat tune out the crowd noise and actually take a 7-6 lead early. I think most programs with a similar history to us would have been crapping their pants, lol.
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Good luck with the rest of the season Mad Max. And if you ever want to come check out a game at Neyland let us know, if I'm there you're welcomed to join us, and I'm sure many other fans would offer you the same invitation.
 
#38
#38
Mad Max has been a polite and respectful poster every time I've seen him.

I'll be cheering for NCSU the rest of the season as long as we don't play them again.

It's nice to get good people like him from opposing teams come to VN and visit us.

VFL...GBO!!!
 
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