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Meant to post this earlier but forgot. I live in the Charlotte area and was listening to 102.5, the Mack Attack sports talk about this morning. The hosts were talking about things they gleaned from this weekend of college football.

I know we’re only four hours away, but I loved hearing the hosts talk about Tennessee. They started talking about UGA’s dismantling of Auburn but quickly mentioned how uga has Tennessee this week, how we dominated our game, how good were looking and what a fight that’ll be this weekend. Mentioned how Jeremy Pruitt is turning us around. And went so far to say that with UF, UGA, and UT, the SEC East is stronger than the West.

Again - nothing earth shattering but loved getting some recognition outside of Knoxville.
 
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Orange Studs said:
I was below normal. My last lab work had it back in the normal range. I take it once a week not everyday if that makes a difference. I have adrenal insufficiency. Thats another story. lol
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I was just kidding about the low levels. Sorry.

The adrenal insufficiency sucks. My wife developed it after needing high dose steroids to control a prolonged asthma attack. Took forever (it seemed) for her adrenal function to normalize again.
I hope that your adrenal function can return to normal.
Once a week high dose is not really uncommon until you are consistently in the normal range...
 
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VolInDayton said:
Ankles can linger and be around 4 weeks.
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High ankle sprain is much more serious than a regular ankle sprain. Grade 1 can take 2-4 weeks longer for a guy his size.

Grade 2 or 3 high ankle sprain typically requires surgery. Without surgery, the 2 or 3 can end a season.

The high ankle sprain is a disruption of the tissue that holds the Tibia and Fibula together. Much worse than the distal sprain injury....
 
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A&M just seems to be stuck with a loser personality right now, I don't see them having any long success at this point. That's the biggest thing that I've enjoyed watching at Tennessee is seeing that killer instinct come back- especially at the end of last year.
I think the hardest thing for a program to do is to instill a mentality that will go for 60 week after week despite adversity. One thing I admired about CPF's teams was that you knew that if we got to the 4th quarter with the lead that we would move on down the field in 3 yards and a cloud of dust. This program has not had that for some time. We've been able to win big games, but it's been with big plays being made my individual stars at times, and not a full team- "let's get out there and take over" mentality. I feel like that's changing.
 
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Umpire suing MLB assigned to Dodgers-Padres

"Angel Hernandez, who has sued Major League Baseball alleging racial discrimination... The Cuba-born Hernandez sued in July 2017, claiming he hadn't been assigned to the World Series since 2005 and hadn't been promoted to lead a crew."

It couldn't possibly be because he's horrible at his job. I'm surprised he is still working in the Majors.
 
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Aesius said:


Pruitt gets it.



...too soon?
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From Pruitt’s press conference on Monday:

On what about this Tennessee team gives him the most confidence…

"They're willingness to work. They're very coachable. They understand that we're not playing at the level that we feel like we're capable of playing. They understand that we've got to go to work on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to improve. There are lots of things from a technical aspect that we need to really improve on. We need to improve on our effort and finishing."

"We really don't control the schedule. We play whoever the next team is on our schedule. Our team has continued to improve over the last couple of years and we've got to continue to do that. We're nowhere (near) where we want to be. We understand the teams that are in this league and the teams that have had success. When you watch week in and week out, the teams that consistently play the right way, whether it's securing the football or taking the football away, not making mental mistakes and really playing with an edge, with toughness and effort and all of the intangibles, the teams that can do that over and over and over and sustain, they're the ones that have success in this league."

Previewing Georgia’s defense:

"It starts with having good players. They have good players. They're multiple with their schemes. They do a really nice job playing man-to-man. They deny the ball. They mix in a lot of different looks. You have to protect the quarterback. You have to be able to establish a run game a little bit to take pressure off the quarterback. You have to be able to throw and catch the football. There's going be tight windows. There always is against teams that play good defense in this league. I've said it many times that the defensive backs place limitations on the defense. They've got good defensive backs and they place a lot of pressure on them."

Georgia's Defensive Starters for the first 2 games:
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Areas to work on this week:
  • One thing I'd like to see: I felt like there were too many times there were too many orange jerseys watching the play finish.
  • We got to do a better job of being technical up front.
  • We've got to be able to sustain and finish blocks.
  • Defensively, disappointed in the lack of turnovers.
  • Didn't think we played particularly well in the backend of our defense. We've got to improve there. Still too many mistakes, too many mental errors. We've got to be able to clean that up. We've been very inconsistent, particularly in the backend. If you put stress on your backend, you have to be able to eliminate big plays and I felt like from a technical standpoint we need really to improve there. We need to improve with our eyes. I felt like having our eyes in the wrong spot got us in trouble in several plays on Saturday and that's just goes back to eye discipline – we have to be looking at the right stuff. We need to get more turnovers. I think all of these guys have got to play at a higher level. I believe the more they practice, they'll improve. We've got to do that. Our competition is going to continue to improve every week and we've got to raise our level of play in the backend. There's probably a lot of reasons (for our secondary issues). I'd say the first one probably starts with us, as coaches. We've got to do a better job of coaching them up. Players need to have better discipline and (be) looking at the right stuff. We've got to be more fundamentally sound in the techniques we use. Most of the guys we have that are playing, they've played a lot of ball for us. It's not like it's their first time. So, we've got to create the right habits every day in practice, so it shows up on gameday.
  • We missed a field goal. We have to continue to improve there.
  • We kicked a kickoff out of bounds. We have to continue to improve there.
  • From a physicality standpoint, we need to improve in a lot of areas – that would be one of them. When we talk about sustaining and finishing, I just didn't see us finishing blockers, finishing runners. On the perimeter, it's not to the level we want to be at.
  • I feel like we were committed to running the football. That (running backs & offensive line) gave us an opportunity to do that. I also feel like we left a lot of yards out there. We ran one particular play 10 times in the game and we only blocked it correctly four times. We've got to eliminate those mistakes to give us a chance to have more success.
  • We need to be more consistent up front (defensive line). We need to play harder. We need to sustain for a longer period of time. I think we need to be tied in together with the linebackers and the outside linebackers. Our football team has a long way to go. We have to continue to work hard a improve. Knowing the players on our team and the people on our staff, we're going to work hard to do that.
  • There's not one position on our team that doesn't need to improve. We have to work hard to do that, particularly the offensive line. They understand that they need to work harder. They need to practice better. They need to finish better in practice. The way you practice is the way you play. It's our entire team. We have to work hard this week at practice to create the right habits so we can sustain and do it for long periods of time.
  • I didn't feel like we got away from man coverage on Saturday. We need to improve at the wide receiver position. We need to play faster. We need to create some separation at the top of routes. We need to make sure we line up properly to make sure we get success. There were probably two plays in the game that I wish we would have thrown the ball away. Those could have possibly been turnovers, and we can't have those plays. I believe it's a challenge for them (our receivers against Georgia’s defense). They will get man coverage not only this week, but every week in this league. It's the way this league is. The windows are very small and there's very little zone coverage. There are tight windows. You have to be able to separate and you have to be able to make contested catches.
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utvols88 said:


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I’ve been following this one. Georgia isn’t a factor there and neither is Ga Tech. That’s window dressing. Auburn is third or maybe a distant second to us. I’d be shocked if he selects LSU. He’s very much a Kevin Durant style PF with the same size as KD. He’ll be a Vol I believe
 
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GojiraVol17 said:
I’ve been following this one. Georgia isn’t a factor there and neither is Ga Tech. That’s window dressing. Auburn is third or maybe a distant second to us. I’d be shocked if he selects LSU. He’s very much a Kevin Durant style PF with the same size as KD. He’ll be a Vol I believe
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Georgia is very much a factor
 
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