So goes Worley, so goes the Team

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As important as blocking, run game, run D, pass D and ST's are, I think we are pretty much dependent on Worley's play Saturday.

May be Captain Obvious here, but the GA game was a prime example. He doesn't play that well first half and its 17-3. He plays well second half and we put up 28, nearly getting the W!

If Worley can continue to progress, I think we have a very good shot, if not.....well....

Come on Worley, I want to see Spurriers head actually explode on the sideline, leaving nothing but a smoldering, tattered visor on the ground! :rock::rock::rock:


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Chilmonty said:
As important as blocking, run game, run D, pass D and ST's are, I think we are pretty much dependent on Worley's play Saturday.

May be Captain Obvious here, but the GA game was a prime example. He doesn't play that well first half and its 17-3. He plays well second half and we put up 28, nearly getting the W!

If Worley can continue to progress, I think we have a very good shot, if not.....well....

Come on Worley, I want to see Spurriers head actually explode on the sideline, leaving nothing but a smoldering, tattered visor on the ground! :rock::rock::rock:


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So you're saying, we have a chance to win if our QB plays good?









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I think you're right. We can't win this game if Worley doesn't play well. At the same time, I think most of the burden will be on our defense. I think if we win this game, it's going to end up as a defensive struggle. No matter how much improvement Worley makes, I can't see us winning a shootout here. Worley needs to be good enough to keep the defense off the field for awhile and take advantage when we have opportunities.

I just have a feeling their offense is going to overwhelm us anyway. Especially the running backs.
 
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Chilmonty said:
As important as blocking, run game, run D, pass D and ST's are, I think we are pretty much dependent on Worley's play Saturday.

May be Captain Obvious here, but the GA game was a prime example. He doesn't play that well first half and its 17-3. He plays well second half and we put up 28, nearly getting the W!

If Worley can continue to progress, I think we have a very good shot, if not.....well....

Come on Worley, I want to see Spurriers head actually explode on the sideline, leaving nothing but a smoldering, tattered visor on the ground! :rock::rock::rock:


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It might help that it's his home state.
 
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Chilmonty said:
As important as blocking, run game, run D, pass D and ST's are, I think we are pretty much dependent on Worley's play Saturday.

May be Captain Obvious here, but the GA game was a prime example. He doesn't play that well first half and its 17-3. He plays well second half and we put up 28, nearly getting the W!

If Worley can continue to progress, I think we have a very good shot, if not.....well....

Come on Worley, I want to see Spurriers head actually explode on the sideline, leaving nothing but a smoldering, tattered visor on the ground! :rock::rock::rock:


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Of course our QB needs to play well, not turn the ball over, convert 3rd downs throwing the ball when necessary. But it's way too simple to put it on him.

IMO, how our defense contains Shaw and Davis, particularly Shaw, determines the game. Need a huge game from McCullers collapsing the pocket and big games from our CBs being able to play man coverage on the outside. If Shaw has the running lanes we typically give mobile QBs we're gonna be in big trouble.
 
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First in with this BS:

WR's must continue to improve, Worley isnt the issue. :shakehead:


No doubt, if Worley plays average or better, our chances go way up.
 
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KingtUT said:
First in with this BS:

WR's must continue to improve, Worleys not the problem. :shakehead:
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Everybody needs to improve... including the WRs who need to get better every bit as much as Worley

Sorry for the "BS".... but it's true.
 
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IF Worley and the receivers improved nearly as much between the UGA game and now as they did from the USA game to the UGA game... UT should do well this Saturday.

USCe's O will probably score some points. UT needs to hang with them and have good TOP. The run game is huge for UT in this game. Worley has to play well but UT MUST get into USCe's defensive back ups. There is a very significant drop off. To do that, UT's OL has to wear down USCe's front 7.
 
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KingtUT said:
First in with this BS:

WR's must continue to improve, Worley isnt the issue. :shakehead:


No doubt, if Worley plays average or better, our chances go way up.
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So you are saying WR play has not been an issue, right? Just want to be sure.
 
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sjt18 said:
So you are saying WR play has not been an issue, right? Just want to be sure.
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It has been an issue , no doubt. Just not the biggest issue. I know it goes hand in hand but Worley missing open wr's and throwing into coverage isnt on the WR's.
Improvement is needed across the board , I agree. Really just stirring the pot a little. Its always such a touchy issue. :)

It almost fits into the "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" category.
 
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KingtUT said:
It has been an issue , no doubt. Just not the biggest issue. I know it goes hand in hand but Worley missing open wr's and throwing into coverage isnt on the WR's.
Improvement is needed across the board , I agree. Really just stirring the pot a little. Its always such a touchy issue. :)
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There's a balance. Worley has missed a lot of throws this year, badly. But there have also been a lot route running issues from a young WR group still learning their jobs.

And please don't forget the many, many drops on very well thrown balls. Think North's drop vs Georgia on a perfectly thrown ball from Worley that would've gone for 6 as the last example.
 
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KingtUT said:
It has been an issue , no doubt. Just not the biggest issue. I know it goes hand in hand but Worley missing open wr's and throwing into coverage isnt on the WR's.
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So a QB's lack of trust that WR's will finish their routes, be where they are supposed to be, or fight for the ball has nothing to do with him throwing off target?

This group has improved together. Frankly Worley has improved but the WR play has improved more.... and that is why Worley looks much better.
Improvement is needed across the board , I agree. Really just stirring the pot a little. Its always such a touchy issue. :)
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True. Hard to discern really how much of the problem belonged to which... but it seems pretty obvious that Worley DOES have sufficient talent to do well and that he and the WR's are developing skill and confidence at a pretty nice pace.

I'm pretty anxious to see what they have added to the O since UGA and how aggressive they come out. Jones repeatedly stated that he was playing the first half of UGA conservative to keep it close and have a chance in the 4th. I guess his thought is that if he avoided getting blown out early then he could take more chances and steal a win in the 2nd half... almost worked.
 
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KBVol said:
There's a balance. Worley has missed a lot of throws this year, badly. But there have also been a lot route running issues from a young WR group still learning their jobs.

And please don't forget the many, many drops on very well thrown balls. Think North's drop vs Georgia on a perfectly thrown ball from Worley that would've gone for 6 as the last example.
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Every WR has them, even the greats. Sadly we can ill afford them this year. Hopefully Worley is on target against USCe and the WR's have some turbo glue on their gloves :)
 
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A big if but if Worley hits 57 percent of his passes and no silly ints we will be there at the end with a good chance of winning.
 
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Just stop the fast start of the chicks then the seed of doubt is planted then continue to bring the pain and bring it hard. Get it done VOLS
 
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oregonvol said:
I think you're right. We can't win this game if Worley doesn't play well. At the same time, I think most of the burden will be on our defense. I think if we win this game, it's going to end up as a defensive struggle. No matter how much improvement Worley makes, I can't see us winning a shootout here. Worley needs to be good enough to keep the defense off the field for awhile and take advantage when we have opportunities.

I just have a feeling their offense is going to overwhelm us anyway. Especially the running backs.
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We need to score and also eat the clock up. We can't win a shoot out with them, but if we kill time of offense, then we can keep the score closer. Then maybe some super play at the end and we could win. A bomb! A pick six to win the game! Block their punt and put us in good field position to score! A recovered fumble close to our goal line. etc. etc.
 
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VolFan4Life87 said:
Every WR has them, even the greats. Sadly we can ill afford them this year. Hopefully Worley is on target against USCe and the WR's have some turbo glue on their gloves :)
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Agreed. Just pointed it out to those that want to put every failure of the passing game on Worley.... he shoulders his share of the blame for sure. But so should the WRs who at times are to blame... especially when they drop passes that he puts right on em.

Here's hoping they had a good 2 weeks of practice to jel better and that they put it all together Saturday.
 
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I know stats aren't everything but if Justin goes 17-27 for 230 yard and 2 TD/0 INT, how many of you guys think we'd win?

Personally I think that'd get it done.

SN: How he plays on third down will also be an important stat.
 
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Let me say this and see who agrees. At the start of the season when we wasn't looking all that good the play book was basic, then when things started clicking a little better ( UGA 2nd half) then CJ and staff opened it up a little more and we see how that went inches away from a W! I bet if this team has improved over the last two weeks which I'd say they have then SC will see some stuff they have not see before, the play book will be opened up! I've got a sneaky feeling that we will see a UT team better than the one against UGA and we come out on top in this one 31-24! GBO!!!
 
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Worley's first start was against SCjr two years ago and they ate him up. Think he'll be pumped to show them how much better he has become since last time.
 
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terrypedigo said:
A big if but if Worley hits 57 percent of his passes and no silly ints we will be there at the end with a good chance of winning.
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I agree with this but where did the 57% come from? Is this the average completion rate among all FBS qb's?

I also hope that Worley correctly reads the option a few times and runs the ball when the opportunity is there. If he just averages 5 yds on these carries, thats enough. It would open things up even more for the rest of the offense.
 
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