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DC Vol

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UT outgained Florida 204 yards to 183 in the 2nd Half.

This is the 2nd time this team has had to make halftime adjustments and has.

Also, considering our team spent all this time gameplanning for a knee-sprain recovering and limited Driscoll and only got 11 plays with him under Center I'll honestly pretty well understand how drastically that changes our gameplan.

I thought our Defense played well and put this team in more than enough opportunities to win this game.
 
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Half time adjustments came in the form of Worley.

I don't think we made enough adjustments to stop Murphy from getting crucial first downs.
 
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I'm not sure how UF losing Driskel made UT's job more difficult.

Anyway, while there were some positives, I found myself thinking and saying the same things about UF. It doesn't matter if the coach was Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, or Jones, the same crap happened.

In the 3rd quarter, on UF's 1st drive, after UT pulled to within 7, Florida faced a 3rd and 10 around mid-field. I made the comment that there is a 100% chance UF converts this. Sure enough, the play was a 31 yard completion. To add insult to injury, UT challenged the call and lost.

Intstead of getting the ball back down 17-10, UF went on to score. Same old UT vs. UF.
 
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Another thing that I thought killed us in this game was in the inability to stop a mobile QB. Tyler Murphy was basically free to run and in some cases not even touched.
 
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volswillrise12 said:
Another thing that I thought killed us in this game was in the inability to stop a mobile QB. Tyler Murphy was basically free to run and in some cases not even touched.
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This is why CBJ is recruiting some guys with more speed now. It is becoming virtually impossible to contain guys like Murphy when your LBs lack the speed to contain and/or pursue.
 
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I agree you know and it makes me wonder why Curt couldn't go in this game. I know he's not far removed from ACL surgery but what's the deal?
 
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Folks, I can't emphasize enough how much the Murphy thing shocked people.

There was even speculation that Murphy was second string on paper only. That if something happened, he wasn't the one who would actually go in.

I would really be careful in giving any praise to the Tennessee defense
 
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DC Vol said:
UT outgained Florida 204 yards to 183 in the 2nd Half.

This is the 2nd time this team has had to make halftime adjustments and has.

Also, considering our team spent all this time gameplanning for a knee-sprain recovering and limited Driscoll and only got 11 plays with him under Center I'll honestly pretty well understand how drastically that changes our gameplan.

I thought our Defense played well and put this team in more than enough opportunities to win this game.
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We got out-scored in the second half. That's the stat that matters. Who cares who gains the most yards? And we're really talking about a difference of 21 yards? Really?

And now we're giving the team credit for losing to a back-up quarterback who had never thrown a pass in college? You're assuming we would have done better against the guy who actually had experience and won the starting job? Really?
 
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supersmo18 said:
This is why CBJ is recruiting some guys with more speed now. It is becoming virtually impossible to contain guys like Murphy when your LBs lack the speed to contain and/or pursue.
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Or can't make an open field tackle. How many more recruits do we need in order to do that?
 
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oregonvol said:
We got out-scored in the second half. That's the stat that matters. Who cares who gains the most yards? And we're really talking about a difference of 21 yards? Really?

And now we're giving the team credit for losing to a back-up quarterback who had never thrown a pass in college? You're assuming we would have done better against the guy who actually had experience and won the starting job? Really?
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To get 6 yards in the 1st Half and 200+ in the 2nd against Florida's defense is something.

To have a team compete until the end instead of giving up as they have multiple times over the last 3 years is something.

Maybe I'm looking at signs of improvement and seeing something. If you want to refute, that's up to you. I saw a team that competed (gained 139 yards versus 20 in the 4th Quarter) to the final whistle.

This was to be a year measured in improvement, not wins. Most rational people recognize this. I'm seeing signs of improvement.
 
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99gator said:
Folks, I can't emphasize enough how much the Murphy thing shocked people.

There was even speculation that Murphy was second string on paper only. That if something happened, he wasn't the one who would actually go in.

I would really be careful in giving any praise to the Tennessee defense
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I know you're a regular but GTFO

Murphy beat us with his legs (which is always hard to scheme for, especially by a backup with no film) and one deep throw that was a great catch going out of bounds

& btw, another gator on here is touting Murphy as a fresh chance for y'all to compete for the east
 
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Boca Vol said:
I'm not sure how UF losing Driskel made UT's job more difficult.

Anyway, while there were some positives, I found myself thinking and saying the same things about UF. It doesn't matter if the coach was Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, or Jones, the same crap happened.

In the 3rd quarter, on UF's 1st drive, after UT pulled to within 7, Florida faced a 3rd and 10 around mid-field. I made the comment that there is a 100% chance UF converts this. Sure enough, the play was a 31 yard completion. To add insult to injury, UT challenged the call and lost.

Intstead of getting the ball back down 17-10, UF went on to score. Same old UT vs. UF.
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Driskel had a hurt knee and was not a treat to run because of it. The back up was very mobile and have us a lot of problems.
 
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DC Vol said:
UT outgained Florida 204 yards to 183 in the 2nd Half.

This is the 2nd time this team has had to make halftime adjustments and has.

Also, considering our team spent all this time gameplanning for a knee-sprain recovering and limited Driscoll and only got 11 plays with him under Center I'll honestly pretty well understand how drastically that changes our gameplan.

I thought our Defense played well and put this team in more than enough opportunities to win this game.
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Orange Blazer said:
We are a decent QB away from being a good team. Unfortunately we probably won't see one on the field this year.
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salutethehill said:
Agreed.
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Boca Vol said:
I'm not sure how UF losing Driskel made UT's job more difficult.

Anyway, while there were some positives, I found myself thinking and saying the same things about UF. It doesn't matter if the coach was Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, or Jones, the same crap happened.

In the 3rd quarter, on UF's 1st drive, after UT pulled to within 7, Florida faced a 3rd and 10 around mid-field. I made the comment that there is a 100% chance UF converts this. Sure enough, the play was a 31 yard completion. To add insult to injury, UT challenged the call and lost.

Intstead of getting the ball back down 17-10, UF went on to score. Same old UT vs. UF.
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Not just UT-UF as of lately. If we were in the same scenario versus Vandy, I'd still expect the same result. These guys are way too tense.
 
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Majorvol23 said:
I know you're a regular but GTFO

Murphy beat us with his legs (which is always hard to scheme for, especially by a backup with no film) and one deep throw that was a great catch going out of bounds

& btw, another gator on here is touting Murphy as a fresh chance for y'all to compete for the east
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That's a hard pass for any QB to make. Dunbar was pretty well covered on that play.

If given 10 chances, I think he misses it at least 6 times. That's just how this UT-UF series has gone.

That pass and a screen thrown against a true freshman (Swafford) with a bad angle from Randolph is what won the UF game for them.
 
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Orange Blazer said:
We are a decent QB away from being a good team. Unfortunately we probably won't see one on the field this year.
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Our QB isn't the problem, it's our WRs not running the correct routes and the QBs are having to adjust to misplacement.
 
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DC Vol said:
To get 6 yards in the 1st Half and 200+ in the 2nd against Florida's defense is something.

To have a team compete until the end instead of giving up as they have multiple times over the last 3 years is something.

Maybe I'm looking at signs of improvement and seeing something. If you want to refute, that's up to you. I saw a team that competed (gained 139 yards versus 20 in the 4th Quarter) to the final whistle.

This was to be a year measured in improvement, not wins. Most rational people recognize this. I'm seeing signs of improvement.
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Fair enough. I'll give you that Butch's team didn't quit and they seem to have improved, particularly in the second half, from a motivation standpoint.

But it would be difficult not to improve over an offense that put up 6 yards in a half. Gaining 6 yards in the first half is not a sign of a team that was well-coached or prepared to play. Overall, losing by two touchdowns to a shaky Florida team with a back-up QB who has never thrown a pass is not an improvement from the Dooley era.

Irrational people can see signs of improvement anywhere. I remember folks last year saying how much Dooley had improved the team.
 
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oregonvol said:
Fair enough. I'll give you that Butch's team didn't quit and they seem to have improved, particularly in the second half, from a motivation standpoint.

But it would be difficult not to improve over an offense that put up 6 yards in a half. Gaining 6 yards in the first half is not a sign of a team that was well-coached or prepared to play. Overall, losing by two touchdowns to a shaky Florida team with a back-up QB who has never thrown a pass is not an improvement from the Dooley era.

Irrational people can see signs of improvement anywhere. I remember folks last year saying how much Dooley had improved the team.
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I don't remember this. Barbara is that you? Hows the radio going? :)
 
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Boca Vol said:
I'm not sure how UF losing Driskel made UT's job more difficult.

Anyway, while there were some positives, I found myself thinking and saying the same things about UF. It doesn't matter if the coach was Fulmer, Kiffin, Dooley, or Jones, the same crap happened.

In the 3rd quarter, on UF's 1st drive, after UT pulled to within 7, Florida faced a 3rd and 10 around mid-field. I made the comment that there is a 100% chance UF converts this. Sure enough, thye play was a 31 yard completion. To add insult to injury, UT challenged the call and lost.

Intstead of getting the ball back down 17-10, UF went on to score. Same old UT vs. UF.
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When Driscol went down, I got a bad feeling especially when it was easy to tell that the backup was a mobile QB. The way Driscol was playing would have given us a better shot. JMO
 
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