Some thoughts on Maty Mauk you may be interested to know.....

[livefaith]

I almost feel like if I say anything hopeful about our chances or something negative about Mauk he is going to show up out of nowhere Saturday and look like a Heisman contender in our own stadium. This is the cautious, superstitious me though.

I doubt that. What will happen is he gets hurt in the 2nd Q and the unknown backup comes in and looks like a hybrid of Joe Montana and Michael Vick. Then for every game the rest of the season, he is horrible.

That's the UT way.

 

[Doctrippin]

Maty leads a scrappy team with a good defense that believe in themselves. That is why they are 8-2. We are building our confidence thanks to a coaching staff that gets these guys to buy in. It's going to be a tough game. I said earlier. If we can get off to a great start, I think we are good. If we let Mizzou get off to a great start, we might be in some trouble. Their D has some swagger. Go Vols! UT 31 to 34 Mizzou 27 to 28

Yes, please let's not make it another SC game. That shortened the lives of Volnation around the globe.

 

[volunteer2]

I believe we knocked out the starting QB last year and Maty came in and beat us like a drum. I wouldn't take him so lightly this year, as he was a very capable QB against us last year.

 

[TrueOrange]

I doubt that. What will happen is he gets hurt in the 2nd Q and the unknown backup comes in and looks like a hybrid of Joe Montana and Michael Vick. Then for every game the rest of the season, he is horrible.

That's the UT way.

Moe Victana? I love that guy!

 

[TrueOrange]

I believe we knocked out the starting QB last year and Maty came in and beat us like a drum. I wouldn't take him so lightly this year, as he was a very capable QB against us last year.

That, we did not.

James Franklin separated his shoulder on a hit in the 4th quarter of their game against UGA, three weeks before UT and Missouri played.

 

[TheGrove68]

Mauk has a ton of flaws...sidearm motion which leads to his lousy accuracy %%. He loves the deep ball and throws it well but as was stated earlier he goes to it way to much and ignores wide open underneath routes...He flees the pocket to quick and does it laterally as opposed to getting upfield for yardage...although he had improved a bit in that regard the last few weeks.

He is a gunslinger and a leader and the players appear to respond to that. But he is very hot and cold for my taste

 

[volunteer2]

That, we did not.

James Franklin separated his shoulder on a hit in the 4th quarter of their game against UGA, three weeks before UT and Missouri played.

I stand corrected, it was worse than I remembered. Mauk played the entire game and he was the only 100 yard rusher in the game. He rushed for 114 yards on 13 carries for an average of 8.8 yds. He was 12-25 in passing for 163 yds with 3 TD's and no interceptions. Mizzou beat us 31-3. So Mauk can be a very capable QB.

 

[WilliamDuVOL]

I still don't understand why anyone let's their ranking or 8-2 record bother them. Looking at their schedule based off who we've played and who they've played, we'd be 7-3 at worst with losses to UF, UGA, and maybe A&M and ranked 25-21. Plus, what playoff committee wants an unranked team representing either division in the SEC Championship game. STJ mentioned this I believe, but CFB Outsiders shows they've played 2 teams with a defense ranked higher than 49, UF and Georgia, and scored a combined 14 points against them. We will be one of the better defenses they play all year with or without AJ. And let's not forget they beat A&M by 1 score, and A&M is allowing over 500 yards a game average versus SEC competition.

 

[stankyhank]

Y'all left one stat line out of this fine dissertation.


C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
M. Mauk 12/25 163 6.5 3 0 80.1


November 2, 2013

 

[Swan Ronson]

I doubt that. What will happen is he gets hurt in the 2nd Q and the unknown backup comes in and looks like a hybrid of Joe Montana and Michael Vick. Then for every game the rest of the season, he is horrible.

That's the UT way.

We are the "Good Luck Chuck" of college football QB's.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Y'all left one stat line out of this fine dissertation.


C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
M. Mauk 12/25 163 6.5 3 0 80.1


November 2, 2013

I wonder if I left it out because that was over a year ago.....

 

[GBO97]

While I agree with the general nature of this thread, and feel like we are poised to prevent him from having a big game...

Here are some stats from the last time we played him:

12/25 163 yards, 3 TD, 0 picks
13 carries, 114 yards rushing

Irrelevant

 

[sjt18]

Y'all left one stat line out of this fine dissertation.


C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
M. Mauk 12/25 163 6.5 3 0 80.1


November 2, 2013

That only matters if you've found a way to have DGB, Lucas, and Washington suit up on Saturday. Those three guys accounted for 9 of the 12 catches, 142 of the 163 yds, and all 3 of the TD's. While you are at it... you should probably make UT play the D from last year instead of the current one.

 

[Catbone]

Regardless, Missouri is very good on the road.

 

[sjt18]

South Carolina actually, honestly does though. Like, literally, they're one of the worst defenses in the country.

They're just really good on offense.

That's never been about the other two or the vols. It's in their numbers.

TAM is right there with them...

 

[NorthDallas40]

Y'all left one stat line out of this fine dissertation.


C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
M. Mauk 12/25 163 6.5 3 0 80.1


November 2, 2013

I'll call and raise your random meaningless non comparable stat, cupcake.

QB Tee Martin: 164/285 (57.5%) for 2,442 yards (8.57) with 21 TD vs. 8 INT (2.81%). 113 carries for 306 yards (2.71) and 7 TD.

1998 Season Cumulative QB Stats for TN Starter. BTW... we won a CONSENSUS National Championship that year too. How'd y'all do that year?

 

[kcvols1]

Dammit, didn't we face this guy 13 years ago?

Sweet Lord...

Its the Tigers with Mauk.

HERE IS WHERE THE MOJO TURNS.

 

[Schasz]

Need to be good on kick and punt returns because Murphy can burn the Vols if we don't do a good job on special teams.

 

[TrueOrange]

TAM is right there with them...

Talked about this in another thread, actually:

Actually Texas am is last in the sec in total defense.

That's total defensive yardage. A&M's played one more game than almost everyone else in the conference (they're just now getting to their second bye week; they, LSU, and UK have all already played 11 games to everyone else's 10).


If you look at average yards given up per game, they're only about 2 yards/game worse...with Carolina having played one less game.


Not to mention South Carolina has given up more average points (USCe is giving around 33 points a game - it was around 35 before the UF game, I think 36 without their FCS game - while A&M is only giving up about 27-28 across 11 games).


USCe has also given up more TDs (41 vs 39) while having played that one less game than A&M (granted USCe has also drastically scored more, with almost the same number of TDs in 10 games as A&M has in 11).

Also A&M's defense sacks the QB on average 2.91 times a game (32 total in 11 games) and averages 5.7 tackles for a loss per game (63 total).

South Carolina, again, has 9 total sacks in 10 games (less than a sack/game), and a grand total of 36 tackles for a loss in them (3.6 per game...they're next to last in the country that stat).


(They're honestly about the same in turnovers forced.)

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Long story short, their total yards are higher than USCe's because A&M's played one more game than everyone else, save LSU and UK.

Every other statistical category that involves an average over the number of games played, USCe's defense is much worse (save one - average yards allowed per game - where they're actually better... by 2 yards).

I could go on...South Carolina's 222.9 rushing yds/game allowed, for 25 TDs and 2229 yds in 10 games (on about 390 rushes giving up about 5.72 yds/carry) to A&M's 208.9 yds/game, giving up 2298 and 22 TDs with an extra game (4.87 yds/rush over 472 rushes).

South Carolina allowing 9 out of 10 4th down conversions on the year in 1 less game to A&M's 9 of 16. South Carolina's allowing teams to make 48 trips to the red zone in 10 games, scoring 42 times (with 31 of them being TDs) to A&M allowing 33 trips in in 11 (with 16 of them being TDs).




(Though they both give up about the same average number of first downs a game. Oddly enough, their passing defense numbers are oddly similar to each other, though again with South Carolina playing 1 less game.)


I'm not saying, by any means, that A&M is a good defense; they're clearly not such. But South Carolina's definitely worse.

 

[sjt18]

Talked about this in another thread, actually:




I could go on...South Carolina's 222.9 rushing yds/game allowed, for 25 TDs and 2229 yds in 10 games (on about 390 rushes giving up about 5.72 yds/carry) to A&M's 208.9 yds/game, giving up 2298 and 22 TDs with an extra game (4.87 yds/rush over 472 rushes).

South Carolina allowing 9 out of 10 4th down conversions on the year in 1 less game to A&M's 9 of 16. South Carolina's allowing teams to make 48 trips to the red zone in 10 games, scoring 42 times (with 31 of them being TDs) to A&M allowing 33 trips in in 11 (with 16 of them being TDs).




(Though they both give up about the same average number of first downs a game. Oddly enough, their passing defense numbers are oddly similar to each other, though again with South Carolina playing 1 less game.)


I'm not saying, by any means, that A&M is a good defense; they're clearly not such. But South Carolina's definitely worse.

There are a number of problems with the comparison you made. The biggest one is competition. TAM's stats are skewed. Versus the SEC... they allow 512 yds per game. They are worst by a pretty amazing 54 ypg. In sacks they are #3 against all opponents but #9 vs the SEC. They are at or close to the bottom in virtually every defensive measure when only SEC competition is considered. Even in scoring D which you cited, TAM is dead last allowing almost 39 ppg.... meaning they actually held Mizzou UNDER their season avg.

USCe is pretty bad on D obviously. But TAM is in a category of their own.

 

[sjt18]

PS- that is probably why Muschamp's next stop is College Station to be their new DC.

 

[vtvol98]

PS- that is probably why Muschamp's next stop is College Station to be their new DC.

What about him becoming DC at UGA and becoming CMR's heir apparent?

 

[sjt18]

What about him becoming DC at UGA and becoming CMR's heir apparent?

I think he'd have a better chance at replacing Richt from TAM. UGA has changed DC's often enough to make me believe the problem goes higher than the defensive coaches. I don't think Muschamp fixes that...

But honestly, I am not sure he gets another power 5 conference without dropping back a step first.

Saban's coaching tree isn't producing much good fruit when it comes to HC's.

 

[smokey0625]

Let me first apologize to VN, as I feel like I've been starting a lot of threads lately. But it's late, I'm bored, and I decided to check some stats for Maty Mauk this year. What I found is..... interesting to say the least:

-As it stands right now, Mauk has only 200 more passing yards than Justin Worley. Note that Worley was injured over a month ago.

-He has thrown as many interceptions as Jeff Driskel.

-He has a lower completion percentage than Johnny McCrary from Vandy.

-Statistically, he's the worst SEC QB we have faced this year besides Driskel/Harris.
(Technically he has more passing yards than Mason from UGA, but Mason's metrics are dramatically better)

-He's a dual-threat, mobile QB who has rushed for 10 more yards than Josh Dobbs.... for the year.... seriously check the stats.

-He also rushes for 2 less yards per carry than Dobbs.

-He has 1 rushing TD on the year, Justin Worley has 3.


Here's the link to the stats if you want to see them for yourself.

2014 SEC College Football Individual Statistics Leaders for Passing - ESPN

Their sec schedule has been the easiest of any east team by far. They avoid all the big hitters of the west. Heard a guy on the radio talk about how it is set up for them due to the easiness of their schedule. Also, it's the same reason people like us for next year because we get arky at home for our other non conference game.

 

[vtvol98]

I think he'd have a better chance at replacing Richt from TAM. UGA has changed DC's often enough to make me believe the problem goes higher than the defensive coaches. I don't think Muschamp fixes that...

But honestly, I am not sure he gets another power 5 conference without dropping back a step first.

Saban's coaching tree isn't producing much good fruit when it comes to HC's.

Who, outside of Dooley, is a Saban HC disciple?