Starting to look like a SEC team again

[DefenseWins]

I don’t usually start threads but since we can use the excitement around here Elijah Simmons, Middleton, Williams.... we are getting there guys!

 

[Browe1]

Hopefully the dline will surpise us this year

 

[Alto1]

Tenacious Tennessee D !!!!!!!

 

[KBVol]

Now let’s see em PLAY like an SEC team again. It’s been awhile.

 

[photovol]

Tenacious Tennessee D !!!!!!!

 

[AshleyTheVol]

We need edge rushers or the defense is going to stink again.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Hopefully the dline will surprise us this year

They are bigger and more athletic but not nearly as experienced. Hopefully they have an accelerated learning curve.

 

[TJSVOLS]

We need edge rushers or the defense is going to stink again.

I think they have some, let's hope they show up.

 

[KeyVol14]

We need edge rushers or the defense is going to stink again.

I keep hearing Kivon Bennet name come up. I think he might ball out

 

[wmcovol]

Jones philosophy of small linemen and slow WRs sure didn’t work in the SEC. who ever hired that guy should be whipped on the public square. White sweatsuit and all

 

[PEPPERJAX]

We need edge rushers or the defense is going to stink again.

Taylor will see double teams so you are correct, another pass rusher must emerge.

 

[AshleyTheVol]

Taylor will see double teams so you are correct, another pass rusher must emerge.

We also need effective rotational edge rushers to substitute in for Taylor so he can rest and stay fresh.

 

[wmcovol]

Looking like a SEC team and playing like one are two different things. Vols might be a yr or two away from playing like one but you gotta start somewhere.

 

[KeyVol14]

We also need effective rotational edge rushers to substitute in for Taylor so he can rest and stay fresh.

Crouch will come along slowly. And idk if it was just me but Bituli looked good coming off the edge in the spring game

 

[DefenseWins]

Just exciting that this team will be better by the end of the year because of the freshman talent we have.

 

[08Vol]

Jones philosophy of small linemen and slow WRs sure didn’t work in the SEC. who ever hired that guy should be whipped on the public square. White sweatsuit and all

Beat UF, beat UGA twice, had a lead on Bama late in the 4th quarter in Tuscaloosa. The team fell apart at the end of his time here and he has been a jerk ever since, but stop with this revisionist history that he was Dooley 2.0

 

[DefenseWins]

Beat UF, beat UGA twice, had a lead on Bama late in the 4th quarter in Tuscaloosa. The team fell apart at the end of his time here and he has been a jerk ever since, but stop with this revisionist history that he was Dooley 2.0

His philosophies were catching up with him... no doubt about it. He needs to be a marketing guy for a school not a HC

 

[West Vol]

Beat UF, beat UGA twice, had a lead on Bama late in the 4th quarter in Tuscaloosa. The team fell apart at the end of his time here and he has been a jerk ever since, but stop with this revisionist history that he was Dooley 2.0

He should have beaten Florida a minimum of three times. They were terrible his entire run. The SEC East in general was bad while he was here. He has the worst record against freaking Vanderbilt of any coach in the last 100 years.

Honestly, you put him at Missouri as OC last year and there’s a pretty decent chance we win that game.

 

[West Vol]

Beat Georgia twice. Laughing my ass off. His inept coaching put us in an almost inescapable hole and then Josh Dobbs freewheeled us out of it. Then, he managed to let a first year coach and a mediocre team outplay us and got lucky with a miracle win.

 

[KBVol]

Beat UF, beat UGA twice, had a lead on Bama late in the 4th quarter in Tuscaloosa. The team fell apart at the end of his time here and he has been a jerk ever since, but stop with this revisionist history that he was Dooley 2.0

1-4 vs Florida
0-5 vs Alabama
2-3 vs Georgia
2-3 vs Vandy
14-24 vs SEC teams
0-10 vs SEC West teams

What’s that you were saying again?

 

[Remy]

They are bigger and more athletic but not nearly as experienced. Hopefully they have an accelerated learning curve.

We had a lot of young guys on both sides of the ball play last year. It would surprise me not if we are one of the more experienced teams in the SEC even though rather young.

 

[Visiting Dawg]

Jones philosophy of small linemen and slow WRs sure didn’t work in the SEC. who ever hired that guy should be whipped on the public square. White sweatsuit and all

McKenzie, Tuttle, Kongbo et. al. weren't midgets. The problem with Jones wasn't recruiting or that he was a horrible X and O guy. He simply lost his team.

 

[wmcovol]

McKenzie, Tuttle, Kongbo et. al. weren't midgets. The problem with Jones wasn't recruiting or that he was a horrible X and O guy. He simply lost his team.

No NFL draft picks for 3 yrs? 260lb OL? Even Pruitt said when he took over they were “too small”. Maybe Pruitt & NFL scouts don’t know this team near as well as you do. I don’t know what on earth you’ve been watching the last two years but it’s obviously not been Tennessee football.

 

[UTwick]

I think they have some, let's hope they show up.

And stay healthy.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

We had a lot of young guys on both sides of the ball play last year. It would surprise me not if we are one of the more experienced teams in the SEC even though rather young.

Just referring to the DL. The rest of the team has a ton of experience.