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For those of you who were foolish enough to try to stomach it, they showed a replay yesterday of 2013 UT/Vandy during Vandy's "takeover." I had zero interest in reliving the worst, and coldest, 3.5 hours of my life, but I DVR'd it because I wanted one last look at our old gray unis.
Like with every other UT game, I started watching the game, and I got hooked. I'm not saying I recommend watching it, but I'm also not saying it wasn't beneficial for me as a fan to see our evolution from then until now. I was able to make some very easy to see observations.
-This was an awfully sloppy game for both teams. Turnover after turnover, bad call after bad call, busted play after busted play, calls overturned on the field like crazy.
-This isn't going to come as a shocker to anyone, but the 2013 UT squad was just a bad football team by this point. I mean just bad all around. Bad coaching, bad execution, and didn't seem to play with a ton of heart. Especially not in this game. I think the weight of a tough season was just coming down hard, especially on the seniors. Honestly, it's cruel to say, but this team still had the stink of Dooley all over it.
-Dobbs was not a good QB as a freshman. I was a notorious anti-Dobbs poster back then. Obviously sometimes now I regret it, but this game perfectly justifies it. He was terrible.
But none of that negative nonsense matters, here's what I saw that is more important:
-Bajakian needed to go. He was a serious weak link, and losing him is addition by subtraction, and we're going to be a better team for it. The offensive play calling this game was unwatchable. Pig was vastly under-used, we ran virtually no designed QB runs, and the game was chock full of the Mike Bajakian special..... throw the WR screen 50 times. If it doesn't work, throw it 50 more times.
-Dobbs didn't turn his career at UT around in the '14 Bama game, Dobbs turned his career around in the '14 Spring Game. Obviously he was determined to improve, and by spring he went from the player in this 2013 Vandy game, to being a world-beater, and he's been a baller ever since.
-Hurd is a game-changer. Seeing a UT game where he was not on the roster shows how desperately we needed a player like him.
-This Vanderbilt team should be proud of their 2013 season. Jimmy Frank was a good coach, and they accomplished a lot...... that being said.... a healthy 2014 UT team would have ripped either team in this game to shreds.
-We are just dramatically sharper now as a team. Watching this game, as opposed to watching the later 2014 games, it's quite obvious how much more crisp, and disciplined, and how much stronger and faster we are now.
I seriously can't imagine what the next 2 years are going to hold. It's cliche, and cheesy, but I truly do believe a storm is coming.
Like with every other UT game, I started watching the game, and I got hooked. I'm not saying I recommend watching it, but I'm also not saying it wasn't beneficial for me as a fan to see our evolution from then until now. I was able to make some very easy to see observations.
-This was an awfully sloppy game for both teams. Turnover after turnover, bad call after bad call, busted play after busted play, calls overturned on the field like crazy.
-This isn't going to come as a shocker to anyone, but the 2013 UT squad was just a bad football team by this point. I mean just bad all around. Bad coaching, bad execution, and didn't seem to play with a ton of heart. Especially not in this game. I think the weight of a tough season was just coming down hard, especially on the seniors. Honestly, it's cruel to say, but this team still had the stink of Dooley all over it.
-Dobbs was not a good QB as a freshman. I was a notorious anti-Dobbs poster back then. Obviously sometimes now I regret it, but this game perfectly justifies it. He was terrible.
But none of that negative nonsense matters, here's what I saw that is more important:
-Bajakian needed to go. He was a serious weak link, and losing him is addition by subtraction, and we're going to be a better team for it. The offensive play calling this game was unwatchable. Pig was vastly under-used, we ran virtually no designed QB runs, and the game was chock full of the Mike Bajakian special..... throw the WR screen 50 times. If it doesn't work, throw it 50 more times.
-Dobbs didn't turn his career at UT around in the '14 Bama game, Dobbs turned his career around in the '14 Spring Game. Obviously he was determined to improve, and by spring he went from the player in this 2013 Vandy game, to being a world-beater, and he's been a baller ever since.
-Hurd is a game-changer. Seeing a UT game where he was not on the roster shows how desperately we needed a player like him.
-This Vanderbilt team should be proud of their 2013 season. Jimmy Frank was a good coach, and they accomplished a lot...... that being said.... a healthy 2014 UT team would have ripped either team in this game to shreds.
-We are just dramatically sharper now as a team. Watching this game, as opposed to watching the later 2014 games, it's quite obvious how much more crisp, and disciplined, and how much stronger and faster we are now.
I seriously can't imagine what the next 2 years are going to hold. It's cliche, and cheesy, but I truly do believe a storm is coming.
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