Thoughts after game 1?

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Jdw2920 said:
I’m not sure we win 2/3 of those games. Our tackling on defense was bad. We had multiple times we hit them behind the line of scrimmage and they managed to turn it into a 3-5 yard gain.
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Those plays always happen in a game even with the top tier teams. Look at their stud Rb stats and team total rushing yards/attempts. Not an alarming performance last night like some of you are indicating.
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
Dude your nuts if you think this team isn’t explosive, just because it didn’t happen tonight and we took what they gave us. But by all means keep talking bad about us and make yourself look clueless as the season moves on! GBO!!!!
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Did I say they are not explosive in general or they were not explosive in this game?

Those are two different things. I hope we will be more explosive for the rest of the season than last night, and imagine we will be. But I’ll have to see it.
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
Dude your nuts if you think this team isn’t explosive, just because it didn’t happen tonight and we took what they gave us. But by all means keep talking bad about us and make yourself look clueless as the season moves on! GBO!!!!
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This!
We really didn’t try to force the issue downfield by settling for what they were giving us. So we held back a little bit IMO. The offense certainly isn’t a problem. Rb depth may be a problem as the season progresses.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Where did we rank in 3rd down conversions last year? We will be just as good and likely better this year.

I’ll answer for you. We ranked 9th out of 130 teams.
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Not worried about the games they won, take a look at the games they lost. Overall stats don't show the true picture. They were top 10 in scoring to but only won 7 games.
 
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BeardedVol said:
I don't think you can extrapolate much of anything about the Pitt and Florida games from this performance.

It's a first game tune up, and we put up 59 points and held them scoreless for half the game. We didn't struggle in any major aspect of the game other than third down defence, and coverage in the secondary, which were both a problem last season as well.
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Seriously high-brow post! Extrapolate AND defence in the same post! Early leader for 2022 Football Valedictorian!
 
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VOLtaism said:
Not worried about the games they won, take a look at the games they lost. Overall stats don't show the true picture. They were top 10 in scoring to but only won 7 games.
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Two games were won unofficially without referee incompetence. So 9-3 should have been the record.
 
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ScornedPapaVol said:
A year or two passing wont magically put us on the level of Alabama. Finishing in the top 5 in recruiting several consecutive years with a few number one classes sprinkled in will put us on that level. As that is actually what put Alabama on that level....
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It did not take several years for Bama. They won twelve games Saban’s second year and won the NC his third year.
 
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I’m still confident enough to predict 8 wins barring any major injuries. Gotta see more from run game, WRs & defense if I’m going over that
 
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Vols till I fall said:
Overall report:

I believe the offense held their own and did a great job. As long as you have hooker leading this offense, I'm not concerned with that unit. Scale 1-10, I would give the offense an 8.

Defensive was kind of embarrassing tonight. If Ball state actually had a good QB and a decent head coach, this game would have been closer. Like years past, Tennessee continues to struggle Defending outside slants as well stopping third down convertions. That Defensive line tonight, very piss poor. Defensively, this side of the ball gets a 3. 0 sacks and Paddock had all day to throw, we were very fortunate that he was an inexperienced QB

Tennessee has a good team but not a great team. When you see Georgia or Alabama play against cupcakes, you can see the sheer talent emerge from multiple players, in Tennessee's case, I haven't seen that in a UT player besides Hooker.

Tennessee will compete against most of the SEC this season, still a year or two away from getting on Alabama's level

Go Vols! Beat Pitt!
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Similar thoughts here. I came away feeling like the team was very similar to last year. The RBs looked better but OL still meh, DL still meh, and DB not great. We should win some games though. Could’ve won 9-10 easy last year
 
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Vol8188 said:
Did I say they are not explosive in general or they were not explosive in this game?

Those are two different things. I hope we will be more explosive for the rest of the season than last night, and imagine we will be. But I’ll have to see it.
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You’re backtracking.
 
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Vols till I fall said:
Are you trying to say Tennessee is on the same level as Georgia?

Horrible analogy
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Some of you folks must be miserable to be around. I hope for perfect execution and overpowering the opponent every play, but I also realize that's unreasonable expectations. For game 1, it was pretty darn good. When you're up by 38 at halftime the intensity is naturally going to decline. Maybe it's just BVS taking over.
 
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The Hooker to Merrill TD was my favorite highlight of the night:
- BS attempted to drop 8 and to cover 4 receivers. This left them with two (TWO!?) rushers and a spy.
- When Hooker recognizes the coverage he slides left to gauge his chances of beating the spy or attempt to draw the LB covering Small in.
- That’s when the DB covering Merrill trips and Hookers vision and arm talent take over. Such an impressive throw while moving to his left and quick release to take advantage of the defender falling down. 45F4F1C8-DBF4-456D-966C-95E26054B68A.jpeg
 
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Vol8188 said:
Did I say they are not explosive in general or they were not explosive in this game?

Those are two different things. I hope we will be more explosive for the rest of the season than last night, and imagine we will be. But I’ll have to see it.
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Well you don’t have no choice but to wait and see it. They moved the ball well, the underneath stuff was there. We almost had 600 yards of offense sure they could have put all their offense on display tonight but there was no reason to force things when other things were there for the taking. To complain about the offense you seen last night is downright silly. We scored on 6 out of first 7 possessions. Oh but I know we didn’t throw a 70 yard bomb last night so we looked terrible. Okay whatever. GBO!
 
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sjt18 said:
They could have been a lot better against the pass.

For whatever reason, Banks had the CB's 10 yds off. Any time UT blitzed or got push, their QB just hit a 5 yd slant, out, or slant. I think they had some automatics too. UT would have 10 yd cushions. BSU would cut the DL and hit those little 5 yd passes.

If Banks doesn't get more aggressive and start knocking receivers off their routes and timing... you can blame the DL all you like but the failure is scheme.
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I think and hope this was just part of the chess match… don’t show Pitt anything serious on both sides we still won by 50 I do want to see us play much tighter vs Pitt… I think our run defense will be continue to be stout I like our size and depth in the interior… Thomas Terry garland Eason and Simmons is a really good rotation… 9 6 and 30 will get home much more when teams actually throw anything pass 5 yards im not worried about the pass rush… I feel confident in the culture built that we will continue to improve throughout the season.
 
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Vols till I fall said:
Overall report:

I believe the offense held their own and did a great job. As long as you have hooker leading this offense, I'm not concerned with that unit. Scale 1-10, I would give the offense an 8.

Defensive was kind of embarrassing tonight. If Ball state actually had a good QB and a decent head coach, this game would have been closer. Like years past, Tennessee continues to struggle Defending outside slants as well stopping third down convertions. That Defensive line tonight, very piss poor. Defensively, this side of the ball gets a 3. 0 sacks and Paddock had all day to throw, we were very fortunate that he was an inexperienced QB

Tennessee has a good team but not a great team. When you see Georgia or Alabama play against cupcakes, you can see the sheer talent emerge from multiple players, in Tennessee's case, I haven't seen that in a UT player besides Hooker.

Tennessee will compete against most of the SEC this season, still a year or two away from getting on Alabama's level

Go Vols! Beat Pitt!
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One thing I question with this team is it's physicality. Not sure about their "toughness".
 
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CAVPUT said:
One thing I question with this team is it's physicality. Not sure about their "toughness".
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We definitely dont play a physical brand of football. Im interested to know if thats a scheme thing or a personnel thing. We really dont have the roster to line up and run it right at teams or line up playing press man on defense. Im curious to see what our defense looks like when the roster is upgraded.
 
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knox-townVOL said:
Y’all do realize we dropped 8 most of the game, and they stacked the O-Line with additional TE’s to keep us from sacking, right? Then they threw quick-outs all game.

In order to get sacks, we would either need to corner or safety blitz, or someone on defense would literally have to knock over an O-lineman to get to the QB.

The lack of sacks is not a concern at this point.
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How can we drop 8 if we're rushing 4 or 5? Your math ain't mathing.
 
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mindemon said:
It looked bad to me. The passing game looked stiff and predictable. The running game was almost obsolete. I mean, Tennessee had trouble running on Ball State. The front got almost no pressure on the quarterback most of the night. There were a few times they got some pressure, but most of the night, the quarterback could have stood back there and eaten a sandwich. Some people have mentioned that Tennessee didn't struggle in the game at all. I mean, no kidding. It was Ball State. A decent High School team could have beaten them, so that is nothing to brag about. All in all, unless Tennessee improves a lot, they aren't beating Pitt. And I expect them to lose several SEC games.
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Lol, what did you watch bro..... trouble running on BS ? Stats, TD's and any other stat you wanna throw out disagrees with everything you said. This game was exactly what it was supposed to be. They BS didnt score until the 3rd qtr on mostly a cleared bench and getting a few guys in the back end more work. This was the gameplan, simple easy and basic. Did you expect to see exotic pressures and schemes ? 500 yards of offense, 3/4 turnovers by the defense. Yards are given in today's college football. This team had no chance from the start of the game and we played like it.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
We definitely dont play a physical brand of football. Im interested to know if thats a scheme thing or a personnel thing. We really dont have the roster to line up and run it right at teams or line up playing press man on defense. Im curious to see what our defense looks like when the roster is upgraded.
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My perspective is that we look like a finesse "west coast" type of team vs a tough, physical SEC program. Always different paths to an end. Just wonder how we will respond when some team smacks us in the mouth.
 
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We are going to have to be physical upfront to win championships. At least competitive physical. We aren’t going to win with a finesse defense against the teams that matter. I am not ready to call us that either based on 1 game. GBO
 
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