UCLA Loss was because of our OL

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This loss squarely falls on the OL. It is pathetic this year and last and before that. Crompton surely is suspect but give the kid a break. He had absolutely NO time. The routes the receivers were running were bad. This walk on center has a long way to go and Josh McClendon simply ain't got it.
 
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wait a second. no doubt they share their blame but that pass that was 10 yards over Gerald Jones head and all those in the dirt I cant buy what you are selling
 
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Wait Wait Wait.... I agree the fumble exchange Crompton had with Sullins was completely 100% not his fault, I don't argue that at all. But, on the play where crompton looked right for almost 5 + seconds then decided to look all the way across the field at the receiver who was doing a 10 yrd comeback route and then proceed to throw at him after he has already made his cutback and the corner was hip to hip with him and picked it off.... OL fault? I think not. He had enough time to look right, then think to himself "self, I think i want to wait all this time and look behind me opposite side of field and try to throw completely across field, self do i have time? Well sure I do" The kid has no sense of what a QB is all about. He lacks the fundamental aspects of the game.
 
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BS, Crompton had plenty of time when he threw those 3 picks and even more time on the one he overthrew Jones!
 
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I agree that the O line was not very good. However, Crompton is to blame. I don't think it would matter if he had all day to throw. He can't handle the pressure.
 
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We had a chance to win:we had more 1st downs and more yards of offense,but the turnovers just killed it all.
 
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McClendon should know by now a set of weights, even 605 pounds worth, doesn't hit back. Sullins would get pushed back nearly every play and could only drag the nose down with him. That left the middle clear for the LBs.
 
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It is the Qb's job to make sure his WR's know what they are doing. I don't care who the captains are on our team.... When our offense is on the field, we really do have 1 captain and that's our QB. He consistently shows he can not handle the pressure. He overthrows/underthrows balls left and right. Give him the slightest bit of pressure and he folds 9/10 times. I know Wr's will run the wrong routes and such, but for a kid who supposebly has textbooks and textbooks field with plays and everything, it sure seems as if he's not understanding something. Maybe he drew them up with a croyola when his lights were out. IDK, but the kid sure has some problems when he drops back to throw.
 
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This one is definately on Crompton. The guy stares down his intended targets so badly that if he's not getting the ball tipped at the line of scrimmage he's throwing it to the wrong colored jersey. At the end of the game, how do you explain the bullet he threw into the ground and then yelled at Gerald Jones like it was his fault? Even if Jones would have stopped he would have had to shrunk to 2 feet tall to be able to catch that ball. Bottom line is, Crompton is a head case and cracks under pressure. He does not have the poise nor intelligence to run an offense in the SEC. The facts are the facts. Tennessee football won't return until Crompton leaves the program. :eek:hmy:
 
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bournehall said:
This loss squarely falls on the OL. It is pathetic this year and last and before that. Crompton surely is suspect but give the kid a break. He had absolutely NO time. The routes the receivers were running were bad. This walk on center has a long way to go and Josh McClendon simply ain't got it.
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This is the most reasonable and well thought out explanations of the game I have seen so far.

No doubt Crompton is bad, but he had no time, and when he did the WRs couldn't run the right routes; Jones shouldn't have even been playing, he couldn't even jump nor is he full speed. That is very questionable call on the coaches. I know the WR position is thin, but how you put a guy who can't physically make an athletic play on the field is beyond me.
 
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Last week he enjoyed 5 sec or more in the pocket.....today he needed to make his decision in 3 sec....pretty much standard in big time footbal games. He just cannot do that, proved it last year and is now showing once again, NOTHING has changed.

I think JC should start next week......can't win anyway, so let him get his azz kicked good...then Lane will make a change at QB.
 
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EastTN28 said:
This is the most reasonable and well thought out explanations of the game I have seen so far.

No doubt Crompton is bad, but he had no time, and when he did the WRs couldn't run the right routes; Jones shouldn't have even been playing, he couldn't even jump nor is he full speed. That is very questionable call on the coaches. I know the WR position is thin, but how you put a guy who can't physically make an athletic play on the field is beyond me.
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Crompton has to have the intelligence to step into the pocket when the rush is on him. The line can't do it all and good quarterbacks feel the rush, step up, and makes smart plays. You cannot blame Crompton's mistakes and his inability to run this offense by making smart decisions on the offensive line. Blaming this on the offensive line is almost laughable. :dry:
 
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It's everything, gents--just like it was last year. Crompton sux; our receivers sux--how many times do our wideouts/TEs really get open--almost never!; and pass protection was spotty at best. On almost every pass we attempt, one or more of these components breaks down, often more than one. But, yes, I absolutely think Stephens HAS to start from now on. He should have played today. It all starts with the QB, and our guy stinks.
 
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bournehall said:
This loss squarely falls on the OL. It is pathetic this year and last and before that. Crompton surely is suspect but give the kid a break. He had absolutely NO time. The routes the receivers were running were bad. This walk on center has a long way to go and Josh McClendon simply ain't got it.
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Online so soon after the game, Jon?
 
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You make it much harder on your OL when you are one-dimensional, and Crompton's idiotic throws made us one-dimensional. UCLA could stack the box and dare Crompton to beat them. It's no secret.
 
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EastTN28 said:
This is the most reasonable and well thought out explanations of the game I have seen so far.

No doubt Crompton is bad, but he had no time, and when he did the WRs couldn't run the right routes; Jones shouldn't have even been playing, he couldn't even jump nor is he full speed. That is very questionable call on the coaches. I know the WR position is thin, but how you put a guy who can't physically make an athletic play on the field is beyond me.
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Did we watch the same game???

Crompton had time, but he made horrible throws.

As UCLA saw it was the same POS QB from last year, and not the QB that threw 5 TD's last week, they kept crowding the line of scrimmage. It's easier to get pressure that way.

We could have had UCLA play backyard rules, and not rush until 10 MISSISSIPPI, and that idiot still would have failed.
 
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EastTN28 said:
Laughable? Football games are won in the trenches.
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They are also won by smart quarterback play. The line can only hold defenders back so long and Crompton has to be intelligent enough to either scramble or step up into the pocket. Oh yeah, not throwing the ball to the other team might help too. :blink:
 
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The Tennessee offensive line has a lot of work to do. They are inconsistent. They blow up the Dline one play, and then get worked the next play.

That unit is as much to blame as Crompton IMO.

And it is clear to me that as tough as Sullins might be, he won't hold up consistently against good FBS players on the opposing Dline.
 
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