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#28
#28
Oh and Poole is a below average SEC back - Neal has some talent, we'll see - lane is the only elite level talent in the backfield - if he gets back his form he will be starting and seeing the bulk of the carries
 
#29
#29
My guess is CDD understand big orange football and know that we must run the ball to compete in the SEC. With a young line last year we had to throw the ball . Not great lanes to run in and to many sacks. Will have that this year and will have a 1,000 yard back or two. Write it down!
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#30
#30
Not to be controversial, but we lost our 3 best receivers and replaced them with talented, but inexperienced ones. They will make some plays, but need the running game to help them sustain drives. Lane is a freshman who missed spring practice, doesn't know the playbook which makes it unknown how he will perform early in the season. Poole, Neal and maybe Williams will get the ball early in the season. Book it.
 
#31
#31
So last year NO SEC RB's make it to 1500yds and only 1 made it past 1200 (Knile Davis) but Poole, who is overwhelmingly acknowledged will be sharing carries, is going to hit 1500? Really?

If Poole can even seriously scare 1100 and have his ypc at 5 or better it would be a pretty good season for him. (not that I wouldn't take more obviously) We get the rest (Neal et al) pitching in another 600 or so with a good ypc number and it should be a nice year for the O.
 
#33
#33
tripper said:
Our RBs are average at best. I can name 6 RBs that I would rather have Crowell, Ballard, Lattimore, Dyer, Richardson and Childs.
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Agreed...and heavy on the AT BEST.
 
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#36
#36
PowerT83 said:
Beware The Wild Fugate
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Poole gained most of his yards on big yard runs. If he didn't have gains over 20 yards each, then he would not have even had 1,000. At that, it took him 13 games to amass the 1,000 yards that he did gain.
The games that Bray started, the run game was not used much, so his carries were few. Also, the O line was still learning.
If we use the run game more often this season. If he doesn't have to share his carries and if the O line is much improved, he could get them with a 13 game schedule.
 
#38
#38
My lord! This post is a disaster. All too often on here people stray from the main points of a thread. This thread was not intended to discuss how ridicolous it would be for one to think Poole will go for a grand and a half.

I said some say he's looking for 1500. Poole lightly mentioned the number and SOME thought with an upgraded line, opposing D on their heels looking to stop the pass, etc there would be an OUTSIDE chance of picking up 400 extra yards, accomplishing this unlikely feat.

Now, b4 y'all say, "1500 yds? no chance! or Poole will be lucky to get 1000" for the next 3 pages....

REMEMBER this post's original aim was to discuss the current RB situation here at beautiful Tennesee, Marlin Lane's early role in 2011 and if Neal or any of the other backs will finally break through and prove worthy.

If some of you would like, I'll start a thread entitled how F'n ridicolous is it to think Poole will rush for 1500 yards this year? Then everyone can write the same negative responses over and over again. SMH. Dead periods suck, bring on summer camps and team practices please!!!
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#39
#39
AlcoVOLic said:
Personally, I've NEVER been wild about Poole. I do like his work ethic, drive and personallity but as far as a RB I think he is average at best. I hope he gets 1,000 yards this year but 1500 is a pipe dream.
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I won't go into the whole reasoning... you can look at the Poole thread for that... but "average" RB's do not run for over 1000 yds in the SEC with over 5 ypc. They do not tie the Heisman winner for the number of 100 yd games in the season... and they don't go for over 100 against 3 ranked teams in a season.

You can use alot of words but average isn't one of them.
 
#40
#40
SCvol333 said:
Oh and Poole is a below average SEC back - Neal has some talent, we'll see - lane is the only elite level talent in the backfield - if he gets back his form he will be starting and seeing the bulk of the carries
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Borrowing from SGM, no one with an IQ over 70 thinks an average much less below average RB can post the stats Poole had last year against the SEC.

I hope Lane is the best RB UT has ever seen. But he hardly played as a Sr and is coming off of an injury. We have absolutely NO BASIS except recruiting svc educated guesses to suggest he's "elite". They didn't even think he was "elite" or they would have given him 5*.
 
#42
#42
hndog609 said:
So last year NO SEC RB's make it to 1500yds and only 1 made it past 1200 (Knile Davis) but Poole, who is overwhelmingly acknowledged will be sharing carries, is going to hit 1500? Really?

If Poole can even seriously scare 1100 and have his ypc at 5 or better it would be a pretty good season for him. (not that I wouldn't take more obviously) We get the rest (Neal et al) pitching in another 600 or so with a good ypc number and it should be a nice year for the O.
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Very good post. Someone not only needs to share carries but needs to share the meaningful carries. In both of the last two years, either Hardesty or Poole was in there when the game was on the line. That beats your number one guy up and makes him less effective.

UT needs Neal, Lane, Williams, or someone to be able to take carries against UF, USCe, UGA, LSU, Bama, etc when it matters.
 
#44
#44
lets see..we had a young, inexperienced o-line that allowed a lot of sacks and such, but somehow poole managed to get over a 1000yds despite being an average at best sec back ...does this make any sense?
 
#46
#46
Poole IS an average back...he had 0 support last year. He got the bulk of the carries coz we had no number 2 RB that was worth anything. Oku was too busy crying and Neal just wasnt ready. Poole was durable, yes, but he rushed for under a 100 each time we played anyone with a good D. Does an above average RB get shut down everytime a good SEC D steps on the field? We can split hairs here or y'all will just see the difference when we get an elite back (if not lane).
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#47
#47
so your logic is, he should have got over 100yds against the best defenses in the sec, while playing behind a weak OL and because he didn't he was only an average back?
 
#49
#49
Poole is an average back. He's hit or miss. If he isn't breaking a twenty yard scamper he's going for neutral or negative yards.
 
#50
#50
Why is there nobody mentioning Tom Smith from Apopka, Fl.? He's coming people along with 1654 yds rushing and 24 TD's his senior season...just a friendly reminder.
 
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