Vols' woeful 1st-down production against App State

#27
#27
Against App St we saw what this offense looks like without a reasonable threat of Dobbs running. We were basically were left running a slow developing run play with our Rb getting the ball at a dead stop. Also Tn looked like a bunch of guys trying to do it all themselves.
 
#28
#28
chatt-townVOL said:
Fair point on the TE.

But just so we're clear..... you feel they weren't stacking the box all game?
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Correct...Appy did not have to stack the box as they consistently beat the UT OL with their base defense. They didn't leave their secondary alone on an island to cover Williams and Malone so they could devote everyone else to defending the run. Go back and watch the game again and see if I'm wrong.
 
#29
#29
walkenvol said:
Correct...Appy did not have to stack the box as they consistently beat the UT OL with their base defense. They didn't leave their secondary alone on an island to cover Williams and Malone so they could devote everyone else to defending the run. Go back and watch the game again and see if I'm wrong.
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Their LB's stayed home all night. Ethan wolf could have had 100 yds receiving, had we thrown to him more. Think we did twice right off the line and they both gained about 10 yds. IMO, they were stacking the box.
 
#30
#30
"Butch Jones touted his ninth-ranked Tennessee team’s opening game --- and all openers --- as the “game of unknowns.”"

This is the problem mentality, imo.

How is it that, with the 6-7 games we won out with in 2015 plus the game we had vs Northwester plus the experience + starting returners we had this summer/fall leading in to Week 1, that Coach Jones would be preaching Game 1 would be "unknown"? This just amazesme.

He should have been preaching "WIN" and "WIN BIG" Week 1.
 
#31
#31
chatt-townVOL said:
Fair point on the TE.

But just so we're clear..... you feel they weren't stacking the box all game?
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"Most of the time, though, he had no choice — he was running for his life almost immediately. And the pressure wasn’t the result of ingenious scheming or exotic blitzes on the part of Appalachian State, nor of Tennessee being forced into obvious passing downs that allowed the Mountaineers to tee off without worrying about the threat of a run. The heat came as readily on 1st-and-10 as it did on third-and-long, and in almost every case it was the result of App. State simply dominating a one-on-one matchup against a much larger Tennessee lineman."

From this Film study: After dismal debut, can Tennessee keep Josh Dobbs clean?
reinforces that it wasn't box stacking that beat our OL. :good!:
 
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