Watch replay and decide

#26
#26
gobraves101035 said:
I watched it again and wish I didn't. This play happens oh so often. He has plenty of time and freaks out because his only read didn't pan out and the play goes dead. That's the thing I don't like about Dobbs. He knows the person he is throwing to before the ball is even snapped and that sucks. That's not a quarterback. If your first read don't pan out you look around and find an open man. This will cost us games
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Got Santa out already I see
 
#28
#28
gobraves101035 said:
I watched it again and wish I didn't. This play happens oh so often. He has plenty of time and freaks out because his only read didn't pan out and the play goes dead. That's the thing I don't like about Dobbs. He knows the person he is throwing to before the ball is even snapped and that sucks. That's not a quarterback. If your first read don't pan out you look around and find an open man. This will cost us games
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It does appear that Dobbs stares down the first option and then if it's not there, he either 1. runs like crazy between the DL for a decent gain, 2. If no running room, run to the sideline then heave the ball down the field, hoping someone catches.
 
#29
#29
a vol n tears said:
When watching a game live, it's easy to just watch the ball and not see specific players or player groups. I'm just now watching the replay from last night and am watching based on some comments I've been reading since last night. The 1st is were we playing vanilla or not. Based on how few different plays and formations we used, I think yes. The whole team probably underestimated ASU.
Next is how bad the coaching is. These are the same coaches that called plays for about 400 ypg last year, so it was not the play calling. The offensive line played bad, but I thought they actually blocked better on passing plays than running plays. And now the biggie!!! Dobbs passing game has not improved. Running vanilla playbook does not influence how well the called passes are thrown. I think the passing game will definately cost the VOLS a game or two this year, if not more. There will always be the argument about whether Dobbs is the MAN or not. I personally think Dobbs is a great athlete but not sure he provides the best chance for this team to win tough games. I understand he had some big plays last year but his 650 rushing yards is only about 50 ypg. Easy to gain that back with only 2 - 4 medium passes per game. After watching the game again, give you honest thoughts.
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This is the same Dobbs who won us 9 games last year. No he's not the most accurate. Yes he overthrows receivers quite a bit. But he's not a scrub. And the team is not a scrub team. I think people need to calm down and stop losing their heads over one game. Did the team quit? NO. Did they get some bad breaks early? YES. Did players make plays? YES.

What was it Les Miles said? "How f'ing easy it would have been to say 'it's their night.' How f'ing easy." And sure, App State's not the greatest team, but they were certainly getting all the breaks and the momentum. We lost our senior leader on defense to (in my opinion) BS call. We had a lot of flags go against UT. But Tennessee held. Not pretty, but it held, and the players made plays. So I would say - calm down. Try to enjoy it. Try to enjoy this team you've watched come together for three years. It's the same team that won 9 games and almost won 3 more, and they want this season to be a success far more than any of us do. Calm down, support them, and have their backs. There'll be time enough to complain later if they keep struggling.

But for now - Go Vols.
 
#31
#31
Is there a replay we can watch.. I was doing a sleep study last night and I didn't get to watch the game. I also don't have access to ESPN3 currently either.
 
#32
#32
The ironic thing about Dobbs is that it's between the ears for him. He's brilliant, but it's almost like that hinders his ability because he's thinking too much instead of just playing and reacting. I felt Dobbs tried to win the game on every play last night. He played very tight.
 
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