Georgia has uncomfortable mix of highlights, slapstick
The Bulldogs celebrated their win but know they have to play much better. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
ATHENS — Georgia arrived at 5-0 at the most unexpected place: Smack at the intersection of the Sun Belt Conference and a Marx Brothers movie.
This is where it’s important to point out that it’s only September, and style points don’t yet matter, and it’s not like Georgia did not do some pretty spectacular things Saturday (two freshmen running backs, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall, combining for 294 yards and five touchdowns), and this is the SEC, and a win is a win, and (add whatever cliché that comforts you).
But there was a point in Saturday’s game against Tennessee when you found yourself thinking, “OK, who’s going to pull out the seltzer bottle?”
When two teams combine for 95 points, 13 touchdowns, 46 first downs, 1,038 yards, three fumbles, four interceptions, two botched extra points, one blocked extra point, one blocked punt and one dropped kickoff return out of bounds at the 1-yard line, the last thing that comes to mind is that one of these teams supposedly is an SEC and BCS title contender.
“I was about to have a heart attack,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said.
“We definitely can’t do that kind of stuff if we want to be champions,” quarterback Aaron Murray said.
“I think this will ground us a little bit,” cornerback Sanders Commings said.
Georgia defeated Tennessee 51-44. We think. Maybe something else will happen on the replay.
Alec Ogletree had a tipped pass, leading to an interception, but admitted he felt "rust" after missing the first four games. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
The Dogs led 27-10 three minutes into the second quarter. They committed two turnovers and allowed three touchdowns in a span of 4:11 to fall behind. They scored touchdowns on their first three possessions of the second half. Then they seemingly tried to blow it again, managing only one first down on their next four drives (Translation: “Take it. We don’t want it”), until Commings intercepted a Tyler Bray pass … with seven seconds remaining.
Well. That was easy.
Next week’s game against South Carolina should be a snap.
“This makes us stay humble,” Commings said. “Just because we’re undefeated doesn’t mean we’re unbeatable.”
And there it is.
Maybe something good will come out of this. The Bulldogs can do great things this season. They’re 3-0 in the SEC for the first time since 2005, which is the last season that they won the conference title.
But instead of receiving affirmation of Georgia’s lofty status in the rankings Saturday, we viewed highlights surrounded by slapstick.
Coach Mark Richt called the game’s PAT mishaps “a little bit of a comedy of errors.” But he could have been referring to almost anything.
If the Dogs had felt a little bit heady after their first four victories, this should bring them back down to Earth.
“We made mistakes, but it says something about this team that we came back,” Gurley said.
That would be the positive way to look at it. The negative will be on tape this week.
In the first half, Georgia seemed to morph from top-5, BCS contender to Compass Bowl bottom-feeder material in what seemed like 37 seconds. It was like watching somebody having this great day, hitting the lottery, finding the spouse of their dreams and taking a celebration stroll on the beach, only to suddenly have a mutant octopus from one of those Japanese monster movies reach out and grab them by the ankle.
It went from 27-10 Georgia to 30-27 Tennessee in 4 minutes, 11 seconds. Touchdown, Tennessee. Sack/fumble by Murray. Touchdown, Tennessee. Dropped kickoff return out of bounds at the 1 by Gurley. Fumble by Marshall. Touchdown, Tennessee.
If it was put to music on Broadway, there would’ve been a lot of cymbals and maybe a gong.
Georgia turnovers set up three easy Tennessee touchdowns (one interception return and two short drives off fumbles). But with the Dogs’ defense getting suspended players Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree back in the lineup, you expected far better than Tennessee amassing 478 yards of offense.
Ogletree on he and Rambo: “We just had a little rust, some missed assignments. You can’t really simulate game speed.”
If anybody was looking ahead to the South Carolina game with supreme confidence, this should temper things a little. We’ll soon find out if a little grounding helps.
– Jeff Schultz
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Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:00 am
“It’s pretty well established that we hadn’t played much of a schedule before tonight.”
You said DawgNole, that when we beat South Carolina Saturday night that we would’ve shut up the critics that we can’t beat a team making the top 10 in 6 consecutive seasons 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 we haven’t accomplished that once in 6 years and counting now because we beat a team who at
GAME TIME
was Top 10.
All I did was point out the obvious, which apparently is correct since you repeated my statement that we’ve played 5 in a row unranked teams at
GAME TIME.
Under The Bleachers
September 30th, 2012
2:01 am
Want to add that Rambo looked like he had not practiced in 4 weeks at times. Until he gets his feet back under him and the smoke out of his brains most opposing coaches will go after his overzeolous play until he can prove he is the same player he was at times last year.
Today he played like a liability at times.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:05 am
Hunter, thank you for that, sir. I, too, see South Carolina as a team who loses a bunch of games 2012 season. It will be 4 Losses, and maybe 5 Losses South Carolina racks up 2012 season.
As for Florida, sir, Florida has no hope of beating South Carolina, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and on and on and on. Florida is absolutely no good.
I love how folks see 5 games 2012, and act like everything they’ve seen all season so far is not who we really are, and is what the opponents have shown so-far by stark contrast.
We have to be careful in our best shot
2012.
NYdawg
September 30th, 2012
2:09 am
Another week of perfect symmetry: Georgia wins and Georgia Tech loses. Who could ask for anything more?
TB Hiding Under the stadium
September 30th, 2012
2:10 am
Nice 50 yd FG,boys….Rambo looked fine !! Ya’ll go stir up come Spurrier luvin
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:20 am
Big Dawg,
12-0 Alabama
12-0 UGA
meet-up in The SEC Championship Game…
Excuse me : Alabama has games against Michigan, Texas A and M, Mississippi State, and LSU.
We don’t play any of those teams, and not only that, sir, but South Carolina everyone is saying on this entire blog loses a bunch of games and so too does Florida. Those are are only 2 games, according to anyone. Our NCAA Official Strength of Schedule WAS # 60 in the nation PRIOR to the vols losing again, prior to Georgie tek losing again, prior to Kentucky losing again – while both Texas A and M and LSU both won again today.
Alabama’s Official NCAA Strength of Schedule for the 2012 season, is 25 places better than ours.
That statment is like Oregon saying they’re 12-0. Excuse me, they don’t play anyone.
Neither do we, besides South Carolina – and, most figure South Carolina loses this up-coming weekend and the 1 after that, too – back-to-back South Carolina losses. I wouldn’t give South Carolina the Clemson game right now. I have no idea if there is anyone in the nation who’d say South Carolina would beat Alabama. But, the facts are that South Carolina has done better than us so far this season.
Hunter
September 30th, 2012
2:23 am
@Thomas Brown: “If South Carolina, who has NEVER done anything in football ever, does lose games to Georgia, Clemson, Florida, LSU and their bowl game and assuming we don’t let them play Alabama too in addition, then the salient fact about FOOTBALL that you wrote is that South Caroina
WAS RANKED in the top 10 at game time.
At game time, NOT ONE GAME ALL SEASON LONG WE’VE PLAYED SO FAR HAS BEEN AGAINST A RANKED TEAM.
5 unranked opponents at game time, is what we’ve faced, HUNTER”.
Despite what happens to SC after the UGA game, a defeat against a top 10 team at game time would quite those who consistently say that they can’t beat a ranked team. Not disputing that the competition thus far has been far from elite. Rankings are not always accurate as is the case every year as well either. Dawgs certainly have work to do to solidify their ranking and be taken more seriously by naysayers.
BiggDawgK
September 30th, 2012
2:31 am
Okay. The most important thing is we won the game despite it being far from pretty and needlessly nerve wracking. A win is a win and we are undefeated and scoring a lot of points every week despite the defens not looking as good as we all hoped they would.
A few more things to take small solace in since there are plenty of doom sayers and haters that will endlessly babble about everything bad. On a saturday that seemed to be near upset day in the SEC, Georgia’s came against the most legit upseter, dang those freshman backs are awesome, we turned the ball over a lot and didn’t freak out completely, if we had to have a wacky keystone cop out of control game at least it was this week and not against the chickens, we won the game and the defense has to play better.
One thing that is bumming me out that might possibly have been ignored: why can’t that freshman punter ever punt one inside the 20??!!!! I know GA fans have been spoiled as far as the kicking game goes but come on!!!!
Stuart
September 30th, 2012
2:33 am
Agree with you Hunter. No matter if SC is truly a top 10 caliber team or not, a win against them will be big for the Dawgs in quieting the can’t beat a ranked team talk. Bama’s signature win thus far has been against a then-ranked #8 Michigan who did not belong in the top 10 to begin with. Michigan was overrated yet Bama impressed a lot of folks by handidly knocking them off b/c they were highly ranked at the time. Not disrespecting Bama (they are worthy of being #1) but that’s the truth.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:49 am
“we turned the ball over a lot and didn’t freak out completely, if we had to have a wacky keystone cop out of control game at least it was this week and not against the chickens, we won the game and the defense has to play better”
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We had this same exact kind of game against Buffalo, Mizzou, the vols, and against Florida Atlantic – based upon just that – we lose to a South Carolina team who is playing better football than we are.
Do that..
And, where are we then ?
Bragging about being 5-1 vs 5 unranked teams ?
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:54 am
Stuart, Alabama has a weak schedule # 39 in the nation 2012 SoS, and that is your argument that our schedule is what ?
Not weak at # 60 SoS 2012 ?
Whatever you want to moniker the fans who are not DISNEYdawgs.com posters who prefer to make excuses like Elizabeth here, the facts remain and will remain that there are 7 SEC programs who have more wins against teams making the top 10 in the Mark Richt era than he.
Sir.
Mark Richt is doing nothing about that 2012. You’ve seen it up-close and personal, like me and you know we’re playing like crapola.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
2:58 am
We’ve beat ranked teams, Stuart. Get it straight what we don’t do.
We do not beat the teams who make the top 10 in the Mark Richt era as well as 7 SEC teams better than he in the Mark Richt era.
South Carolina will be a ranked team 2012. They won’t be top 10. Well, they might, if we play like we’ve played all 2012 so-far except our play against hapless Vandie whose only win all season long is against Presbyterian Blue Hose college.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
3:47 am
Bacarri Rambo, vols with the ball inside our 10-yard line ready-to-score, pre-snap just stood there. He wandered off to his left, vacating the middle at the goal-line and to make it worse, just lazily stood around there on his left as the vols’ running back gashed us right where Bacarri Rambo was standing pre-snap and where he ended up just standing there – he never tried. He never moved. That made the game 51-44 with 10 minutes to go.
Did I say our Special Teams sucked, again ?
“COMEDY OF ERRORS,” Mark Richt offered up post-game.
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I didn’t see anything funny about it Mark Richt.
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Here is what the mighty Aaron Murray-led Mike Bobo play call Offense did on our last 5 consecutive drives to end the game :
Penalties : one
Punts : Average 35 yards
Passing Plays : 2 completions for 13 and 7 yards, followed by 3 incompletions in a row
Rushing Plays : After 294 yards by Gurshall, on the last 5 possessions by our Offense, handed the football by our Defense, 8 telegraphed rushing plays WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE :
minus 1 yards
2-yard gain
minus 3 yards
minus 1 yards
3-yard gain
1-yard gain
2-yard gain
minus 1 yards
Mike Bobo was handed a 51-44 lead, and he sent the defense back out because his offensive play calls for the
LAST ENTIRE 5 DRIVES by UGA
netted 22 yards on 18 plays to end the game.
Good Heavens.
Oh, yeah, Mike Bobo is just great.
If our Defense didn’t have 3 interceptions and fumble recovery, we lose to this unranked team; and the reason would’ve been because our OFFENSE netted 22 yards net on 18 plays consecutively to end the game 51-44.
RunninWithTheDawgs
September 30th, 2012
4:29 am
It went from 27-10 Georgia to 30-27 Tennessee in 4 minutes, 11 seconds. Touchdown, Tennessee. Sack/fumble by Murray. Touchdown, Tennessee. Dropped kickoff return out of bounds at the 1 by Gurley. Fumble by Marshall. Touchdown, Tennessee.
It couldn’t be summed up any better in one paragraph. This kind of stuff won’t get it against The Evil Wizard and his band of minions ! GO DAWGS
legionaire
September 30th, 2012
4:46 am
The game was not as close as the score. UGA lost 3 turnovers and gave up a long end around run that all turned into td’s. The special teams play was awful in every phase. The O is already giving D coordinators nightmares. 1st time in school history UGA has scored over 40 points 5 straight games according to Zier. Give Tennessee’s huge line credit. The protected Bray all night. Great win. I can remember Bear Bryant’s teams sometimes played crazy but still found a way to win.
Thomas Brown
September 30th, 2012
4:52 am
legionaire,
The Mike Bobo Offense is giving folks nightmares all right; in our Offense’s last 5 possessions to end the game, we had 18 plays for net 22 yards and all punts – none to exceed 36 yards.
Tech Sucks
September 30th, 2012
5:12 am
I forgot how hilarious these comments were on the AJC. Tard board.
moo-face
September 30th, 2012
5:38 am
What the flubbamajizzle was that?????????? I mean, I don’t want to be one of those people that can’t be grateful for a win but come on. Any well disciplined team with players closer to ours in talent level would have beaten us and that’s so plain to see. Offense looks great, but everything else is just a soup sandwich. Put M. Mitchell at CB and leave him there. B. Anderson can’t cover big time receivers. Mitchell is too potentially valuable at CB to waste on offense for an occasional big play. You just lose faith in the way things are running up there. You get the sense that we got a roster full of NFL players just running around the place with no discipline or well-planned scheme or anything. They just make plays and win games cuz they’re way more talented than anyone they’ve played yet. Maybe the D is just gonna take a little longer to gel because of the suspensions. No special teams coach. I watch ‘em and I’m just waiting for the next kicking game disaster.
At this point in the season if we were to play a really tough, well disciplined team we might get a similar result as the one we got last year in the SECCG. Probably not as bad since our offense is quite a bit better than last year.
Fullup Filmer
September 30th, 2012
5:44 am
Well, dang it, we lost again.
Archibald Hole Broke
September 30th, 2012
5:46 am
I see a crystal ball in the mutt’s future this year. NOT!
Jim
September 30th, 2012
5:50 am
Run Dobo run. Can someone remind me of a game that Murray made big plays in the fourth quarter against a good team.
Hugh
September 30th, 2012
5:51 am
Pick six and lost fumble by our QB. Sound familiar. We seem to abandon play action pass in clutch situations. Even with the good running game, opponents (and fans like me) can predict with accuracy when UGA will run or pass.
moo-face
September 30th, 2012
5:53 am
We could be in for a very rude awakening next week if Spurrier gets hold of that same discombobulated defense we saw tonight. Pile a couple of inevitable offensive turnovers and a couple special teams folly’s and we 5-1 and headed for some Outback with a roster full of NFL talent..
I expect Murray to have some problems with the Rooster’s tall DEs next week as well so they may be able to gang up on our RBs and severely limit Murray’s passing lanes.
Douglas
September 30th, 2012
5:57 am
I think we need to decrease Todd’s yearly salary. He has sucked this year. All that talent and this is the best we can play on defense. Bray is a great passing QB but we shouldn’t help him look this good. UGA couldn’t stop anything. Their run defense has really stunk it up this year against weak teams.
moo-face
September 30th, 2012
6:01 am
I will give it to them the offense looks great!!! But some of you guys are right as well. We can never seem to crank up the O when we have to.
Everything else is just a soup sandwich I tell you. A soup sandwich. Everything else we do reminds me of a punk rock mosh pit. There’s just no consistency or reliability or discipline or flawless technique or Rommel-like game planning.
We ARE loaded with talent folks. That’s why this coaching staff is winning and it’s the only reason. I’ll give them credit for assembling this crew of player’s, but you still got make a team out of them when you get them.
moo-face
September 30th, 2012
6:06 am
And there is still a lack of brute force. Toughness in this team. We don’t break nobody’s jaw. Gary Danielson was talking about ” I think Georgia is shocked that Tennessee has been able to run the ball up the middle on them ” , and I’m thinking it is nowhere near shocking or out of the normal to me to see the Dawgs get beat in the trenches on one side of the ball or both in the last 6 or 7 years.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
6:22 am
I was shocked that UT was able to score like on the Dawgs. Very entertaining game to watch. The Vols will be up there claiming another moral victory. That has to be about their 10th moral victory in the Dooley era. It’s a dadgum shame those don’t count in the W column. Poor Vols.
“Fear the pants”…LMAO!
Ga8TR
September 30th, 2012
6:23 am
Grantham’s D is a train wreck. Utterly embarassing. UGA a top 5 team? Of course not. Exposed again.
Ground steak is good
September 30th, 2012
6:53 am
Nice win scarey if we had played alabama with this defense we would lose and to LSU also….south carolina may be close are a rout either way espn Lameday crew will pick Gamecocks anyway…..win say 34-7…As for crowd nice 92,343 at stanford stadium……while at One in atlanta where tech disgrace’s daily crowd of ushers hot dog venders showed Up see GT say sun belt conf..You better so win it and fast you can a varisty chillie dog….Just over 30,000 fans where was the students n so called Tech folks sleepin in studyin on how to make freeways worst….ACC no can beat SEC anyway that why SEC will again win it all in Jan for Natl championship…..Maybe GT needs to move to Sun belt Confernce they may do better!
Florida Dawg
September 30th, 2012
6:56 am
Maybe we should always go for two? Like those chances better.
lj
September 30th, 2012
6:56 am
For all you DAWG fans. Final Score South Carolina 38 Kentucky 17 Kentucky lead 17-7 at the half. South Carolina went to work in the 2nd half and destroyed the upstart Kentucky cats. AS RTR hit-n-run said one word Lattimore. Gamecocks went to I formation which by the way just gave the DAWGS something else to defend and ran it down Kentucky throats and throw in a few play action passes and out raced Kentucky to the finish line with 31 unanswered points. 7PM Williams Brice Stadium with over 80,000 most of them Gamecocks fans. That stadium will be rocking and swaying. Gameday will also be there. South Carolina might change places with the DAWGs in the polls this week and they will be favoried by at least 3 points. If the DAWGS turn it over like they did today they will be toast in that Spurrier offense which is no longer just throw it up and down the field. They can run, throw and play defense. I remember the day when USC could not carry the water bucket on the field in the SEC without spilling the water. Now they have evolved into and elite team. Their defense is #2 in the SEC behind Alabama. They are giving up only 77 yards rushing per game. Look for the SC defense to shut down the DAWGs running attack and then have Murray runing for his life. I predict South Carolina in a close one 31-27.
Ground steak is good
September 30th, 2012
7:06 am
Lets see Vols are sorta there but is not yet arkansas is 1-4 now great see deserve after gettin Petrino who went Soo Soooey durin falcons he stole n left leavin us…..so they get it we hope…Now back to Georgia lucky win if this been alabama we would had lost 55-20 here…..saban better players he finds also….we get riff-rafs here…..some not that however after this they will drop 3spots from 5th to 8th in polls…..be same for West virginia n baylor in there 70-63 game…..baylor out of top 25 now and west virginia drops to 14th……Now we go to carolina play at Gamecock land with espn Gameday clan they will Pick South carolina win easy and well flowers will weep and the Hotdogs will roast but espn Gameday crew struck out…..Georgia 38……south carolina 17!
Ground steak is good
September 30th, 2012
7:10 am
Lets all dance around Gameday crew at south carolina as they wet thems selfs Pickin Gamecocks again….lets all watch them eat words when Ga wins too and say……Well we figure since vols game they stunk so we figure oh well we go home now change undies!
Ty
September 30th, 2012
7:12 am
Since my comment is on page four probablly no on e will see this. It is plain an simple. Tennessee had way more time of possession than we did. Therefore stressing the defense. We scored quickly nearly every time, therefore giving tn more time of possession, In the second quarter tn had short fields to score after turnovers, and poor field position we had. Since we cannot make up our mind on who is the punt receiver and ko returner we are in dire need of improvement on those things, What looked good the first game the special teams looked terrible last night. Well you put the defense in a stressful situation with a short field and you see what happens as in the second and fourth quarters. Oops almost forgot. Georgia needs a coming out of the redzone offense….It was a killer vs SC and LSU last year. It was almost a killer last night. The offense was great and unpredictable until we were coming out of the redzone looking like we were in a shell. When the field is short for any offense it is tough on any defense. Georgia HAS to correct the mental and simple mistakes on the special teams. Especially with the extra point team, snapper, holder, kicker or whatever. Thank goodness for the field goal before halftime a momentum stopper for them and a stop the bleeding for us. Go dawgs!!!!
Honey boy
September 30th, 2012
7:15 am
Schultzie….here’s the cliche that comforts me, “It ain’t how, it’s how many”!!!
Sure it was infuriating to see the end of the first half devolve into a stomach turner, but, good teams find a way….oops another cliche….sorry!
Charles
September 30th, 2012
7:15 am
To many bone headed mistakes, if they make these same mistakes next week. I am sure the outcome will not be good for Georgia. 37 yard punts and missed extra points do not make for a championship team. I only hope they can correct the special team problem before next Saturday.
Joey
September 30th, 2012
7:29 am
“Bama and LSU have better OLs than Tennessee. Real bad news for the Dawgs DL.”
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Tampa Gator, a potential matchup with them should be the fartherest thing on this Dawg team’s and sober fans’ minds right now.
Nix
September 30th, 2012
7:47 am
Classic Richt, he had a chance to put UT away for good early in the second quarter but decided to start milking the clock instead and got relaxed and thought running the ball with 2 and a half quarters left was the best idea. HUGE mistake and it allowed UT to build some confidence and momentum. When you have a conference team down put them out of their misery and when you are up by 40+ THEN you can sit on the freakin’ ball. But a 17 point lead with that much time left is NOT THE TIME!!!! You would figure he would have developed a killer instinct by now, but obviously not.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
7:47 am
Joey,
A win is a win. UGA, LSU and SC all looked less than stellar yesterday. Maybe all 3 were looking ahead to next week and their top 10 showdowns? I’m sure the coaches weren’t, but maybe the players were. Take solace in the fact that in prior years your team probably would have lost a game like that. Good teams find a way and yours did.
Nix
September 30th, 2012
7:48 am
And it’s also past time to give another kicker a shot at PAT’s. Morgan is looking like a huge bust and too much of a gamble to rely on.
Laine
September 30th, 2012
7:52 am
Mark Richt: We’ve got to be a little bit smarter…
That’s a joke, right? Richt recruits low class dummies, and he thinks they can somehow smarten up under his inspired tutelage.
Yeah, it’s a joke, like everything else about UGA.
Say Whut
September 30th, 2012
7:59 am
Bobo changed the mood of the game late in he first half. When Georgia had it at their own five, he should have kept throwing and moving the ball. Instead, he went into his same old tried and true– failing– run it up the middle.
that changed the mood of the game and let Tennesseeback in it. Great talent, but the same old Bobo. also, when is richt going to really do something about UGA’s return game. It sucks.
Inlet Dawg
September 30th, 2012
8:00 am
Shows me once again that Bobo and CMR don’t understand the game of football.Defense wins championships and with offense and SPECIAL TEAMS help keep your defense off the field.
SuperB
September 30th, 2012
8:02 am
Hey “Laine” you are an idiot and probably a GT fan. One questions: Do you even know where Middle Tennessee is? answer: in the middle of Tennessee. 49-28!
Joe
September 30th, 2012
8:03 am
Wow, we put the best receiver we have in 2011 on defense for three games,(injured against Buffalo) to shore up for the suspended, We have a ton of receivers step up and do the job when he is on defense. We then put him back in the offensive picture after the suspended return. To do what, run the ball on reverses and receive punts and kickoffs….Shades of what they did to Richard Samuel. Going to him as a receiver is a slap in the face to the other receivers for what they have done in the previous games. Did we need him on defense in the first four games…possibly… but do not spread him too thin and if he is going to be the receiver on punt and ko teams, MAKE SURE HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH THE BALL.
jerry
September 30th, 2012
8:03 am
The Dogs made Derek Dooley look like he could possibly beat a ranked team. That’s hard to do.
Buckeye
September 30th, 2012
8:05 am
Nice defence dogs.
Go Vols
September 30th, 2012
8:08 am
Guess we won’t be hearing about Jarvis Jones for Heisman. Still, a win is a win for the Dawgs. Nice resilience by my Vols to keep it interesting.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
8:14 am
” Nice resilience by my Vols to keep it interesting.”
Lmao! The once mighty (so long ago) Vols are resigned to moral victories.
“Fear the pants!”
sam
September 30th, 2012
8:16 am
Well the phrase, “Act like you have been there”, comes to mind,,,,,,well maybe they did act that way,,,actually some more of the same. Since they have not been there as in competition for the national championship, they are acting the same as always….and therefore have to rise to the level of what they are use to to be comfortable with a win over a team they should have beaten handily..Well I guess basically they have been there, so maybe that is where they are….They cannot beat SC or any other good team making those mistakes on offense and special teams and putting so much pressure on the defense. Look at the time of possession of TN. That was a big difference in the game. Any game against a good team when we get ahead quickly or score quickly has historically and predictably put pressure on the defense and therefore puts stress without a rest on the defense. We need an offensive coming out of the red zone plan. In the second quarter we became so conservative we got out of a rhythm and made some poor decisions. Vs Vandy we had one of those 90 plus yard drives. Our offense on those drives was the same as anywhere on the field. Last night we went into a shell and it cost us dearly in the second quarter. If we are inside the five yard line we have to have a good offensive plan to be successful to drive it out away from the goal line… We did not have those plays called last night.