Brad Edwards on Tennessee...

[CadaverDawg]

I heard a Brad Edwards interview about UT's game against UGA. He made some good points about Tyler Bray and the UT offense that I think could play a major role when we play them. He said that Bray makes terrible decisions when under pressure, and hasn't gotten to where he throws well against a blitz yet. He said that while UT has a good passing game, if UGA can get a lead, it will force UT to pass while also allowing UGA to bring added pressure...which in turn, Edwards thinks would lead to Georgia blowing them out due to turnovers.

Now granted, that is the case for several teams...but I think it shows the importance of getting ahead early against them. If we have to protect against the big play because it's close, Bray will be able to settle in and possibly pick us apart. If we can get a lead, we can start bringing safeties and LB's, which could lead to INT's off of Bray's bad decisions, and us pulling away....especially at home.

This may seem elementary to all of our message board coaches, but I still found it interesting and thought I would share.

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

Believe it or not, I agree with you...

we have to get pressure on Bray to force turnovers to beat TN. We can't sit back allow him to hit receivers down the seam. We will also need more of a balance on offense with run/pass. I expect us to play well and it should be a very close game. But I don't want to overlook UK either, we must take care of business next weekend first.

 

[Incognegro]

Don't take this as me jumping on your case or anything... as I'm sure you'll give me ample opportunity to do that some time in the near future... but one thing that I've never understood with a lot of posters is when they say "we can't get caught looking forwards" or anything resembling the "taking it one game at a time" mentality.

Not saying that it's a bad thought process... but why do people on boards harp on that so much? That should be something that's specific to members of the team and have nothing to do with the fanbase. Us, the fans, looking forward to Tennessee has no bearing on the teams performance against UK. I've just never understood that.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

seriously man..????? are you bored today??..

 

[Felonious Junk]

Don't take this as me jumping on your case or anything... as I'm sure you'll give me ample opportunity to do that some time in the near future... but one thing that I've never understood with a lot of posters is when they say "we can't get caught looking forwards" or anything resembling the "taking it one game at a time" mentality.

Not saying that it's a bad thought process... but why do people on boards harp on that so much? That should be something that's specific to members of the team and have nothing to do with the fanbase. Us, the fans, looking forward to Tennessee has no bearing on the teams performance against UK. I've just never understood that.

uhh havent you heard?????? bogey golfer is smarter than our coaches. he has predicted the outcome of our season and has forewarned us of all of our shortcomings. he is here to keep us focused one game at a time!

 

[Incognegro]

Perhaps....?

 

[MSDawg34]

I think he meant to reply to the original post, but when you click "reply to thread" it replies to the latest post.

His sentiment was that Cadaver frequently starts threads that can only be questioned with. "Seriously?" Such as his thread before the Auburn game saying "I really want to talk about this game more but golly I just cant think of anything that hasn't been discussed." Its common board knowledge that whatever goes through Cadavers head automatically appears as a new topic on a near daily basis

 

[CadaverDawg]

I think he meant to reply to the original post, but when you click "reply to thread" it replies to the latest post.

His sentiment was that Cadaver frequently starts threads that can only be questioned with. "Seriously?" Such as his thread before the Auburn game saying "I really want to talk about this game more but golly I just cant think of anything that hasn't been discussed." Its common board knowledge that whatever goes through Cadavers head automatically appears as a new topic on a near daily basis

Wow, you just can't get over me punishing you that day on the bunting issue, can you? Get the sand out of your ****** and move on. By the way, my topics have to do with MSU sports....not obsessing over another poster on this board. Stalk away though, bud.

 

[engie]

We will also need more of a balance on offense with run/pass. I expect us to play well and it should be a very close game.

Just curious what you mean by more offensive balance against UT? Less passing/more smashmouth? IMO we are going to pound the rock and try to shorten the game against UT if we manage get a lead. Florida gave us the exact template, which we should be able to follow almost exactly(athletically similar)... If we can't, that is on us.

 

[hotdigitydog]

Unfortunately, we haven't put much pressure on any opposing QB this year with

our rush.......Autry hasn't been the force many expected........

 

[dawgstudent]

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[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

In the SEC, no team can look past another....

uhh havent you heard bogey golfer is smarter than our coaches.

IQ wise, probably so, but I think our talent level and TN talent level is very similar. I agree with several posters in this thread, If we can establish the run and pass the ball when necessary, we will have a chance to win. We must play better pass defense than we have v JSU, Troy and USA. I would like to see the same offense that played the 2nd half versus Auburn. If we see that type of productivity, we will win.

 

[BogeyGolfer.sixpack]

Just curious what you mean by more offensive balance against UT? Less passing/more smashmouth? IMO we are going to pound the rock and try to shorten the game against UT if we manage get a lead. Florida gave us the exact template, which we should be able to follow almost exactly(athletically similar)... If we can't, that is on us.

I don't think we have the ability to play smashmouth, we have to mix it up to move the ball. We must be able to run the football, but we can't rely on it exclusively. I think in the future, Milton and JR along with an improved OL may give us this option.

 

[engie]

Unfortunately, we haven't put much pressure on any opposing QB this year with our rush.......Autry hasn't been the force many expected........

We haven't really tried to bring the heat to any opposing QB we've seen so far. That is not an implication of what we can and can't do IMO. The only true measuring stick is Auburn, and the goal was never to sack Frasier, it was to keep him in the pocket and make him beat us with his arm. But in that game, we actually did rush and play contain on the edges, leading to us getting HALF our TFL for the whole season.

Our stats scream just how vanilla we've played:
Sacks - 83rd
TFL - 82nd
Rush D - 53rd
Pass D - 54th
Scoring D - 17th
We haven't gone after any QB's, haven't rushed enough to get TFLs, have given up a bunch of rush yards and passing yards, but when teams become actual scoring threats, we lock them down. Screams that defensively we are alot better than we are showing...

Holding our Auburn pace in every game, which you have to assume we could easily do if we played the same way schematically(and we would get more sacks actually going after qbs that can pass), we would currently be 4th in the country in TFL. 4th... instead of 82nd...

If Newton starts for UK, you can expect us to employ the Auburn gameplan almost exactly. He is alot like Frasier(threat to run but can't pass). IF Smith is healthy and can go, you will finally get to see us bring the heat for the first time. Smith is a very dangerous passer to the tune of 102-149 966yds 8td 4int but has been sacked 4 times(in 3 games). Smith would be the the first accurate foreshadowing of what to expect for us against UT, and I fully expect him to be healthy for the game against us. Wouldn't be surprised to see us sack him 3-5 times in that game and rack up 8-12 TFL, assuming we didn't blow them out early and go back vanilla....

 

[engie]

I don't think we have the ability to play smashmouth, we have to mix it up to move the ball. We must be able to run the football, but we can't rely on it exclusively. I think in the future, Milton and JR along with an improved OL may give us this option.

I think you underestimate our interior OL when Tobias is in the game. I agree that we can't go there with Malone just yet.

With Smith, Day, and Jackson, I think we can absolutely line up and run it down UT's throat, especially if we let Dak run his package for a sustained drive or two...

 

[MSDawg34]

You seem to have revisionist history. As Engie can attest as he has somewhere in the archives I was right on that issue and it wasn't even close. I figured our last game in the Regional would have shut you up. We will see a huge offensive philosophy change come February, a change that I called for all year long, further making you look like a fool when it comes to baseball.

 

[noxdog]

Yep MS, cadaver just posts what enters his mind. It's like he is lonely at home and the only validation he get's is here. Damn, annoying. I hate even thinking of baseball season because of his daily posts.

 

[MSDawg34]

Yep MS, cadaver just posts what enters his mind. It's like he is lonely at home and the only validation he get's is here. Damn, annoying. I hate even thinking of baseball season because of his new posts every inning.

Fixed it for you. And yes your psychoanalysis seems spot on.

 

[CadaverDawg]

You've had 3 posts in this thread and they're All about me. You really do have some sort of weird obsession with trying to call me out ever since you made a **** of yourself during baseball season. I'm trying to have a grown up discussion about football strategy, so why don't you and your buddy nox either contribute, or go fondle each other somewhere else.

 

[noxdog]

Even though not entirely directed at me

I must say you have homo bent, not that there is anything wrong with that. I rarely post so when I say you are about the most damn annoying poster it means something. I'm dreading Basketball and Baseball season because you are horrible. If 17'ing cad dawg thinks it, it must be posted. Dude, you must be a lonely 17'er.

 

[CadaverDawg]

You feel tougher now? You guys are right, you're badasses and I'm a terrible poster. Feel better?

Now that it's settled, do you have anything sports related to talk about? Or were you guys just here for your annual, "I hate Cadaver!1!!!1!!!" rant?

 

[MSDawg34]

You remind me of the South Park character from the FaceBook episode. You obviously have no friends in real life which is why you jump on anyone with an opinion outside the mainstream and rush to defense of more knowledgeable posters because they truly are your "friends" as you try to be in the "SPS cool crowd".

BogeyGolfer on August 8th on cadaver: Your like a genespage poster on steroids any dissension against the status quo, and it's time to tar and feather. I think many would argue that posting any random *** thought that pops into your pea sized brain might qualify you for the list.

You're on pace for 4000 posts this year which has got to blast away the previously held record. In that same thread C34 pointed out that even he doesn't average 3000 per year and that included the Stansbury tenure!

For nothing else but your health take a break from the interwebs. Your lifestyle can't be healthy

 

[CadaverDawg]

You remind me of the South Park character from the FaceBook episode. You obviously have no friends in real life which is why you jump on anyone with an opinion outside the mainstream and rush to defense of more knowledgeable posters because they truly are your "friends" as you try to be in the "SPS cool crowd".

BogeyGolfer on August 8th on cadaver: Your like a genespage poster on steroids any dissension against the status quo, and it's time to tar and feather. I think many would argue that posting any random *** thought that pops into your pea sized brain might qualify you for the list.

You're on pace for 4000 posts this year which has got to blast away the previously held record. In that same thread C34 pointed out that even he doesn't average 3000 per year and that included the Stansbury tenure!

For nothing else but your health take a break from the interwebs. Your lifestyle can't be healthy

You nailed it.

I'm not cool.....It's cool to know all of the episodes of SouthPark and to use Bogey Golfer as a reference.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

Actually..no your wrong......I know how to post....

nm

 

[starkvegasdawg]

I just don't want to see Banks and Co. playing 10 yards off the line of scrimmage in that heinous cover two. I really hope Wilson got that out of his system with Troy and South Alabama. If Sun Belt teams picked us apart doing that then a SEC with an above average QB will torch us unmercifully.

 

[engie]

I just don't want to see Banks and Co. playing 10 yards off the line of scrimmage in that heinous cover two. I really hope Wilson got that out of his system with Troy and South Alabama. If Sun Belt teams picked us apart doing that then a SEC with an above average QB will torch us unmercifully.

Exact same thing everyone was saying prior to the Auburn game after JSU, remember? We are not going to play that defense against SEC teams. I'm hoping UK's passing QB is healthy, so we can actually see us bring the heat for the first time all season. Crazy we've managed to get to game 5 on cruise control...

 

[Incognegro]

Just not how to type...

Actually..no your wrong......I know how to post....

Go figure...

 

[Spanky.sixpack]

Neither was McPhee his first year......

...but you have to play him just due to talent. He'll start making plays late this season and will be a beast next year.

 

[Spanky.sixpack]

I'm not cool.

Germans

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

grammar nazi....there you go over analyzing **** again....geezz..did you forget to take your midol???

I did not realize that I was taking a 17'n english test.....sorry

 

[Incognegro]

Kind of hard to over-analyze something that is supposed to be common knowledge on a 5th grade level. But hey... whatever. But I guess you would know what it takes to over-analyze posts since you took such offense to my general question.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

yes..common knowledge....but it's one of those things that everybody knows but never makes it a point to bring it up....

By the way...Why do we park in a driveway and drive in a parkway????? I have always wondered that...

 

[Incognegro]

So it's so common knowledge that no one talks about it when everyone in this forum isn't afraid to speak their mind... uhhuh... Sorry I'm not sixpackcool enough for you.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

It's ok...keep working at it..you'll get better...

 

[DAWG61]

1st in the Nation in turnover margin says that cover two isn't so heinous. Giving up zero yards is not the idea. Creating turnovers is. In order to create turnovers you have to give up some yards. You following this yet? It's kinda like a defense in soccer. You let the ball willingly into your half of the field but you are trying to get it into certain spots on the field where you can surround the ball with your defense and take control of it. Another way to think of it is without letting up those 5 short passes in a row the defense wouldn't get that 6th pass to be an interception. Bait and jump bait and jump. Bait the offense and then jump the pass or force the QB to be pinpoint accurate or suffer an interception.