The hits just keep coming for the Big Orange. They didn't do hardly any off season hitting and it beginning to show.
UT's Kamara out for season
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not gonna shed any tears as a UK fan. lost a starting DE in the winter due to off field idiocy, starting D tackle due to more off field issues on 1st day of fall camp, starting safety to injury in practice in August, starting quarterback on 1st series of 3rd game.
Too bad for him. They still have Hurd, who's good when sober, plus they have had a string of Top 5/10 recruiting classes. Unfortunately for them they also have Botch on the sidelines.
What's the evidence that not hitting is the cause of their players' injuries? Thanks.
UT was very fortunate in their early games, but its turned the other way. UT is very fortunate not to have lost to Appy St. and UGA this year. Would have been a disasterous season with the high expectations. But teams make alot of their own luck too. Hopefully the renovation of the stadium involves digging up the dirt and replacing it. Lots of serious injuries have happened on that field, this year they seem to be on UT players.
I think UT is at their best in a hurry up offense, mainly because of Jalen Hurd... They get behind in the game, because they are still young, but when they get going, they play well with momentum... If you can stay with them into the 4th quarter, you have a shot...
In all seriousness, I hate it when any kid gets hurt. Kamara passed on the draft to come back for a big year.
Never been a Tennessee fan, but sure hate it when this stuff happens. I've seen it too much on the Cats side.
Never been a Tennessee fan, but sure hate it when this stuff happens. I've seen it too much on the Cats side.
I never said it wasn't a great play, but it was a lucky play that seldom works regardless of how many times its tried. Last year, our best player was lost for the season on the first snap when a cleat caught on the field, 2 years before that we lost 3 players on your field to knee injuries, 2 were non contact injuries. You mean the play that Hurd fumbled in the endzone we recovered, much like the one UT recovered this year against us, or the TD the officials gave when the ball never crossed the goalline before half, or the completion that rolled around on the ground? For you to not think UT was fortunate against Appy St and us this year is ignorant, 2 wrong calls that went your way the hail mary, the fumble in the endzone was a good play by the defense, just like ours was 2 years ago, Fix the surface of the field, injuries are happening to UT guys this year, every other year it has been to other teams, something is wrong with the surface.
Go back to your parking spot in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Pretty sure someone their is in need of crystal meth.
When you see "LOL" that much in a post, you can be sure someone is irritated or you realize grandma just learned what "LOL" means. Either way, inappropriate laughter is socially awkward in any setting.
This guy is a pretender out to make Vols look ridiculous. Right? A retired Vandy fan?
Why? You won on a lucky Hail Mary and a game that y'all had no business winning until the Hail Mary. Yet you feel like you should be 6-1? Lol. Y'all should be freaking ecstatic about being 5-2 right now. Because y'all SHOULD be 4-3 and hell probably should be 3-4 but y'all recovered a fumble vs Appy that won it for you. Never seen a team get as many lucky breaks as UT has this year. Your coach isn't good. As far as what he does with the 'talent' goes.
we'll likely be 10-2. We are one OT play from 11-1
We have played the second toughest schedule in the country and are 5-2 headed into 5 probable wins on back side
Our injuries are absurd, especially on both lines and LB. we STARTED two 3rd team LBs vs bama .
Pretty good season
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Who is this Hatcher of whom you speak? There's no Hatcher on the UK team.
As for Hurd, he just missed a game with some type of mysterious "unexplained injury." Was it actually an "unexplained injury" or was it a suspension for a failed piss test?
It is a bad thing when a college athlete gets hurt,all teams have things like that happen from time to time. In UT's case thay have had more than their share of injuries this season,that doesn't change the fact that on a UK chat board you aren't likely to find many people who like UT,if the Vols lost 20 in a row it wouldn't be enough,no we don't beat them very often but if we did most here would stilll dislike them very much
If a Vol fan shows up here to take up for them or boast about the season he or she is wasting their time on a grand scale
If a Vol fan shows up here to take up for them or boast about the season he or she is wasting their time on a grand scale
The injury factor for the Vols has been absurd. I doubt that made a difference in the outcome of the Bama game, but may have in the TAMU game.
I still find it so odd that UT gets such poor starts in games. Last year they jumped on teams and could not hold leads. Really odd turn about. How do Vol fans explain that?
I think that fact, kind of like Clemson, makes me think there is a weakness of maturity that was bound to preclude a run at the playoffs regardless of injuries.
Re the Tn injury thing and lack of depth..if you go back to after either the '14 or '15 season you'll discover that Botch ran off 15+ players. If he has no depth it's from his own making.
Tennessee is very much a head scratcher for me. They are a paper giant. Dobbs is a very good quarterback. He isn't the best throwing the football, but he is more than serviceable, especially given that they have a two-headed monster at running back. Any team in the country would kill to have Hurd. A guy that is 240 pounds and runs as fast as he does is rare. He isn't the shiftiest back in the world, but he almost always falls forward, has great hands, and plays very hard. Kamara is also a stud. He isn't as big, but he gives the shiftiness and a home run type threat that Hurd doesn't really bring. Couple that with Dobbs being mobile and UT being able to run a read option offense and you have a damn good offense. They have some very solid receivers running routes out there, and each of them should be some solid playmakers. On defense they have some studs as well.
Their fans believe they should be a national title contender, and I think so too. They have not looked like it and I am not sure why, but I think the talent is there. They did get extremely lucky in the Georgia game. Anytime you're able to score twice in the 2 minutes, once on defense and again on a hail mary, it is largely luck. They were lucky Georgia was dumb enough to try to throw the football from their own 6 yard line with a freshman quarterback, especially when Sony was carving UT up for 5.7 yards per carry. Then two extremely dumb Georgia penalties gave UT the chance to reach the endzone with one throw. A moron stays on the sidelines instead of running on the field to celebrate and UT loses that game. Heck, even if UGA stays onsides on the kickoff then UT struggles with getting the ball to the endzone and might have been stopped short. So, there was some luck there, but that's also football.
Their fans believe they should be a national title contender, and I think so too. They have not looked like it and I am not sure why, but I think the talent is there. They did get extremely lucky in the Georgia game. Anytime you're able to score twice in the 2 minutes, once on defense and again on a hail mary, it is largely luck. They were lucky Georgia was dumb enough to try to throw the football from their own 6 yard line with a freshman quarterback, especially when Sony was carving UT up for 5.7 yards per carry. Then two extremely dumb Georgia penalties gave UT the chance to reach the endzone with one throw. A moron stays on the sidelines instead of running on the field to celebrate and UT loses that game. Heck, even if UGA stays onsides on the kickoff then UT struggles with getting the ball to the endzone and might have been stopped short. So, there was some luck there, but that's also football.
Disagree on the national title thing. They don't have a D for that. A&M had 700 yards of O and Bama pretty much ran at will. They're a pretender, not a contender.
Let's all be honest about UT in general. They have one fluke championship (remember Clint Sterner falling all over his feet and dropping the ball while trying to run out the clock)..18 years ago....before that it was like Depression era I think...they have a huge and great fan base and big ole stadium....but other than that they have only one one more championship that UK in the last 70 years. They want to be a power house in their own minds but they are and always will be consistently behind Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Florida, Georgia. They are a nice competitive program but not a power house except in their own minds. One day they might be if they get a great coach...they fired the only coach who had them close in the modern era...Butch Jones is decent but his last two recruiting classes have been less than stellar. This was his year, their year,....so if they win the SEC east which is just awful this year they get to play and lose to Alabama again...and then most likely get beat again in a bowl game...so the big big year turns into 10-4 and ranked about 20th....but for UT and Jones that is a great season....Go Big Orange....remember you always look good like sand castles until the Tide Rolls in.
He seemed to be their biggest play guy left. Relied on him a whole lot for big plays. Really, to me, seemed to be maybe the last guy they could afford to lose because of his explosion. It will be interesting to see if their easy schedule the rest of the way will overcome his loss.
I think they have a lot of solid defensive personnel, but they have not been able to put it together. They also have suffered most of their injuries on defense. Still, we're talking about a defense that has one of the best defensive ends in the country (Barnett), one of the best corners in the country (Sutton), and one of the best linebackers in the SEC (Reeves-Maybin), and one of the best safeties in the SEC (Berry). At least two of those are injured. Plus they have some 5 star talent along the line that is young and inexperienced, but playing pretty well. They have a whole bunch of talent. Now, I don't think they are living up to their billing, but the talent is most definitely there.
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1. App St doesn't get off a FG in regulation and then a fumble TD recovery in OT.
2. Texas AM had 2 TD lead most of game and you were a lucky fumble thru endzone from losing to AM in regulation. AM goes on to win in overtime...but that was not a game you controlled in any shape form or fashion.
3. UGA game was a total fluke for UT to win that game. You can't argue being clsoer to 5-1 in Texas AM game and forgot about the UGA miracle.
4. Injuries...UT has had a bunch of injuries...but you fail to mention UF QB missed that game and Nick Chubb missed UGA game. So at this point of season...all teams have some guys out.
I think the bigger picture with UT is Botch Jones looks like a decent coach but elite or even really good...he is not. Wasn't at Cincy before UT job either. Also, the new DC, Shoop, he looks like a downgrade from Jacek. You guys can't stop the run game and isn't just due to injuries. Even early in season teams ran on UT's front 7 and it is only getting worse. If you come into next year w/o Dobbs, Sutton, Reaves-Maybin, Barnett, maybe Kamara?, and the graduating Srs...I don't know that a UT team looks all that impressive going forward.
Geez talk about looking thru a season in rose colored glasses.
1. App St doesn't get off a FG in regulation and then a fumble TD recovery in OT.
2. Texas AM had 2 TD lead most of game and you were a lucky fumble thru endzone from losing to AM in regulation. AM goes on to win in overtime...but that was not a game you controlled in any shape form or fashion.
3. UGA game was a total fluke for UT to win that game. You can't argue being clsoer to 5-1 in Texas AM game and forgot about the UGA miracle.
4. Injuries...UT has had a bunch of injuries...but you fail to mention UF QB missed that game and Nick Chubb missed UGA game. So at this point of season...all teams have some guys out.
I think the bigger picture with UT is Botch Jones looks like a decent coach but elite or even really good...he is not. Wasn't at Cincy before UT job either. Also, the new DC, Shoop, he looks like a downgrade from Jacek. You guys can't stop the run game and isn't just due to injuries. Even early in season teams ran on UT's front 7 and it is only getting worse. If you come into next year w/o Dobbs, Sutton, Reaves-Maybin, Barnett, maybe Kamara?, and the graduating Srs...I don't know that a UT team looks all that impressive going forward.
One thing that I found extremely interesting when looking at Tennessee's roster is how many of these kids actually come from Tennessee. Some of their biggest and best contributors are from Tennessee. That has really given them a huge boost when it comes to becoming a great football team and it is something I give Jones big props on.
I think this is the problem not a plus. Phil Fulmer was signing the best players all over America. UT no longer has that appeal
Middle TN are has exploded in recent years, other areas too but middle TN is really growing.
You are correct...Murfreesboro, Nashville, Mount Juliet Area, have grown tremendously in population and the number of D 1 players in all major sports is exploding. My private school where I teach is sending a kid to Oregon. He was recruited heavily by UT, Alabama, and Oregon among others...he never heard from UK which I thought was interesting...He wanted to take a visit but Stoops staff never call him at all.
I know UK has fairly recently made offers in your area. Not sure who has that area now but didn't Ansley have it while at UK? Maybe your guy just got lost in the coaching shuffle, unfortunate if true.