How is it...?

[gamecockcat]

That presumably none or very few posters on this board are football coaches, yet we've been saying for weeks now that we need to play with some tempo. We need to throw shorter passes more often. We need to use the middle of the field more. We need to throw to the TEs more.

For weeks, no change to the scheme. Tonight, lo and behold, we did all of the above and had a lot of success throwing the football.

Why can legions of fans without all the specialized knowledge of full time CFB coaches know what's not working and what should work before our staff does? I'm not suggesting that the fans are more knowledgeable. But, many who post on here (me included) have watched and continue to watch a ton of football every year. From a 30k feet level, we know the game. And it was obvious several weeks ago that the passing attack needed a different approach. And, it worked tonight.

Maybe we ought to address the defense next 😀.

 

[PensacolaBlue]

Because we have a very stubborn coaching staff that doesn’t adapt well.

 

[ManitouDan]

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[gamecockcat]

Two in a row at one point! Unbelievable. Manitou, you nailed it. And I used the exact same language during the game.

 

[Rockfly78]

I ask myself the same thing. I think they had an offense and they wanted Leary to execute it. He could not. They were hell bent on it until they finally had to scrap the plan and re-write the script to compliment the main actor. This has been a very frustrating season. We pissed away the Missouri game for sure.

 

[KyCatFan]

That presumably none or very few posters on this board are football coaches, yet we've been saying for weeks now that we need to play with some tempo. We need to throw shorter passes more often. We need to use the middle of the field more. We need to throw to the TEs more.

For weeks, no change to the scheme. Tonight, lo and behold, we did all of the above and had a lot of success throwing the football.

Why can legions of fans without all the specialized knowledge of full time CFB coaches know what's not working and what should work before our staff does? I'm not suggesting that the fans are more knowledgeable. But, many who post on here (me included) have watched and continue to watch a ton of football every year. From a 30k feet level, we know the game. And it was obvious several weeks ago that the passing attack needed a different approach. And, it worked tonight.

Maybe we ought to address the defense next 😀.

I couldn't go out there and call plays but if I were running things I would say many of the things that you did to Coen to do. I'd also tell White you have to get pressure on their QB. So blitz all the time from every direction while loading up the box. Force them to beat us with the pass. Also, we can't give so much cushion to their receivers. If they still score then we will just have to try and outscore them.

We actually had our best passing game, won time of possession, and I believe had 10 more plays than normal. With a few less boneheaded plays and not starting the game the same as usual, we could have won this game. Stoops should love that. Didn't hurt his defense. They just hurt themselves.

 

[gamecockcat]

^Your comments re: defense - 100% correct. Milton has proven he's an average SEC QB UNLESS you give him plenty of time to throw, which, of course, we did in spades. 17-20 tells me he was really comfortable in the pocket. Yes, we got a couple of sacks. But, the vast majority of plays we rushed 4 and put no pressure on him. Sacks mean nothing to me if we're not consistently making the QB feel pressure.

I know we've got a couple of younger guys who may develop into good edge rushers and our commitments include another couple. But, without a scheme designed to pressure the QB, I'm not convinced it will make any difference. 5 OL blocking 4 defensive players is still an advantage for the offense.

I'm not in favor of Joe Lee Dunn-style blitz on every play, but, dang, something has to change. We don't have the athletes to rush 4 and sit back in a zone against quality opponents. It's death by 1000 cuts.

 

[KyCatFan]

^Your comments re: defense - 100% correct. Milton has proven he's an average SEC QB UNLESS you give him plenty of time to throw, which, of course, we did in spades. 17-20 tells me he was really comfortable in the pocket. Yes, we got a couple of sacks. But, the vast majority of plays we rushed 4 and put no pressure on him. Sacks mean nothing to me if we're not consistently making the QB feel pressure.

I know we've got a couple of younger guys who may develop into good edge rushers and our commitments include another couple. But, without a scheme designed to pressure the QB, I'm not convinced it will make any difference. 5 OL blocking 4 defensive players is still an advantage for the offense.

I'm not in favor of Joe Lee Dunn-style blitz on every play, but, dang, something has to change. We don't have the athletes to rush 4 and sit back in a zone against quality opponents. It's death by 1000 cuts.

Miss St had a really good defense at least one year doing that blitzing from every direction with JLD. I think they won the West and played for the conference title when the East was the dominant division. Probably wouldn't work for us but it was fun to watch. I don't know if I am remembering right or not but I swear I remember them putting like all 11 defenders right up to the line and then some would back off and some would blitz when the ball was hiked.

 

[Rockytop140]

My thoughts on this are that UT sold out to stop the run. The pass was open all night, but UT coaches expected 2 things that did not happen:
1. A strong pass rush
2. Leary making errrant throws, or bad decisions.
UT sold out to stop the run and left the door open for passes and Leary took full advantage of it. The OL protected him very well. Tennessees run defense isnt astronomically better than floridas. Its better, but not by the amount of 300 yards.