re: Phil Steele Preseason top 10 for 2016

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Unless they go full on spread formation triple option next year I don't see them finishing in the top ten. As much talent as they have, and they have a ton of talent, they don't have the passing game to beat the top teams.

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You'll actually see us go offset I a lot more next year. We did this in the bowl game and it was very effective for both Dobbs and Hurd. It still gives us options and Hurd eats up the I.

Our passing woes were downfield in nature and largely do to our OL + losing Pig Howard, North (yes, he played but he might as well not have because he was injured so much) and Croom. When our OL gives time for the QB to throw and WRs to get open the passing game is actually pretty good -- the trouble was they couldn't do that very well.

When you can pick up 4 to 5 yards running almost every down you really don't have to have a huge passing threat, just enough of one.

If our secondary had been better we would've won every game we lost except for Bama where the secondary played lights out. For all the offenses problems they were one of the best last year whereas the defense despite a killer line let us down early in the season.

You sound like an msu fan.

I thought you were an MSU fan sporting an AU logo for some reason. I thought I remembered you but I guess not.

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The experience argument would have worked if your team wasnt getting beat at the end of the year.

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Makes no sense logically. But 2 of those 3 were good teams. Arkansas always plays LSU tough.

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No but the way the games lined up with them at the end they could have lost to someone else earlier

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But they didn't. You said you'd need LSU to go 11-1 to justify that ranking this year. There is no way to spin that as it is what you said. Winning 2 of their 3 losses would be 11-1.

I'll give you the double digit loss justification, but earlier you said LSU doesn't belong anywhere near the top 10 IIRC?

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You won't go 4-5 yards a carry against the top of the line up though. Against the teams with something in their britches you need to back them up from the line of scrimmage.

Which, with the right play calling, the Vols can do. Dobbs on a rollout throw/run option would be terrifying. He most certainly has the intelligence to pick the right choice most of the time.

Ideally the Vols want to hammer with the run game, throw just enough of those roll out short passes to keep teams honest, and then hit the home run pass when its there.

Or use the great speed Dobbs has to torch people on the option.

With any luck both.

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I agree with most of this. Passing game obviously needs to improve to make the offense less predictable and take some of the heat off Hurd/Kamara, no doubt. Some of that was Dobbs but a lot of that was receivers. Remember the drops Josh Malone and Preston Williams had against the Hogs? If those two step up, I can definitely see VOLS passing game becoming much, much better.

DOWNVOTE!!!!!!!!!!!

No ole miss? List is shite

Ole Miss fans wouldn't want to be in the top 10?

Beating Grierless UF at home barely isn't anything to brag about.

I was the 54th person to downvotes this POS OP.

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