re: Tennessee's defense was much improved, they said.

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BUNCH of DBs out for the game? Please enlighten us with link or names of DB players out

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We expected the following guys to be available.

Swafford - Out for career
Gaulden - Out for season
McNeil - Out for season?
Martin - Will hopefully recover soon
Kelly - In hospital most of last week

DB coach suspended for game

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NMS to 200 yds total..and they had returning starters in QB/RB/WR.

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BG returned all OL, WR and QB on a team that had the 25th best passing O in the country last year

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Dont go posting shite unless you can back it up.

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We did beat you all of those years

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That's exactly his point, though.

I think people make way too much out of week 1 period. And I'm honestly not saying that just because we gave up a shite ton of yards to BGSU. It's always the case. People thought we were going to be really good in 2012 after the NC State game but we were awful. People thought Bama might go 9-3 or even 8-4 after the sloppy performance against WVU in 2014 and yet they went to the playoffs.

It's all guesswork at this point and you just don't learn all that much from week 1 in my opinion.

I'm content to watch the season play out without getting my hopes up too high. Who knows at this point?

Why was your DB coach suspended?

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than it did under our worse version of Dooley.

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Don't you fricking take that way from us, too. Muschamp couldn't touch Dooley's levels of incompetence. Could not TOUCH it.

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Why was your DB coach suspended?

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Some kind of bump violation from May of 2014. Tennessee self-reported but of course it would take the NCAA over a year to make a decision about what to impose.

I'm not convinced it made all that much of a difference on Saturday. Some difference, but not enough to explain our piss poor secondary performance at times.

Dooley > Muschamp

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For every shitty thread a UT poster started over the off season, bowling green gained a yard on them.

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I was excited in 2012 when we beat NC St and you all only beat Bowling Green week one like this.

September 1 Bowling Green* #23 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL ESPN W 27–14 84,704

That totally played out how week one showed right?

You all went to the Sugar Bowl and we went 5-7.

Here is a sharp's perspective on the Vols defense:

Sharp #1

This is the first week that this sharp is betting for 2015 and he has had his eye on this game since July. He spoke like an ex-player or coach and pointed out to just how basic the vols played on defense. He said it was borderline disrespectful, and its almost like that is exactly what the coaches wanted to show. A vulnerable defense, and an offense that features a high powered running attack that only passes when necessary. He believes this cannot be any farther from the truth. He broke down that from his eyes the vols ran alot of cover 1 and cover 0. He was excited to see #6 play in the second half because he believes the vols best coverage would have been a cover 2. BG mainly ran when they stuck with cover 2 but many times they rolled out of that defense. He believes they did that to not expose how their middle linebacker would work in the situation seeing that both are very new. Is that a weakness? Maybe. He also mentioned how the vols did not try to go vertical very much. Noting one specific play Dobbs ran for 2 yards when #8 was wide open 17 yards down field on a corner route. All in all, BG offense is that good, but the vols defense is not that bad. He also takes no stock in the good or bad that Oklahoma displayed. The main thing was getting Mayfield reps with receivers in live game action and for the most part he did not disappoint. He also stated the lack of running oklahoma showed was a bit surprising but with young talent and a proven back in #32, he was not concerned. But mentioned play calling will be an issue if that same set makes it way to Neyland. With that being said, he believes that Oklahoma better be able to weather the fury that he believes the vols will start with. He does not think that happens. People love to reference the Alabama game but Bama had nothing to play for that game. A good victory, but how do you tell a team full of multi national championship players that they arent playing in the national championship game because of an other worldly play? Anyways, He believes the vols will start fast and keep a lead. Vols Win 34-27

All Tennessee fans should just avoid posting at all in a thread like this. You will never be able to defend yourself adequately in the eyes of Florida and Georgia trolls no matter what you do or say, it is pointless. We won the game by 29, and they act like we lost. Just wait until we play Oklahoma, and whatever the outcome, everyone will be much more accurate in drawing conclusions about how this season could turn out. Feeding all of these trolls is a complete waste of time.