re: 31 got absolutely man handled by UT's right tackle

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He is in fact leading the conference in TFL again if that wasnt clear.

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Over half this season have come against Vandy, Louisiana Monroe, and Utah State.

Maybe pump the brakes.

It’s a pick your poison kind of thing. We mush rush against a thrower and he burns us with his arm. He did. I personally think we have stopped the QB run this year very well.

Whatever our gameplan on defense was in this game didn't work! And I didn't see much change in the D the entire game. Their O-Line stone-walled us into oblivion.

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Softest Bama team since Shula. There’s zero doubt about that.

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2021 team was soft too.

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Their O-Line stone-walled us into oblivion.

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31/41/15 had their tool kit limited in the game. Sal Sunseri taught them speed rush techniques and also how to crossover and convert the speed to power for bull rush and inside shoulder rips. The key to his teaching was to set the inside moves up by getting the OT reaching for the speed rush which caused the OT to lose his base power. As for what Coleman Hutzler is teaching them this year, I can't quite figure it out (but I have not been looking that closely).

When you take away the speed rush all that is left is bull, inside rip or a twist. With no threat of a speed rush the OT/OG can pass off on stunts and the OT has his power base to take on a bull rush or inside rip. Mush rush turns 31 into an undersized DE instead of an elite edge rusher. A good OT can handle an undersized DE when the threat to stretch him at the edge is gone.

can someone explain how Tenn Oline turn out to be so good.

maybe our front seven made them look good?

we always played 3DL vs their 5 OL .. should have changed the game by putting more on LOS like Oliver and confused the shite as to who to block.

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can someone explain how Tenn Oline turn out to be so good

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A lot of it is simply the number of players AT the line of scrimmage. With the lack of defensive line pressure (much by design), our only pressure comes from a delayed LB blitz or delayed corner, safety blitz. When UT has our secondary spread to the sidelines, you eliminate most of the secondary blitzes. That left us with the LB blitz which was countered with a slant to the vacated area. Golding's other attempt at "trickery" was to drop Will and Dallas into coverage and send a LB blitz. That was still a delayed pressure with the same number of rushers. We didn't overwhelm the line with numbers and when we did, it was delayed which has become less affective.

In today's game, if you don't have pressure in the opponent's backfield, you are screwed. The rules make it very difficult for a secondary player to cover for any extended length of time. When you have more pressure, it shortens the field and allows your secondary players to play tighter to the line, which can help against the QB run.

We have to make a change.

I'm not sure if a coach who made his living teaching toughness and perseverance is going to do well in the age of NLI. We know from the NFL that there is a certain percentage of players who once that first big paycheck comes, they never play hard again. It's human nature. there will be 5 star 6 figure salary busts in college, probably more so than the pro ranks because at least those guys are a few years older.