"Orange Colored Glasses- Florida"

one of my favorite coaching qoutes comes from one of the greatest coaches of all time regardless of sport. "you show me a good loser, and ill show you a loser" vince lombardi. thats the way i feel about tennessee fans. there is no such thing as a good loss, or a good loser, gracious sure, but never good. our record doesnt say 1-1 and one good game vs florida. BUT, they always say that you can learn more from a loss instead of a win. and i think we learned a lot this past week. we learned that our defense is way above average-and we are still short on dlinemen and linebackers. it will be scary to see how good we can be in the next couple of year with all the talent we are bringing in. and of course having one of the greatest defensive minds ever doenst hurt...we also learned that we can run the rock. a staple of the great football. you gotta be able to run it or you cant win. and i dont blame the laintrain. i wouldve run all day too-heck we had a chance and didnt throw it but 20 times. and you mean to tell me that if we wouldve come out chunking it crompton wouldve been able to get us a dub? doubtful. and to quote cousin rob "please tell everybody that bryce brown is the future of UT football." and while i agree, im not quite ready to name him the truth yet, he is averaging over 5 yds per carry, and so is hardesty for that matter.
GOOD NEWS= we ran the ball like crazy, which will give us hope in games against auburn and georgia. south carolina and ole miss might have changed places but running the ball will keep us in the game against them too. and we still play great defense. doesnt matter the coach, our D has always been top-notch. that fact alone will keep us in a lot of games, plus a good running attack could make us scary. and both of our backs get more than 5 yards per touch. they are the best playmakers we have and im ok with that. the wideouts and tightends are hurt by the qb play. and hey special teams didnt/hasnt/isnt killing us.... and we held floridas vaunted offense to ZERO plays over 20yds. (long of 17-not bad guys)
BAD NEWS= while some people think that crompton didnt cost us the game i disagree, yes he played better and he didnt force anything (the first pick was a bad throw not forced and the second...what the heck kind of call was that lane?) but he didnt allow us to spread the field and attack vertical. his inability to find open recievers boggles my mind. thus making it harder for us to run against a 8 or 9 stack front. other than that i dont really have any complaints this week. and it looks like nick reviez isnt as bad as i thought he would be...but cmon how many other programs start a former walk-on at mlb? heck utc doesnt even do that.
OHIO- well id say that the vols bounce back against the bobcats. i dont really know much about them but this- last year they almost upset the buckeyes---without their starting qb. oh and former nebraska coach and player frank solich is their head coach. but i seriously doubt that they will have enough talent to play with us. and im hoping that it rains a lot so that the game is forced to the ground- where i feel like we will have the advantage. too bad i think that lane wants to air it out, i just hope it doesnt cost us. if we held tim tebow to 33 pts i think a team without him at qb shouldnt score more than about 7. final score vols-30 bobcats-7
other news- as i was talking with my buddy jordan thompson, he reminded me that urban is gone. and i agree. and ive said it before, after another terrible season weis is gone and meyer is in. they can give him whatever he wants. 8mil per year? check. every home game on national tv? check. easy schedule every year? check. cmon folks he aint staying after tebow is gone. the end of the florida dynasty is in jan. but as for the vols....