Orange Colored Glasses- South Carolina and Memphis

Ok i know that ive missed the last couple of weeks on this, so it might be a tad shorter, but im trying to get caught up today...
South Carolina-
Good News- i mean what can i say about this game on halloween. we started it off with a bang- two forced fumbles, two fumlbe recoveries and two big orange(black) touchdowns in about 4 minutes and never trailed or even looked back. so much was put in to the vols switching to black- more on that in a minute- that people forget that we whooped a top 25 team that night and dominated them the whole game. Montario Hardesty continues to impress me every single time out. he had 120yds and 2 tds that night- as well as a sick spin move on the first td he scored. as i said in the stadium that night- he is quickly moving up my list of all time vols. fighting through injuries, and several players ahead of him on the depth chart- to come out and have a season like this is pretty cool.
ok and what the heck kind of offense was socar trying to run? they had tons of talent/size with wideouts and tightends and i know that they threw for over 300 yds, but it was like nothing seemed to work. good job monte! and chad cunningham did a nice job filling in for daniel lincoln on place kicking duties...
Bad News- and i guess i need to give socar partial credit for this, but we were only 4 of 15 on third down conversions, granted we got such a big lead early it didnt matter, but i would have liked to see us convert a few more of those no matter the score or the opponent...
Other News- well in case you didnt notice, we donned black jerseys for the first time since 1921. and ill admit, at first i thought that they were as shaq says "horawful" (horrible+awful=horawful). but after seeing them on the tv replay they looked a little bit better. still wish that we had on white pants, but i guess we look like pumpkins and candy corn a lot anyways. as long as this doesnt turn in to being a every year type deal im ok with that. btw ask the georgia fans about the "black out" now. i think that they are like 2-4 or something...
and i this is what im excited about- being able to use them in next years ncca college football video game for PS3.

Memphis
Good News- the crompdaddy reigns!!! 300 yds and 5 tds! what a baller we have a qb! i mean he is 4th in the nation and leads the sec in td passes! ok seriously after throwing 6 picks in three games he has now thrown 3 in his last 6 games. much better. eric berry cut the magic number in half- and with 4 games left on the schedule*( im including us getting at least 6 wins and a bowl bid) surely he will break the record. ps dude has over 100yds on fumble recoveries too...we didnt run the ball a lot, but brown, hardesty, and oku combined for over 130yds. 1st team defense was off the chain...nick stephens even got in on the action tallying 100yds passing and 1 td.
Bad News-well lets go with the 2nd team defense. they gave up 21 pts and most of the 400yds, plus the tigers controlled the ball for most of the second half. now granted we were playing mostly 2-4 stringers, but still its memphis. id hate to see what would happen if we put these guys in against somebody good. then again thats why they arent starting and they got valuable experience to help prepare them for the future- another reason why getting a bowl bid will help us- those young guys get another month to practice with our stout coaching staff...
Other News- not much from this game. we expected to win and we did. please keep in mind this- crompton has 14 of his 21 (5-wku, 4-uga, and 5-memphis) so not exactly great D that he is throwing against, but hey- i would be worried if he didnt put up stats like that against bad teams. the boy is alright, not great, but im sure that people will always have the turnover prone crompton as the image. much like the one of erik ainge going uncle rico against lsu a few years ago- despite that EA is statistically one of the top qbs to ever play at UT and lead the vols to a 19-7 record his last two years...
Ole Miss Preview- its time to put up or shut up for the vols this week. we have beaten the teams that we should have (memphis, south carolina, georgia, wku, ohio) lost to teams we should have (florida, alabama) and lost two toss-ups (ucla, auburn) if we want to be a good team we need to beat a team that we shouldnt. we have proven this year that we can go and play on the road with the number one team in the land. twice. now we need to go play on the road and win. it will be tough because the have a good D- but not as good as some and QB jevan snead has got to break out of his slump at some point. id feel a lot better about this game now that they have been beaten several times- including a loss to south carolina- and we now have a balanced attack on offense. big orange have NEVER lost in oxford and i dont think that it will start on saturday. vols 31- rebels 21

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