Sports thoughts
Being an Indians fan right now is really, really fun.
Vandy is 3-0 and 2-0 in the SEC with road wins over Wake, Arkansas and a home win over Ole Miss. Unbelievable.
Did any Vandy fans notice that the Dores really screwed up by scoring the late TD against Miss? If Jennings had fallen down once he picked up the first down with a minute and a half left, Vandy could have taken 3 knees and run out the clock. Instead, he tried to score, but got knocked OB at the 2 (stopping the clock!). Vandy then scored to go up 8, but gave the Rebels a chance to drive for the potential tying TD and 2 pt conversion. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Every week I become more convinced that Peyton Manning is not only the best QB in the NFL right now, but the best who ever played the game. And by a wide margin. No one else is even close. Explanatory post some day.
Vandy plays I-AA Richmond and a weak MTSU in the next two games. Everyone assumes they will be 5-0. I think they have a better than 50% chance of losing one of those games. See 1984 when a 4-0 Vandy team (I think ranked 17th in the nation) got drilled at home by a bad Tulane team. They just couldn't handle prosperity.
Tennessee Vols have to change offensive philosophy from the 80s ideas that they have now. The idea that they can dominate despite only throwing outside, running inside, and refusing to run draws, play action passes or misdirection is nuts. Especially when they always snap the ball on the same count and pack the O-line in so tight that there is no place to run even when the blocking is good. It really is OK to try to fool the opponent once in a while.
Vandy is 3-0 and 2-0 in the SEC with road wins over Wake, Arkansas and a home win over Ole Miss. Unbelievable.
Did any Vandy fans notice that the Dores really screwed up by scoring the late TD against Miss? If Jennings had fallen down once he picked up the first down with a minute and a half left, Vandy could have taken 3 knees and run out the clock. Instead, he tried to score, but got knocked OB at the 2 (stopping the clock!). Vandy then scored to go up 8, but gave the Rebels a chance to drive for the potential tying TD and 2 pt conversion. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Every week I become more convinced that Peyton Manning is not only the best QB in the NFL right now, but the best who ever played the game. And by a wide margin. No one else is even close. Explanatory post some day.
Vandy plays I-AA Richmond and a weak MTSU in the next two games. Everyone assumes they will be 5-0. I think they have a better than 50% chance of losing one of those games. See 1984 when a 4-0 Vandy team (I think ranked 17th in the nation) got drilled at home by a bad Tulane team. They just couldn't handle prosperity.
Tennessee Vols have to change offensive philosophy from the 80s ideas that they have now. The idea that they can dominate despite only throwing outside, running inside, and refusing to run draws, play action passes or misdirection is nuts. Especially when they always snap the ball on the same count and pack the O-line in so tight that there is no place to run even when the blocking is good. It really is OK to try to fool the opponent once in a while.
posted by Stan at 9:16 AM
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