The GOOD, The BAD, and The UGLY
<<strong>The GOOD
1) Nice night for FB in CA. Didn't look like a scorcher like we have seen with UCLA in the past.
2) Great FB uniforms by UCLA and I actually like the Orange Pants for UT on away games.
3) DL played very solid all night. Did kind of poop out in the 4th quarter and allowed 2 TD's with little pressure on UCLA QB. Chow id improvise and put
his bewildered QB in spots where he could succeed and get some confidence though. Now sure the DL could have done much with the rollouts and quick slants
except knock some passes down.
4) WR play. While not awesome and another dropped long pass by butterfingers Rodgers, they were "steady" and can't say they were BAD.
5) I am thinking REAL hard on any other "good" for UT and right now I can't come up with any. Challenging part is deciding on what is BAD and
what goes all the way to UGLY.
The BAD
1) OC in Clawson. I will only give him a "Bad" instead of a "UGLY" for a few reasons. First, it was his first game EVER coaching Div 1
players. But mainly because the offense I saw tonight IS the UT offense of Fulmanders! I am not convinced this is the Clawson offense at all. We saw the long
low % Fade Passes. We saw the abandon the running game for the outside passing game. We saw very few quick slants. We saw TONS of screen passes to the point
that you expected one every 4-5 plays it seems so no longer a surprise to UCLA. We saw very little over the middle of the field. We saw multiple jumping
offsides and getting delay of game penalty's. The running plays were basic runs up the gut for the most part where it seems the "UT System" still
thinks it is mid 1990's and we can actually do this! Talk about beating your head on a brick wall!This is the EXACT offense under Fulmer as OC with
Randyman as "yes man" so I will not bump Clawson to UGLY just yet. I see many more series like the OT series though, and he will get spanked down to
UGLY status. You had the game in your hand with a TD but it is almost like they played for a FG and a tie. So is this Clawson or is this Fulmer? I think it is
Fulmer but I am not giving Clawson a pass for not making adjustments for our floundering QB like Chow did for his floundering QB.
2) RB play. I "might" have put this in the "GOOD" but Fosters fumble pushed it down. Very sad to say about Foster, as he will break the all
time UT rushing record which is awesome, but his fumbles deep inside opponents territory has directly contributed to at least 3 big losses. Very rugged and
good TB but the fumbles have been killers. I thought Hardesty showed very good quicks and I really liked the play of Cooper at FB which I wasn't expecting
since FB was no longer a position under A Cut Below. Cooper blasted a few guys on blocks and caught a pass from the FB spot!
3) TE play. Warren and Stocker were just overmatched in the run game. Warren ran a poor route or two with passes thrown to him. Only had one catch that I can
remember and it was in the first half. I have been saying that #220 Warren is a liability as a run blocker and it showed on the plays I watched him.
4) DB play. This is a hard one and many will disagree and say I should put it in the UGLY but with 4 First Half INT's, and INT for a TD, and even some
batted down balls throughout the game, I simply could not put them in the UGLY. But lets face it, with the game on the line in the 4th quarter and a QB even
worse than The Rooster of FSU NC game fame, they folded like a cheap suit! Now they had no help from the LB's in the passing defense in the 4th quarter
with the TE catching passes (2nd string TE at that) and no batted down short slant passes. But a horrid UCLA QB drove down the field for 2 4th quarter TD's
on the DB's. Irealize this is the Chavis scheme but no way I can put the UT DB's in "The GOOD" after their 4th quarter performance against a
bunch of UCLA scrubs.
5) LB play. Pretty darn solid in the first half of play but disappeared in the 4th quarter. Only got to the QB on one blitz (Wilson) that I can remember. Might
as well not even been on the field with the passing defense in the 4th quarter. Did tackle better than previous years. Didn't hear McCoy's name being
mentioned much at all.
The UGLY
1) OL play. This UT OL was AGAIN touted as being an awesome OL with experience at EVERY position and 2-3 backups who were said to be as good as the starters.
Got all kinds of pub about weight room feats. But on the field they stunk it up AS USUAL. Unlike last year they could not pass block and of course they
couldn't run block when we needed to wear out the UCLA defense and take advantage of all the UCLA turnovers. As long as Fulmer is there I will go on record
as saying UT will NEVER have a good OL. He did something circa 2000 that changed this unit forever. It doesn't matter the size of the UT OL. It doesn't
matter the strength. It doesn't matter the agility. It doesn't matter if all have experience. Nope, this will always be a weakness of UT teams under
Fulmer. One could easily argue that the OL is the most consistent disappointment year in and year out under Fulmer's guidance. And this from an ex OL
coach! Wad Up Wid dat!!!
2) Kicking game. Blocked punt for a TD. Missed badly on long FG's. Missed the easy 34 yarder in OT after the UCLA guy smacks the 47 yarder. Did have some
decent punt and kickoff returns.
3) QB play by Crompton. This guy has been at UT starting his 4th year now but he looked like a deer in headlights. It was mentioned by BV2 on OM and even on VC
that he was forgetting to put his mouthpiece in on multiple plays. How many passes can he throw over a receivers head before they are picked off??? Maybe this
is why they stopped passing over the middle? How many times do you see announcers say point blank that a QB is "making bad throws". Blackledge said
this about JC multiple times tonight. UCLA was down to their 3rd string QB and had no choice but to stick with him. What is the excuse for UT??? Virtually ANY
college QB can make throws when given time to throw. But only the good ones can make throws under pressure, get away from pressure and make plays, and not make
silly mistakes that kill your team. And make no mistake- Crompton is NOT a "good" SEC QB. There is a reason that he rarely saw the field under
Cutcliff. Without a stupid face mask penalty on 3rd and 11 with 5 minutes to go then this might have gone down as one of the absolute worst opening games for a
UT QB EVER! His timing was so off that maybe he still felt he was on Eastern Time since a couple of those passes might have been caught by someone in a
different time zone!As it is he was bailed out with the Face Mask Penalty and a UCLA prevent defense and UT drove down for the winning TD except.........
<4) Chavis was there to snatch defeat out of a sigh of relief victory! I think it was 1.24 or so to play and UCLA marches down the field with Chow matching
wits with Chavis in THE mismatch of the ages. The actual TD play was a master coach toying with a Pop Warner assistant coach! I am simply too tired and worn
out on UT FB to rail any more on Chavis and Fulmer. Been there and done that with these same Groundhog Day moments with these two and they have beaten AV into
submission. Can there be a worse DC among Top 50 all time teams in Div 1? Sadly for UT, I predict that Fulmer will throw Cahvis under the bus at years end and
this will get the naive UT fans all fired up for better times ahead. It is like a saying we have in medicine when treating Chronic Liver patients- put your
finger in a hole in the dyke and another leak occurs. Before long you are out of fingers and the damn breaks. This is what UT FB is like under Fulmer! He could
boot Chavis tomorrow and other disasters would spring up. Blah Blah Blah!
5) Have to give Little Ricky at least a BAD or an UGLY for kicking off to UT with under 30 seconds and kicking it short which allowed an up back to return it
out past the 40 and put UT within a few completed passes of getting into tying FG range, which they did to force OT. The UCLA defense also played passive on
that last series and didn't bring the house at Crompton. It was like we threw Chavis at them for 25 or so seconds! There really is no excuse for letting a
team have a chance at a win in OT when you are kicking off to them with under 30 seconds in the game.
6) At MbVols rec I will mention the Keystone Kop's Offense and DiscomBOBulation rearing its UGLY head once again. The sack on Crompton by Foster was a
classic also. Timeouts with 40 second play clock running down. Several delay of game penalty's. Got to get a new assistant coach in charge of sweat bands
so we can dem der plays straight for the UAB game!
Not sure I have it in me to do this much this year. I won't even see the UAB game as no way in hell I am wasting money on PPV and no way in hell I would
attend this game and waste my weekend.
<<strong>The GOOD
1) Nice night for FB in CA. Didn't look like a scorcher like we have seen with UCLA in the past.
2) Great FB uniforms by UCLA and I actually like the Orange Pants for UT on away games.
3) DL played very solid all night. Did kind of poop out in the 4th quarter and allowed 2 TD's with little pressure on UCLA QB. Chow id improvise and put
his bewildered QB in spots where he could succeed and get some confidence though. Now sure the DL could have done much with the rollouts and quick slants
except knock some passes down.
4) WR play. While not awesome and another dropped long pass by butterfingers Rodgers, they were "steady" and can't say they were BAD.
5) I am thinking REAL hard on any other "good" for UT and right now I can't come up with any. Challenging part is deciding on what is BAD and
what goes all the way to UGLY.
The BAD
1) OC in Clawson. I will only give him a "Bad" instead of a "UGLY" for a few reasons. First, it was his first game EVER coaching Div 1
players. But mainly because the offense I saw tonight IS the UT offense of Fulmanders! I am not convinced this is the Clawson offense at all. We saw the long
low % Fade Passes. We saw the abandon the running game for the outside passing game. We saw very few quick slants. We saw TONS of screen passes to the point
that you expected one every 4-5 plays it seems so no longer a surprise to UCLA. We saw very little over the middle of the field. We saw multiple jumping
offsides and getting delay of game penalty's. The running plays were basic runs up the gut for the most part where it seems the "UT System" still
thinks it is mid 1990's and we can actually do this! Talk about beating your head on a brick wall!This is the EXACT offense under Fulmer as OC with
Randyman as "yes man" so I will not bump Clawson to UGLY just yet. I see many more series like the OT series though, and he will get spanked down to
UGLY status. You had the game in your hand with a TD but it is almost like they played for a FG and a tie. So is this Clawson or is this Fulmer? I think it is
Fulmer but I am not giving Clawson a pass for not making adjustments for our floundering QB like Chow did for his floundering QB.
2) RB play. I "might" have put this in the "GOOD" but Fosters fumble pushed it down. Very sad to say about Foster, as he will break the all
time UT rushing record which is awesome, but his fumbles deep inside opponents territory has directly contributed to at least 3 big losses. Very rugged and
good TB but the fumbles have been killers. I thought Hardesty showed very good quicks and I really liked the play of Cooper at FB which I wasn't expecting
since FB was no longer a position under A Cut Below. Cooper blasted a few guys on blocks and caught a pass from the FB spot!
3) TE play. Warren and Stocker were just overmatched in the run game. Warren ran a poor route or two with passes thrown to him. Only had one catch that I can
remember and it was in the first half. I have been saying that #220 Warren is a liability as a run blocker and it showed on the plays I watched him.
4) DB play. This is a hard one and many will disagree and say I should put it in the UGLY but with 4 First Half INT's, and INT for a TD, and even some
batted down balls throughout the game, I simply could not put them in the UGLY. But lets face it, with the game on the line in the 4th quarter and a QB even
worse than The Rooster of FSU NC game fame, they folded like a cheap suit! Now they had no help from the LB's in the passing defense in the 4th quarter
with the TE catching passes (2nd string TE at that) and no batted down short slant passes. But a horrid UCLA QB drove down the field for 2 4th quarter TD's
on the DB's. Irealize this is the Chavis scheme but no way I can put the UT DB's in "The GOOD" after their 4th quarter performance against a
bunch of UCLA scrubs.
5) LB play. Pretty darn solid in the first half of play but disappeared in the 4th quarter. Only got to the QB on one blitz (Wilson) that I can remember. Might
as well not even been on the field with the passing defense in the 4th quarter. Did tackle better than previous years. Didn't hear McCoy's name being
mentioned much at all.
The UGLY
1) OL play. This UT OL was AGAIN touted as being an awesome OL with experience at EVERY position and 2-3 backups who were said to be as good as the starters.
Got all kinds of pub about weight room feats. But on the field they stunk it up AS USUAL. Unlike last year they could not pass block and of course they
couldn't run block when we needed to wear out the UCLA defense and take advantage of all the UCLA turnovers. As long as Fulmer is there I will go on record
as saying UT will NEVER have a good OL. He did something circa 2000 that changed this unit forever. It doesn't matter the size of the UT OL. It doesn't
matter the strength. It doesn't matter the agility. It doesn't matter if all have experience. Nope, this will always be a weakness of UT teams under
Fulmer. One could easily argue that the OL is the most consistent disappointment year in and year out under Fulmer's guidance. And this from an ex OL
coach! Wad Up Wid dat!!!
2) Kicking game. Blocked punt for a TD. Missed badly on long FG's. Missed the easy 34 yarder in OT after the UCLA guy smacks the 47 yarder. Did have some
decent punt and kickoff returns.
3) QB play by Crompton. This guy has been at UT starting his 4th year now but he looked like a deer in headlights. It was mentioned by BV2 on OM and even on VC
that he was forgetting to put his mouthpiece in on multiple plays. How many passes can he throw over a receivers head before they are picked off??? Maybe this
is why they stopped passing over the middle? How many times do you see announcers say point blank that a QB is "making bad throws". Blackledge said
this about JC multiple times tonight. UCLA was down to their 3rd string QB and had no choice but to stick with him. What is the excuse for UT??? Virtually ANY
college QB can make throws when given time to throw. But only the good ones can make throws under pressure, get away from pressure and make plays, and not make
silly mistakes that kill your team. And make no mistake- Crompton is NOT a "good" SEC QB. There is a reason that he rarely saw the field under
Cutcliff. Without a stupid face mask penalty on 3rd and 11 with 5 minutes to go then this might have gone down as one of the absolute worst opening games for a
UT QB EVER! His timing was so off that maybe he still felt he was on Eastern Time since a couple of those passes might have been caught by someone in a
different time zone!As it is he was bailed out with the Face Mask Penalty and a UCLA prevent defense and UT drove down for the winning TD except.........
<4) Chavis was there to snatch defeat out of a sigh of relief victory! I think it was 1.24 or so to play and UCLA marches down the field with Chow matching
wits with Chavis in THE mismatch of the ages. The actual TD play was a master coach toying with a Pop Warner assistant coach! I am simply too tired and worn
out on UT FB to rail any more on Chavis and Fulmer. Been there and done that with these same Groundhog Day moments with these two and they have beaten AV into
submission. Can there be a worse DC among Top 50 all time teams in Div 1? Sadly for UT, I predict that Fulmer will throw Cahvis under the bus at years end and
this will get the naive UT fans all fired up for better times ahead. It is like a saying we have in medicine when treating Chronic Liver patients- put your
finger in a hole in the dyke and another leak occurs. Before long you are out of fingers and the damn breaks. This is what UT FB is like under Fulmer! He could
boot Chavis tomorrow and other disasters would spring up. Blah Blah Blah!
5) Have to give Little Ricky at least a BAD or an UGLY for kicking off to UT with under 30 seconds and kicking it short which allowed an up back to return it
out past the 40 and put UT within a few completed passes of getting into tying FG range, which they did to force OT. The UCLA defense also played passive on
that last series and didn't bring the house at Crompton. It was like we threw Chavis at them for 25 or so seconds! There really is no excuse for letting a
team have a chance at a win in OT when you are kicking off to them with under 30 seconds in the game.
6) At MbVols rec I will mention the Keystone Kop's Offense and DiscomBOBulation rearing its UGLY head once again. The sack on Crompton by Foster was a
classic also. Timeouts with 40 second play clock running down. Several delay of game penalty's. Got to get a new assistant coach in charge of sweat bands
so we can dem der plays straight for the UAB game!
Not sure I have it in me to do this much this year. I won't even see the UAB game as no way in hell I am wasting money on PPV and no way in hell I would
attend this game and waste my weekend.
