Tennessee Volunteers - Georgia Bulldogs open game thread

by Joel on Oct 5, 2007 5:01 PM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 35 comments

	Octoberr 6 , 2007, 3:30 p.m. EST TV: CBS Radio: Vol Network XM Radio: 201 Phone Broadcast: TeamLine Live Stats: UTSports.com
No. 13 (BlogPoll)		NR (BlogPoll)

Tennessee rush v. Georgia defense	Tennessee pass v. Georgia defense	Georgia rush v. Tennessee defense	Georgia pass v. Tennessee defense
75	22	88	85
36	35	41	79

Field Goals	Tennessee punting v. Georgia punt return	Georgia punting v. Tennessee punt return	Intangibles
4	91	113
18	22	12

Give the intangibles to Tennessee, who desperately needs a win to stifle the negativity on Rocky Top, and no one is better with his back against the wall than Phillip Fulmer. Still, home field has turned to a disadvantage in this series as of late, so if the intangibles are an edge for the Vols, it's a slight one.

We have a three-way tie for this week's Hail Mary Haiku, so congrats to the Vol Abroad, Smitty, and ttocswob:

Come over here, Uga
We'll take you to your new home
Meet nice Mister Vick
by Vol Abroad

War Eagle, we are back
The Big Orange now have a chance
Beat the Dawgs, win out!
by Smitty

Last big win...was it
BYE or Open State?
NO...War Eagle! What???
by ttocswob

This should be a good game, but I'm thinking Georgia's going to win it, say, 34-31. Leave your predictions and pre-, in-, and post-game thoughts below.

Oh, and to pass the time, check out A Gainesville love story.

Go Vols!

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The band is out on the field

Starting lineups:

Offense:

Ramon Foster
Chris Scott
Anthony Parker
Josh McNeil
Eric Young
Chris Brown
Lucas Taylor
Josh Briscoe
Austin Rogers
Arian Foster
Erik Ainge

Defense:

Xavier Mitchell
Antonio Reynolds
Demonte Bolden
J.T. Mapu
Rico McCoy
Jerod Mayo
Ryan Karl
Brent Vinson
Marsalous Johnson
Jonathan Hefney
Eric Berry

Anybody surprised at Arian Foster getting the start over Coker?

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bulldogs

Enter w/ linked arms. At some point, that will get old, right?

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bolerjack and Berlein?

Who are these guys?

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Colquitt kicks off . . .

. . . and he gets it into the end zone for the season's first touchback, I believe.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

First play

Brown up the middle; snagged at the line. Two good plays to start.

Next: Stafford over throws out of bounds on a deep ball. No pressure, though.

Stafford over throws on third down. Nice start for the special teams and defense.

Let's see how Hefney does returning punts.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He lets it hit

and it rolls. 59 yard punt.

Not so good. Is he gun shy?

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

First offensive drive

Foster for four. Pass to Brown -- nice move for another two. Third and two, nice call, misdirection to Foster for a fist down.

Foster for another ten, nice call -- counter play, nice run.

Nice third option pass to Foster on the flat, YAC, another 10.

THEN -- Coker, two yard loss, wait, yep, wait, yep, wait, no two yard gain. Fantastic run.

Free play, pass to Taylor for first down. Penalty denied.

Nice calls so far, good mix of run/pass.

1st and 10 from the 30. First good play for the defense. Timed blitz, TFL.

2nd and 10. Offsides again. 2nd and five. Thanks, fellas.

Another great run from Coker for another first down. On the 21.

First down. Coker up the middle for eight.

Yeah! Great run from Foster. Ran for a handful, spun, put a hand down for balance, and backs into the end zone.

Superb first stop by the defense and first drive by the offense.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

only 8 minutes in

but the OL looks amazing, and the DL looks solid

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wow

rush defense early is goooood

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 3:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Nice surprise. Can they keep it up?

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2nd kickoff

To the five, returned to the 25, nice tackle, by McKenzie, I think.

Brown up the middle, stuffed, second effort for a few.

Defensive line playing well, so far.

Instant replay. Third and two.

Stafford to Wilson, first down pass. D-back seemed to be playing well off the guy.

Moreno for two up the middle. Moreno for nothing. Third and eight, Stafford takes a time out.

Thoughts so far: Crowd sounds loud. Defensive line is holding its own. Secondary not really tested yet -- Stafford's not thrown well deep.

Offense is rolling. Mixing up the run/pass, mixing up the carries between Foster and Coker, who both look good. No drops, Ainge poised. Things looking good so far.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

On 3rd and eight

Karl covers well, incomplete.

Punt to Hefney -- lets it hit inside the ten. Good call. Just a nice punt.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Got to the 20

in a hurry. First pass.

Second pass -- to the 35. We're rolling.

So far.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And then . . .

. . . Foster for two.

Foster for three.

Working the clock.

Third and five. Incomplete over the middle.

First real test on punt coverage. Kicked out of bounds. Good.

Georgia gets it at the 27.

Working the clock, playing well, playing smart.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

who are these people

Did we somehow trade our defense for LSU's?

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Next series.

Eight first downs to 1.

Penalty.
Run stop.
Sack! Three guys there.
Third and 18. Run for four. Safe play. Kicking to Hefney, who will have room to either catch it or run it back. Should be one of the two.

Shanks. Hef picks it up on the bounce, and, did he just lose a yard? If he did, first mistake. Oh, wait, it probably would have rolled more than that, so maybe it's okay.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

Is that a promo for (it's a Tri-Cities local ad) a pre-game show, for the Florida game?

That thing's been in the back of the fridge for three weeks.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah!

That's the Florida play from last year.

TD!

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

As in . . .

Fake to Coker, hand off to Taylor on the reverse, who passes it to Coker, who's got half the field to himself.

Taylor's pass efficiency must be phenomenal. Two for two, both TDs.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeeeees

WOWOWOW

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

McKenzie there again

to make the tackle on the kickoff. This time at the 20.

He's a keeper.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

DTs

Are playing amazing

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Three and out for the defense

We're rolling.

How about another score, guys?

Expect a lot of running plays this next drive?

Block! Even better.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Enforcing both penalties

So, squander 30 yards of the benefit.

Still have momentum, though.

Did you see who had the penalties? No numbers given for either.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WOWOW

ANOTHER BLOCKED PUNT AGAINST GEORGIA!!!!

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Three penalties in a handful of plays

Can't lose focus, guys.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ainge to the rescue again

First down to Briscoe.

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes sir

Hardesty in for another TD.

Rolling. Let's have a few more of those!

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by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

60 minutes

Take the fight to the opponent and keep it there for 60 minutes.

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

All right guys,

Keep the pressure on, as Power T reminds us.

I have to head out (painful!). Be back after the game.

If we are still ahead at the end of this game, I might post an open game thread for the Florida-LSU game tonight (after I speed-watch the rest of this game).

Later! Go Vols!

Go Vols!

by Joel on Oct 6, 2007 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a different team

I'm not ready to anoint us yet, we still have 36 minutes in this game left. However, we'll beat every team we play if we play like this all the time.

by The Power T on Oct 6, 2007 4:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The best week for the team

was the bye week. They seem to have fixed a lot of problems. Or, at least, they are much closer to their potential than they were before. Also, the Florida loss last week gives a lot more hope for a divisional title. It's not often I'd be an LSU fan, but this week makes it easy.

Additionally, it's really nice to have the finger brace off Ainge.

by Hooper on Oct 6, 2007 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs