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Message: [QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5486167, member: 10113"] I’ve seen a lot of comments disparaging the performance of both. For this recap, I will make the assumption that Tennessee’s sixth ranked defense that returned seven starters is still an “elite” defense. Last year Tennessee gave up 293 yards and 17 first downs per game. (Vs. and SEC schedule). Angeli, leading our Offense, put up 377, and 24 on them. That 24 first downs (on average) would be good enough for ninth in the country last year. We ran 84 plays (without going hurry up). We consistently moved the ball and got first downs. Through Saturday, 84 plays per game is fifth in nation and FIRST among teams who played P4 teams (much less Tennessee). That is quite efficient and consistent. We “earned” 31 points (it was a coaching decision not to take two extra points and an end of the game field goal). Only Ohio State did better than that last year against them. Alabama didn’t , Florida didn't, Oklahoma didn't, Arkansas didn't etc.. I watched seven elite defenses yesterday, Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, Texas, Florida State, Alabama and Tennessee. Angeli put up more yards against those elite defenses than any other of the 6 quarterbacks. And three had the luxury of playing at home. Also three are experienced Heisman front runners! (Nussmeier, Manning and Klubnik) And you expect Ohio State and Bama 5 star QBs to be good. Only Nussmeier and Castellanos managed the game better than Angeli. Our 377 total yards was second of this group, only to FSU (382) Angeli did all this while only being with the team for two months, playing in front of a hostile away crowd, WITH 9 NEW STARTERS ON OFFENSE. Angeli’s performance was very good considering the circumstances. As for the o line, they held their blocks, and other than Weatherspoon, nobody got beat badly one on one. Four of the five sacks came from either A gap blitzes or A gap stunts. I have not watched the replay, but the one thing that stuck out is Collins immediately went to a double team and left his area when he did not see a defender. And that’s where the stunt or the blitz came from. I will also have to watch to see where the running backs were, I believe a few times the backfield was empty. But as far as one on one match ups, the line was not at all the sieve that some said it was. It seemed to me that other than the lack of a quick release, Angeli ran the offsense very similar to what Dixon had Kyle doing last year. And as many have noted, Tennessee's defense was by far better than ANY we saw last year. I don’t think Angeli gave anyone a reason (other than the fumble) not to believe it him [/QUOTE]

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