Tennessee Postgame Discussion

[TheHaze315]

I thought Angeli settled in nicely. This was an elite defense he was going against and only his 2nd start ever, 1st on an entirely new team. Not worried about the offense, Nixon is a great coach and I’m confident we’re going to score points. The only thing that I’m concerned about is the defense from this year looks like the defense from last year.

 

[JuiceMeUp]

Angeli plays soft, he is the Charmin Man. He is a decent thrower, but I didnt see anything spectacular in terms of either arm strength or ball placement. He reminded me of DeVito. You just CANNOT fumble for a defensive TD the play after we get a TO. Obviously, his lack of mobility and toughness is a big liability. If there are games when our O line dominates, he will do well. I just dont see this kid elevating the team when we are physically neutral or physically outmanned as we were today.

Not trying to pin the result on Angeli, obviously there was no overcoming the lack of D this afternoon, but college football has become a game where plus QB play is essential, and I am not seeing that we have that.

Game was a blowout, not even as close as the final score, I really wanted to get a glimpse of Collins near the end.

He definitely reminded me of Devito in terms of his general feel for spacing, leverage, etc…or lack there of. Just not a great athlete and definitely left some opportunities on the table. All things considered though, he played pretty decent.

 

[orangencpolice]

Kids played well. Team is only going to get better. Hope Fran plays this year based solely on winning conference games. Tennessee is good enough to beat everyone they play. Very physical. Great OL.

I believe Tennessee will be a top five team in about two or three weeks.

 

[tbonezone]

thought stonehouse kicked well. jackson ross and his unique rugby style was equally effective.

 

[Keger03]

with NIL, every year is year one of a major rebuild.
Look at UNC. 70 - seventy! - new players.

And an entirely new coaching staff

 

[NineOneSeven]

Honestly, I was disappointed.

 

[Trueblue25]

Get outta here, 8 win team? Maybe 5 at best.. guys need to take your franchise goggles off. There isn’t a good “coach” on the defensive side of the ball, including Fran. Great recruiters bad coaches

go ahead and save the receipt, im not sweating this game.

Eight.

 

[DomeHolmes]

Im giving e rob a pass. He was bad last year i get it. We lost the guts of our d, minus grant, this year. He gets time.

No offense, but time for what? We we were a bit below average last year with a defense featuring 5 guys drafted or UDFA. We had talent, and have talent this year (with Safety/star being a challenge). But poor results.

Erob kept playing a 5 man box vs. the best rushing team, in the best conference (3 years in a row). HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

We kept playing a 3rd and 20 defensive formation on 2nd down! (Our d WAS significantly better in the second half when he stopped doing that, but the damage was done ).

But he is out schemed, constantly.

Deuce should not be starting, and I believe Samuels did not “really” earn the starting spot in camp. (I assume he will get much better).

 

[Trueblue25]

Honestly, I was disappointed.

Me too. The defense was horrible. I believe on the staff to build on it though. Tennessee in Atlanta week 1 is as tough a draw as we’ve had in memory. Only thing I can be upset about is the defense. OL was porous but itll clean up.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

go ahead and save the receipt, im not sweating this game.

Eight.

5 tops. Not a guy on the staff that can coordinate a defense

 

[Scotch]

Get outta here, 8 win team? Maybe 5 at best.. guys need to take your franchise goggles off. There isn’t a good “coach” on the defensive side of the ball, including Fran. Great recruiters bad coaches

We've heard it in every thread. It's getting old. The guy won 10 games last year and we just played a good SEC team. Keep it all in perspective.

 

[Trueblue25]

5 tops. Not a guy on the staff that can coordinate a defense

Too early to say that. Even if we didnt go 10 wins last year. I dont disagree with your frustration, its just too early.

 

[23Zone]

Every year I drink the Kool-Aid and have overly high expectations. One year I will learn my lesson lol

 

[DomeHolmes]

Angeli was not so great, holds the ball to long. Reminds me of Devito. Hopefully, better next week. Those turnovers were killers. The interception was all Angelis fault to start the second half.

I think 2 things can be true. He held the ball too long, and had 2 turnovers, true.

But also had 271 yards passing vs a top SEC defense on the road, with lots of pressure all day. He was poised.

Only Georgia and Ohio State had more points vs them last year. We easily could have had 31-35 (2 exp plus FG at end) with different COACHING decisions. His performance was better than expected IMO.

 

[storange]

Would you fire EROB tomorrow? Curious

You might want to reel those lines in, you’ve caught your limit !

 

[Trueblue25]

Angeli performed great against a defensive rush that featured more draft picks than anyone on our schedule except clemson and maybe notre dame.

 

[Eric15]

We walked out of the stadium 90 minutes ago and are still stuck in apocalyptic gridlock in Downtown ATL.

 

[Sdot]

I think another problem I’ve seen said once or twice but not talked about enough is, we don’t do stunts or anything on the d-line we play gaps which never generates pressure. Same can be said for offense Tennessee would send 4 guys and would shoot different gaps and the O-line would look lost as Angeli had a guy in his face within a second.

 

[anglerman]

I think UConn comes down to 4th quarter, close game

You’re a great wise asss

 

[Norman Dale]

Get outta here, 8 win team? Maybe 5 at best.. guys need to take your franchise goggles off. There isn’t a good “coach” on the defensive side of the ball, including Fran. Great recruiters bad coaches

Safeties looked lost. Playing two deep and WR just blows by both of them as they stand and watch.

 

[swish7]

These cushions are depressing.
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Yep. Always hated them & feels like we've been seeing these for 30 years

 

[MSOrange]

We walked out of the stadium 90 minutes ago and are still stuck in apocalyptic gridlock in Downtown ATL.

Nothing beats the traffic leaving the JMA though! Definitely have to leave early to beat that.

 

[cusefan88]

Tennessee Miami ND and Clemson they will be overmatched to an extent.

Every other game they can win (and maybe Miami).

 

[wiseman3]

I think Angeli was fine. However I do think that from what I saw, he doesn't really have the "it" factor. Made some good throws but didn't really make any star plays. We can we with him for sure, but these upsets are going to be tough

 

[cuseguy]

OK, I’ve read through thread and here’s my thoughts

No surprise, but this was probably too big of a stage for a young, inexperienced team. But you can’t control the schedule based on your personnel.

This is probably the biggest and fastest SU team in history, but we’re still lacking in rangy athletic players like Tennessee. That will need to be Fran’s objective.

Comparisons of Angeli to McCord will persist. It’s not fair to Angeli, who demonstrated he can manage an offense and make the necessary throws. Keep in mind he was facing one of the nation’s top defenses. Angeli will improve with each game, but it isn’t tight to criticize his performance today.

Tennessee’s offense is probably better than we think. The Vols lost a lot from last year, but they’ve reloaded with a lot of talent. We need to improve tackling and our pass rush, but I’m not ready to push the panic button.

We need to get away from giving up big plays and committing mental mistakes.

I see it as a good sign that we were able to run the ball against a very good Tennessee defense.

We essentially outplayed Tennessee in the second half. One more stop, one more play on offense, and it would have got interesting.

The crowd of 45K was disappointing considering Tennessee is 3 hours from Atlanta. Really poor turnout.

UConn won’t be a pushover. We struggled at times against them last year. Coming off a physically draining game, I suspect we may find ourselves in a fight.