We're gonna lose at Rocky Top

How is what Saban is doing in Bama any different than what Monte will do at TN. Sabans main concerns are in the trenches. He has great offensive and defensive lines. I think the spread worked kinda well against them. Its a little ridiculous to think that Monte will reshape the entire SEC. Teams are not switching to the spread offense because its really cool to watch. Its because it IS effective, when run well. Teams play different styles of football, whatever works for their players. UM is not going to change his spread offense for Monte. His track record speaks for itself. Tennessee will be better in the coming years, but nobody is going to change for him.

Swampdog wrote:

GATORstrong wrote:

Why do we think that Tennessee has this super powerful defense. They held Florida and Auburn to the mid 20's. Big deal. Auburn hasnt played anyone, their opponents combined record is 9-14. That includes a 3-1 West Virginia, who beat Liberty, East Carolina and Colorado. Take them out and the record is 6-13. What gives them this super offense title. Florida, hasnt played anyone. Their offense has more than sputtered this year.So Tennessee holding them to 23 isnt this big miracle. UGA will stop TN run game, and put the game in Cromptons hands. Tennessee would have a better chance with Monte playin QB. They can take the big plays down the field, with AJ and hopefully Orson Charles will see the ball a little bit more(the kid is a freak).

UGA wins 24-10.

But - to be honest, I don't think either of our coordinators are up to the task.

That right there sums it up for me.

GatorinGA wrote:

If they can hold UF and Auburn to the mid 20's, then UGA will be lucky to score 13 pnts.

Call me a Pollyanna, but...

Didn't the same defense that held Florida to 23 also allow the Ohio University Bobcats to score 23?

I'm just saying one thing: THERE IS A REASON WE PLAY THE GAMES TO DETERMINE A WINNER RATHER THAN DECIDING WHO WILL WIN BEFOREHAND. Washington beat USC. SCarolina beat Ole Miss. Florida State beat BYU. All manner of things happen in a football season.

GATORstrong wrote:

How is what Saban is doing in Bama any different than what Monte will do at TN. Sabans main concerns are in the trenches. He has great offensive and defensive lines. I think the spread worked kinda well against them. Its a little ridiculous to think that Monte will reshape the entire SEC. Teams are not switching to the spread offense because its really cool to watch. Its because it IS effective, when run well. Teams play different styles of football, whatever works for their players. UM is not going to change his spread offense for Monte. His track record speaks for itself. Tennessee will be better in the coming years, but nobody is going to change for him.

Monte Kiffen builds defense around filling gaps and collapsing to the ball. It is the perfect mentality for defeating both the WCO and the spread offense. Both offenses are effective because they create gaps in the defense and then direct their attack into the gap. Monte will have no more difficulty engineering the death of the spread than he did in engineering the demise of WCO. Both offenses are different versions of same strategy.

Saban is important because he does not build his team around the creation and control of gaps and because he is such a successful recruiter of talent. In order to win the SEC a team will need to have one loss or less. A team built to play gap offense is almost certain to suffer one loss against Kiffen. Saban will be recruiting the lion's share of talent needed to built a non-gap offense away from Auburn. Myers probably won't ever give up playing gap offense and his run of dominance is over. The team left in the best position towards the future is UGA because they are sitting on a main vein of recruiting talent while their opponents are being weakened by TN. The other team sitting pretty is TN itself. If they can become successful recruiters on a national scale then they will become dominant. There is little or no hope of finding a better coordinator than Monte. He will have to be beaten with superior talent.

I hate Tennessee.
I especially hate their stupid fans.

averagedawg wrote:

I hate Tennessee.
I especially hate their stupid fans.

They are the only team I hate more than florida, and its by just a nose.