Today's Other Games

[InstiGATOR1]

I think Tennessee will give West Virginia fits.

Yeah, I can see us having to hear how much the latest Saban lacky has improved UTn all week after they lose but hold West Va down a bit.

 

[FlGator19382]

Tinerc’s O-line is garbage

 

[BMF]

Still very early, but UT's offense looks like a Will Muschamp (at UF) type of offense....stubbornly running the ball on 1st and 2nd down, no matter the distance and then having a 3rd and long. Luckily, they converted the first two 3rd and longs, then had a 3rd and 14 and WV finally brought the house and crushed Garantonomo (or however the hell you spell his name). UT has -14 yards rushing, and from what I've seen that's all on the RB's. Again, it's early, but offense looks very Will Muschamp-eque.

 

[Left Coast Gator]

Still very early, but UT's offense looks like a Will Muschamp (at UF) type of offense....stubbornly running the ball on 1st and 2nd down, no matter the distance and then having a 3rd and long. Luckily, they converted the first two 3rd and longs, then had a 3rd and 14 and WV finally brought the house and crushed Garantonomo (or however the hell you spell his name). UT has -14 yards rushing, and from what I've seen that's all on the RB's. Again, it's early, but offense looks very Will Muschamp-eque.

 

[Left Coast Gator]

Tennessee's offensive line is much softer than the Gators. How is that possible?

 

[Durfish]

Garantonomo (or however the hell you spell his name).

I'm just gonna go with Guantanamo (Gitmo for short).

I kind of find myself both rooting for AND against Grier. Is that weird?

 

[BMF]

Yes?

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Thanks. I'm not seeing the 46k one-year drop in that article, but it definitely has numbers to support that the participation rate is dramatically declining.

Imaging you are a high school scrub player or the parent of such a player. Given the negative publicity about football, might you consider not getting knocked around in practice every day? I don't know if that is where the participation is down, but I could see that as part of it.

 

[BMF]

Arthur Sitkowski (from IMG), true freshman at Rutgers, got the start today and went 20-29, 205 yards, 1 TD. Pretty impressive, considering his HS numbers weren't usually that good.

 

[T REX]

Holy sh*t. Are you serious? Is that true?? Not challenging you but where are you getting that number from?

I think that's a two year cumulative number. I think I read the original article wrong. Either way, it's a definite downward trend.

High school football participation continues to drop as concerns over cost, injuries persist
Why High School Football Is Dying A Slow Death (It's Not Just Concussions)

 

[BMF]

Tenn just scored on a 4th down play, after calling timeout. It was a very Muschamp-esque drive:

17 plays, 78 yards, 8:47.

 

[BMF]

Central Michigan is up on Kentucky 17-14, with the ball and less than 4 minutes in the 2nd quarter.

 

[BMF]

I'm just gonna go with Guantanamo (Gitmo for short).

I kind of find myself both rooting for AND against Grier. Is that weird?

Just one half, but Grier sure doesn't look like a Heisman candidate. Tennessee is playing with 3 freshman DB's today.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

Arthur Sitkowski (from IMG), true freshman at Rutgers, got the start today and went 20-29, 205 yards, 1 TD. Pretty impressive, considering his HS numbers weren't usually that good.

A true freshman?

 

[BMF]

A true freshman?

Yes, he was committed to Miami....but they purged him out of the class and he ended up at Rutgers. He was a big Butters target until it all fell apart (for us....and for him). He was a 4-star and was dropped to a 3-star about 2 games into the season.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

Yes, he was committed to Miami....but they purged him out of the class and he ended up at Rutgers. He was a big Butters target until it all fell apart (for us....and for him). He was a 4-star and was dropped to a 3-star about 2 games into the season.

Guess I lost a year somewhere.

 

[Gator Fever]

KY's starting QB has looked pretty bad. I think we may see the other guy if he plays alright in the 2nd half. Wilson was staring his receivers down like crazy.

 

[Gator Fever]

Grier has cost his team 18 points in that first half but I think they still may blow Tenn out in the 2nd half.

 

[BMF]

Justin Fields is 2 for 2, 16 yards and has 3 rushes for 33 yards as UGA is up big on Austin Peay at halftime.

 

[BMF]

Grier has cost his team 18 points in that first half but I think they still may blow Tenn out in the 2nd half.

I hope so. I took WVU -10 (the line moved to -9 before kickoff, so there was a lot of money coming in on tennessee).