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« on: April 22, 2019, 03:10:46 EDT » |
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Watching Reggie Cobb's highlights made me think of two things. 1) I love Cobb, but had forgotten how good he was. 2) His OL blocked with precision and tenacity.
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PirateVOL
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2019, 04:21:49 EDT » |
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Watching Reggie Cobb's highlights made me think of two things. 1) I love Cobb, but had forgotten how good he was. 2) His OL blocked with precision and tenacity.
Re #2: As did the WRs
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Tnphil
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2019, 04:47:39 EDT » |
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I get all emotional watching the OL block like that.....Been years since we've seen that.
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BanditVol
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2019, 07:11:00 EDT » |
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Fulmer was a helluva an OL coach. Then a really good OC. And for about 10 years, a really good HC. Hope his tenure as AD goes as well as the first 20 or so years he spent at UT.
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PirateVOL
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2019, 08:27:26 EDT » |
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I get all emotional watching the OL block like that.....Been years since we've seen that.
We did a lot of pitch sweep action, lots of pulling tackles & guards into space Screens worked much better than they have in YEARS, because OL hustled, got into space and actually hit somebody when they got there - saw one play where the DB was cringing before the guard hit him
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who Dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the Dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they May act their dream with open eyes, to make it Possible. This I did. —T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________ "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
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Tnphil
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2019, 04:43:56 EDT » |
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We did a lot of pitch sweep action, lots of pulling tackles & guards into space Screens worked much better than they have in YEARS, because OL hustled, got into space and actually hit somebody when they got there - saw one play where the DB was cringing before the guard hit him
Yep! In the day our screen plays were a thing of beauty and there was a convoy of blockers leading the way. The last several years we run a screen and lose 3 yards
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2019, 06:43:06 EDT » |
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I remember various former TN O-linemen talking about how they would break the huddle, come to the line and tell the D-lineman "We're running the ball right here, and there's nothing you can do about it."
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murfvol
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2019, 12:11:19 EDT » |
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The mobility of the OL was tremendous. Those guys could operate in space.
And like Pirate noted, WR blocking made a huge difference.
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Tnphil
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2019, 12:22:06 EDT » |
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Our WRs did a better job of blocking last season......Didn't matter because the OL was getting the QB and RBs killed in the first 3 steps.
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2019, 06:06:44 EDT » |
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Our WRs did a better job of blocking last season......Didn't matter because the OL was getting the QB and RBs killed in the first 3 steps.
I'm hoping it's better this year, but our current OL is just about as inexperienced as last year. We did recruit quite a bit of talent, I read that we had the best OL recruiting in the nation, but they will take awhile to get up to speed. We might have a good OL next season, but I think we still struggle this year, unfortunately.
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