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The UT game:
Roller coaster of a game that one.  As good as the offense was, it wasn’t perfect.  Plenty of things to focus on from a offensive coaching standpoint…turnovers, execution of the running game in game-ending situations, a few guys making key catches (looking at you Wooten), etc.  On defense there’s a few more options to coach ‘em up on.
It was pretty clear that our defensive staff made the decision that UT’s big play WRs, Hunter and Patterson, were not going to be the reason we got beat.  We put a lot of focus on them and basically said if UT was going to have success on offense, they were going to have to do so with the ground game and through the air to the TEs and RBs.  Ainge did that and did it well.  The UT coaches schemed well and had several plays that put us in tough situations, namely throwing to backs in the flats and TEs down the seam.
Most troubling from that game was our defense’s struggle with the running game of UT.  I think we saw an evolving team, as the UT OL was easily the best unit we’ve faced and might end up as the best we’ll see all year.  I look forward to seeing that UT OL against the Bama defense.  UT has given up 2 sacks all year.
I felt like we’d score on UT but I never envisioned 51 points.  On the flip side, I never suspected we’d ever give up 44.  All in all, the game served as a nice wake up call for a defense that was getting back some key personnel.  Alec Ogletree was a half step away from making some huge plays.  Rambo gave up a long pass that he mistimed a jump on.  As small as those things seem, I believe they’ll play slightly faster this week having finally gotten some live action PT.  The results could be huge.
Is it possible for an offense to score too fast?  Short answer, no.  Can’t ever hurt to put 7 on the board, no matter how long it takes, otherwise no one would ever want to run a kickoff back for a score.  It is, however, possible for an offense to hurt its defense.  Quick scores coupled with poorly