Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Post-UCLA Questions...Without Answers

A full day after the Hollywood Horror, I've got lots of questions that need answering.

1) What exactly is the "Clawffense?" Is there something more to it than pre-snap motion?

2) When are special teams going to be a priority?

3) Why send Daniel Lincoln out to try a 55-yard field goal after he was short from 51?

4) Can Jonathan Crompton be a big-time college quarterback?

5) Check that - can Jonathan Crompton be a competent college quarterback?

6) Why throw the ball 41 times when they are getting over 5 yards with every rushing carry?

7) Why throw the ball 41 times when Crompton isn't close with 39 of them?

8) Why sit Crompton in the pocket when he is clearly athletic enough to roll out away from the UCLA pressure?

9) Why was UCLA able to get so much pressure on Crompton? Wasn't this the exact same offensive line that protected Ainge so well last year?

10) Why isn't the Vol defensive line able to ever get pressure on the quarterback?

11) Did Rico McCoy make the trip to the Rose Bowl?

12) How can the offense fail to score, fail to even attempt a field goal, after inheriting the ball on the UCLA 25?

13) Without any running game whatsoever from the Bruins, why wasn't the defensive line able to tee off on Craft?

14) What happened to the secondary in the 2nd half? The 4th quarter?

15) What is Arian Foster's problem in terms of hanging on to the football? His career is going to be remembered for the turnovers, not the rushing record.

16) Who approved the white tops/orange pants look?

17) When will we see B.J. Coleman?

18) What took so long to put Gerald Jones back to field kicks and punts? The guy is the most explosive player this side of Eric Berry - get him the ball.

19) Speaking of that, what happened to putting Berry on offense?

20) Is it time to panic or time to take a deep breath?

I wish we didn't have to wait so long until we start getting answers. The UAB game cannot get here fast enough.

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