KNOXVILLE -- Even big guys get nervous, especially when facing situations similar to Aaron Douglas's last Saturday.
Douglas, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound redshirt freshman, made his first University of Tennessee start at right tackle, a position he'd played only since spring practice.
The former Maryville High School star tight end also had a family tradition to uphold as the son of former UT and NFL lineman David Douglas and former Lady Volunteers basketball player Karla Horton Douglas.
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bearbull95#206250 writes:
As Hank would sing - "It's a family tradition." I'd say he may be our next great offensive lineman. Hold those Tigers Aaron! Go Vols!
givehim6 writes:
Good luck Arron, make Dad, Mom, and the Vol Nation proud. Footnote: CLK, Seats still available, think about that when choosing UT's QB for sat. game.
RoadTrip writes:
Good post. He hasn't shown much in the way of admitting he was wrong yet. Stubborness does not bode well for wisdom to be gained. He told the team and the world there would be a competition for 21 positions each week. The truth is something totally different. Not wise.
Aaron will return the tradition of a Tennessee stud OL making it big with the Vols and the NFL. He is from good stock - great family. Our recruiters need to refocus on that tradition as the NFL still has some of the greats of our recent past. They need to think ouside the box and develop the TN talent that is available that already bleeds orange.
rockytop#413695 writes:
You guys would all be saying the same thing if Stephens had won the job and was struggling (which he would be with the way the receivers have played) and Kiffin stuck with him. Everyone would be yelling for Crompton to be given the chance.
Do you not think that if Stephens was that much better, as you think, that he would have won the job to start with? Do you want the same situation we had last year with the revolving door at the position. If he benches Crompton and Stephen doesn't live up to your lofty expectations, then what. Laimison? Crompton's confidence would really be down then. Lane told everyone that once a QB was chosen, he would be the man. Let's see how this plays out.
doubledown writes:
I just learned that Stephens is a Greek word for Auburn.
volsfanlostinthebigeasy writes:
Keep up the good work Douglas...block the d-line men and linebackers and tackle the cornerbacks and safteies when they get the ball. You're going to be busy on Saturday. GO VOLS!!!!
Aurburn 14
Tenn. 17
RockinTop writes:
What I am saying is.....with Crompton we have seen "how this plays out"....it's a train wreck.....so therefore, switch to Stephens with the same stubborness and we never switch back to Crompton unless there is an injury. Even then, I might even put in Lamaison instead. Point is, Crompton is incorrigible and THAT is OBVIOUS. If we are rebuilding it makes ZERO sense that Crompton is in there....he doesnt help us rebuild in the years to come, Stephens does, Lamaison does, win or lose.
Think about it.....CLK is afraid to let Crompton pass in certain games and calls him something else. Let's call it what it is....he is afraid to let Crompton pass against certain defenses. Not only is that embarassing....it will be less than favorable with boosters for CLK's decision making long term.
go big orange.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Good insight.
Tickets will always be available when you let a UCLA type game slip away to a L rather than a W.
Also money is tight and every Wal-Mart has 40 containers from China on the ground.
That said, get after them Vols, we can still have a great year.
Slurp.
Down_The_Field writes:
i like this. a red shirt freshman at a slender 6-6 280# on the o-line. the staff's building this guy into a player now that we'll have for another 3.7 seasons.
aaron, remember what these clowns did to us last year and also remember that they stink at stoping the run. pound these punks in the dirt young man!
EastTNvolfan writes:
You can break down each of Crompton's passes and blame it on whoever you want. Point is if all you are going to do is throw easy conservative passes after running the ball 5-6 times then put in Stevens. Don't worry about hurting Crompton's confidence because it has already been destroyed the past few seasons. Give Nick a chance and let him learn, he will be here next year. The big goal is future seasons not game to game. Give each game all you have and build on that. I just don't think we can do any worse than Crompton, especially if we are playing so conservatively at QB. Plus Auburn knows what to expect with Crompton, nobody has seen Stevens take a snap this year.
RoadTrip writes:
Agree again. The coaches and administration have constantly said we are rebuilding. So how do you do that with a 5th year senior at QB? Just curious.
Personally I could care less who plays the position. They just need to get it done in the tradition of Vol QB's of the past. However,JC has done his best over a couple of years now, and it isn't working. There is no chemistry between him and the receivers. There is chemistry between him and the other team's defenses. Time to move on. If NS gets a fair shot, and gets it done, everybody will be asking why he wasn't out there sooner. If he doesn't get it done, folks will be saying CLK should have left things alone. But as it is, we will never know will we? Was CLK playing damage control before the season even started?!
I truly hope we will win the rest of our games and if JC is the guy that gets it done I will be the first to say I was wrong and glad it worked out. However, his personal history is the best predictor of his future behavior unless there has been evidence of career altering changes - and the evidence of that happening simply does not exist. Against OHIO - he got lucky on a fumble, could have had two additional interceptions that were dropped, went the wrong way on two busted plays, threw to covered primary instead of open secondary receivers, did not know how to check off when they had 8 and 9 in the box, etc. Normal game for this 5th year senior. Not a good predictor of an even adequate performance against Auburn, GA, Bama, SC and Ole Miss that have a combined 3 losses - 2 of which were conference games against each other. Time to move on. If they lose this week and don't try someone else the stands empty and we are back to where we started last year. If they win this week and lose to GA - same deal.
xvolx writes:
except for getting pushed back into the QB on the first play, he played pretty good. He will stay with his block until he hears a whistle. The man that is waiting to help the running back up is usually the man that missed his block.
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