Quarterback
No slow start in this one for Quinten Dormady. He looked much more consistent, but he still missed some throws that he should’ve hit. Some of that wasn’t entirely on him, however. Dormady did have two costly turnovers, however. He fumbled the ball in Tennessee territory, and that led to Indiana State’s only touchdown of the game after they took over. On the next possession, Dormady tossed an interception in the end zone that erased the Vols’ chance of scoring and gave the Sycamores the ball back (they wouldn’t score on that possession, however). Jarrett Guarantano finally found some action, but he looked far from sharp, completing just four of his 12 passes for 41 yards and a score.
Nathanael: B-
Will: B
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It looked like a B performance all around, it seemed you WR/TE and D-line grades were a little low. Fewer drop (maybe 2) and none by the TE’s. WR bailed out average throws by the QB’s (Palmer’s catch on RPO, that should have been a TD catch and both of Johnson and Calloway TD catches) Even George’s drop on GITMO’s second quarter deep attempt was an underthrown ball to a WR who was behind the defender.
The D-line didn’t rack up many stats but three come to mind, they gave up one TD drive of 44 yards, gave up a long run of 13 yards, and 10 of ISU 13 possessions were 4 plays or less. It doesn’t matter how you are playing a team can create stats like that with average D-line play. I didn’t even mention 3rd down conversions.
Go big Orange and keep up the good work