WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Show - Chris Doering Interview 

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<v Speaker 1>Is former Gator stud-wide receiver Chris Doering, who joins us

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<v Speaker 1>here on the Mac and Bone Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris, how you been, man? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning. It's good to be back with you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>What's up, CD? How you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>So the first question is, and I guess we've got

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<v Speaker 1>to try to figure out all these teams in the

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<v Speaker 1>SEC with the ups and downs, but how do you

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<v Speaker 1>explain your Florida Gators to me after that performance against Texas?

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<v Speaker 1>They are a tough one to get a read on

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<v Speaker 1>right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.

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<v Speaker 3>The conference, the only thing that's consistent is the inconsistency,

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<v Speaker 3>and Florida was one of those first teams involved in

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<v Speaker 3>the inconsistencies. Remember back to the big win they had

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<v Speaker 3>in Gainesville over Ole Miss and everybody having plans for

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<v Speaker 3>college football playoff appearances and going to the SEC championship game,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you lay two eggs against Missouri and South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 3>and everybody kind of wrote them off for the rest

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<v Speaker 3>of the year, and then they find a way to

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<v Speaker 3>go on the road with a backup quarterback without Vernell

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<v Speaker 3>Brown III, without Duke Clark, a defense that had been

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<v Speaker 3>getting torched by Missouri and South Carolina and put together

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<v Speaker 3>a masterful performance. I thought the defense was maybe one

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<v Speaker 3>of the most surprising things to be able to see

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<v Speaker 3>them have the success they did against Arch Manning in

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<v Speaker 3>that offense, but it was a little more aggressive plan.

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<v Speaker 3>They decided to pressure– Arch blitzed him 10 of 13

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<v Speaker 3>dropbacks alone in the second half. They were able to

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<v Speaker 3>get home five times, including a strip sack that they

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<v Speaker 3>kind of finished the game off with. And then a

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<v Speaker 3>really good performance from Tramell Jones in his first start

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<v Speaker 3>as the quarterback there at Florida. Just really impressed with

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<v Speaker 3>what they showed in terms of heart. And on the

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<v Speaker 3>other side, Texas was kind of the opposite, man. Just

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<v Speaker 3>really very little fight from them after going up 17-3.

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<v Speaker 3>dominated the rest of the game. Obviously, we're here talking

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<v Speaker 3>about what the future for Arch Manning looks like, what

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<v Speaker 3>the future for Sark looks like there in Austin.

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<v Speaker 4>Speaking of that, why do you think it's been so

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<v Speaker 4>up and down for Arch Manning based off what we

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<v Speaker 4>thought he was going to be? Good moments, but bad moments.

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<v Speaker 4>Why have they not found consistency with him at Texas?

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's first a victim of everybody else's expectation

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<v Speaker 3>level just because he had the name Manning and came

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<v Speaker 3>out as a such a highly recruited player. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>everybody expected him to be the same guys as Eli

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<v Speaker 3>and Peyton and those folks. But I think at the

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<v Speaker 3>end of the day, there's a lot of blame to

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<v Speaker 3>go around probably. You know, when you look at the tape,

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<v Speaker 3>the offensive line hasn't been very good. They didn't do

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<v Speaker 3>a great job of picking up those blitzes, haven't been

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<v Speaker 3>able to run the ball very consistently. You know, I

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<v Speaker 3>think you look at receivers, you've had drops from those

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<v Speaker 3>guys and dating back to the Ohio State game with

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<v Speaker 3>Cam Coleman, let one bounce off of him, and Ryan

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<v Speaker 3>Wingo dropping a touchdown. The defense has been largely pretty

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<v Speaker 3>good for the most part, but again, gave up some

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<v Speaker 3>24 straight points to Florida late in the second quarter

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<v Speaker 3>on through the end of the game. So I think

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of blame to go around, but the

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<v Speaker 3>biggest thing for me, I just don't think Arch understands

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<v Speaker 3>the the concepts of what they're trying to accomplish. Multiple

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<v Speaker 3>times you've got plays that are wide open to be

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<v Speaker 3>made that he either chooses not to make the throws,

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<v Speaker 3>holds it too long and gets sacked, or throws it errantly.

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<v Speaker 3>So I do think the development has not been there

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<v Speaker 3>from what we expected. But, again, I think there's a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of guys on that team that were four- and

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<v Speaker 3>five-star recruits that haven't developed the way that you expected

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<v Speaker 3>them to.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. I want to– we're talking Chris Doering, SEC

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<v Speaker 1>Network here on the Mac and Bone Show. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to jump ahead now to this week because this South

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina-Tennessee game is so fascinating now after what Tennessee just

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<v Speaker 1>did to Bama.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what a performance.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>It kind of feels like, if I'm trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>a read on this conference, it kind of feels like

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<v Speaker 1>South Carolina might win this game.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you feel about that matchup?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, have we not seen it five or six times already?

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<v Speaker 3>The big game hangover the following week. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 3>saw it last week from Georgia and Alabama. Both of

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<v Speaker 3>them looked completely juiced and not really dialed in. I

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned earlier the Ole Miss-Florida game. That was probably the

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<v Speaker 3>first one where we had one of those head-scratching lines where,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a highly– Rated team is going on the road,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're an underdog to an unranked team. So this

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<v Speaker 3>is one of those that plays along with the rest

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<v Speaker 3>of the season so far. With that being said, I

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<v Speaker 3>also believe that South Carolina, at least for one game,

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<v Speaker 3>figured things out. They stopped shooting themselves in the foot.

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<v Speaker 3>They were able to finish drives. They didn't turn the

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<v Speaker 3>football over. Lenora Sellers spread the ball around to a

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<v Speaker 3>bunch of different receivers. I thought the defense has been–

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<v Speaker 3>one of the more consistent parts of the team this year.

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<v Speaker 3>But at the end of the day, Tennessee's got to

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<v Speaker 3>show that they can come up and back up a

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<v Speaker 3>great performance with another great performance in a very hostile environment.

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<v Speaker 3>The defensive line was tremendous in that game against Alabama,

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<v Speaker 3>completely neutralized any of the explosiveness that we had seen

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<v Speaker 3>from the tide. So I think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 3>interesting to see if we can find a team that

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<v Speaker 3>can show that they're consistent from one week to the next.

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<v Speaker 3>Vegas right now looks at least like they don't believe

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<v Speaker 3>that's the case for the Vols.

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<v Speaker 4>Chris, I thought Georgia might be above the chaos, but

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<v Speaker 4>obviously I was wrong for that. What did Auburn do

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<v Speaker 4>to mess up Georgia, and does that change your view

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<v Speaker 4>on what Georgia could be the rest of the way,

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<v Speaker 4>or was that just another example of that's just the

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<v Speaker 4>nature of the SEC?

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<v Speaker 3>I thought coming off of that game between Georgia and

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<v Speaker 3>Alabama that even though Alabama lost, we had two consistent teams,

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<v Speaker 3>two complete teams in the conference in Georgia and Alabama.

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<v Speaker 3>To see both of them come back the very next

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<v Speaker 3>week and lose was pretty surprising to me. The biggest

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<v Speaker 3>head-scratcher was Georgia not playing typically like we see Georgia play.

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<v Speaker 3>They turned the football over three times. They were minus

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<v Speaker 3>three in the turnover margin. Inopportune times to have penalties

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<v Speaker 3>that cost them The lack of ball security from Gunnar

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<v Speaker 3>Stockton turning it over three times himself with two picks

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<v Speaker 3>and a fumble there that cost him at the end.

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<v Speaker 3>Very uncharacteristic performance from Georgia, but also an uncharacteristic performance

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<v Speaker 3>from Auburn. We hadn't seen them play that way. Their

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<v Speaker 3>offensive line had been pretty bad for the majority of

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<v Speaker 3>the season. They were able to go out and run

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<v Speaker 3>for 192 yards with over 100 of those coming from

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<v Speaker 3>Byron Brown. I thought they used him really well, and

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<v Speaker 3>that mobile quarterback, if there's ever anything that's given Georgia

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<v Speaker 3>a hard time defensively, it is the mobile quarterback involved

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<v Speaker 3>in the quarterback run game. I think they had 13

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<v Speaker 3>plays that were designed quarterback runs for him for about

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<v Speaker 3>92 yards and rushing production for him. So, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>thought that's what they did. They did a really nice

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<v Speaker 3>job of going in and playing smart football. I was

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<v Speaker 3>shocked when they were down 14-0 that they actually came back.

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<v Speaker 3>I was shocked. when they were up by 10 in

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<v Speaker 3>the fourth quarter and they let that lead evaporate and

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<v Speaker 3>they were able to actually put a play together to

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<v Speaker 3>get down in field goal range. So, yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know if Alex Golish's team can carry that over, but

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<v Speaker 3>it looked very much what I expected them to look

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<v Speaker 3>like in the preseason that had been kind of elusive

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<v Speaker 3>to this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Doring, last quick thing I need to ask you.

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<v Speaker 1>The Tennessee Vols fans set an all-time college football decibel

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<v Speaker 1>level record of 130.3 in Neyland Stadium at one point

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<v Speaker 1>in that game against Alabama. When you went to Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 1>was that the loudest, or was it maybe LSU?

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<v Speaker 2>What was the place you played at in the SEC

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<v Speaker 2>that was ridiculous?

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<v Speaker 3>LSU stunk when I was in the league. So when

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<v Speaker 3>we played them, I think we put 52 on them

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<v Speaker 3>my sophomore year and then went there at like 11 a.m.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like a morgue. And I think we won

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<v Speaker 3>24-10 or something. But yeah, Neyland's always one of the

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<v Speaker 3>loudest places to play. It's a great environment. Really enjoyed

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<v Speaker 3>playing them, especially as an arch rival coming into Knoxville.

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<v Speaker 3>The other one, my favorite road stadium, though, is still Jordan-Hare.

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<v Speaker 3>Going to play Auburn in that kind of environment, they're

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<v Speaker 3>rocking your bus when you're driving into the stadium. They're

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<v Speaker 3>incredibly loud from start to finish, very knowledgeable fans that

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<v Speaker 3>show up whether their team's good or not. We lost

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<v Speaker 3>to them my sophomore year and then came back and

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<v Speaker 3>beat them there my senior year. Very difficult place to

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<v Speaker 3>play just from a noise and communication standpoint.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure none of them are really libraries too often

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<v Speaker 1>in that conference, brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, man, always love chatting with you.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're busy this morning. Thanks for making some

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<v Speaker 1>time for us. Appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll do it again, man. Thanks for having me, guys.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Be good.

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<v Speaker 2>That is Chris Doering.