ok, lets look at it this way, Oak Ridge had their full starting defensive unit together for a grand total of one series, the very first one, and what did Maryville do against them, move the ball maybe a yard because of a penalty, but that probably evened itself out because of the sack, so OR started their subbing with about 3 or 4 players each series from there on out, so if they were playing a game, things would have been different, and OR defense did take a fumble back for a touchdown, lets all look at this in perspective before we say someone got "smashed"
and Tallents hit may have looked good, but 33 got right up and wasnt fazed, so it musnt have actually been that bad, as for changing the tenor of the game, i dont think so